Comments on: Spot the Five Differences.

Spot the Five Differences.

brain_drain — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:06:48 -0800

Spot the Five Differences. It is fun. [flash]

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:08:03 -0800

Service Unavailable

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:09:23 -0800

Well, that was quick.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:10:32 -0800

&glCacheMan to the rescue!

By: mulligan

mulligan — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:11:34 -0800

The trick with these is to use the old magic eye focusing trick on them. You end up with a third image in the middle and all the differences are in a sense flashing. It turns the game into a 5-10 second exercise. I know I know.. where's the fun in that?

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:11:57 -0800

err.. just kidding? It does work if you go here and click "Cached".

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:14:26 -0800

You are right. It is fun.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:14:26 -0800

So it's Erotic Photohunt, but without naked 80s chicks? What's the point?

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:14:46 -0800

Your first link worked for me, phaedon. And what mulligan said. The animated angle is a nice touch, though.

By: leesh

leesh — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:21:34 -0800

I am totally stuck on the level with the traffic light in the water and the reeds! ARG!

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:23:31 -0800

I'm stuck on the cache loading level. :(

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:26:51 -0800

fun. cool. thanks.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:31:26 -0800

This is a Radiohead viral, right? Seriously, lots of fun. The "No motorized vehicles on the horizon after 5PM" one is especially brilliant.

By: neustile

neustile — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:34:19 -0800

mulligan's trick is really freaking me out, but it works.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:37:02 -0800

Thanks phaedon!

By: Curry

Curry — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:38:18 -0800

Kind of an underhanded trick in the first scene.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:40:04 -0800

Gorgeously executed, too. This is great.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:49:16 -0800

SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: buying paintings from guys in the park may make you levitate for no good reason.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:51:52 -0800

Damn ... Thank God I paid attention as a kid to the puzzles in the Highlights magazine at the dentist's office.

By: nola

nola — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:00:07 -0800

I gave up after the floating girl with umbrella.

By: rmless

rmless — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:00:34 -0800

I like them but I can't get that eye trick to work for me. How far back is your face from the monitor? (I can usually do the magic eye thing)

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:05:59 -0800

I had to back off about four feet, rmless. But I gather that folks that do the trick by crossing their eyes (instead of, as I do, forcing them outward toward some impossibly distant horizon) can pull it off from a lot closer.

By: cacophony

cacophony — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:13:29 -0800

I concur with cortex... I can't do it by focusing my eyes outward, but I can simply cross them. I'm less than four feet back, maybe my monitor resolution is different. Just focus your eyes closer and closer until the two images align, and then tilt your head until it's at the right angle. At that point your eyes will "lock" and it doesn't require any concentration to keep them there, you can blink, etc. It sure contributes to some eyestrain after several minutes though...

By: sneakin

sneakin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:13:49 -0800

Those are awesomely cool and very challenging. I had to clean my monitor to catch all of 'em. Thank goodness I did. Yuck.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:18:49 -0800

I am on Free Hugs. Giving up to be productive. But the window stays open. Yes it does.

By: Debaser626

Debaser626 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:20:13 -0800

What the heck is the last one on the Walk sign water board!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:21:11 -0800

Fun, and very nicely drawn/animated images. I'm not sure if I'd call it art though, since I didn't see any cracks in the ground.

By: JBennett

JBennett — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:22:50 -0800

The cross eyes trick works well. It is tough to do if you haven't spent a while looking at stereoscope images online before, but it's a good skill to develop. Now my eyes will feel crossed for a few minutes.

By: rmless

rmless — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:29:01 -0800

Thanks for the tips, I can almost get it...

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:31:24 -0800

Got all the levels! I am awesoooooome! My boss is totally away at luuuuunch!

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:33:08 -0800

What the heck is the last one on the Walk sign water board!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!! Here TOOOO! PLEASE!

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:33:39 -0800

Finished... now I can take my life back!

By: mrnutty

mrnutty — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:36:36 -0800

Grrr, be warned, if you have an old flash player (I'm guessing), some shit just won't show up at all.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:39:23 -0800

I could not have done it without mulligan's trick. The stars on the last one...fuhgedaboudit!

