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i jsut missed the last discord link, could we pretty please have another? with sugar on top?

https://discord.gg/tu4rAJS5

Anyother one!!

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Who knows what could be hiding in the dark?

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*falls asleep in the ask box*

WAKE UP!!!!!!

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Happy bad comic day this was meant to be a doodle but then this happened

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I KNEW IT I KNEW YOU WATCHED FUCKING. MONSTER HOUSE. I KNEW THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR THIS GAME OH MY GODDDD

I had watched it indeed, but I didn't really have it in mind while making game.

Although! One of the rats had a theory similar to the monster house plot while test playing

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Are…are simon and owen…therians, perchance/pos

Perhaps??

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He leaves his guitar on the side of the wall. In case the ghosts need to be pacified with the beautiful melody of wonderwall.

He uses the random sachet of salt for a sneaky salt circle. And on the middle? A small yet powerful plush of a sad pou. No ghosts could resist such bait!

What else is needed, a piece of paper if the wish to write? But what if they draw something appropriate. Maybe they skip that step.

 

Simon is tasked with their candle they brought for strange fun rituals they found online. Like calling the red amongus at three am.

“Woah, this place is getting dark, I guess they’ll start turning the lights on now. It’s kinda spooky...”

“Got the candle”

 “Nice! It might be a bit dangerous since it’s, like, a public place so let’s keep it under watch while-“

 

 

 The storm gets colder.

“Girl, the wax is attacking.”

“Ah-! Whoops! Let me get that-“

 

“Uh- actually it might be better if we don’t use it. As cool as the imagery of a burning train is, it wouldn’t be beneficial for us. Physically and metaphorically”

 

They get down to the floor, ready to start calling on any spirits, when-

 

Blonde man interruption.

 

“Hey little dude! Can I talk to you for a second?”

“Ah, sure!”

He seems excited.

“Uh, In private?”

Bitch??

“Be right back”

“Ah, of course!”

And so he leaves. No questions asked. Even when they just had everything settled here. But it’s fine. No big deal. It’s not like it won’t happen again on university.

Simon will get new friends. Because he’s cool like that.

Because he knows what he wants. Because he’s the son of a CEO. Because he’s funny and nice and athletic. Because he has an actual reason to be upset. Because he’s... well. Light skinned, maybe.

Anyone would want to befriend him.

And then when he has all those cool friends, who are just as amazing as he is...

Will he... need an old friendship like this?

 

If they don’t go to the same school, if they don’t meet as often, then...

Will they still be friends?

 

 

 

“Will I still belong here after the storm ends?”

 

He looks at his failed seance scene.

He remembers a picture his mom showed him.

He considers... something.

 

He cleans up. Maybe it’s better to leave it to professionals.

One of the staff tells him is food time, Simon is probably already there. Everyone is.

 

It’s 9:40 pm

 

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“Alright, I got the portable charger, a piece of gum, 500 pesos, a small sachet of salt…”

“Shouldn’t you bring your thingy?”

“The worm wind up toy?”

“No, no. Well, maybe actually. I mean the little machine you made. You brought it right?”

“I did… but do you really think it would help?

“We don’t know what type of overcomplicated puzzle this thing could be hiding in. It could help. Even if it’s just to dismantle it for its parts”

“WHAT?”

“You hurt me. You hurt us. You want to dismantle your own godchild??”

“I think of it more of a beautiful metamorphosis. Kafka-esq in nature”

“You’re a cruel man. An evil scientist. A modern Frankenstein”

They finish their small bags of useful adventure items and go ahead.

As they reach the entrance, they find it empty of people, but a certain item still waited for them.

“My guitar!”

“Will the guitar help?”

“Maybe! It would be cool if we could defeat it with the power of music!”

This is not the medium for that

“Actually, before we go, uh, wherever we are going”

“How do we know its Haunted and not, well. Just haunted”

“Whar”

“What if instead of. Evil house. It’s Ghost house”

He takes a seat to take it all in

“So like, Monster house? Like the movie you couldn’t watch because your mom deemed it inappropriate?”

“That uvula joke changed me in ways I still don’t understand”

“But I mean, it could just be ghosts. Not the house itself being some kind of. Creature”

“A creature feature… like some sort of snake…”

“What? No. A train creature would be a whale. It’s gigantic and ca fit many creatures inside, yet relatively harmless”

“I see your point but a train is literally snake shaped. It doesn’t even have legs. It can even fit the Garden of Eden metaphor”

“I don’t think haunted houses care much about the bible.”

“Just because they are house that doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy literature”

“No, no, I believe that. I just don’t think they would be able to understand more nuanced themes in writing. I don’t think a house has enough media literacy for Ulysses.”

“But a snake might”

“Snakes can be deadly though; we don’t want this place to be deadly.”

“Whales can be deadly too! But on accident, just by being big and hungry. Isn’t that worse for us here?”

Interruption! Beebo attack.

