Even the release date for The Witness is puzzling at first. It pops up at the end of the announcement trailer like this: “0126 • 2016.” It took a good 10 seconds for my brain to realize it said January 26th 2016. We have another four months to wait for it. We’ve already waited six years since Jonat
New screenshots from The Witness, pulled from its upcoming trailer, provide a look at the varied locations you’ll visit on the vast and mysterious island where the game is set. Some of the shots look familiar. About a minute into the last trailer—which creator Jonathan Blow points out is two and a h
They say that the last 20% of a project is 80% of the work. In game development, a lot of the time that means bug clean-up. But when it comes to a game as visually appealing as The Witness, Jonathan Blow’s upcoming first-person puzzle adventure, it turns out even the bugs are beautiful. According to
Just as photographs generally look good with a black and white filter, no matter the subject matter, it’s become increasingly apparent to me that stripping a game of its textures almost always produces a cool effect. One of the artists working on The Witness seems to agree—she was able to produce th