By: disclaimer

disclaimer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:44:23 -0800

We broke it on the FPP link :( Service unavailable. But it's here: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/404448

By: disclaimer

disclaimer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:45:43 -0800

hur, i know how to operate a metafitler Link here.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:45:56 -0800

eponysterical.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:47:49 -0800

What the heck is the last one on the Walk sign water board!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!! I suspect you are missing the two points on the top edge of the sign? There is only one in the second picture.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:51 -0800

NOPE WHAT ELSE

By: Mercaptan

Mercaptan — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:54 -0800

Done, another work day afternoon wasted.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:52:39 -0800

*clicks randomly*

By: Debaser626

Debaser626 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:05 -0800

I suspect you are missing the two points on the top edge of the sign? There is only one in the second picture. nope... got that one....

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:18 -0800

*clicks successfully but unsatisfyingly*

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:30 -0800

Might have been thinking of the wrong one... Walk sign/water differences: Shadow under bridge. Rock at lower left (by the left most patch of willows). Rock along the bottom in the centre. Rock in the water almost directly under the end of the bridge. One of the boards divisions in the middle of the bridge is missing.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:59 -0800

K I finally got it to load. I think I'll be suspiciously eyeing bricks and sidewalk lines for the rest of the afternoon.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:54:22 -0800

**** BELATED SPOILER ALERT **** Sorry, should have said.

By: Debaser626

Debaser626 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:55:49 -0800

Heyyyyy... I just loaded the page in Firefox (to see if my flash on safari was preventing me from seeing something) and the 1st board has a couple different "missing" items..... that's cool

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:57:58 -0800

I think you are right. I played through again to get the water/walk sign one, and I don't recall the boards on the bridge being wrong before, but I remember the missing 'nubs' on the top of the sign and they were there this time. Perhaps it randomizes the five differences each time?

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:58:10 -0800

Doing an ambrosia now - did water sign with some integrity - but I've become a hopeless cheat! (Thanks WinnipegDragon).

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:59:59 -0800

The differences are definitely different each time, with maybe two extra differences possible per page. But more importantly, the guy dangling one is IMPOSSIBLE.

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:02:47 -0800

No, no - keep doing your random stuff ambrosia! (Then the diamond one after that is a cinch - even without cheating!)

By: aerotive

aerotive — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:07:40 -0800

Very fun. Some were difficult even with the cross-eye trick.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:08:00 -0800

The ones I recall from dangle-guy were: Left most bridge rivet. Graffiti (JL vs PM). Missing building in skyline reflection. Leftmost cable is missing it's connection to the bridge. The trail of paint at the bottom fo the heart graffiti.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:12:58 -0800

I had the heart the cable the building in the skyline (and reflection. same building.) as well as a cloud difference. no rivet difference in evidence, no graffiti differnece in evidence. copious clicking.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:15:58 -0800

The 'blob' of paint on the left side of the heart.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:18:36 -0800

Err... Not really the left side. Bottom I guess. The round splotch where the spraycan started drawing the shape.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:18:44 -0800

WOO. You are truly the Dragon of all Winnipeg.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:20:22 -0800

Best of luck with the rest, AV! I must vacuum in anticipation of my parents visiting tomorrow and step away from the Blue.

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:25:22 -0800

Er - thanks brain_drain - that was dreadfully addictive.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:36:03 -0800

Oh snap I finished it.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:36:32 -0800

Is there a word for when an FPP drives so much traffic breaks a site? There should be. Someone make one up.

By: Flashman

Flashman — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:48:36 -0800

Boingboinged

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:48:43 -0800

MetaPilfered?

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:49:34 -0800

MeTarded

By: msali

msali — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:49:52 -0800

I cannot accurately translate my frustration into written word. I am stuck on the park regulations and I feel like somebody whopped me upside the head with the stupid stick. Everybody's given spoilers for everyone else but meeeeeee. *throws myself sobbing onto the couch*

By: gummi

gummi — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:52:31 -0800

msali, check the spelling of some of the words. It took me a while to notice "dinners" vs "diners". And now I'm stuck on the park/christmas lights/guy walking the atomic symbol looking thing level.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:55:28 -0800

Finshed! Huzzargh.

