Are you smart enough to beat this game?

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The Looker is a parody game of The Witness but it is so much better because not only is it a free game with overwhelmingly positive reviews on Stream, the moral of the game is the strongest shape...!
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About The Looker:
Explore several charmed locations on a mysterious island replete with over 55 creative puzzles. Over an approximately two-hour playing duration, you will face unique challenges, ponderous ideas, and feebly amusing in-jokes.
The Looker is a single-player game that respects you as an intelligent player, and it treats your time as... reasonably valuable (I mean, don't let me pull you off solving the Riemann hypothesis or anything). As such, I will level with you here-not every joke will be a hit, but there is no filler material, the puzzles are fun, and, if you really think about it, aren't the real solutions the, uhh... friends we make along the way?
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@Gaelic-Spirit Жыл бұрын

This game was created to trick you into solving the kids' menu puzzle for the creator

@redpepper74 Жыл бұрын

kid menu*

@17Kenzie_ Жыл бұрын

Lmfao why is this comment so funny 😂

@HarambaeXelonmuskfans Жыл бұрын

@@redpepper74 ki menu ***

@HarambaeXelonmuskfans Жыл бұрын

@@17Kenzie_ Lmbfao*

@cntrol101 Жыл бұрын

@@redpepper74 k menu*

@ninjadaer6183 Жыл бұрын

He never fails to make the most efficient shape in a game.

@rysiii811 Жыл бұрын

and the game spoke back with the obelisk of knobbage at the very end, Im pretty sure (since the restrictions are very tights there, if you know what I mean) that was intentional design

@Expai1000 Жыл бұрын

666 likes

@ReverendTed Жыл бұрын

They say one mark of a good parody is that it's actually a good version of the thing being parodied. The Looker is more clever than it has any right to be.

@JohnSmith-ox3gy Жыл бұрын

It's just The Witness but self-aware?

@JohnSmith-ox3gy Жыл бұрын

It's just The Witness but self-aware?

@herrdoktornapy6835 Жыл бұрын

The whole point of this game was to do a bunch of random stuff just to draw a knob at the end. Wow 👏😮

@vipcesh Жыл бұрын

Rce approved

@calebhann2335 Жыл бұрын

Its called the Looker for a reason

@ericb3157 Жыл бұрын

somehow your comment reminded me of a VERY old game where you have to draw a picture of a door to get through a wall... "you are a genius! ...but a lousy artist." yes, the "door" looked badly lopsided!

@sojufighter8451 Жыл бұрын

A+ game

@stevetennispro Жыл бұрын

A total dick move that! ;)

@dynosaw4313 Жыл бұрын

"An architect designed that for the visual effect" -RCE truth speak

@keeganblackburn8719 Жыл бұрын

Not true. An architect most likely designed an open floor plan patio garden on the top of the stairs, but the was told by the buzz kill engineer that “it’s not structurally secure enough to comply with the minimum required safety standards and that not incorporating a bannister railing along the sides of the stairway leading up, would constitute several OSHA violations.” To which, the architect, already bored of listening to them, while simultaneously designing their next grand masterpiece in their head, heard at best, only the last 3 words of, if any…. Architect: “Hmmm, maybe my next design will prominently feature flying buttresses or perhaps even fluted columnar architecture; sort of a Neo-Gothic style…. Huh, what was that you were just telling engineer… something about several OSHA violations?”

@risser4555 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes I believe that, and having watched Matt for long enough I allow know that if an engineer had built it, it likely would've gone up and down with no exit for at least 8 times around the outside of the courtyard with no exit before finally allowing you to get to the second floor.

@LycanFerret Жыл бұрын

9:12 Lower on the menu there's "Pulled Long Pork Wrap". This is a reference to cannibalism, as human meat is called long pork.

@DarthZ01 Жыл бұрын

its served with a fave bean medley. hannibal lector in silence of the lambs states he loves human liver with a side of fave beans.

@LycanFerret Жыл бұрын

@@DarthZ01 I knew I recognized fave bean from somewhere. I wonder if there's more references on the menu.

