The Talos Principle

The Talos Principle

Sanctuary
81 Comments
SoundingBites 19 Feb @ 1:42pm 
I very much like what you did with the place. :steamhappy:
It might be even better without all the puzzles just to strol around
pepsipowell  [author] 16 Nov, 2024 @ 4:57pm 
You are nearly there! x_in, y_in and z_in are not the digits of the password itself, but it is actually calculated from the next line: passcode = z_in * ((y_in - 10) ^ x_in). The values of x_in, y_in and z_in are a specific Pythagorean triple that results in a three-digit password from this equation. As you spotted, there are several different ways that you can find the password: the programming code, the riddle or Roman numerals
SupremeCommanderThor 9 Nov, 2024 @ 1:47pm 
Found the code through other means, but even knowing what it should be, I can't get that answer with the programming. z_in - int(z_in) does not equal zero when x_in = 4 and y_in = 1.
SupremeCommanderThor 8 Nov, 2024 @ 10:33pm 
I'm having trouble find one of the stars in the 4th world. I found the one in the catacombs, but I don't have a clue where the other is. I'm also having trouble with the admin password. I don't know what values to use for the variables in the code, I suck at riddles.
SupremeCommanderThor 8 Nov, 2024 @ 10:50am 
Nvm I figured out what had to be done. Although, I had already gotten another cube into the puzzle from An Illusion of Choice.
SupremeCommanderThor 7 Nov, 2024 @ 6:09pm 
I'm having the same problem as Zeo with Onwards and Upwards. I don't see any possible way to progress.
zeo1337 15 Aug, 2023 @ 7:15am 
Looking for one last star in Egypt. Did manage to break outside the map. There's no soft kill barriers :)
zeo1337 14 Aug, 2023 @ 6:41pm 
Oh wow.... okay that was a very unusual intended move.
zeo1337 14 Aug, 2023 @ 5:20pm 
Alright. Having trouble with Onwards and Upwards. I can get both laser towers to open the double door, but then I can't do anything else. I can't climb up to the higher level or get/place anything on the cube.
zeo1337 14 Aug, 2023 @ 4:48pm 
Not finished yet, just wanted to say "traffic jam" is one of the best puzzles I've ever played.
pepsipowell  [author] 10 Aug, 2023 @ 6:43pm 
I didn't create the song, it is from the base game. I think it plays in the medieval hub world?
Powdered Toast Man 31 Jul, 2023 @ 4:52pm 
@pepsipowell did you create the song that plays in the Catacombs puzzle? or was it unused in the base game? Thanks
exe 5 Jul, 2023 @ 8:22am 
Never mind, I searched and found video's about Sanctuary. I have seen the solution. :-)
exe 5 Jul, 2023 @ 7:45am 
I just solved Corridors of Power on my own, but I don't know how to solve Connector Cubed. I placed a cube and a connector connected to the two blue sources and the two blue receivers on top of the 'electrical' watcher, but the connector stands too high for the two blue receivers, this doesn't work. Is this a detraction from the real solution? I need a hint in which direction the solution is found.
Marius Salax Contusor 23 May, 2023 @ 9:39am 
Nevermind, lol: Just jump into the black abyss...
Marius Salax Contusor 23 May, 2023 @ 9:37am 
I've found endings 1 and 3, but what did I miss for ending 2?
pepsipowell  [author] 20 Feb, 2023 @ 2:52pm 
There is a little more to discover, including where to use the red sigils and stars: the Roman and Egyptian terminals also have hints and riddles to get the terminal passcode, as an alternative to the programming code in the Medieval world . Good luck!
Violets are blue 16 Feb, 2023 @ 12:17am 
Just finish the last puzzle catacomb i believe, not much of a programmer so i ignore the terminal for passcode but is there anywhere to use the red sigil and star.
Swissorion 27 Jan, 2023 @ 5:38am 
stopped to finish this campaign a year ago, as it became more and more difficult. Now after having learnt a lot playing and solving OnlyPuzzle 5, I give this campaign another chance for me to complete. I was able to complete already another puzzle after 3 tries until I figured out how it works. Hope I can complete more puzzles.
PhoenixFeath 18 Oct, 2022 @ 2:30pm 
Awesome Campaign. Really enjoyed it. Many thanks for your hard work. Also loved The Flood.
OK Stimpson 31 Aug, 2022 @ 1:41am 
I really, really enjoyed your game.

I just completed it and found all the sigils and stars.
The puzzles were great and i had a lot of fun.
I respect all the work that you put into this game.

Thank you very much.

Now I´m waiting for Sanctuary 2 ;)
Wonder 21 Aug, 2022 @ 11:04am 
Very well thought out puzzles. Had lots of fun playing this. Completed all the sigil ones rather easily with exception of a few. Although still looking for stars in level 04.

