yknow what no matter how much beef i have with my own art i am at least proud of myself for attempting things i normally wouldn’t. like i used to see a cool reference and go ‘dont even try that. If you do it’ll look like shit and you’ll just feel bad’. and now we cowboy it up every day because the need to see Locke in various Situations outweighs my fear of failure. very freeing 😃🤙
Outer Wilds- Echoes of the eye DLC liveblog |Spoilers ahead! | Please no hints + tips if commenting!!! I have a friend who's already helping me where I need it :)
addendum: sorry for not updating this in a bit! i've been so ridiculously busy- i havent been able to play eote whatsoever bc i was graduating and settling back home!! i now have a bfa in graphic design with a minor in fine art and art history teehee :) Either way, bc im unemployed- i have more time to play and update this blog, hooray!
okay heres the actual live blog part
I FINALLY.
MADE.
PROGRESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oH MY GOOOODDDD I'M SO HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THIS GAME-- since last i left off, i got my fair share of spooks from the strangers in Endless Canyon, and that really shook me and my up.
ngl, i was so so close to calling it quits bc of the spooks, even in finally deciding to turn on reduced scares- i didn't feel good at all playing and navigating the stealth sections :( which sucks!! I love the game! i love the puzzles! i love figuring things out and exploring- its what made me fall in love with base game! but the spooks? i get absolutely nothing out of it, no thrills, no satisfaction in success, just- misery :(
and then my friend Aeter told me that there are alternative routes for each area, ones that a relatively non stealth.
oh my god. i cannot describe the joy i felt in learning this
so after i being given some hints (verbatim below) i decided to re-explore the canyon without the lights off and rediscovered the route to the canyon docks. A-ha!
You need to get to the other side to go down to the ground floor of the mansion. How do you get to the other side?
Why do you need to open the bridge, anyways?
so- the answer here is pretty clear: for me to go this alternative route and not have to make the bridge- i have to 1. have the lift brought down at the docks 2. turn the lights off 3. boat from a different tower
slightly convoluted but ill do anything to avoid dealing with those fuckers yknow
i revisited starlit cove and shrouded woodlands again as well as to better plan out my route- since i had to switch towers and i only had so much time. i chose starlit as my boating tower as reaching the docks was the easiest and the canyon was directly after it- plus i would be afforded more time within the tower since it only fully breaks at the end of the loop when the music plays. this ends up being the smart choice considering what i discover within this pathway
anyways! i launch the plan!!! speedrun time :) clearing endless- dropping the lift and turning the lights off before quickly throwing myself into the water. i then run to starlit, make the dock and travel to endless- dash into the building, run past the stranger into the lift [i was warned about them before hand] and..
OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BANGING MY FISTS ON THE TABLE!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!! ARCHIVE!!!!!! ARCHIVE!!!!!! INFO!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! <333333
and hey !!! look at that!!! a tablet :D perhaps a code for the vault!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDD
AND YAY! LORE!!!!
so its all a projection! i knew that this realm wasn't real or anything since if i get my fire blown out or i get my spine snapped by a stranger (yes i got that achievement) - i wake up all fine, but i didn't know the exact mechanics behind it. woaw!! :)
so the strangers made a projection of their home moon and strapped themselves in the towers for eternal sleep? but also they use it to imprison someone/something?? considering the locks. i mean. this is adding onto a previous assumption but considering they have this secret area to preserve the slides and some info- this only feeds the idea that the towers all ultimately serve to conceal, suppress, yet protect the most important knowledge they have (in the prison).
but its a matter of what they're hiding. the most i can assume is that its related to the eye of the universe and learning the truth of its nature. maybe they concealed someone so that they could eventually play a role in passing the strangers' knowledge and being to the new universe through playing part in its rebirth? shrug
anyways, there's another slide to look at!
and it's an error report ! huh, so- these artifacts tether us to the simulation huh, and if we step outside of the range, things break? okay well, ought to test that out:
:O
DEBUG MODE!!!!!!!!!
THERE'S A DEBUG MODE HAHAHHAHAHAH
I can't believe i couldve found this out at any time, ive put down my artifact so many times, ive just never gotten far enough out of range, oh my god!! oh my god!!!!!!!!! OHH!!!!!!
AND THERE ARE INVISIBLE PATHWAYS!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD !!!!!!! A WHOLE NEW GIMMICK!!!!!!!!! HAHAHHAHAHAH
also boooo >:( code got scrapped into oblivion >:((( fuck you
anyways, in finding this gimmick and the hidden archive, ive completed endless canyon!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYY
shrouded woodlands is next! debug mode + reduced spooks makes things so much easier- i feel so happy in being able to play this game without my heart feeling like its going to explode!!!!!
i also did scout out shrouded woodlands a bit before wrapping up the session in debug mode, watched a bunch of strangers file into the ground and into the building where all the music seems to be coming from, proceeded to get stared down by 5 of them before my spine got promptly snapped. youch!
luckily when the strangers look like 2 pixels, things are a lot less scary :))!!! im bound to go into that building again later on, gonna see if i can get in before the strangers do so i can explore more :D!
but going off of the info slide for shrouded, i do know i need to follow a "precession of lights", cross a bridge, and walk through a fire in order to get the info for the tower. hopefully a code or two? who knows.
and lastly: heres the ship log! so happy to have made progress!
so uh!! stay tuned for next time :) hoping to get this game done soon haha
translated the entire troy saga so things look promising now. I guess I just needed to get used to the editing software I was using. I can probably complete this little project of mine in a few months if things keep going this way
