ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

Welcome traveller! If you are reading this then you are probably curious about the nature of the art pieces produced by NormalExisting. Well, this page will give you a brief introduction.

Most pieces depict scenarios in the 2016 puzzle game called The Witness. The Witness is a sort of metroidvania puzzle game in which you navigate around an open world and solve puzzles that involve drawing lines in grid-like mazes while satisfying the many constraints

PUZZLES IN THE WITNESS

Puzzles usually involve a grid-like maze with one or more starting points (denoted a large round circle) and one or more endpoints (denoted as rounded protrusions from the maze). The goal is to draw a line from a starting point to the ending point while satisfying the constraints of various symbols across the board. Some symbols require you to travel near them in some way. Others demand certain properties about the region they fall into (after the line divides the grid into regions). Symbols are usually taught via a series of panels that start easy but gradually get more complex and reveal more insight and information on the symbols themselves.

Some puzzles also rely on the surroundings to be solved. For example, one kind of puzzle seems unsolvable at first, but a solution is revealed when you look at the puzzle through a colored filter. Other puzzles serve as challenges, testing your knowledge of the various symbols and clues that you have learned across your journey.

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