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Viewfinder

PS5 · 2023 · Sad Owl Studios · Thunderful Publishing

Viewfinder is a puzzle game where you can reshape the world around you by taking photos with an instant camera.

Overview of the platinum guide

No missable trophies · Fully obtainable offline

Trophies total46
Missable trophies0
Online trophies0

Playtime

Main story only5.9 h
Completionist7.2 h

Platinum Requirement Profile (Difficulty & Effort)

Creative, relaxed puzzle game featuring a rewind mechanic, offering a very easy and fast Platinum thanks to level select.

  • Mechanics & Peak: 2/10 – A few trophies require simple timing while falling or placing objects.
  • Guide Reliance: 2/10 – Hidden collectibles and interactions can be found quickly with a guide.
  • Grind & Collectibles: 2/10 – Very short play time; 100 photos and collectibles are done quickly.
  • RNG & Luck: 0/10 – No RNG elements present.
  • Punishment Severity: 1/10 – Any mistakes can be rewound seamlessly at any time.
  • Co-op / MP Dependency: 0/10 – Pure single-player experience with no online features.

Trophies

  1. Viewfound

    Unlock all trophies in Viewfinder

    Unlock all other trophies to earn the Platinum trophy.

  2. Get your ducks in a row

    Find all the ducks in chapter 1

    Collectible. For exact locations, please refer to our separate TrophyBase collectible guide.

  3. I stuck with it.

    Find all the magnets in chapter 2

    Collectible. For exact locations, please refer to our separate TrophyBase collectible guide.

  4. Picking up the pieces

    Find all the mahjong tiles in chapter 3

    Collectible. For exact locations, please refer to our separate TrophyBase collectible guide.

  5. I didn’t planets for this to happen.

    Find all the planets in chapter 4

    Collectible. For exact locations, please refer to our separate TrophyBase collectible guide.

  6. Caught in the act!

    Place a photo while falling and land on it

    Step off any elevated ledge, bring up an aligned photo of a flat surface while falling, and place it beneath you to land safely.

  7. Impeccable timing

    Complete a timer level with only a fraction of a second to spare

    On any timed puzzle stage (such as Chapter 4, Level 1.2), position yourself beside the exit teleporter and wait until the final second ticks down before stepping on.

  8. Speed Demon

    Beat a level in less than 10 seconds!

    Easily done on Chapter 1, Level 1.1: immediately line up the provided teleporter snapshot, stamp it into the world, and step onto the pad.

  9. Hashtag all filters

    Collect all the camera filters

    Collectible. For exact locations, please refer to our separate TrophyBase collectible guide.

  10. Professional Photographer

    Take 100 Photos

    Can be quickly farmed once you obtain the camera by rapidly spamming the shutter button anywhere until the tally reaches 100.

  11. Dustinvasion!

    Make an army of Dustins

    Take a photo of a Dustin plushie and continuously duplicate it until you have at least 15 copies active in the level at the same time.

  12. Scream Orchestra [Hidden]

    Make a choir of screaming people

    In Chapter 3, photograph the painting depicting screaming faces and place multiple copies side by side until the choir unlocks.

  13. Battery of Batteries [Hidden]

    Make the maximum possible number of batteries in the first camera level

    In Chapter 2, Level 1.1, take a picture of the battery and duplicate it repeatedly until the level hits the maximum entity limit (around 16 batteries).

  14. Dustin? More like Dust-off!

    Drop a Dustin off the level

    Pick up any Dustin plushie or duplicate one, then toss it over the edge into the void.

  15. Bye bye, Battery!

    Drop a battery off the level

    Pick up any battery and throw it off the edge of the platform into the void.

  16. You monster

    Slice a Dustin

    Position the edge of any photo directly over a Dustin plushie so that placing the snapshot cleanly bisects him.

  17. No way out!

    Break the only teleporter

    Place a photo directly over the level's sole teleporter so that its cutout geometry slices into and destroys the pad. Rewind time afterward to continue.

  18. Battered by a battery

    Drop a battery onto your head

    Take a photo of a battery, aim straight up into the air, and place the photo directly above yourself so the falling battery hits your character.

  19. Pet the Cait

    Pet Cait

    Approach Cait the cat whenever she appears in hubs or levels and press the interact prompt to pet her.

  20. No copycaits!

    Try duplicating Cait

    Snap a photo of Cait and attempt to place it down into the world. She will refuse to be cloned.

  21. Recursion excursion

    Place the recursive photo 15 times

    In Chapter 2, Level 4.1, pick up the recursive photo and continuously place it into itself 15 times in a row.

  22. Contactless

    Complete the third level without touching the battery

    In Chapter 1, Level 1.3, arrange and tilt the photo cutouts so that the battery slides directly onto the pad without you ever picking it up.

  23. Fool me twice [Hidden]

    Get tricked twice in a certain level

    In Chapter 3, Level 2.1, line up the optical illusion of the teleporter and attempt to step onto it twice before finding the real solution.

  24. Hitching a ride [Hidden]

    Ride a balloon

    In Chapter 3, Level 2.3, place the hot air balloon photo upright, jump into or onto the basket, and ride it as it floats upward.

  25. I bee-t the game! [Hidden]

    Grow the flower to attract a bee

    In Chapter 4, Level 2.4, take a picture of the potted flower and repeatedly re-photograph it larger to upscale it until a bee arrives.

  26. To reach new heights! [Hidden]

    Get the jump powerup

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  27. Low orbit [Hidden]

    Get multiple jump powerups

    In Chapter 5, photograph the jump power-up and place several copies, then collect them in quick succession to stack your jump height.