@Fay7666 Жыл бұрын

After the explanation, it made me think it's just think it's a euphemism for a condom.

@bt7594 Жыл бұрын

@@Fay7666 layered references.

@Zephyros500 Жыл бұрын

Walking into the broom cupboard to see an armour stand, after filling in a sign with colour like a child, only to greet the inanimate object with a "Yarite, mate?" Had me in absolute stitches, Matt. Take your like!!!!

@iarenubie78 Жыл бұрын

The one with the random shapes seems like you have to connect them in order of the number of vertices the shapes have, in ascending order

@basv458 Жыл бұрын

i was thinking the number of corners

@moistfeet3626 Жыл бұрын

@@basv458 a vertice is a corner but fancy name

@cogwheel42 Жыл бұрын

vertices is plural for vertex

@basv458 Жыл бұрын

@@moistfeet3626 ah, didnt know that. thank you for explaining :)

@iarenubie78 Жыл бұрын

@@cogwheel42 Yo, real engineer spotted.

@ReverendTed Жыл бұрын

I was lowkey impressed at the children's menu that was careful to separate the S's and the E's.

@redpepper74 Жыл бұрын

It really was impressive, no s’s in the entire kid menu besides the title where there weren’t any e’s

@johanness3850 Жыл бұрын

So that's why all the items were singular instead of plural. Chicken tendie, chicken nuggie, and french fry.

@xaviercrider4059 Жыл бұрын

@@redpepper74 Segregation at its finest.

@HarryBalzak Жыл бұрын

MMmmm tuna pizza...

@jordananderson2728 Жыл бұрын

Matt: "This staircase was designed by an architect." Also Matt: *Fails to notice the bright red line extending down from the wall where the ribbon he could not follow doubled back down*

@andyjohnson4907 Жыл бұрын

The left in a maze thing isn't designed, it will always work (unless the maze has another entrance). But, it's not about always turning left, it's about keeping your left hand on the wall on your left. So with a dead end, you just walk down and come back out (or skip that walk and turn right). I imagine it works with your right hand.

@petertrudelljr Жыл бұрын

Ever since Wizardry, I've done the left hand wall.... "Contra-Dextra Avenue" indeed... grrrrr

@nic_enc_old Жыл бұрын

It will work if you're looking for an exit, but if you're looking for something in the center, it won't work if there's a continuous path around the goal - just like in this case.

@Extramrdo Жыл бұрын

and for everything else, there's tremaux's algorithm. mikeburnfire did a great showcase of it, with c4.

@nic_enc_old Жыл бұрын

@@Extramrdo But as I understand it, Tremaux only works when you can mark, so it wouldn't work in settings such as most videogames, right?

@WarmishTextbook Жыл бұрын

Yep, works with either hand. I had quite some fun designing a maze with three-way splits that loops around if you use the left or right hand rule though!

@Numfuddle Жыл бұрын

This game is a two hour the witness shitpost and I truly recommend it. If you liked The Witness you’ll like this. If you hated the Witness you’ll love this

@DarthZ01 Жыл бұрын

what if im ambivalent to the witness existing?

@dopaminecloud Жыл бұрын

@@DarthZ01 probably not for you

@mrmoonstream7534 Жыл бұрын

Narator at the end: *makes poems* oh wait thats a giant co-

@PhaTs00p Жыл бұрын

The telescope pointed at the sun is what finally got me. Good work.

@mysteryman7877 Жыл бұрын

When you said “free to play,” I downloaded the game and played it, then came back to watch. The payoff at the end was absolutely worth it.

@spacy5896 Жыл бұрын

exactly what im doing right now XD

@JohnSmith-ox3gy Жыл бұрын

What convinced me was "i have A GUN now?!"

@pompey333 Жыл бұрын

So at 9:10 I just realized after seeing that kids menu for like the sixth time that it has long pork on the menu. Long pork for people who do not know is a euphemism for human meat. Is this secretly a horror game?!

@chaseywoot Жыл бұрын

Did you not notice the fava bean medley that it came with?

