Trophy Guide – Linger In Shadows
“Linger In Shadows is a piece of digital video artwork. This is not a game in the traditional sense, rather an abstract, interactive experience designed to challenge and captivate your inquisitive mind.”
Those are the exact words of the XMB Trophy Details for Linger In Shadows, and it could not be more true. When the title was first announced it was thought to purely be a tech demo of what the PS3 was capable of, but since then we had learned it was a game Interactive Art, and quite a beautiful piece of Interactive Art at that.
There are 16 Trophies for the title broken down into two groups; ‘Sigil Of …’ and ‘Greeting To …’ Trophies. Each Trophy group have their own way of being earned. The ‘Sigil Of …’ Trophies are earned in ‘Linger’ mode where the ‘Thanks To …’ Trophies can be earned in ‘Linger’ or ‘Watch’ mode. All Trophies can easily be earned within just a few minutes and on a single play, however you’ll miss out on the true beauty of Linger In Shadows if you choose to do so quickly. This is one title I would highly recommend you playing through normally and resorting to this guide in the case you get stuck… which shouldn’t be too likely.
To actually earn your Trophies you’ll have to make it to the end of the video. It’s not uncommon to earn six or more Trophies at a time, let alone 16 at once.
For the ‘Greetings To …’ Trophies you will need to pause the video around certain times and look around the scene. You’ll find little pieces of the ‘puzzle’ around the scene. These pieces will become brighter and you’ll hear an audio tone to know you found them, keep them in sight and after a few seconds they’ll be added to the collection. If you turn the camera Icon on (Triangle) it will flash when you are in a ‘Greetings To …’ area, even while fast-forwarding and rewinding while the video is paused.
One last piece of advice. When you are stuck, pause the video and FF/RW. You’ll be able to see your available actions that you can take.
Sigil Of Time (Bronze): Freeze and manipulate time in order to force your way through rips in reality. Use it wisely, for it is a power that can overcome great challenges when seeking the light… or chaos.
- Phase 1: As soon as the video starts it will pause itself. Press X to un-pause and after a few seconds pause again. You will now notice the controller icon lit up in the top bar with four arrows.
- Solution: Shake the SixAxis.
Sigil Of Motion (Silver): Make the world tremble and the heavens shatter from within the shadows. The power to manipulate your environment has been unveiled and will prove essential in your struggles with nature.
- Phase 2: Watch through the video until it stops and reverses itself.
- Solution: After the reverse hold L2 or R2.
Sigil Of Chaos (Silver): Chaos inhabits every fiber of the universe. Unleashing this power has obliterated the obstacles before you and will release you into nature.
- Phase 3: Pause the title and notice the rotating arrows on the controller to the upper right.
- Solution: Rotate the controller.
Sigil Of Nature (Silver): The force of nature has brought odd life to an even more unusual environment. Remember what you have learned here and it may be useful to you in the future.
- Phase 4: While manipulating time while paused there will be an instance where the O button lights up.
- Solution: Hit O at around 04:49:000.
Sigil Of Creation (Silver): Eyes are the black holes of creatures, vast depths of darkness, but at the center you will find that creation exists everywhere, even when it is nowhere. All that is left is to unleash the light from within the shadow.
- Phase 5: There will be two instances where you can light up the tentacle creatures eyes by pressing O, also just before it destroys the dog you can shake the SixAxis.
- Solution: Press O at the two locations and shake the SixAxis when indicated.
Sigil Of Light (Silver): It is foretold that revealing all 6 sigils will bring about light, and thus the sigils have been uncovered and light has been wrought from the shadow. Use all you have gained and search outside your vision for secrets within the world.
- Complete the whole video and credits in ‘Linger’ mode. If you unlocked all 5 Sigils in a playthrough you’ll also receive this.
[Hidden] Greetings To Fairlight (Bronze): Fairlight is an old group with a lot of members from all over Europe. They’ve managed to be on top for the past 20 years. Their fresh demo selection has won many different awards for the hi-end machines and also for old-school ones including scene.org award in 4kb, 64kb and demo category.
- Around 03:10:000. Located to the right hand side. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To Sunflower (Bronze): Sunflower is an old group that brought new trends to the demoscene in the beginning of accelerated era. Their demos seem to not suffer from time. This is due to their abstract style and very sophisticated music. The group was formed from very experienced sceners and project “Sunflower” survived for only two years (1999-2001). We all hope that they will make a massive comeback.
- Around 05:43:000. To the right hand side. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To Still (Bronze): Still is a relatively new group formed by ex-members of Bauknecht, lkcc and “Haujobb”. Their first productions were released in 2007 but have already received interest and critical acclaim within the demoscene.