For a supposed professional house hunter, he sure is bad at deciding if a whale or a snake is deadlier.

“Anyways, I was thinking that we should also check the possibility of it being ghosts.”

“So we play Phasmophobia in real life?”

“We must.”

With a new determination, they march to the supposed lost and found. Which a quick talk to a worker confirmed to be the very end of the VIP part.

“Hello! Have you seen a dart anywhere? Around this tall? Pointy? Has great dreams and ambitions? Has not tasted blood yet?”

“Ah, yes! I brought one here, let me check…”

The worker looks around, opening and closing different little cabinets

“… I think it fell somewhere”

“It’s lost^2?”

“Someone might’ve taken it, we’ll ask around”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, its crimes were too great, it won’t be missed.”

“If uh. If you say so”

Once the worker leaves, they begin their scheme.

“Alright, let’s become amateur mediums. Larges, even.”

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Interruption!

A gay couple has arrived, thus unearthing a hidden truth.

Simon wants to be a Marine Biologist.

The ones with many benefits.

(He didn’t tell me that. He told his mom, which is obvious but-

Weren’t we supposed to go to the same university? If he’s serious about this he’s gonna study somewhere close to the coast

And we have to look at which college has both of our careers!

Ah. Well. I guess it’s fine if he gets ahead, it’s not like I have anything decided yet.

Actually, this is better! That way I just have to choose between the careers Simon’s university has!)

Interruption again! Miss Marigold and Miss Nina have arrived!

He gets ready to get some pondering juice but, my god you would not believe it but

Interruption!

Interlopers.

Also known as the other VIP passengers, one of them has a cool guitar! He even got to touch it!

The stranger grabs his own guitar with a delicacy he himself does not have, must be some type of special connection with the craft.

He once again wishes for living in the fairy world where his talent gets chosen on birth. He also thinks having wings would be cool as fuck.

As the strangers get chatting, they slip the forbidden H word. He can tell it’s largely forbidden by the way everyone seems to freeze up at it.

At that, Owen’s insides light up.

This time he will not be a mere bystander, a mere toiletsitter!

He might’ve failed helping Nadia and Simon and Mr. Beebo in that stupid house but not this time!

He grabs Simon and goes to their shared room, he tried to get Nadia’s attention, but it seems she’s busy with the adults. The adultier adults. Adulterers?

“What”

“You heard what they said! This place is haunted!”

“Why are you happy about that”

“I’m not! But like, we can stop it! We are almost experts on this!”

“I don’t know… I don’t wanna grow weird animal ears… What if it’s not my chosen fursona”

“I think is a risk we have to make. For everyone’s sake.”

“Even if you end up with bear ears?”

He hesitates.

“I… I’ll borrow your hat”

“But anyways! Let’s get geared up! Maybe the dart set could w-“

“Ah”

“Oh no”

Seems like it wasn’t closed all the way.

“There’s one missing. Man.”

“Maybe some of the staff put it in lost and found”

“You’re right! Let’s gear up and then look for the missing gear!”

“Wait, what are we even doing”

“Unhaunting! Something about a heart, right? We need to find an object to destroy!”

“But if we get it wrong, we’ll have to pay the damage. And you just bought a Switch.”

“It’s- It’s fine! I can sell it for money!”

“Isn’t the market a bit saturated with them?”

“Well-! Well then we just won’t get it wrong! Which is why: the gear”

“Ooh that makes sense”

“What do we take then”

“Whatever you think might help!”

“Yeah! Being hydrated is key!”

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magma doodles ft my fwiends sunny and hal :3

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Beebo scribble from memory . What’s he annoyed about…..

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If you ever draw more Ángel/Beebo art I will eat it like a starving detective in a labyrinth 😉

I have so many ideas for a sequel I'm too much of a coward to write it's not even funny

still have no idea how colors or backgrounds work but i gave it a shot. obsessed with how this game so strongly romanticizes the mundane yes go slow dance badly in ur living room to the vinyls ur boyfriend bought you that’s what life is all about!!!!

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Drew my thieving criminal meow meow as Dominion

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I'm asking real niceys for you to talk about beebo!! 🙋‍♂️

holy CRAB this took a long time to get to, so sorry about that, my thoughts on the game were so disorganized i kept putting it off lol!! when u see how much i have written down u will understand. u will understand.

this is gonna be my ~spoiler review~ where i ramble incoherently about character and plot beats i liked! this will assume that you have played the game and remember it well. if u want the spoiler free version, that one can be found here! you have been warned!

ok so a lot of this are taken straight from the notes i jotted down whilst replaying the game! very stream of consciousness style lol

alrighty! right off the bat, this game just has SO much quality of life stuff that you’d think would get overlooked bc it’s such a small project but no! like seriously this game is way better than some Big Company games i’ve played that have cost, y’know, money. like for example, i touched on this in my spoiler free review but the way the dialogue changes throughout the loops? first loop, all of Oliver’s observations are brief and impersonal, leaving plenty of room for them to develop as the loops progress

i said in my first ramble post that Mari made me laugh out loud towards the beginning; this was incorrect, it was actually VIVI who made me laugh with her “i arrive.”