@HarryBalzak Жыл бұрын

I am more disturbed by tuna pizza

@Shalakor Жыл бұрын

@@HarryBalzak I mean, putting tuna on things is like adding chicken, but sea themed. Or, at least, better than sardines.

@Ka_Doink Жыл бұрын

RCE drawing the strongest shape everywhere while the Dev sneaks in the perfect shape at 14:44 😅

@Aviertje Жыл бұрын

The Ponytail on that one screen is a reference to the video game Braid from 2008, which was an earlier game by Jonathan Blow who also created the Witness. It was very well received and basically put indie games on the map as something viable and worth playing.

@Leatherman154 Жыл бұрын

Architect: I design beautiful things. Engineer: I design practical things. Machinist: Without me, you're both little more then a good idea.

@noyb7920 Жыл бұрын

Leatherworker: Good luck making tools without an apron!

@AtomBomb420 Жыл бұрын

Rancher: Good Luck making aprons without leather!

@jorisd6584 Жыл бұрын

@@AtomBomb420 Cow: Good luck making leather without me!

@DrSquirrel_ Жыл бұрын

@9:12 I like how they have chocolate milk, diet chocolate milk, and chocolate milk zero for the kids to drink

@ritahueston9475 Жыл бұрын

The “Ponytail” is a reference to the game “Braid”!

@hachi8284 Жыл бұрын

4:47 you had to move the knight first to threaten checkmate with the rook on the 7th rank and make the queen block, moving the other rook up first just gets it captured by the queen.

@conorstewart2214 Жыл бұрын

Hedge mazes at every turn either left or right if you take that turn or if at a dead end you turn that direction too you will get through it, it is because if you drew a line throughout the whole perimeter of where you can walk, there should only be one continuous line from the left side of start back to the right side of start, this does only work if there is only one path to the end or centre, if islands are allowed then this method doesn’t work really maze won’t form a continuous line from start back to start as it will have breaks due to the islands.

@Extramrdo Жыл бұрын

He tried that, and the maze's solution is an island towards the back left. What you want in life is Tremaux's algorithm, and blocks of C4.

@LHyoutube Жыл бұрын

@RCE, fun fact is that you can get through any maze by keeping either your left hand or your right hand (and then not changing hands after you start!) on the wall at all times and then walking forwards. Or the equivalent strategy when completing a maze on screen rather than physically walking it. Obviously it's not the fastest method, and involves you following any dead-ends along the way, but it is always guaranteed to work in the end! 😀

@jurgenkriebs9405 Жыл бұрын

Actually for a 2 d maze without trickery it allways works also in computergames. The only problem is when the maze has multiple layers or is not programmend in a realistic way

@LHyoutube Жыл бұрын

@@jurgenkriebs9405 - I did already say it also works in games ('on screen') 😀

@pastelturbinado7762 Жыл бұрын

@@jurgenkriebs9405 If the end of the maze is on the middle it also doesn't work

@RadeticDaniel Жыл бұрын

@@pastelturbinado7762 yeah, but for the end to be in the middle or anywhere else other than the perimeter, it requires stairs, rope or ladders, and therefore stops being a 2D maze in the most boring of ways you can add an extra dimension to it XD

@Shalakor Жыл бұрын

@@RadeticDaniel The hedge maze in The Looker has a loop back to the entrance so that neither left hand or right method works to find the center area of the maze. If the solution to the maze isn't to find an exit, but to reach a point within, it's easy to build walls that don't connect to the entrance.

@ContourHalo Жыл бұрын

Day 7 of asking RCE to play satisfactory

@wolfyspace3368 Жыл бұрын

Day 1 of yes

@Karcrab_mcshouty Жыл бұрын

Yes

@MerlinSAM Жыл бұрын

Holly fuck YES YES YES

@MerlinSAM Жыл бұрын

Day 1 agreed

@catalingaming136 Жыл бұрын

He played it but on stream

@epicthief Жыл бұрын

Just love Matt's content, RCE is a legend of being entertaining

@poorlydrawnstickman1660 Жыл бұрын

That cannon bit was super creative!

@Maddog3060 Жыл бұрын

All of that to have you draw a knob/bell-end. Bradley Lovell gets the Troll of the Year award. He had tough competition, but damn did he deliver.

