🧩 Level Information

• Level Number: 164
• Question: Align with the boy's gaze
• Difficulty: trick

🎯 Objective

Move the smartphone (tablet) itself to align the boy's gaze with your own gaze to clear the level.

📝 Steps for Solving

1. Keep the game screen as is and wait without tapping or dragging any buttons or the boy on the screen.
2. Hold the device (smartphone/tablet) with both hands and position it in front of your face.
3. Slowly lift the device or move your face closer so that the boy's eye position is at the same height as your actual eyes.
4. When your gaze aligns roughly with the boy's gaze, the sensor will respond, and the stage will clear automatically.

💡 Hints

• First, refrain from touching a variety of things on the screen and focus on the word "gaze".
• The alignment with the boy's gaze is not limited to just within the screen. Think about whether you can use your own gaze too.
• Try tilting the smartphone or tablet, or changing the height you are holding it at.
• Lift the device up to your face and look for a position where the boy's eyes and your own eyes are at about the same height.

🧠 Explanation & Key Points

This stage is a "meta" trick question that requires changing the position of the device itself rather than manipulating objects on the screen. The Japanese instruction "Align with the boy's gaze" initially makes it seem like you need to drag something on the screen to align the gaze, but the correct answer is to align your own gaze with the boy's gaze. It is a gimmick that uses changes in orientation and tilt detected by the accelerometer or gyroscope. The key is to be able to switch your mindset from solving through tapping and swiping to moving the device itself.

🔍 Common Mistakes

• Dragging the boy's head or eyes to try and move the gaze up and down within the screen.
• Mistakenly looking for non-existent UI like sliders or buttons on the screen.
• Trying to zoom in and out with pinch gestures to align the gaze.
• Giving up after only lightly shaking or tilting the device sideways (without changing the height significantly).
• Searching for settings menus or help icons, getting distracted from the main puzzle.

🎉 Advice After Clearing

This stage required you to consider actions outside the screen, including your own movements. Developing an approach that involves moving the device itself, rather than just relying on tapping or dragging, can make it easier to tackle tricky problems in the future.

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