Kotaku seems to be a great example of this. One just another one of the gaming sites, though it did get its share of in depth pieces thanks to Jason Schriers articles involving crunch in the workplace.
Sadly, at some point, there was a shift from their focus on videogame news, as we saw a rise in the number of articles that were either just filled with ‘reactions’ from twitter, or ‘clickbait’ articles with a title blatantly designed to draw people in with a wild claim/accusation.

Problem being, while many people complain about these articles, they were also clicking on them, which meant they were getting more traffic, which meant more ad revenue. So they started to become more and more common, to the point they became the focus of the site, and the actual news stories became a rarity…

Yes there is! (AFAIK). It’s at the end of a long, winding path near one of the coasts.

The Microsoft documentation defines the following three macros which can be used to ignore the mouse events which Window generates from pen devices.
#define MI_WP_SIGNATURE 0xFF515700
#define SIGNATURE_MASK 0xFFFFFF00
#define IsPenEvent(dw) (((dw) & SIGNATURE_MASK) == MI_WP_SIGNATURE)

The IsPenEvent macro will also identify mouse events Windows generates from touch devices. Using this information we were able to help a customer get touch events working in their application which uses our 2D dynamic graphics engine.

Thanks again!

This was a one-time set of grants, yes … they’ve all been given out.

Big fan of the game, I already have it on both PC and PS4, recently got the iPhone version and I’m finding the touch controls almost impossible when solving puzzles. Navigating the world is great, but having to have my finger on top of the line obscures most of the puzzle I’m trying to solve! This is particularly problematic in the places like the cherry blossom grove where the puzzle solutions are very close together.

I feel like I’m missing something! Is there an on screen d-pad or similar to control the line without obscuring it?

Too bad, seems a same to ignore half of mobile users.

Very nice article that gives more insight into a special new language.
Hope to be able to use the compiler soon.

I really enjoyed listening to your hilarious rant about Direct2D on the Jeff and Casey show. It was exactly the antidote I needed after struggling to use Direct2D all day to do trivial tasks!

I’m warning anyone who has even considered playing this game, DO NOT PLAY IT, this is not a game, this is like those nail puzzles or string puzzles where you have to take apart a couple nails or screws or move some bead across a tangle of strings to another side, there is no story, no action, no suspense, no mystery, just 300 stupid puzzles on a deserted island. Wow what concept, I wonder what cement head thought this would be fun to play (more like sit there for countless hours running a line through a maze.)

By far the worst game, if you can call it that!! I have ever played in my life. I play for about 2-3 hours just trying to figure out a puzzle, then I get fed up and go back to the 01, 02, 03, 04 format but by the time I get to 50, I’m tired, confused and not sure if I already tried that specific combination, so I quit and walk away from that area, I have done that in about 20 places and it’s all the same.

Obtuse, irrational, inconclusive, non rewarding, trial and error puzzles, without any hints to what you should be doing or how to tackle the puzzle.

SAVE YOURSELF THE AGRIVATION AND DON’T EVER CONSIDER PLAYING THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE, THE WITNESS, MORE LIKE THE LOSER!!!!

This is a great article. I share your thoughts on how testing should be, unobtrusive and as closely as real programs as it can be.
Given that you are testing a compiler, how do you test for errors? Ensuring the compiler will error out on bad situations can be as important as doing the right thing. Have you found a way to apply this same scheme for errors?

— Lawrence

Want to buy the game, but want it to work.

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This is Chase Bethea. We met at the GDP party last month. I really enjoyed our conversation and wanted to keep in touch. You told me this was the best way to reach you. I hope all is well.

Kindly,
Chase

Love the game on Xbox and iOS

Any word on this being fixed/addressed? My iCloud is on, but the game keeps saying iCloud Not Available and won’t sync from device to device.

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Hi, I know this is a really old post, but since I’ve only recently come across threads about porting The Witness to Linux.

In the future, if you are considering porting to Linux, I don’t suggest making a big deal about offering support. Just make it clear under what conditions your development team get the games working for yourselves. Us Linux gamers will take care of the rest.

I’ve had to research and troubleshoot several games ported to Linux that were left unsupported by the developers. I can wholeheartedly tell you that “something is better than nothing.” Linux users are resilient – we’ll be grateful for the port and share workarounds with one another on how to get your games working under various conditions ourselves.

BTW, I really like Braid; thanks for the great game! I’ve told many people about it and how it’s the only game I played where it seemed like I was subconsciously solving puzzles.

Do you guys have any plans to revisit the Xbox One versión now that the X console is out? It would be nice to get a boost to near 4K resolution for this game. It deserves it so much.

Thanks

I think that was the case. The most recent update to HS has got it working. Thanks!

“(Just a random thought, but I wonder if the entertainment industry in general has started to catch on to this frightening (to them) phenomenon and that’s the reason why we’re seeing films promoting blind faith uncritical consumption of entertainment in movies like Now You See Me, and Oz the Great and Powerful.)”