@Ulthuanelf Жыл бұрын

Fun fact the "intended" trick with the puzzle at 6:10 isn't actually going around (which works for a ton of puzzles in this game), it's that the right side of the maze can just be drawn over cause the walls aren't black

@Jallahz Жыл бұрын

6:56 onwards really got me LMFAOOO

@MonsterBatinator Жыл бұрын

2:50 the first time I have ever seen him get scared! Lol should do more horror games, would be great 😁👍🏼

@Redarmy1917 Жыл бұрын

Ponytail bit was a reference to Braid. The first game by Jonathan Blow, the maker of The Witness. It's really good.

@carl-marvin Жыл бұрын

10:00 Always turning left in a labyrinth always works. It's math, and not something all labyrinth designers agreed upon ;)

@SanyaJuutilainen Жыл бұрын

There are exceptions where it can be not working - if you have loops in the maze, that is. In that case you'd have to be marking your exits.

@GuagoFruit Жыл бұрын

@@Varksterable you can start the left wall follower from any point in the maze. It works in all cases where all wall pieces are connected, ie no isolated islands of walls exist. This is because doing the left wall follower allows you to cover an entire connected section, therefore if a solution (exit) exists within that section you are guaranteed to find it.

@carl-marvin Жыл бұрын

Ah you're right of course. You need to mark the intersections in some cases.

@n0t_normal583 Жыл бұрын

yes but only if all the interior walls are connected to the main exterior wall

@jeffreyblack666 Жыл бұрын

@@GuagoFruit And that has the limitation that all walls are connected, which is always the case. As soon as there is an isolated section of wall, you can be trapped on that section, never leaving it.

@RosinaEmilyW Жыл бұрын

10:00 - it’s basically referring to following one wall all the way. Like you read out with one hand and don’t stop touching it. Or alternatively hug the left wall until you reach a dead end, then hug the wall that was on your right when facing said dead end, then vice versa until you’re out.

@zeroburn315 Жыл бұрын

After watching DF play this and seeing the end, I KNEW RCE would enjoy it, lol.

@lucasmaracaja9350 Жыл бұрын

So true

@-Link- Жыл бұрын

Factual

@Drknow1984 Жыл бұрын

"Pulled Long Pork Wrap w/ Fava Bean Medley" Long pork being a name for human flesh, and fava bean medley being a direct ref to Hannibal lector.

@jwalster9412 Жыл бұрын

2:29 I did not expect a horror game, that came out of nowhere .

@YooBoiSpecF1 Жыл бұрын

You are concerningly good at drawing the strongest shape

@f.f.s.d.o.a.7294 Жыл бұрын

Time in primary school well spent.

@derekborders9647 Жыл бұрын

Always go left, or keep your hand on the left wall, or whatever is a classic maze technique that guarantees a solution (but not the best one) for mazes without loops. Even with loops it can work as long as the loop isn’t set up in a specific way that breaks this.

@ko_rubin Жыл бұрын

Saw the game here and instantly had to try it out - finished it in 1 go and dont regret any second of it! Thank you for this experience and I hope to be able to find more lesser known games here :D

@jordanbomb32 Жыл бұрын

4:00 "CHANGE PLACES"! Brilliant Futurama reference. Can't wait for more Futurama

@Fr3dJ0rd Жыл бұрын

I actually loved playing The Witness. Although the puzzles are hard, the ambiance makes the game super calming.

@Ulthuanelf Жыл бұрын

It's an incredibly satisfying game to crack, but it's hard to argue it doesn't take itself a tad too seriously at times :P

@dopaminecloud Жыл бұрын

@@Ulthuanelf Every single game without meta humor takes itself 100% seriously. Why does the witness specifically get bashed for it if not because people are touchy about including links to real life perspectives in a game about perspective? I remember nier automata got the same criticisms for daring to reference existing philosophies in a game whos whole theme is exploring them. Some people just can't stand having that stuff in games no matter how fitting it may be, but that's not the game's fault.