- Around 05:54:000. Look to the lower left hand corner. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To Farbrausch (Bronze): Farbrausch is a demogroup famous for using procedural techniques for creating textures, scenes, and animations in their productions. “Werkzeug” which is their demotool, successfully started a new era of tools, separating coders from artists, thus speeding up production process. Together with “Werkzeug” came V2, a high-quality software synthesizer that was already adopted by other groups respecting its values. Farbrausch is mostly known for “Candytron”, “The produkkt”, “The Popular Demo” and recently released “Debris”.
- Around 03:31:000. On the lower right hand side. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To The Black Lotus (Bronze): The Black Lotus is an old Amiga group with a very distinctive, monumental style, influencing other groups including Plastic. They’ve managed to beat 2 Ghz computers with a classic 66 Mhz Amiga and a demo called “Starstruck”.
- Around 03:56:000. To the lower left hand side. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To Conspiracy (Bronze): Conspiracy is a Hungarian group that specializes in creating 64-kilobyte intros. As the first group in demoscene history, they’ve managed to show their real-time production “Chaos Theory” together with other offline, pre-processed animations at SIGGRAPH 2007. This intro has also received a scene.org award.
- Around 05:04:000. Below the cat. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To RGBA (Bronze): RGBA is a Spanish group known mostly for their 64-kilobyte and their recent 4-kilobyte productions. They are also well known for breaking the mold in 4-kilobyte graphics. Plastic is especially dedicated to sending their greetings to RGBA for their remake of “195/95″ demo.
- Around 04:21:000. To the left hand side. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To MFX (Bronze): Mfx demos are known for their distinctive, mostly experimental style, focusing on building a specific dark atmosphere. Even if they prefer the form over content, their demos often visualize a concept or short story. Mfx members can be found also in different groups like Kewlers or Synesthetics. Mfx has been awarded with many awards including the scene.org award for Most Original Concept in a Demo called “The Ballet Dancer”.
- Around 02:17:000. To the left hand side. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To Andromeda Software Development (Bronze): Andromeda Software Development is a demogroup with an extremely distinctive style. Their demos featured dynamic coherent flows of abstract visual elements subtly blending into each other in various and unexpected ways. They have won many demoscene awards including Best Demo of the Year 2007 for “Lifeforce” and Best Demo of 2005 for “Planet Risk”.
- Around 03:13:000. On the object to the right that rotates as you rotate your controller. (Image)
[Hidden] Greetings To Madwizards (Bronze): Madwizards is an old group originating out of Poland best known for their accelerated Amiga productions. They’ve managed to invent their own abstract style while mixing real-time effects together with still post-processed photography. In their most recent production “Senzala”, they went back to the roots developing on classic Amiga.
- Around 04:37:000. In the very bottom right hand corner. (Image)
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October 10th, 2008 at 3:56 AM
thank you very much!!!
October 10th, 2008 at 4:02 AM
Great guide Phoenix!!!
Damn, that was fast!
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October 10th, 2008 at 5:14 AM
Very nice guide.
I haven’t bought the game yet, but I’m seriously considering it.
I hope you don’t mind, but I added a link to this guide on my trophy thread over at the PS Forums.
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October 10th, 2008 at 5:59 AM
I bought the artwork and since there is very little information on how to interact this works very well and I am not sure if I have an altered install but I get only to where the shadow starts to encapsulate the dog and it rewinds a lot when I try to figure things out to get further into the artwork instead of watching…
During the intro there is what seems like static before the game gets to the launch (press Start) I chose linger and it gets into it and during this sequence it stops and shows you the controller actions with a bar at the top to complete the task in.
This helps a lot but I still have some questions is there a site I can go to for support? I did not see anything while it was loading to excited to get into the game….
Well worth the money $2.99
October 10th, 2008 at 11:04 AM
I still cant get them, I look at them and nothing happens. Please help
October 10th, 2008 at 12:02 PM
@ Ftwrthtx
No problem, link to any of our guides you like.
@ Guerrero
You actually have to finish the video and watch the credits before you will rewarded with any.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Thx, great guide!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Good guide. This game (if you can call it that) was very easy and weird, but that being said I liked it. I like diffrent things and this is definetky different
October 10th, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Phoenix,
You continue to amaze me. I will be picking this up later!
October 10th, 2008 at 3:55 PM
From the main menu, hit the L3 and R3 buttons at the same time to see a hidden OldSchool Demo. Looks like it would have been one from the Amiga.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:40 PM
@ StareClips
Thanks for the tip.
You can also unlock ’secret stuff’ on the main menu if you complete ‘Linger’ mode. I only spent a few seconds in it, so I’m not real sure what it involves.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Awesome stuff dude. Cheers.
Really cool ‘Interactive Art’ at a sweet price. A nice change of pace to Wipeout HD.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Great guide Phoenix. Two thumbs up. I’m not really sure how I feel about Linger. It’s a very different “title” (if you were to even call it that). I do like the music though a lot. The game/art was definitely worth it IMO.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:58 PM
If you can’t finish it, then quit to game menu and you will receive all your earned trophies then.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:09 PM
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October 10th, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Hey Phoenix seriously, how the hell do I get the images trophies?? I have seen all of them, even took pictures of them, let the game finish, and nothing, I only received the game trophies none of the hidden which are the images. What is up??
