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Re: What makes a puzzle?
Posted By: ellio7tDate: 10/5/05 10:04 a.m.

In Response To: Re: What makes a puzzle? (Vid Boi)

: The real question is... Are those things that you do in MYST, puzzles? Nine
: out of ten of them don't seem to have actual solutions... (As in, not
: brute force.)

Have you played 13 it was not that big, but it was an awsome puzzle game that included fighting as the puzzles. There was a planned path laid out for you and if you tried to just run past or muscle your way through you would not get very far. On the other hand you have games like Myst and the Dig whose puzzles were so enveloped in the game that many people simply never tried to finish. Forrest's binary puzzle falls within these lines to me. A obvious puzzle that does not move forward game play and takes external knowledge to solve. If you tell the player half the solution then make them work for the other half I think it works out great in these cases.

cheers,
ellio7t

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           Re: What makes a puzzle?kyjel 10/2/05 9:12 p.m.
           Re: What makes a puzzle?C Lund 10/3/05 12:58 a.m.
                 Re: What makes a puzzle?goran 10/3/05 1:13 a.m.
                       Re: What makes a puzzle?ukimalefu 10/3/05 8:56 a.m.
                       Re: What makes a puzzle?Steve Levinson 10/3/05 10:32 a.m.
                             Re: What makes a puzzle?Forrest of B.org 10/3/05 1:36 p.m.
                                   Re: What makes a puzzle?Blake37 10/3/05 3:16 p.m.
                                   Re: What makes a puzzle?RyokoTK 10/3/05 7:04 p.m.
                                         Re: What makes a puzzle?ukimalefu 10/4/05 11:58 a.m.
                                   Re: What makes a puzzle?Steve Levinson 10/4/05 4:26 a.m.
                                         Re: What makes a puzzle?Forrest of B.org 10/4/05 4:51 p.m.
                       Re: What makes a puzzle?Vid Boi 10/3/05 11:07 a.m.
                             Re: What makes a puzzle?Keith Palmer 10/3/05 11:52 a.m.
                                   Re: What makes a puzzle?Alexander 10/4/05 9:09 p.m.
                             Re: What makes a puzzle?ellio7t 10/5/05 10:04 a.m.
                       Re: What makes a puzzle?themijolnir 11/3/05 9:58 a.m.
     DefinitionDeram Scholzara 10/14/05 7:48 p.m.
           Re: DefinitionSenator Predator 10/26/05 6:00 a.m.
                 Puzzles?!Jontar2b 11/15/05 3:32 p.m.
                       Re: Puzzles?!RyokoTK 11/15/05 5:38 p.m.
                       Re: Puzzles?!MrHen 11/16/05 5:33 a.m.
                             Story discussions dwindling?Steve Levinson 11/16/05 2:54 p.m.
                                   Re: Story discussions dwindling?ukimalefu 11/16/05 6:46 p.m.
                                   Re: Story discussions dwindling?MrHen 11/17/05 5:52 a.m.
                                         Re: Story discussions dwindling?Steve Levinson 11/17/05 1:33 p.m.
                                               haha, well I *would*MrHen 11/18/05 8:48 a.m.
                                   Re: Story discussions dwindling?Hamish Sinclair 11/18/05 10:01 a.m.
                                         Point well taken *NM*Steve Levinson 11/18/05 12:09 p.m.
                                         Marathon the saga continuesJontar2b 11/21/05 5:00 p.m.

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