@Hoytash Жыл бұрын

Id love a video masterclass on some equilibrium equations and truss analysis of the strongest shape, please and thank you from one engineer to another

@briansedlacek1963 Жыл бұрын

The day RCE doesn't make the strongest shape, i'll be worried for him..

@Ervenchris Жыл бұрын

More games like this, really enjoyed this video.

@TheMaziqueen Жыл бұрын

Ponytail = Braid (A game) Snek activated when you connect s and e.

@anthonyakopyan Жыл бұрын

When you walk into a maze and you keep turning left and then when there’s a dead end you back up and then you take the nearest left also works with right not just left

@Quinn_Dissglerio Жыл бұрын

After dozens of videos I was watching, here is finally my subscription fr your excellent work :)

@casualuser8515 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see you play Opus Magnum. It's a great assembly puzzle game with simple mechanics that build off each other and a hint of machine programming.

@RadeticDaniel Жыл бұрын

i'll second that although i'm scared for the shapes he would choose for his machines xD

@ManJunk269 Жыл бұрын

I said it's the most efficient shape on DF's video. It got a ton of likes. Glad you played this. I knew you would love it.

@steair Жыл бұрын

That was fun 🤣 You should definitely try The Talos Principle (and make a serie about it). There are some mind bendind puzzles (and storyline) in that game

@vistabuntuu Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@tyelerhiggins300 Жыл бұрын

I have a similar mindset about hedge mazes, but I use right turns instead.

@PWALYM Жыл бұрын

7:01 you such a great artist, you know that?? XD

@Alexander-fq4fb Жыл бұрын

10:00 If you always go left you will always find the den. You just need to turn left 2x when you got to an end.

@Niyucuatro Жыл бұрын

The ponytail thing is a parody of Braid, a previous game by the guy who made the witness (and a far less annoying one).

@shiny2575 Жыл бұрын

I loved the map so much. Its a simple game but the map really gave it character and brought it to life

@tyronorxy5646 Жыл бұрын

11:08 It's pronounced the same way English people pronounce "snake". (Well almost. It's likely to be a joke on English pronunciation.) "é" is a Hungarian letter btw.

@nickanderson8305 Жыл бұрын

The trick to hedge mazes is always have your left hand on the wall and follow it

@Dadik2580 Жыл бұрын

That wouldn't work here, since the goal is the center of the maze. Going along one of the walls just leads you around and back to where you started.

@nickanderson8305 Жыл бұрын

@@Dadik2580 for sure. I was simply addressing his statement to always turning left in a maze

@aldrea6506 Жыл бұрын

I watched DF play this as well and he just drew around every maze if possible lol.

@jewels3846 Жыл бұрын

Lmao i have to catch up on DFs videos because ive been slacking but I am not surprised that is how it went 😂 i look forward to watching it after this now to see it myselg

@haraberu Жыл бұрын

13:14 The "Ponytail" poster resembles the title screen of "Braid", another game by the same author as "The Witness".

@quackin12152 Жыл бұрын

Actually, my strat to mazes is always face the front so you know your direction and search everywhere, for exits opposite to the entrance, if you feel like not moving closer, turn back

@ashtonparrish Жыл бұрын

Around 13 min the ponytail thing was a reference to an amazi g platform puzzler called Braid

@tsorraught Жыл бұрын

"Do I see two men touching tips?" made me laugh so hard that I almost fell out of my chair. That was unexpected.

@aqeelpadaria2955 Жыл бұрын

At 4:30, if you do the move you wanted (rook to h8) first, the queen can just take the rook you moved and get out of the check that way. Moving the knight first forces the checkmate.

@bobgade6733 Жыл бұрын

At 6:45 all I could think was "imposter!"

@BananaRamaa Жыл бұрын

Aliensrock played this and I absolutely loved the overview of it!

@mattgrostick1499 Жыл бұрын

Did anyone else notice that the Kids' menu offered pulled "long pork" sandwiches served with fava beans? The random "Silence of the Lambs" reference is pretty funny.