For the 3-digit code, I got it in advance from parsing the code in terminal of level 04. It was fun converting that logic into python .
Rusty 13 Aug, 2022 @ 2:02pm 
Thank you for responding.

I actually did end up finding the second Egyptian star after exploring a bit.

I'll have to check out Tango again.
pepsipowell  [author] 13 Aug, 2022 @ 11:49am 
@Rusty - Thanks! All of the puzzles are possible without using items from other puzzles. A hint for Tango: a solution to the second part is very similar to a solution to a puzzle in a different level, as long as you don't destroy things , and for the second Egyptian star: did you get to the computer terminal? .
Rusty 26 Jul, 2022 @ 10:37pm 
Forgot to add.

I do think this is a very well designed campaign. I did get stumped a few times but I do feel the puzzles are quite good.

As an edit to my last comment. With the prisoner, you need to make sure to get the jammer before you see the prisoner. If you've already seen him, the door to the room he goes into will be locked with a metal door.
Rusty 26 Jul, 2022 @ 10:06pm 
You can get a jammer to get to where the prisoner is going. It's possible to break one out of slave labour .

I was only able to find one star in the Egypt part. The one in wait and switch . I can't seem to find where the second is though.

For Tango, am I supposed to break a cube out of the puzzle beside it (I forget the name)? . I can't seem to work out the second part of it without doing so.
ftww 24 Jun, 2022 @ 9:17pm 
I just played this, and thought it was a really good set of puzzles. I gather that I did some of them in unintended ways, admittedly. :) I do have caveats about the following puzzles:

Connector Cubed: The connector placement to bounce the buzzer was too finicky for me. I had exactly the right idea but was unable to get a working position; in the end I resorted to climbing over the rooftops to get the sigil. I am glad this was possible.

Cloister Bomb: I failed to find this star on my own. In retrospect it is fair, but I feel it could still benefit from some degree of signposting. Maybe the platform with the unnecessary switch on it is intended that way?

Anyway, nice work! I thought it was a good level of difficulty on the puzzles, although I did have to think a bit on occasion and still failed to figure some out the intended way. (The Egyptian green sigils felt more like yellow puzzles to me.)
zeo1337 18 May, 2022 @ 12:11pm 
Catch and release has a very easy unintended solution. Just put the laser tower in the room with the mine and open the door. The rest of the puzzle isn't needed.
pepsipowell  [author] 1 May, 2022 @ 5:16pm 
I'm happy to hear people enjoyed it!

Thanks Bunnehz (and everyone else) for the constructive feedback. It is definitely useful, I'm sure people's comments on my last set of puzzles helped improve these ones.
pongraczcsabi 27 Apr, 2022 @ 2:04am 
:steamthumbsup:
Twatsoul 22 Apr, 2022 @ 11:29am 
I feel like the little skit with Morpheus should lead into an actual 4/4 ending. This was something that kept me floating around even after I found everything and got ending 3/3. The way Morpheus speaks to you about showing you the door and having you walk through it seems like a perfect invitation to follow him, although when you figure out how to, it's nothing. Just a blank wall and they disappear. That's it. Also kind of anticlimactic. I feel like this should have been a thread leading to an eventual ending with Morpheus, waking up in the "real world". This would pair well to go with another level of meaning to the "sphinx riddle". I ended up wasting time to finally realize it's just what it is. Nothing special.
Twatsoul 22 Apr, 2022 @ 11:29am 
Enjoyed the fuck out of these puzzles! Very cleverly put together. I had a lot of fun with this.

There were only two things I would've liked to see different and they're both kind of spoilers. I'll have to split them into two separate comments:

Ending 3/3 with the long elevator ride to the title screen is kind of anticlimactic, especially since you have to do everything to get that.
XanTi͢͢͢er꧂ 2 Apr, 2022 @ 7:47am 
Great Campaign
pepsipowell  [author] 25 Mar, 2022 @ 6:11pm 
@alanjohnson: The prisoner is mostly for a little background storytelling, although sometimes it may also give a hint about the terminal code . Don't worry about the door, there isn't anything else back there.
alanjohnson 20 Mar, 2022 @ 9:44am 
Is the prisoner in the Egyptian world something? Can't seem to find a jammer or anything to open the door.
pepsipowell  [author] 1 Feb, 2022 @ 7:32pm 
@lapicidas: Thank you for uploading the playlist, that is great! Some solutions matched what I had in mind, and there were some nice ones I hadn't thought of too.

