PATHOS - A puzzle game like Psychopath

[YoshL]

Re: PATHOS - A puzzle game like Psychopath

is respite 6 supposed to have the exit available without collection the yellow pieces of gold?

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i'm nowhere near as versed in solving these things as others, i'm stuck on a bunch of levels all over, in worlds 4-6
Lefty Loosey... - 2 off for the longest time
Bad Directions - still yet to find the route
The Doldrums - 4 off
Over-under - haven't actually given this one a go
It Takes Two - don't even have the correct solution, i'm like over 20 off
Double-Cross - I see what i need to do, no route yet
Fool's Goal - 2 off in like 3 different ways aaaaaaaa

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had some "i'm actually dumb" moments
knocked out lefty loosey, bad directions, and the doldrums, can now move on to world 7 hoo

really quickly got worm hole, musket tears, and hoodwinked, didn't give too much else a good shot. i feel like i stumbled upon the solution really luckily for musket, because i got it like, on my first try, and hoodwinked felt so much more like an original psychopath puzzle

[Callipygian]

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Just popping in here to say that PATHOS is the best puzzle game I've played since Spacechem. Honeycomb in world III was a huge difficulty spike btw; I was just randomly moving around until then but now I suddenly needed to actually think hehe.

First 6 worlds are easy enough. World VII has some real interesting levels. I liked Keep a lot. Still stuck on Impact, which, as a stressful level, should be one of the easier ones. I have like 100 ways to be 2 off. Psychopath traumas all over again . Having fun with VIII now.

Very well-made game. I prefer it over Psychopath since it finds more creative ways than grid scaling to ramp up difficulty. Keep up the good work, devs!

EDIT: Not sure if I'm the first one to find this, but Bonefish 100/104!

EDIT: Magic Bullet 170/174. This level took me 3 minutes lol

EDIT: Completely stuck on most remaining maps on XII. This world is simply brutal. X and XI were creative, but also quite annoying tbh :P

[Callipygian]

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Bump for attention. Noone seems to be playing this game and the Steam forum is dead, so I'm turning to you nerds for help.

I'm struggling with some world XII and XIII puzzles and a few earlier ones as well. Does anyone still recall the solutions for levels like Wiggle Room (2 off), Spurn (2 off), Blot (4 off), Karst (4 off) and Virions (like 18 off lol)? I solved almost all traumatic levels in XIII, but am still stuck on a few of those agonizing and tortuous levels :/. Any hints are welcome. If I can PM someone for more specific questions, that would be awesome as well.

[Reach]

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Sadly I think devs abandoned the game. Understandable since it didn't sell, but it's so fun

Wiggle room was notoriously difficult for me, I still don't know how I solved it. I was 2 off forever and then just randomly solved it. My only hint is that the real solution is very nearly indistinguishable from 2 off solutions so just keep banging out combinations.

Spurn...this one was very interesting. My hint here would be that this level is extremely deceptive and don't get caught up in optimizations of your current route. There are actually several very unintuitive ways to solve this level; look for them and the solution will follow.

Virions was one of the most annoying levels in the game for me. I spent forever on it and am still stuck like 4 off so if you solve this one give ME a hint

Amazing optimizations on magic bullet and bone fish. I still haven't solved bone fish @ 104. Maybe I'll see if I can engineer based on picture lol.

If you want to help eachother see some of the final puzzles, I am in need of a solution to lockness monster despite beating the entirety of world 13 LOL. I would like to see/try some of the final puzzles but don't have the drive necessary to go back and beat some of the shit like maelstrom and virions.

PM me or just add me @ OReach on steam if you want to discuss/ask specific questions.

[Frevett]

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Nice find on Magic Bullet. Haven't managed to re-solve Bonefish at 100 yet, 104 was tough enough.

I can't be much help as I've forgotten most solutions in the last few months. I do have a screenshot for Karst's solution I can pm if you'd like.

Reach - I assume you're two off on Lockmess Monster. If you want to try and spot the trick in a different more condensed level, look up GTFI on Psychopath 2. Took most people there a long time to find it in just a 36 step level. Alternatively can pm the solution to this one too if you like.

I need to find one more breakthrough to open the final world. Has anyone had much luck with any of these?

[Reach]

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Nice find on Magic Bullet. Haven't managed to re-solve Bonefish at 100 yet, 104 was tough enough.

I can't be much help as I've forgotten most solutions in the last few months. I do have a screenshot for Karst's solution I can pm if you'd like.

Reach - I assume you're two off on Lockmess Monster. If you want to try and spot the trick in a different more condensed level, look up GTFI on Psychopath 2. Took most people there a long time to find it in just a 36 step level. Alternatively can pm the solution to this one too if you like.

I need to find one more breakthrough to open the final world. Has anyone had much luck with any of these?

Yes please to solution PM.

At some point I may go back to the game but at this point I'm unlikely to push for the final world, as such I'd just rather see the solution to see the culprit responsible for the inordinate amount of time I wasted.

[Frevett]

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PMd

[Reach]

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Oh wow, that is one of the strangest and most unintuitive solutions I've ever seen. IMO a rather unique trick baked into a level with many distractions I wasted so much time on.

Thanks.

[Callipygian]

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Thanks for the replies, frevett and reach.

@Frevett: Yes please to Karst solution! I managed to 2-off that in many ways, but the solution really eludes me. As for breakthroughs, I have only 2 or 3 and haven't even looked for them, so I can't be of much help there.

@Reach: I'll PM you hints for lockmess and maelstrom. I'd love to get some help with warehouse duty (4 off), wiggle room (2 off) and pipe organ (2 off). Also having trouble with bunker buster and the first two maps of XIII, but I haven't quite given them enough attempts yet.

EDIT: Just solved the fourth wall and feel stupid for not seeing the solution before. Technically this level isn't even so hard.

EDIT: solved four's a crowd and spurn (not sure how spurn took me so long to figure out; it's so obvious once you see it :P)

[Callipygian]

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The requirements to unluck world XIV are really strict. Just missing Wiggle Room (2 off), Bunker Buster (forever off), Virions (10 off), Karst (2 off), Number's Game (2 off) and Pipe Organ (2 off), but still lacking 38 bits to unlock XIV. So mindblocked on all of these maps, it's really starting to be frustrating to look more at them.

[Reach]

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Yeeeeahhh. Same boat. Just want to see the last few puzzles.

Virions and Bunker Buster are ridiculous. Can't help there.

Number's game is pretty doable, the last two steps are extremely frustrating to find though. Such that I can't remember what the difference between 2 off and solved is.

[VisD]

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Just picked up this game and around World 8 now. This is good stuff! The difficulty curve is STEEP though - world 7 and 8 have some incredibly nasty levels side by side really easy ones (for that point in the game). it's somewhere in between the absurd wall in PP1 between 40s (soggy waffle, detour) and 50s (no mercies, spaceship, forgive me lol) and the very smooth incline of puzzle games that hit the big time (talos, portal 2).

I seem to be terrible at the levels with big movables - I can't see where I'm losing 2 on Quiet Room or 4 on Homeward...

doesn't seem like this game is being developed anymore, which is a pity, but if any of the devs see this, thanks for some great puzzles 8)

also the music is awesome and convoy has at least 3-4 4-offs wtf

[DarkManticoreX2]

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I did most of the level testing, so if you have particular question lemme know I can probably help.

I have to redownload it and start o er since I have a new comp now lol.