Maybe it’s like when some geek culture media markets Not Caring What Other People Think stories to kids who already don’t have many friends?

Could that one count as story-sellers being frightened that if they tell stories that are *less* Don’t Care What Other People Think then the kids will value friendship, go give more other people a chance and make more friends, and spend less time and parents’ money obsessively consuming more of their media?

Last I heard, there was something wrong on Apple’s side of things that they needed to fix about the new OS, but I am not entirely sure if that’s still the case or if this is a different issue. If you email support@thekla.com, a programmer should be able to give you more concrete info, though!

Any help?

Unfortunately that’s something way too complicated for our small programming team to implement, sorry! Glad you liked the game otherwise:)

Hi! Would you please email support@thekla.com with all the specifics? We would appreciate it, and will look into the issue!

Thanks to all the devs for making such an inspiring and wonderful game.

Game breaking bug… I don’t want to spoil anything but there is a puzzle very late into the game that can’t be completed… something very few people ever complete hint hint. The game glitches out and you can’t swipe up. It’s definitely not a problem with my puzzle solving skills, this is definitely a bug. It’s on a pillar puzzle, can’t draw up regardless of layout. Puzzle freezes mid drawing. Plenty of time left on clock.
iPhone 6+, 11.0.3

We recently put out a patch that should solve saved game losses, are you playing the latest version? If so, and you are still encountering the problem, please contact support@thekla.com with as much info regarding the issue as possible and we will try to correct it! Glad to hear you are enjoying the game otherwise, apologies for the troubles!

The only issue we’ve encountered regarding people not being able to download the game on compatible devices is due to not having enough space on their device. We estimate Apple requires about double the space needed to download the game as the game actually is. It’s a bit frustrating that Apple doesn’t give you that error message when trying to download…apologies for the inconvenience! Temporarily freeing up some more space would almost definitely let you download. Hope you manage to play…it is also available on PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One, in case you want to try one of those platforms!

No immediate suggestions, but if you could write an email to support@thekla.com, with as much info about the crash as possible, our programmers will look into it!

Listen. I LOVE this game on iOS. LOVE LOVE LOVE. But I have lost my progress three times now. The losses appear random. The first time it happened I lost some 59 solved puzzles. I don’t want to invest more time without having any confidence that my progress will be there when I go back. Please help?

Thank you so much! Just thought about the puzzle a little bit and figured it out. This game is full of surprises!

Glad to hear you are enjoying the port! The issue you are reporting is actually not a bug, you are just missing some info in the environment! Good luck!

But there is one serious problem and it’s about 100% walkthrough. There is one hidden puzzle in glass factory that I physically cannot solve. I tried to solve it in PC version and it was really easy. I did it without any difficulties. I noticed that size of window was changed and it became physically impossible to even draw a line. I can’t literally neither reach the left edge of this puzzle nor draw a line above the circle.

Screenshot: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Asd4w6l3kTo-qDTZBil7EknTbofh
Video: https://youtu.be/RP_G0_ZdAT8

Thanks in advance!

Sorry you are experiencing those issues! Would you mind shooting an email to support@thekla.com with as much detailed information you have about the crash and the sound issue? We will try to track down the problem!

It does!

Aside from a few saves disappearing, it’s just about perfect. I really enjoy the path finding option for mobile devices-it really helps with eye and hand fatigue.

It did work, thanks!
I never would’ve guessed so much space was needed for a simple update ;)

We are not entirely sure of the exact amount of space needed to download the game/updates, but we think you need about double the size of the game just while installing. If you make some more room, just temporarily while the game is installing, it should work!

The programmers are still undecided, but we are definitely talking about it!

I’ll send over the information. Thanks.

I had the same thing when going to show my brother the game. Had a cold panic sweat, went to the options, and could load my game from there.

It’s as if it didn’t autoload my last save and started again.

But if people have nothing in the load game list; that’s something else.

Works and looks great on my 6S Plus.

I doubt we’ll see this game on VR, particularly on PSVR, but the chilled out exploration in this game would really lend itself to it. It’s a fantastic place to walk around.

As/if VR becomes really accessible and mainstream, I can’t wait to see what your first VR project will be, if you go down that route.

Cool, thanks for replying! I’ll give it a whirl. =)

Yep! Your saved games won’t sync to iCloud until you get an internet connection, but the game should work perfectly fine without it.

If you are on iCloud it should be automatic! If it’s not working still, it might be a bug, which should be fixed in the next patch.

Thanks!

Metal 2 support

We are looking into that problem right now, but it would be helpful to get as much info about your specific situation as possible, so please write an email to support@thekla.com to help our programmers resolve the situation faster. Thanks!

Thank you so much! Will do.

We don’t have any immediate ideas, but could you send an email to support@thekla.com and give our programmers as much info as you can? We’ll try to help you out!

Thanks! M

I would totally buy this again for Android if it worked on my phone (Nexus 6P), instead of just my TV. I hope you’re working towards that as well, since you’ve clearly got it working for IOS phones. :)