October 10th, 2008 at 9:13 PM
@bexon
You don’t actually have to take pictures of them. Go to the time they appear, pause and look at them. Keep looking at them until a large circle pops up on your screen and the piece is lit up. It takes a few seconds before they register that you see them, but once you get a piece you’ll know you have it.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Greetings To Conspiracy guide picture is wrong.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:33 PM
sorry for the double post. The greetings to conspiracy trophy is actually behind the cat around 05:54:000. You will have to press X to pause the game then work the camera sixaxis style to get right behind the cat and you will see something that’s orange in color.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Actually, looking through a couple of them have gotten mixed up. I’ll have to fix them when I get a chance to do so.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:35 AM
I still can’t get them. I dont get it. I’m in the first scene, i pause the game with x and use L2+R2 to rewind and then push triangle to get the camera in free mode. Then from there I look at the one right before the spoon drop (very first one) and I’m staring at it for like ten min and nothing happens….wtf am I doing wrong?
October 11th, 2008 at 2:09 AM
the pictures dont match up with the names on you guide, you should take a look at that.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:54 AM
Hm, I’m having some difficulty getting the “Greetings to…” trophies also. Tried doing it in Linger and Watch mode, using the pause button and adjusting the camera to view the item. No dice.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:32 AM
I’m having exactly the same problem with the greetings. I find them, look at them, but nothing happens.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:41 AM
i realised after that its when you finish it
i only bought for the trophies arnt i sad :L
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October 12th, 2008 at 10:07 AM
To anyone still having trouble getting the greeting trophies…
I was having trouble myself. The directions here aren’t clear but it is simple. Forward and reverse to the suggested times and pause there. Hit triangle to allow you to manipulate the camera to the hidden picture, once you have it mostly highlighted hit the triangle button again to lock the camera. The puzzle will come up and show that you got it.
After you have all the pieces, fast-forward to the end. Hit x to un-pause and let the credits roll. You should get all the trophies at that point.
October 12th, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Exactly how long did you do this for? I did exactly what you said in both modes and left it waiting for about 15 minutes and nothing came up. I press square and my puzzle is complete, yet no trophies. Are these really for trophies or just fun?
October 12th, 2008 at 11:46 PM
the consiracy one am looking at it for ages i got the rest i can seem to get this one to ding plz help
October 13th, 2008 at 1:51 PM
I think you can hit O (Circle) during the end credits in “Watch” mode to exit out early and still get trophies. Just a tip.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:35 PM
can’t find the Greetings To MFX trofee, please help!
October 13th, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Is the puzzle supposed to be completed while your trying to find it cause mine already is but i have no trophys and i cant get the pieces.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Ok sorry for double post but i found the problem with the puzzle. DO NOT press L3 and R3 when you get to the main menu. That causes all the pieces to be already in there and not allow you to get them thus not letting you get the throphies.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:04 AM
I am having the same problem as Saint Anthony, my puzzle is already complete, and i def. dont have those trophies yet. What am i doing wrong?
October 16th, 2008 at 2:31 AM
Nevermind, i got it. You have to go into the game without pushing L3 and R3 at the main screen, and just do everything like that first. If you open the hidden thingy in the main menu it doesnt work. It fills out your little square thingy.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Some of the time are switch around the 5:43:00, 5.04.00 and the 2:17:00. the pics dont match.
November 12th, 2008 at 8:59 AM
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November 14th, 2008 at 3:05 AM
I’ve gotten everything except that damn Greetings to Conspiracy!!! I think I see where it’s supposed to be, but I just can’t seem to visualize it onscreen! (Plus I’ve broken three fingers trying to get the damn controller in the right three-dimensional orientation!!) HALP!!!
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November 24th, 2008 at 2:54 AM
Times are fixed. I had a few pictures mixed up originally and got them straightened out a long time ago, forgot to move the times as well. But those are done now.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 AM
Kudos to you, your website, and all who continue to help.
Great job in presenting it, and covering all aspects of future questions.
i can’t find a flaw
February 8th, 2009 at 12:14 AM
FOR THE CONSPIRACY … MISSING PIECE
it’s not – Around 05:04:000. Below the cat
it’s around 5:53-54 under the cat .. you’ll see a dark shadow (that’s the missing piece) ….. he prob forgot to enter the “5″
:3 thx a lot tho <3
March 6th, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Almost done and this list will help me finish thanks.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:39 AM
Phoenix, I’m having trouble adding the puzzle pieces and getting the trophies for said pieces. I get the pieces into view, but they don’t shine or anything. No audio stating they’ve been found. And I’ve found a few pieces and went to the end of the video… no trophies. Any ideas?