i see everyone goes inside the maze without any puzzle outside the door but for me there is another puzzle and there is a door to unlock the maze

This is to ponder whether or not the creator, and the players, of this game despise or cherish The Witness. I could see it being a love letter for some and a piece of ridiculing catharsis for others...thoughts?

My high score on this stupid "puzzle" is 475, and I haven't been able to replicate it since. Yes, I've stood close to the TV. Yes, I've held the left mouse button down the entire time. I've tried everything. This game has been amazing, the puzzles have been and rely on wit. This relies on precision and the ability to move your mouse fast and exactly, which my shaking hands cannot do. Especially when they move the maze away as you're drawing the line, or when the game decides not to draw that line for a sec...

I've completed the book in the maze completely multiple times, even taking notes on the numbers of each symbol on each page and the orders. I've even taken pictures of each page's completed path and tried different purple-maze orders based on potential patterns from the book. However, I still haven't succeeded. To clarify, I do NOT want the answer to the puzzle; I would greatly, greatly appreciate an extremely subtle hint to slightly push me in the right direction in terms of looking for a constant in the...

I absolutely lost my ♥♥♥♥ at this part