r/outerwilds

I think it is probe tracking module? The one in the core of giants deep. I been playing this game for a few weeks now its so good but now i am stuck. I have yet to discover the ash twin project and the probe tracking module. I’ll figure out ash twin on my own hopefully but i am stuck on the probe tracking module. In the projection pool it looks like theres no way in, am i able to get in? Someone point me in the right direction please, i feel like i have discovered everything i dont know what to do 🤔

Regarding the owlks, I've heard somewhere that they become stubborn once they you shine a light at them. They will start blindly chasing at the direction you were shining the light at, so you can just blind them once and then quickly just run away without concealing your light.

I think they could've made this mechanic more obvious in hindsight, perhaps a section where you are traversing through the dark and being suddenly flashed by light (either by owlks or another source of light) causes the screen to have the flash bang effect. It would make sense realistically due to how our eyes adjust to the light and would be a good hint to blind the owlks this way as well.

Seeing all the negativity to the DLC mechanics, I think this new feature could be a good way to hint players how to deal with them. What do yall think?

edit: TRAILER is broke :(

new URL ---> https://youtu.be/QrNir5BM_EY

Hi! I'm ekorz, developer of a puzzle/adventure metroidbrainia (not 'vania!) called Chroma Zero. Today it's out for Series X|S!

It's about exploring a colorful and fragile world, with secrets hidden in plain sight. Exploration leads to knowledge. Knowledge unlocks progress. Progress reveals cat(s). Cat(s) petting leads to happiness, of course. I was inspired by games like Outer Wilds, Antichamber, and Riven.

Some accolades:
-Finalist - Most Innovative Game 2025 - Thinky Awards
-95%+ positive ratings on the Steam version
-Alex Beachum (Outer Wilds) has said some kind things about it and gave me a nice quote for the trailer :)

Since I'm a solo developer who does his own marketing, I thought doing a giveaway here on r/xbox would be fun. I'll be doing the drawing with redditraffler 48 hours from when this post goes live.

There are 10 Keys available to those who have an account age of 7 days or more, and total karma of 30 or more.

All you have to do to enter is comment on this post with your favorite first-person puzzle game that you played on Xbox :)

I showed up at the >!Stranger!< in the usual way on a recent run, entered as usual, and none of the textures loaded. I was seeing basically the structure of >!the ship,!< but nothing else.

I didn't try to interact with missing things, I left and went through a different entrance, and then everything was normal.

Playing on the switch.

Has anyone else run into this one?

I was giving my interpretation of the game to a friend, and they liked my post and implored me to post it here. Let me know what you think and share your own thoughts on the game if you wish.

Outer Wilds to me feels like passion let loose, particularly the story of the Hatchling. They were an aspiring astronaut who on the day of their first launch had life snuffed out before they could fully explore the solar system, yet due to things beyond their control at the time they were given infinite chances. They have all the time they could ever want to explore freely, the limits of death and fear could not hold them back, they are able to fully go all out and try anything and everything.

And what is a better gift than that? For the Hatchling who clearly took an interest in the Nomai, considering they helped create the Nomai translator, they are able to not only find out the history of the Nomai but they are able to experiment with their advanced technology and even meet a "living" Nomai.

Yet despite this, they're trapped.

22 minutes to explore is plenty and yet never enough, they cannot talk to their friends because they will never remember (except Gabbro who has a different philosophy on this ordeal). They are always destined to wake up by that campfire with only their memories remaining. An immortal soul, trapped by the very technology that keeps them alive. One day their passion will burn out, as they've seen all there is to see.

When everything known is explored, what's left but the unknown?

The Stranger with it's denizens, fear being what's left of their lives, spreading it to the Hatchling as well. Yet they wouldn't be an explorer without bravery. They master that world like they mastered their own, eventually discovering a kindred spirit. An immortal soul, trapped by the very technology that keeps them alive. Passion burned out as they have lived a millennia, alone, in the dark. But due to fate, or coincidence, they meet. The Hatchling is able to free them, but not without costing their own freedom as well. Despite that, the Prisoner offers them freedom in return, hand in hand as they face the unknown of death.

When the Hatchling reaches the Eye and the campfire sequence begins. Every character has a lesson to impart on them. But I believe the Hatchling themselves has something to tell the player by that point.

Passion will burn out in time, that's the nature of it. Yet that's not a bad thing. The fire that pushes them forward is their guiding light, bringing joy to their actions and making memories they never want to forget. They had their time, they let their passion bring them to heights thought impossible, but eventually it wavers. Does that mean the warmth and happiness it brought was for nothing? No, it served its purpose and kept the Hatchling going, and gave them the adventure of a lifetime.

I believe if every character left something for the next universe, the Hatchling left them the passion of life and adventure.

I'm on a quest rn, and I need to know your interpretations of Outer Wilds as a whole. What is it about in your eyes, and what does it mean to you?

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>!I am watching a friend playing and he has seen two Giant's Deep islands merging into each other, which was very funmy, but made us think.!<

>!Do everything happen the same every loop? Do islands cross the same path? Do pieces of Brittle Hollow fall the same way?!<

>!I thought the answer was yes but, if it is so, why did the devs make the islands cross path and merge into each other instead of making them move in paths that never cross and make weird visual stuff?!<

>!I couldn't find the answer around. Can someone satisfy our curiosity? ::)!<

EDIT: thanks for the answers guys! Very interesting

If Brittle Hollow didn't have Hollow's Lantern could you break the planet by smashing your ship into it? I mean this in a purely gameplay related, in the game thing, not lore or anything like that, I basically just want to know if you can break Brittle Hollow with your ship.

So I am currently going through the dark bramble. I'll write it step by step on how i went through it and where I'm having trouble

1. Initially enter
2. using my signal thing i find the distress beacon
3. follow the lights to the nomai grave
4. shoot my probe into the pod
5. Follow the pods location (kinda red entry)
6. once I enter, on the other side of it there are 2 or 3 anglerfish and the see me instantly and kill me. I was able to go backwards and escape but it sent me back to space.

any help for this? how do I get past the anglerfish?

I’ve been playing Outer Wilds on and off for a while now, and I finally feel like I am reaching an end game point.

I’ve made it to the sun station and figured out that >!the supernova and the loop aren’t caused by it!< I’ve also figured out >!how to get to the quantum moon!< and >!I’ve been to the Ash Twin Project!<. Also I’ve figured out how the Nomai died.

I’m not sure where to go from here. Does anyone have any hints for what locations I should go to to get answers?