Comments on: Location Development

By: Dimitri

Dimitri — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:26:34 +0000

Braid was incredible, but I am way more interested in this! It’s based of the Tao Te Ching, right? Cool that these are placeholder graphics … maybe the final game will look more like this?

http://www.memphis.edu/cium/images/20080829-Chinese_Painting_Landscape.jpg

Jonathan, it sounds like this is going to be a beautiful experience. Is the game intended to give us that same feeling of reading Basho? The Witness…

By: Oddkins

Oddkins — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:53:09 +0000

Can not wait…
But will.

By: Timo Visser

Timo Visser — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:12:14 +0000

I’m really looking forward to this game, are there time-twisting puzzles in this game like Braid?

By: Jonathan Blow

Jonathan Blow — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:12:03 +0000

The graininess of the shadows is not final. I like it, sort-of, but it causes problems sometimes and it clashes with the very-soft indoor indirect lighting. So I suspect something major will change there before ship.

Other aspects of the lighting are more finalized, but there aren’t really any high-quality materials or precomputed lighting in these shots.

By: Paul Furio

Paul Furio — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:40:15 +0000

So is this RealMyst with an actual philosophical meaning?

By: Coded One

Coded One — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:46:48 +0000

Have you mostly finalized the shadow and lighting engine? I love the way those shadows look. The grainy/blurry edges really give the entire game an interesting atmosphere. It reminds a bit of the game Love by Eskil Steenberg.

By: T-82

T-82 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:44:38 +0000

Make that 1.000,001

By: Leonard McCoy

Leonard McCoy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:52:58 +0000

When I saw the foliage, the trees and bushes, and the temple, and heard about the puzzle factor in the game, I cannot but think of the legendary “Myst.” Is “The Witness” your “Myst” killer?

By: David Baker

David Baker — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:43:37 +0000

Great timing! This nicely compliments my current reading and research. I’m happy to have you pull me from the theoretical into the practical. Very interesting indeed. Many thanks for sharing!

By: Phil Willis

Phil Willis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:20:38 +0000

Nice work Jonathan.

At each iteration you show the game and the world, it only makes me want to play it. Right now!

Keep up the good work, and I’ll be patiently waiting (with 999,999 other people) for the final release.

Cheers