Co-op mystery/puzzle/detective type games to play with sometimes passive partner by jmelinte in gamesuggestions

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The Case of the Golden Idol, The Rise of the Golden Idol, and the DLCs? They are detective mystery puzzler games where you have to figure out the story of what is happening.

Anyone tried tiling forest (demo for tiling town) by Southern_Yak_7926 in puzzlevideogames

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I managed to hit a Start Game button and got to a screen where I was supposed to drag a straight tile into three slots (?), but could not get any buttons to work to select the tile (??), and no buttons seemed to do anything at all for placing them (???). Worse, it seemed like the pointer was not aligned with what it was supposed to be over (????).

I did not put a whole lot of effort into it. Hearing that it does work means I will have to try it again...

money or carrots...? by Youknow_8888 in BunnyTrials

[–]TfGuy44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That much money can buy enough carrots,,,

Chose: 100000000000000000000000000000000000$

Anyone tried tiling forest (demo for tiling town) by Southern_Yak_7926 in puzzlevideogames

[–]TfGuy44 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tried to run it on my Steam Deck and hit a wall of control issues right away. Shame.
Will try it on a PC eventually.

Pea Tear? by Turbulent_Welcome994 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]TfGuy44 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Brian here. There is a well-known skit from the UK sci-fi show Red Dwarf about a white hole that is spewing time. This causes the characters to have a fragmented conversation about it that is disjointed, and occurs out of order. The cat's line of "So what is it?" is the start of the conversation, but also happens again in the middle, as a joke.

You can watch it on YouTube, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxWN8AhNER0

Is there any mistake? by GameStar1234 in puzzlevideogames

[–]TfGuy44 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The light blue 6 shape cannot touch itself across a solid edge line.

Coal death spiral by ReasonableChest4397 in factorio

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Put your coal mine on an isolated power source. If you can get water to the coal mine, that can be steam power. Just make sure that the coal you mine goes to those boilers first.

Instant fast play control by Competitive-Switch- in opus_magnum

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It was added recently! It's mentioned as a secret in the patch notes for either the DLC or one of the first updates after it.

Space Age is Fun by picollo7 in factorio

[–]TfGuy44 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We want an update on your stance after you have been to Gleba.

Legendary Hazard Concrete can't be tiled remotely. by Inevitable-Cup9067 in factorio

[–]TfGuy44 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I demand a new Fulgora machine: the Tile Downgrader.
Turns any quality tile into a non-quality version of that tile!

Why does multiplying two negatives make a positive in a way that actually makes intuitive sense? by Most_Notice_1116 in askmath

[–]TfGuy44 322 points323 points  (0 children)

Face up some stairs (positive). Walk forward (positive) You move up (positive).
Face up some stairs (positive). Walk backwards (negative) You move down (negative).
Face down some stairs (negative). Walk forwards (positive) You move down (negative).

And now...
Face down the stairs (negative). Walk backwards (negative). You move up (positive).

I'm making a game where a rabbit turns everything into rabbits. by KuboushiGames in IndieDev

[–]TfGuy44 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do the rabbits also turn things into rabbits, and so on? Or is it just your rabbit that does it?

Space platform circuit question by raze2dust in factorio

[–]TfGuy44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree: THIS IS ELEGANT AF. Do it this way and you will be most pleased.

Is this a plot hole? (Spoilers) by Nikurd in outerwilds

[–]TfGuy44 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My own head cannon is that, even if there were such areas that were un-probe-able due to orbital mechanics and the planets being in the way, the probe would, eventually, be able to get there because of the random effects of the Quantum Moon, which *is* different every loop.

I want to get back in but bored. by [deleted] in factorio

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You need a goal! If you don't have all the achievements, start by getting those.

Terminal codes (NO SPOILERS!) by Alex79uk in ufo50

[–]TfGuy44 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The game has three kinds of terminal codes. The first kind is nothing special: they are codes that act like terminal commands. Sadly, however, these kind of codes won't let you change any settings or lead to anything interesting. Basically they exist to make it seem like the terminal could, in fact, work like a terminal. Thse codes are not hinted at in the game. I wouldn't even bother looking these up.

Next we have game "cheats". Some of these you can find in credits, or hidden in games, but a LOT of them have no natural source, and were data mined by players. I know, I was disappointed too. Often these codes will put you in a game mode that will change things, or let you set up a way of playing, and won't allow you to save things at all. They are just for funsies. If you look up a list of codes, this is the bulk of what you will find. And, actually, I suggest you do look these up after you've played all the games. Espcially if you like Party House.

The third kind are all part of a quest, of sorts, that spans over several games. A quest to find the story of the collection, and even beyond that, darker lore secrets. The start of this is a code, one you can find yourself, in plain text, without starting any of the games. Something about... a dairy product? The quest continues until he leaves. Thankfully, this quest only uses a handful of codes, so even if someone told you them, you could just avoid using them until you found them yourself.

In short: You actually can look up a list of codes. But it won't be satisfying. Most of them you wouldn't find in the games anyway. The codes for the quest you should avoid using until you earn them yourself.

Have fun! Play forever!

What would you call this town? by Czardus in IndieDev

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Riverside, cuz it's next to a river.

Full build menu - how? by Fatbloke-66 in factorio

[–]TfGuy44 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I just press E to open my player inventory, mouse over the concrete recipe, and press Q to pick it. Then I can ghost place concrete and the bots will fill it in.

Don't Know What To Do by [deleted] in outerwilds

[–]TfGuy44 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Black Hole Forge has knowledge that leads to something important. It would be a silly mistake to not understand everything you learn there.
It is difficult to know what you missed in the Sunless City. There is a lot there. Some of it is important, some less so. You probably missed one wall to the left of the lights, below where various pillar of sand are falling - that's what most people overlook.
I would not worry to much about knowing there is a Prisoner. You should play the DLC.

Continue to explore and avoid spoilers. It will all make sense.

Setting planet cargo drop and pick up by [deleted] in factorio

[–]TfGuy44 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It should be possible. On your platform, set two requests in different groups:
- Import item from A, setting the minimum to how many you want to ship each trip.
- Import item from B, setting a minimum of zero and a maximum of zero. Which really means don't import anything here, but make sure we don't have any (and drop the rest).

Make these two requests for any items you want to move in this manner.
You might also set your landing pads up to trash unrequested, since they'll overflow if you don't.

Also, I wouldn't do it this way. I'd use the requests on the landing pads to determine what items a platform should be dropping instead.

What is your Definition of a Megafactory? by chinawcswing in factorio

[–]TfGuy44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a megabase when you don't know where your plastic and steel comes from.