Shady Part of Me was released back in 2020 but recently joined Xbox Game Pass as one of the latest puzzle platforming games to join the service. You might wonder how to get to grips with the game’s light and dark mechanics as you explore ‘In the Shadows,’ the second part of Shady Part of Me‘s Exposition Prologue.
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While games can play with light and shadow differently, Shady Part of Me features a little girl frightened of the light and her shadow lending a helping hand. This Shady Part of Me ‘In the Shadows’ walkthrough details how to navigate its various light puzzles to help you along your way when first getting started with the game’s controls and mechanics. It also details the locations of all paper origami birds you can find within ‘In the Shadows.’
Shady Part of Me In The Shadows Walkthrough (Exposition, Session 2)
After completing the first part of the Exposition Prologue, you immediately start the second part of the game’s prologue introduction, called ‘Session 2: In The Shadows.’ Things kick off with the little girl sitting on a bed in a child’s bedroom and there are just a handful of controls to use as detailed below (controls listed for those playing the game on Xbox consoles):
- Left stick/D-pad – Move left/right/up/down
- Right stick – Tilt camera
- Jump – A
- Action – X
- Rewind time – Right Trigger/RB
- Restart at the last checkpoint – Hold Left Trigger/LB
- Switch characters – Y (Becomes available after completing ‘In the Shadows’)
To get started, exit the bedroom through the door on the right and stand inside the white circle on the floor in the corridor outside. This causes the path ahead to transform so you can step forward into the shadows inside a room full of beds.
The little girl can only walk inside shadowy areas, and stepping into the light causes her to cower back afraid or worse, so be careful to stick to the shadows and walk around the spotlights shining onto the floor, as pictured above. Walk around the beds and into another white circle at the end of the room by the door on the right, triggering the next area ahead.
Light Puzzle One – Opening Door Light Puzzle (First Origami Bird)
At this point, you’ll likely learn how to use the rewind button to rewind time, as when you step towards the paper origami bird in front of the double doors, they swing open and flood the little girl with light, causing her to stop and sit on the ground. Hold the right trigger to rewind and complete this section again, which can be seen as the game’s first main light puzzle.
To solve the opening door puzzle and get past the light safely, stand behind the table to hide the girl in the shadows. Wait until the doors close again before quickly grabbing the origami bird to grab it and move to the right of the screen. Head to the right and stand in the next white circle to complete this section and trigger the next environmental change.
There are four paper origami birds to collect in the first part of the Exposition prologue, and five to find within ‘In the Shadows.’
Moving and Flickering Spotlight Puzzles
It’s not possible to move further right with light from the window blocking your path, so head down towards the screen where you’ll find a series of spotlights that turn on and off in the next light puzzle, which is all about timing. Remember to stay in the shadows and wait until the lights turn off before you move past them. There is also an origami bird to collect down the corridor on the left before you move past the moving light on the right by using the small balcony for cover.
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After exploring near the little kid on the right who the girl says never wants to play, head upwards past the bookcases and more spotlight puzzles in the same way as before until you reach the beams of light streaming through the windows.
There is also another origami bird next to the books on the right of the corridor above, which can be easily missed while focusing on the light patterns. However, you either retrace your steps or hit the rewind button to try again if you miss it the first time.
Window Light Puzzle Solution and Completing In The Shadows
The final light puzzle within ‘In the Shadows’ is a window light puzzle, where you can find another origami bird location. As the light from the window is stationary, you can get past this section and reach the paper bird in the corner by walking around the beams of light and walking in the line of shadow on the floor where the text says ‘They will see,’ ‘They will say,’ and ‘They will talk.’ Hug the wall and the furniture on the floor to move past the light until you reach the next white circle on the right.
Once again, stand inside the circle to get started in the next area, where you just need to travel down the corridor of floating books, giving a different feel to the 3D puzzle platforming elements seen so far. Turn right at the end of the corridor lined with moving statue heads and head down the final corridor to reach the final white circle and the beginning of Act 1, ‘Whole Again.’ There is also the fifth origami bird to collect at the end of the corridor in between the two statues where the text states ‘Judging.’
This completes ‘In the Shadows,’ enabling you to start Act 1 of Shady Part of Me, where you get to meet and control the little girl’s shadow and switch between the two characters freely going forward.
- Released
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December 10, 2020
- Developer(s)
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Douze Dixièmes
- Publisher(s)
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Focus Entertainment
- OpenCritic Rating
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Strong