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Жыл бұрын

And a nice Chianti

@catlooks Жыл бұрын

the telescope sun effect was the coolest in the game 💀

@mikeoxlong1040 Жыл бұрын

Haha, new you would enjoy the ending Glad to see you played it

@fissionprime4 Жыл бұрын

Oh god that sequence at 12:40 is a reference to that police training arcade game isn't it.

@Stealth_Robot Жыл бұрын

9:31 "just a rock that way" But that rock was the strongest shape!

@mauer1 Жыл бұрын

in many mazes its always just, hug a wall and you simply reach every point of the maze including the exit

@ryanihrig7270 Жыл бұрын

I was on that island you shot at that almost hit me

@kif1983 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I have already beaten it, and I did think it would be fun if you played it given the last puzzle.

@2dead408 Жыл бұрын

Hello, i cannot believe how many followers you gained. I follow you since 30k and i remember the build a bridge videos, anyways i hope you will reach even more subscribers!

@furbyfubar Жыл бұрын

At 14:50 the solution was to enter the symbols in the same order you did for the final book puzzle in the chapel in the hedge maze. So you didn't have to brute force it.

@Vanessas985 Жыл бұрын

Lol “I was happy doing line puzzles!”

@hughjanus6209 Жыл бұрын

10:10 pretty sure the order is the number of vertices on the shapes in ascending order :)

@Hundeputzmunter Жыл бұрын

Worked for me

@Jackilichous Жыл бұрын

For the second final puzzle you can figure out the order by understanding the maze puzzles.

@AxelAlarcon Жыл бұрын

7:02 masterpiece, pure art, it’s beautiful 🥲

@Numfuddle Жыл бұрын

This is a completely original game with no references to any other game. Thank you very much

@thecheesecakeoverlord4319 Жыл бұрын

the final puzzle is ordered by the number of corners on the shape ascending

@valecasini Жыл бұрын

15:44 lol to me it looks like the Sud Italy XD

@grimreaper9549 Жыл бұрын

7:03 The game when mom walks in

@geogalvanic Жыл бұрын

As someone who uses a total station, I was not expecting it to show up in an RCE vid, although it looks more like an auto level tbh

@Mylok_ Жыл бұрын

this ending is perfect, u wanted it all game, now you have it. Everybody's had to do it.

@Kress9002 Жыл бұрын

This game reminds me of The Talos Principle! I can only recommend that one too!

@jeffreysdavis Жыл бұрын

It's not always go left...it's keep your hand constantly on either the left or right wall (must choose one) and you will eventually find your way out

@Alphaghosty Жыл бұрын

Hey rce and paddy if a difficult survival game is what you need I highly recommend frostpunk

@playstation.e7703 Жыл бұрын

7:46 jeez, emperor palatine much?

@oQuindo1 Жыл бұрын

If you move the rook first you actually end up not forcing checkmate. It might still be a good/winnable position, but checkmate is always better.

@magicstew45 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the rook can be taken out, hence no checkmate. Can't expect a civil engineer to see moves in advance tho 😂

@Enzi_Meteori_902 Жыл бұрын

11:59 damn you right hand 12:07 WHOOO 13:30 WOP 14:35 a globy thing 14:41 OWW AHSHSHHWHWHW WHY DID I SAY THAT 15:42 THE OBELISK OF KNOWBEDGE

@blueberry6404 Жыл бұрын

Now I'm curious if you were able to get past the hedge maze and go to that random house...

@Billgoroe Жыл бұрын

He left before the end, the final achievement is completed by sitting through the credits

@nicholashills1547 Жыл бұрын

You should do The Talos Principle! Its like this meets portal

@phillbanks4103 Жыл бұрын

Nice vid as always RCE, for any maze touch your left side wall and start walking eventually you will reach the exit

@lxjoe96 Жыл бұрын

*yo'ure

@phillbanks4103 Жыл бұрын

@@lxjoe96 No mate you’re means you are and I wasn’t saying you are, I was saying your left same as what’s your name it’s only punctuated when it’s you are (you’re) but c+ for trying

@lxjoe96 Жыл бұрын

@@phillbanks4103 It was a joke pal

@stellato6770 Жыл бұрын

Unless the maze is segmented.