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Once it starts raining you have access to all the bodies you need on the ship. Rewatch every flashback and take notes. Details really matter, and those flashbac

Once it starts raining you have access to all the bodies you need on the ship. Rewatch every flashback and take notes. Details really matter, and those flashbacks are crime scenes that need to be studied fully. Pay special attention to clips in quick succession, as a clue from another flashback may show the means of death or the killer.

stavros 2y ago
Ahh, thank you! I'm not sure it started raining, I'll check.
- pdpi 2y ago
  I’m quite fond of watching Let’s Plays of Obra Dinn (it’s the closest I can get to experiencing it for the first time again), and there is a fundamental mistake I see happening over and over: people not getting the rules the game plays by. First off, the game is tough but fair. I’ve seen a lot of people say out loud what the correct solution is, but not punch it in because the game could be tricking them. In fact, the game would rather give you a hard puzzle and help you solve it rather than giving you an easy puzzle and trick you away from the solution. Second, the game does a a neat trick of using very contrived game-y mechanics (the magic of the pocket watch) to present information, but only to enable that information following fairly natural real world logic, rather than puzzle game logic. People are unexceptional — they hang out with their peers, use more or less familiar language depending on who they’re talking to, stick to their jobs unless shit is hitting the fan (and even then, their job informs how they react).
  - the_af 2y ago
    Another thing I like about Obra Dinn is that some puzzles admit more than one solution when two interpretations make equal sense.
the_snooze 2y ago
>Details really matter, and those flashbacks are crime scenes that need to be studied fully. This is really what the game is all about. It's amazing when you're going through a scene for the 10th time and pick up on a huge clue that's been hiding in plain sight all that time.

stavros 2y ago

Ahh, thank you! I'm not sure it started raining, I'll check.

pdpi 2y ago
I’m quite fond of watching Let’s Plays of Obra Dinn (it’s the closest I can get to experiencing it for the first time again), and there is a fundamental mistake I see happening over and over: people not getting the rules the game plays by. First off, the game is tough but fair. I’ve seen a lot of people say out loud what the correct solution is, but not punch it in because the game could be tricking them. In fact, the game would rather give you a hard puzzle and help you solve it rather than giving you an easy puzzle and trick you away from the solution. Second, the game does a a neat trick of using very contrived game-y mechanics (the magic of the pocket watch) to present information, but only to enable that information following fairly natural real world logic, rather than puzzle game logic. People are unexceptional — they hang out with their peers, use more or less familiar language depending on who they’re talking to, stick to their jobs unless shit is hitting the fan (and even then, their job informs how they react).
- the_af 2y ago
  Another thing I like about Obra Dinn is that some puzzles admit more than one solution when two interpretations make equal sense.

the_snooze 2y ago

>Details really matter, and those flashbacks are crime scenes that need to be studied fully. This is really what the game is all about. It's amazing when you're going through a scene for the 10th time and pick up on a huge clue that's been hiding in plain sight all that time.