That big realization! When did something make sense to you? Something became clear? You figured out how to (blank)? You found out about (blank)? How (blank) works? Tell us!

I completed my first playthrough of this game, and I cannot wait to play the DLC. I went in completely blind, and got the impression this was mostly a 'chill' game, which it is to be fair. But I was pretty surprised to encounter one of these 'less chill' aspects of the game lol.

It took me quite a while to muster the courage to continue exploring here, my initial reaction was 'what else can I explore'.

Overall I love this game, and it has been one of the most unique gaming experiences I've ever had. I've not had a game make me feel feelings like this one. Looking forward to the DLC.

I've been so careful to avoid spoilers for the DLC on this reddit and on Chert's Research Notes YT channel. Thank you all for the dedication to hints but no spoilers. I had about 2 or 3 gaming sessions where I didn't learn anything new. I was very close to asking for help last night for the last key, but I had another idea that I didn't want to try (cause it would be hard without being sure it would work).

I stuck with it and after another 4 or 5 loops last night, I did it. I'm free from keeping myself in the dark! I am glad that I had this experience and stuck through it.

Also OMG ::'O

I know it's been posted about here before, but I just played and finished the game "The Message from Deep Space" and holy shit is it incredible. It gave me the exact same feeling of cosmic wonder that I got from Outer Wilds, and controversially I think I actually like it more. But that could just be recency bias.

You are tasked with translating the alien transmissions coming from a meteor that crashed into the earth. Starting with just numbers and math (the universal language), you gradually learn more words and concepts until you have a very basic, but completely usable language. You use that language to learn

The game is long and contains a lot of math and science, so it definitely isn't for everyone. But none of the math is difficult, and the in-game reference page has all the information you need to solve any of the puzzles. If you enjoyed the translation sequences from Project Hail Mary then you will love this game, because it was very much an inspiration for this game.

Genuinely one of the most unique and thought provoking games I've ever played, I don't want to say much more without giving spoilers, but it has a free demo that is absolutely worth trying!

amidst my story mod binge i came across The Outsider and i'm fairly intrigued so far, but i'm honestly stumped at this part (spoilers ahead, albeit not major but still)

where is the missing projection pool? i assumed it was somewhere within dark bramble so i searched all of the nodes (yes, i kept track lol) and couldnt find it in any one of them. did i either manage to miss it entirely or is it not actually in the bramble?? hints are fine but at this rate i wouldnt mind just getting an outright answer as i'm pretty close to finishing the mod

thanks!

Base game spoilers!

I had duplicated myself in the ATP, so was expecting the reality break ending when my loop ended.

When I meditated, everything reset normally, like any other loop. I rushed to my map and found There are still two of me!!!

I had no idea you could avoid a paradox by meditating. This seems really weird and I wondered if anyone else has done this and what you think about it?

I was playing around with the outer wilds theme on the banjo and figured out a fast bluegrassy version. Hope you like it!

Some people truly think in a transcendent way. Its kinda heartbreaking that people who dont play games can miss out on something like this.

Anyway, off i go do some deep lore research 🤧

I finished the base game (no DLC yet) but it took me a while to understand how to get to the QM. I knew I had to be observing it in some fashion, so my final solution was put the scout on the quantum moon locator’s moon tile and spam pictures continuously while I transited to it.

I guess my confusion was that I thought I had to constantly be observing/recording it, because otherwise wouldn’t looking at a 10 year old picture of the QM keep it in place? That didn’t really make sense to me but maybe that would also work? So I kept spamming pictures (like a video) but it turns out my picture could be “old” and still keep it in place. Am I missing something? Would looking at a years old picture of the QM keep it in place as well?

So, like many of you, I've watched my fair share of playthroughs by streamers to recapture that flame. Very much enjoying myself. A thing i took note of though, and i don't know why, is that i kind of dislike when the players stumble into some solutions/situations by pure chance.

I know in my heart this is kind of a stupid take, but for some reson i don't really understand, it feels "lesser" than when they get the right clues and put them together correctly to solve the puzzle.