As for the code/last room, it was intentional, and there is extra terminal dialogue in the starting area once if/when you return there: I put the same code in three terminals, but in different ways so people could find it in different ways - translating the Roman numerals, solving the Sphinx's riddle, or parsing the basic code in the medieval terminal.

Also, I thought I saw a comment somewhere wondering about a hint for Catacombs but can't find it now - just in case: think about a different way you can use a jammer to interrupt a laser beam.
lapicidas 30 Jan, 2022 @ 11:12am 
Solved all puzzles - and again: great work!! You can reach the first two endings without getting all the stars. I think it's a bit a shame that you can float up to the last room without entering the code. Because: If you translate the Roman number from a text in one of the terminals and use it as that code, you can get to the top in advance
lapicidas 27 Jan, 2022 @ 4:43pm 
Great Custom Campaign :steamthumbsup::steamthumbsup:
I've only played a few levels and I really like it. Clever puzzles in the usual Talos-Atmosphere, very well done. If it's ok, I'd like to record my solutions. I will put them in a playlist and gradually complete them. When it comes to the solutions I make sure they are as intentional as possible because you can get some sigils and stars by walking the walls - especially in Brick World.

Here the link to the playlist: Sanctuary by pepsipowell
Cecilsinho 14 Jan, 2022 @ 8:30pm 
@thomasallenonline I got it! Thanks dude!
pepsipowell  [author] 14 Jan, 2022 @ 3:07pm 
@al_oxy: One of the stars is in Wait and Switch (I guess you have seen this one), the other is hidden somewhere near the computer terminal. Good luck!
al_oxy 13 Jan, 2022 @ 9:31am 
Hey thank you very nice camp campaign so far. I'm struggling to find out where is the second star in the egyptian world; Do I miss something ??? any hint !!
thx
thomasallenonline 9 Jan, 2022 @ 1:12pm 
@Cecilsinho Were you able to get both lasers out and near the entrance? If so, (and I don't want to ruin it for you so I'll be vague) connect one to all of the red and one to the blue to open the gate. Start a recording. From there, you need to figure out what to do during the record time as well as after you switch to 'play'. This is where the 'wait' part is important. I've always had a love/hate relationship with recorder puzzles (more hate than love), but I was able to get the sigil and the star on my own (the star required more forethought and was a real test of my patience). If I can figure it out, so can you. Good luck.
Cecilsinho 9 Jan, 2022 @ 12:40pm 
I also couldn't find the Wait And Switch sigil solution :(. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks.
thomasallenonline 8 Jan, 2022 @ 5:41pm 
Finally - I got the sigil and the star in WAIT AND SWITCH. Star was tricky. It's all about pre-visualization, patience, proper laser placement and having your clone stand in all the wrong places at the right time . The other star was easier to retrieve, but nicely hidden. Well done. ONWARD!
pepsipowell  [author] 2 Jan, 2022 @ 5:49am 
@thomasallenonline: Thank you, enjoy the remaining puzzles! There is a solution that involves the plate and clone as well, I missed the more obvious solution when designing the puzzle!

@Attagoat: That cube is partly a red herring, you don't need it for the sigil, only for the star. You'll need to find a way to jam the gate next to that button.

@ProLogic Mind: This is just an online translation, hopefully it makes sense: Это онлайн-перевод, надеюсь, он сработает. Одна звезда находится в «Wait and Switch» рядом с сигилой, другая - возле компьютерного терминала в «The Illusion of Choice».
thomasallenonline 1 Jan, 2022 @ 10:50am 
This campaign is brilliant and challenging without being overly difficult. There are some in the Workshop that, when after viewing a walkthrough, would be impossible for anyone to figure out. I admit that I overthought the solution to YOU RAISE ME UP (I made the mistake of opening the gate and thought the plate was needed for some sort of cooperative solution with my cloned self) . However, I must admit that I'm stuck on WAIT AND SWITCH. As Alexandra would say, "Okay. Back to work."
Attagoat 29 Dec, 2021 @ 10:47pm 
could I have a hint for the puzzle "Traffic Jam"? I'm stuck on how i can get the cube that's slightly off the button onto the button"
PrologicMind 22 Dec, 2021 @ 7:55am 
@rpccprrpc
Я не могу найти одну (последнюю) звезду в древнем Египте
pepsipowell  [author] 21 Dec, 2021 @ 6:56pm 
@dr_spokuha: I like that solution!

@matus.baca: Thank you!

For anyone wondering - there is also at least one solution to all of the puzzles that does not require walking along the tops of walls nor breaking items out of other puzzle areas. There is a short section of wall climbing to get to the computer terminal area in the Egyptian world, but this should display the jump prompts when you are in the correct places.
rpccprrpc 19 Dec, 2021 @ 8:47pm 
всю игру прошел