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What am I supposed to do in the Village of Matiani?
1 of 14: There are four primary dwellings, along with the building in the center of the village.
2 of 14: Try entering and exiting the various buildings. What happens?
3 of 14: Note that you do not necessarily exit the same building that you entered.
4 of 14: There is apparently a "warp" of some kind that moves you between buildings.
5 of 14: Seems like some kind of puzzle!
6 of 14: If you listened to Angela Davies or talked to Charles Santo in the jail, you should have learned that there is a specific pattern that you must follow.
7 of 14: They said "...enter twice, exit once...."
8 of 14: Angela's comments indicated that you must enter each hut twice, but exit only once. Once you meet those exact requirements, you will cause a "dimensional shift."
9 of 14: This dimensional shift is necessary to gather other information for puzzles found elsewhere in the game.
10 of 14: If you enter any building more than the required number of times, or exit it more than the required number of times, the puzzle will need to be reset. You can reset the puzzle by walking back into the center hut.
11 of 14: Try wandering around the huts, and you should eventually notice that you will sometimes enter from one of the four outer houses but will exit from the center hut. This is how you can enter a hut without leaving it -- Angela wasn't counting the center hut when she said to enter each hut twice.
12 of 14: For every move that you make, the shifts between the huts will change. For example, if you enter hut #1 (the first on the left) on your first move (immediately after resetting the puzzle), you will always come back out of hut #1. But if you enter hut #1 on your second move, you'll come back out of hut #2 -- this is true no matter which hut you entered on your first move.
13 of 14: So what you need to do is find the precise times and moves that will warp you into the center huts. The only way to discover these in the game itself is to walk through each hut repeatedly and take notes. It's easiest to walk into hut #1 eight times in a row, reset the puzzle, and walk into hut #2 eight more times, etc. If that's too much work, just keep reading these hints for an answer -- there's no real shortcut you can take to solve the puzzle within the game itself.
14 of 14: Once you've discovered those warps to the center, you'll have 4 of your 8 moves set for you, since going to the center hut 4 times is the only way to enter all 4 other huts twice but exit them only once. You can also figure out moves for the 4 remaining turns. Or you can just read the link ahead if you want one possible solution given to you.