  28. I fold [Hidden]

    Put down both playing cards

    In Chapter 4, Level 4.2, ensure you place down both playing card photos into the world instead of completing the stage with just one.

  29. Liberate the Dustins! [Hidden]

    Release all the blueprint Dustins

    Collectible. For exact locations, please refer to our separate TrophyBase collectible guide.

  30. That’s something I can get behind! [Hidden]

    Get behind the waterfall

    In the Chapter 3 hub world, navigate around the rocky pathway behind the large waterfall to access the hidden cave.

  31. Bark code [Hidden]

    Go for a walk in the barcode forest

    In Chapter 3, Level 2.4, enter the black-and-white barcode painting and walk down the forest path.

  32. Green is not a creative colour [Hidden]

    Draw using the green pencil

    In Chapter 3, Level 4.1, pick up the green pencil in the sketch room and draw with it on the canvas.

  33. Breaking wind [Hidden]

    Break the windmill inside the painting

    In Chapter 3, Level 3.1, use the edge of any photo cutout to slice through and destroy the windmill structure inside the painting.

  34. Nope bridge [Hidden]

    Break the cartoon rope bridge

    In Chapter 3, Level 2.5, place a photo directly across the drawn rope bridge to cut its ropes.

  35. Michelangelo [Hidden]

    Carve the melon repeatedly

    In Chapter 4, Level 1.1, repeatedly place photo borders through the watermelon to carve it into smaller slices.

  36. Time traveller

    Rewind for a really long time

    Spend a minute wandering around or placing photos in any level, then hold the rewind button down continuously for roughly 15 to 20 seconds.

  37. I didn’t realise they were optional.

    Complete all the optional challenge levels

    Complete all optional levels marked by orange icons, which branch off the main paths across the various chapter hubs.

  38. Under the illusion [Hidden]

    Complete the illusion levels in chapter 3

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  39. I’ve had my fil(ter) [Hidden]

    Complete the picture frame levels in chapter 4

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  40. Full shutdown [Hidden]

    Complete the simulation shutdown sequence

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  41. Everything in its right place

    Put the three paintings where they belong

    Find the three loose paintings scattered around the Chapter 3 hub and place each one into its corresponding frame outline on the walls.

  42. Amateur Photographer

    Take 25 photos

    Take a total of 25 photos with your camera throughout your playthrough.

  43. Welcome Back! [Hidden]

    Return to the hub world

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  44. I’ve trained for this.

    Ride the train

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  45. Viewfinder

    Get the camera

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

  46. End of the line. [Hidden]

    Ride the train to the final hub world

    Unlocked automatically through story progression.

Collectibles

  1. Battered by a battery

    Trophies

  2. Bye bye, Battery!

    Trophies

  3. No way out!

    Trophies

  4. Caught in the act!

    Trophies

  5. Contactless

    Trophies

  6. Duck 1/4 (Ducky 3)

    Ducks

  7. Duck 2/4 (Ducky 1)

    Ducks

  8. Recursion excursion

    Trophies

  9. Everything in its right place

    Trophies

  10. Duck 3/4 (Ducky 2)

    Ducks

  11. Duck 4/4 (Monduck)

    Ducks

  12. Magnet 1/4 (Banana)

    Magnets

  13. I fold

    Trophies

  14. Pet the Cait

    Trophies

  15. Magnet 2/4 (Orange)

    Magnets

  16. I bee-t the game!

    Trophies

  17. Fool me twice

    Trophies

  18. Magnet 3/4 (Mango)

    Magnets

  19. Magnet 4/4 (Apple)

    Magnets

  20. Mahjong Tile 1/7 (#4)

    Mahjong Tiles

  21. No copycaits!

    Trophies

  22. Battery of Batteries

    Trophies

  23. Nope bridge

    Trophies

  24. Dustin? More like Dust-off!

    Trophies

  25. You monster

    Trophies

  26. Dustinvasion!

    Trophies

  27. Mahjong Tile 2/7 (#1)

    Mahjong Tiles

  28. Low orbit

    Trophies

  29. Hitching a ride

    Trophies

  30. Mahjong Tile 3/7 (#3)

    Mahjong Tiles

  31. Mahjong Tile 4/7 (#6)

    Mahjong Tiles

  32. Mahjong Tile 5/7 (#7)

    Mahjong Tiles

  33. Speed Demon

    Trophies

  34. Impeccable timing

    Trophies

  35. Mahjong Tile 6/7 (#2)

    Mahjong Tiles

  36. That’s something I can get behind!

    Trophies

  37. Liberate the Dustins!

    Trophies

  38. Mahjong Tile 7/7 (#5)

    Mahjong Tiles

  39. Planet 1/9 (Mars)

    Planets

  40. Planet 2/9 (Neptune)

    Planets

  41. Planet 3/9 (Pluto)

    Planets

  42. Planet 4/9 (Venus)

    Planets

  43. Scream Orchestra

    Trophies

  44. Planet 5/9 (Jupiter)

    Planets

  45. Green is not a creative colour

    Trophies

  46. Planet 6/9 (Saturn)

    Planets

  47. Planet 7/9 (Earth)

    Planets

  48. Planet 8/9 (Mercury)

    Planets

  49. Planet 9/9 (Uranus)

    Planets

  50. Michelangelo

    Trophies

  51. Bark code

    Trophies

  52. Breaking wind

    Trophies

  53. Time traveller

    Trophies

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