Obsidian - Getting Started

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Getting out of the camp

Make sure you read everything in the journal. For the record,
here's the absolute minimum needed to advance in the game,
courtesy of creative director Adam Wolff.

In the "mail" section:

Hi Guys
Obsidian Growth Log
Bon Voyage

In the "projects" section:

Speech Prep
Dream - spider
Dream - red tape

You must turn off the PDA in order to exit. Leave the tent and
turn left. You should hear a scream. Continue down the path and
you'll be sucked into Obsidian.  If you don't hear the scream, you
haven't seen everything you need to see. Note that you don't need
to watch all of these journal entries in detail - you just need to
activate them. I can't stress enough, though, how important all
the journal entries are in enhancing your enjoyment (and
understanding!) of the game.

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The Bureau

The majority of The Bureau can be figured out with the help of the
upside-down section of the manual. If, for some reason, you're one

of those types that derives some perverse pleasure from torturing
yourself by not reading the instructions, do so.

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Spider Realm

A general hint for this realm is to make sure you find all the
places you can travel to. Specifically, several of the large
scaffolds in the center of the factory can be climbed. This is not
always immediately obvious and bears mentioning to save your
sanity and keep frustrations levels low.

Once you have harnessed each of the elements, returning through
the portal will take you to a sort of control room. You will be
shown a large star field through a window, and a small snapshot of
whatever balcony you just returned from. Note that you can look
down from the view of the stars, where you'll find the photo, a
strange central symbol, and four slots with matching icons.

Hints:

One photograph, four slots. That's a 25% chance. Ancient
civilizations created constellations in the stars, usually of
symbols that held some import or power to them. The symbol on the
center of the console seems pretty important to someone...

Fire Balcony

The Fire Balcony is only one scene: a starkly evocative image of a
strange tree waving its limbs up and down against a fiery sky.

Gentle hints:

Beneath each limb, a rod is set into the rock. Click them and
watch what happens. Did you notice the sun peeking through the
clouds?



Less gentle:

Clicking and holding on the rods causes the appropriate limb to
stop waving.  By doing so, you can change the order in which the
limbs touch the rods.  Lightning never strikes the same place
twice - it strikes different places all in sequence. What would
happen if lightning were to strike a rod when a limb was touching
it?











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