By: gummi

gummi — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:12:19 -0800

Finished. Finally. Quick, how do I get my eyes uncrossed?

By: slogger

slogger — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:25:43 -0800

Took me a while (intermittently), but I finally finished. Nice game.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:31:49 -0800

That was really, really cool.

By: empath

empath — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:37:58 -0800

hint: click wildly around the image. You'll eventually get everything.

By: lauranesson

lauranesson — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:01:48 -0800

Stuff like this is exactly how to learn how to draw. You stop labeling things as "sign" or "dude" and start matching up blobs and how close things are to one another. It's a completely different way of seeing. After that, you just have to practice getting your hand to work right.

By: suki

suki — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:10:08 -0800

Great link, though I'd like it more if it had a pause button so I could go scream into a pillow.

By: leahwrenn

leahwrenn — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:17:53 -0800

That was fun! Thanks!

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:40:33 -0800

For those generous souls who feel compelled to post spoilers/solutions in these types of threads, I offer to you for consideration the awesoma powa! of rot13.com. Luckily, I finished all the puzzles before I read the thread. Cool ending!

By: tula

tula — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:45:15 -0800

I wanted to be really great at this for some reason, and though it took me a while, now that I read about everyone else's frustrations I conclude I'm at least fairly good at it. Another useless skill!

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:23:16 -0800

I am stuck in the Christmas lights one. I even screen-grabbed and used Difference layer merging in Photoshop, and there are no more differences. Does it really have a solution?

By: quin

quin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:35:32 -0800

That was really neat and surprisingly difficult in a couple of places. I particularly liked how they hid the numbers in plain sight.

By: hincandenza

hincandenza — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:00:21 -0800

mulligan: The trick with these is to use the old magic eye focusing trick on them. You end up with a third image in the middle and all the differences are in a sense flashing.

Damn- I was coming here just to post that, and thought that maybe I was the only one to have figured out that trick. I hate when I'm confronted with evidence that I'm not the only smart person around...

By: hincandenza

hincandenza — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:15:12 -0800

And now I'm stuck on the park/christmas lights/guy walking the atomic symbol looking thing level. ... I am stuck in the Christmas lights one. I even screen-grabbed and used Difference layer merging in Photoshop, and there are no more differences. Does it really have a solution?

I am too- I can see the difference when he opens the pizza box only... but I can't seem to click on the right "thing" to make it take...

By: hincandenza

hincandenza — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:17:05 -0800

Oops- nope, found it, and it's NOT the pizza box. It's the one flaw of mulligan's trick: things that are completely missing in one picture seamlessly, or the color is different, are harder to spot. Turns out the pizza box steam, while different, is not the the thing to click. It's something that's missing entirely in one picture, but in such a way that the cross-eye view doesn't notice.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:23:51 -0800

It is fun.... Kind of an underhanded trick in the first scene. Yes, it was fun. Thanks, brain_drain, for the link. And yes, that 'underhanded' trick in (one version of) the very first scene drove me the craziest of all.

By: squasha

squasha — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:56:17 -0800

bully for all of you. obviously, I'm trapped in the first scene. I got the spare bird, the spare branch, the missing crack in the sidewalk, and the misspelled title...where the feck is my five?

By: Azaadistani

Azaadistani — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:38:08 -0800

squasha: check the silhouette of the buildings. Extra spires/tv antennae. got through them all, though it took a while. tried the random clicking but it didn't work. it's infuriating but possible.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:21:05 -0800

This is awesome magic eye practice. I had trouble doing the first one that way, and then it got easier and easier. Easier in fact to spot the differences without, so my idea of "cheating" was pretty much the reverse of everyone here. Great site, though. I want more!

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:45:05 -0800

Oh this is definitely made with magic eye in mind. What ever spills out of that briefcase looks crazy wild in magic-eye-mode and yet it's never one of the differences.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:46:55 -0800

squasha, you're looking at the figure too, right? With his leg crossed?

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:22:56 -0800

What ever spills out of that briefcase looks crazy wild in magic-eye-mode and yet it's never one of the differences. I can't find the last difference on that page!!

By: mosessis

mosessis — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:53:25 -0800

that was really fun! i think my favorite part was trying to find the countdown; i loved the clock and the phone number.