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Considering the image caption specifically mentions the white frame, and the infobox background is a very light gray, I believe a border is appropriate - the frame is just very hard to see, and I didn't even realize there was one until after having read the caption and scanned the image for a little while, at first thinking it was referring to the sea foam (is that what it is?)-- IDV talk 21:32, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
I'm removing this sentence from the lead section:
Blow opted to develop the console version for the PlayStation 4 first, claiming that Sony was more open towards independent developers.
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So that's why the sentence should go. Cheers! — jameslucas ( " " / +) 03:10, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
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Although the first couple of puzzles in the game are legit mazes, I'd classify the rest as grid-based puzzles. I think using the term maze so frequently is misleading, so I've updated the article to reflect this. (My justification is below). If editors feel the term maze is better, please debate this with me.
The goal of almost all mazes is to reach a destination from a starting point. Typically, there is only one correct path to take in order to reach it. The solution is usually obtained through trial and error.
In contrast, for most puzzles in The Witness, tens of thousands of different possible paths can be drawn on a puzzle's grid, but only a small number (typically one) is correct. In the Witness, the goal is not to reach a destination, but to draw a line satisfying the rules of the grid that it is drawn on. Neuroxic ( talk) 06:41, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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Considering the image caption specifically mentions the white frame, and the infobox background is a very light gray, I believe a border is appropriate - the frame is just very hard to see, and I didn't even realize there was one until after having read the caption and scanned the image for a little while, at first thinking it was referring to the sea foam (is that what it is?)-- IDV talk 21:32, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
I'm removing this sentence from the lead section:
Blow opted to develop the console version for the PlayStation 4 first, claiming that Sony was more open towards independent developers.
As this deletion has been reverted twice, my edit descriptions were clearly lacking. Here are four separate problems with this text:
So that's why the sentence should go. Cheers! — jameslucas ( " " / +) 03:10, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
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Although the first couple of puzzles in the game are legit mazes, I'd classify the rest as grid-based puzzles. I think using the term maze so frequently is misleading, so I've updated the article to reflect this. (My justification is below). If editors feel the term maze is better, please debate this with me.
The goal of almost all mazes is to reach a destination from a starting point. Typically, there is only one correct path to take in order to reach it. The solution is usually obtained through trial and error.
In contrast, for most puzzles in The Witness, tens of thousands of different possible paths can be drawn on a puzzle's grid, but only a small number (typically one) is correct. In the Witness, the goal is not to reach a destination, but to draw a line satisfying the rules of the grid that it is drawn on. Neuroxic ( talk) 06:41, 1 December 2017 (UTC)