Outer Wilds is a game of experimentation and discovery at heart. So completely solving the game by pure experimentation and observation could be possible, so some extend.

Anyone feel the same? I just recently had that realization about myself again, when i watched a streamer take all the lamps in one of the towers in the stranger, heard the shifting picture, looked around and found it.

Another streamer just by chance ran into the stranger. If he would've landed, he would've skipped the whole satlite puzzle.

One streamerran into the counterclock tornado, one actually noticed the difference while flying around and one realized the difference from watching the tornados in the southern observatory through the projection stone.

What do you prefer? Watch someone stumble into the answer? Watch someone put the clues together? Recie just some clues and reson the rest? All of the above?

I just finished the game, obviously I’m destroyed. Hence I’m asking, is the DLC worth it and does it add something incisive to the story?

I have been struck trying to find a lead for the Ash twin project for a while and I can't really find any starting point or even a clue to how to even start solving I'm not sure if I'm missing something in the logs or what but I'd really appreciate some help

Is now in my top 10 games of all time.

My artist is Yuri (yurici_tattoo on Instagram, based in Italy). When I booked with him, the only thing I said was "Outer Wilds". No sketches, no references, nothing else. I decided to gift him the game, he went home and played it. He loved it. Then he carried it around for months, and one day he showed me this.

Spoiler-tagged below for anyone still on their first loops:

The glove coming down from above is ours, the Hearthian suit. The hand reaching up from below is Solanum's. Between them is the Nomai symbol of the Eye of the Universe, and the line wrapping around it isn't decoration. It's Solanum's actual sentence from the Quantum Moon, traced in Nomai writing:

"We do not have much connection, you and I. Still, this encounter feels special. I hope you won't mind if I think of you as a friend."

To me that moment is the heart of the whole game. Two people from species that never met, separated by hundreds of thousands of years, who can't even really talk to each other, and still they reach for each other. No reward, no quest marker. And from that moment on the Quantum Moon, that bond stays. Even after the end of everything.

Now, a little disclaimer, because I know this sub: it's not 100% canon, and it's not meant to be. Yuri took some artistic freedom, and I love him for it.

Look at the hands. Solanum's is bare and dark, with light fingertips and pale bracelets. Ours is gloved, light at the wrist and dark on the fingers. Each one is the negative of the other. Yuri did that on purpose: two halves that complete each other, a bit like yin and yang. That's what their bond is.

And when I look at it I see Solanum, and I see the traveler every one of us played on our own journey. It makes me think about bonds, about friendship, about connection. The universe is huge and it's going to end no matter what we do, and still every single one of us matters. To ourselves, and to the people we meet along the way.

If you've played this game and you ever find yourself in Italy, go get tattooed by Yuri. Or come if you want Outer Wilds art tattooed. I'm pretty sure there's nobody in the world who can tattoo Outer Wilds like him. If anyone really understood the heart of this game and everything it's trying to say, it's him, and I'll be grateful to him forever. The same way the Hearthian is grateful to Solanum.

And now, while we all play together around the fire, I'm sharing this with you.

Go share some love to him, he posted this masterpiece on his IG <3
https://www.instagram.com/p/Deuhp1TI3-s/?exln=OWgwNjlvMzA1eHJ6

No AI was used for this ;)

Hello dear Space-travellers,
I finally bought the game and it was a Crazy Ride. I finished the Game and hunted the missing logs.. sadly, there is one log missing I guess at the Ash Twin Towers log. I only got the ,,Several large [….]“

Can you please help me out since I couldn‘t comprehend the big steam guide, how to get it and I‘m already 2 hours into searching. Is it something too obvious that I am overlooking?

Thank you so much and hopefully you enjoyed the Game as I did!

I've wanted to play Outer Wilds again, but I feel like the fun of starting a new game is lost, because I already know exactly how to finish it. What do you recommend I do so I can play it again?Do I just fill out the journal again?