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Indie platform and puzzle game in which the hero (Tim) will try to rescue his princess.

Note that Braid has an excellent storyline that the player can read in (at least) 2 different ways.

One theory, based on the inclusion of a hidden event and the famous quotation stated by Kenneth Bainbridge after the detonation of the first atomic bomb—"Now we are all sons of bitches"—is that the princess represents the atomic bomb and Tim is a scientist involved in its development.[20] Some also refer to the name of the game as both reference to the hair braid of the princess Tim seeks as well as the intertwining of time, demonstrated by the various time mechanics explored in the game.

Source: Wikipedia article about Braid

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Who's the brown dinosaur in Braid?

At the end of each world, there's a brown dinosaur who tells you that the princess is in another castle. I get the Mario reference, but is the brown dinosaur a reference to something else or is it a character original to Braid?
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Hints, not walkthrough, for Braid?

I love the game but a little stuck, and not willing to look at walkthrough sites. Anyone know of places to find "hints" to help through levels without giving away the solution completely?
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What's the purpose of the epilogue's cloud?

In the epilogue there is one last cloud that doesn't seem to do anything. Since I read1 about that one star where another slowly slow cloud is relevant, I wonder if something similar is the case here or whether it's just an homage to the other…
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Do I need to get all puzzle pieces in Braid?

For example in the first level I got like 10 out of 12 pieces, so I didn't complete the puzzle, but I could still go to the next level. So how do the puzzles work? Can I get them all into one level, or do I need to go trough the next levels and the…
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What are the command line options for the PC/Mac version of Braid?

The launcher for the PC/Mac version of Braid has a box for command line options, but I've not been able to find a list of the available options. Can anyone provide a list of them, along with what they do?
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What's the purpose of this holey wall?

In the process of solving the first puzzle (the one in World 2) you learn that the bridge in the picture can actually be interacted with. Using this it is possible to jump onto a particular wall in the house: Everything in this game seems to have a…
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How to solve the World 4 hunt?

Now that we've determined that the World 4 hunt level of Braid is solvable without doing anything special outside the level, the question remains: How to solve this level?
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How do I get the third puzzle piece in Irreversible?

In Braid, there is one (ok, many, but this question is only about one) puzzle piece that I cannot figure out how to obtain. I have 2 keys with which I must open 3 locked doors. The middle door and one of my two keys glow green, and thus are not…
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How do I get out of the pit?

In Braid 3-1, there's a locked door on the opposite side of a large pit. At the bottom of the pit there's a goomba carrying the key to the door. I've managed to time it so that when I jump down onto the goomba, I pick up the key and bounce back up -…
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Going the distance in Braid

Is there a significant benefit to running through the entirety of Braid to find the stars? I have done a little FAQ reading and determined that I have screwed up my chances of using my existing save game, and would need to restart. Is the "second"…
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Green logic fault in Braid

In Braid, chapter four (Time & Place), "Hunt!", the hunt registers for the monsters (on the door in the upper right) has a greenish hue, which basically means it stays invariant over time. But then, when you go left-right, the time changes, so if a…
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How do I get to the two puzzle pieces right at the end of Cloud Bridge?

At the end of the Cloud Bridge section of the first level there are two puzzle pieces. How do I reach them?
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When do monstars change direction and when do they fall?

When a marching monstar (aka. goomba) arrives at the end of a platform, sometimes it will change direction and walk back, other times it will walk off the edge and fall. What determines which happens, and how can I tell beforehand? Is a property of…
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Mysterious right-angled triangle with a chain of circles around it?

I've always wondered what this image in Braid is. It appears on a tile in the first level of one of the worlds, but I think it appears elsewhere, too. I don't know what it's called, and it's really hard to describe well enough to Google. All I know…
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Is the World 4 version of Hunt impossible without doing something else first?

I'm stuck on the World 4 version of Hunt. I don't want a walkthrough; I don't even want a hint. (Please don't offer a hint.) I just want to know whether it's impossible without doing something else first to alter the puzzle, because it sure looks…
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