Comments on: The Art of “The Witness” – GDC 2014 https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/ Explore an abandoned island. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 By: Alex C https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-4008432 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:48:35 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-4008432 You guys need to update your blog more often! Jon? You still alive? A weekly article, even if its just a few sentences would be greatly appreciated!

]]> By: Thaetriah https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3915863 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:11:13 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3915863 In reply to Oddkins.

I remember when Jon himself said he had forgotten solutions for some of the puzzles. So I think the game’s replayability is pretty high.

]]> By: Oddkins https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3912076 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:27:31 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3912076 Fantastic stuff! The spartan attitude that everything must have a direct meaning or relationship to the heart of the game is really quite inspiring.

Also a question if anyone happens to read down here. To the developers: How is the game on replay? That is – having been through the puzzles or the entire arc of the game at least once, do you find that something integral has been lost? Or is one able to reexperience the magic so to speak? Are the puzzles in effect ‘too memorized’ from the first playthrough?

]]> By: Cody https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3903216 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:47:24 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3903216 Jon,

Within The Witness, are there —

1. any given parameters within which the player must design his own puzzle — such as certain number of elements and certain length of solution path?

2. Any puzzle in which the player has to create his own rule?

]]> By: jay2s https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3886225 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:44:01 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3886225 Enjoyed watching the talk.

One small comment: as someone who is color blind, I did not notice the red bush that was supposed to grab my attention…

]]> By: Stuart https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3865179 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:59:46 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3865179 Video of Luis’ talk:
http://gdcvault.com/play/1020552/The-Art-of-The

]]> By: justin https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3833207 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 00:59:46 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3833207 Thank you so much for the info, Line 46! You’re awesome for gathering all that. <3

]]> By: Line 46 https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3826446 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 16:05:53 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3826446 Hello there!
I been working on my blog for a while and when I finished the job I thought it would be a good idea to use the template I modified to do this: http://www.theline46.blogspot.com
The idea is to put together the most interesting information about The Witness scattered around the web. Is something very simple but hopefully it might be helpful. Still working on it BTW.
If you feel that´s something missing or wrong in the site or it´s contents (in any sense) please let me know.
Cheerio!

]]> By: justin https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3767084 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:27:00 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3767084 In reply to Nadir.

Yeah, that’s just the slides. The actual video of Luis’ talk will pop at the GDC site in some weeks or a few months. Just waited out…

]]> By: Nadir https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3760338 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:40:05 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3760338 Oops again.. it’s just the slides. no talk.ro

]]> By: Nadir https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3760312 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:36:31 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3760312 Oops. found it!
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020134/The-Art-of-The

]]> By: Nadir https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3760303 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:34:02 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3760303 I want to watch this talk and I can’t find it. Not yet available on the GDC vault?

]]> By: Nathan https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3757809 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:01:14 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3757809 I was at the talk, and I thought it was fantastic and inspiring. One of many great talks at GDC.

Not being an artist, I really enjoyed the insight into the artistic side of things, and it made me think more about abstraction in my own work. It was one of two talks that I saw at GDC this year emphasizing the need for appropriate abstraction. (The other, also outside of my area, was on the new animation system that Bungie is using for Destiny.)

]]> By: David https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3708196 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:15:55 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3708196 The Playstation Blog currently has your game listed for a Fall 2014 release date. How accurate is this time frame, and how close are you all from completing the development process for the game? This is my most anticipated PS4 title! Also, are you able to give me an idea of what the cost will be for this title? Thanks.

]]> By: Adam Bogocz https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3703292 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:15:27 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3703292 Well, It looks like The Witness release is planned for Autumn … http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/03/26/every-ps4-game-announced-2014-far-100-growing/

]]> By: eX_ploit https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3692405 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:19:46 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3692405 The main question remains how long is it before release

]]> By: Nadir https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3690754 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:51:29 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3690754 It’s not just that I can’t wait, because I have waited long already. We all have.
I once listened to Blow talk in a podcast on game developing in 2011. When he was asked about the release of the game, he said it was gonna take a while. I thought perhaps it was for 2012, but man it’s 2014 and I sense we’re still far from it. I just want this stuff to come out!

]]> By: Matthew VanDevander https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3682200 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:31:00 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3682200 In reply to Walter.

I also skimmed that part. I don’t really want to know all that verbally like that. I’d rather be trying to put the pieces together myself in playing and exploring the world. If I don’t get it, I suppose I can look at these slides later haha. :D

]]> By: Walter https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3681616 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:46:33 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3681616 Liked the slides, but was really surprised to see all that (what I presume to be) story stuff in there. Up until this point you guys have kept all the story stuff close to your chest. I don’t want to spoil it too much so I didn’t read it thoroughly but it seemed odd that it was included in this presentation.

Looking forward to the more complete presentation with corresponding audio.

]]> By: justin https://the-witness.net/news/2014/03/the-art-of-the-witness-gdc-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3681524 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:31:03 +0000 https://the-witness.net/news/?p=2474#comment-3681524 Can’t wait.

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