speaking of Vivi, she’s just peak. in general. i love her so much she’s such a vibe and i don’t think there was a single scene she was in that she didn’t make me laugh or smile like what an icon

the introduction to the time loop was KILLER ooh it had so much intrigue behind it already. also the IMMEDIATE implication of the memories carrying over with Oliver quoting Ángel’s “this isn’t the best place to get trashed” (they’re down so bad already AUGH)

haunted houses. oh my gosh. put those things up there with taming robots from Oneshot for “game concepts that make me BONKERS” like. i gained so much appreciation for that lore when i got all the endings. it’s delicious.

also the relationship between haunted houses and the concept of ghosts and how both relate to Oliver…

also love how every loop there’s a way for Oliver to learn the code without the player just knowing it! the fourth wall remains intact (we ain’t playing deltarune…)

I HEART DOOMED/TOXIC SIBLING RELATIONSHIPSSSS and oh how i love how much the characters in this game act like deeply irrational people with layers of relationships and trauma and love that muddles things up and affects their actions it’s so nice <333

Nina’s “mad at me island” joke was a one hit KO for me

after the explosion when Ángel is reaching THROUGH the panel borders and the clock echoes slow and loud AHHHH (also “i never got his name. he looks like an Angel” KILL ME KILL ME NOW)

i LOVEEE how the loops echo and echo and echo with the memory loss being imperfect and how that makes you the player never doubt that it can be cracked and sets up the endings

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE COLORS i knowwww it’s simple but SHH i’m having fun. absolutely ADORE how everything is Eugene’s purple until they break the house and his hold over them and then everyone gets their own colors back. also love how you don’t even realize that they HAVE their own colors until the flashbacks (maybe) or the end when you’re like “ohhhh that’s NOT normal.” the house changes u. filters u. ur only halfway urself. AND THEN IN THAT ONE ENDING WHERE OLIVER DOESN’T GET OUT AND THEN HE’S PURPLE. HE LOST HIS COLOR AGGGHHHH

the fact that Oliver made one joke calling Ángel a seraphim years ago and he named his company that. soulmates fr

their banter drives me crazy i have so many notes in this document that are just quoting them bc it’s all so good. like Oliver showing Ángel his guitar callouses and Ángel wanting to make puzzles for him and just ADHLSJSK

also hugeeee shout out to autistic Beebo once again the grounded writing shines thru in how he takes all the jesting comments one step too literally. and like the whole bedroom misunderstanding? autism moment fr

“you have the look of a man who would be hunted for sport” Vivi is the funniest character ever written end of sentence.

the thief instincts showing up with Ángel yoinking Oliver’s hat. it’s so cute

OK I NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD THE ART GALLERY SECTION IS. this is a puzzle game. you’ve spent the last two or three hours of gameplay making things fit neatly together. that’s Oliver’s favorite thing; solving puzzles! and then the art gallery… it’s tantalizing. it feels that there’s rhyme and reason to it. like there’s a pattern you just can’t quite see. but… there isn’t. but there has to be. the game doesn’t end here, does it? and just like Beebo, you start to wonder if you’re doing something wrong. if you’re missing something. when you get trapped between those two rooms— oh man, i was panicking just as much as Oliver

and then!! the solution is to CHANGE THE GENRE!! this ain’t a puzzle game anymore, this is a doom style fighting game. and you’re gonna kill that house. i LOVE it when games pull stuff like that

OK THE KISS. it was actually SUCH a smart plan dude and also the fact that they GOT THEIR COLORS BACK because the house CAN’T wash out or dilute that kind of emotion? mm. genius. showstopping.

also like. there’s something there about the angel vs ghost iconography. the divine versus the natural. the house is breathing. the house is watching. the house has a purpose that breaks the natural world. fear not. you should be scared. i’m not making any sense but Man

ok the decision to make Ángel not know what cells or dna is so the player can hear a differently flavored explanation this game is really just a masterclass on how to repeat information without getting stale (there are many games that could do with this lesson)

the love this game shows for a mundane life is SO sweet and important to me like here’s this villain that’s so so so sosososo scared of death that he misses out on his life and like. that IS the story that timeloops have to tell. that you have to live the imperfect life because that’s all that matters!! immortality don’t mean nothing if you’re a hermit!! existing in a coffin, aging without living, that’s what a ghost freaking is!! and you don’t wanna be one of those!! you wanna be alive!! like a lot of games n movies n books n stuff make you want to go out and have a wild adventure but i rlly appreciate this game for gently taking ur hand and saying “the REAL adventure is the friends u make along the way and the best part of the story is the holiday parties and the sleepy mornings and the board game nights and the pottery classes and the vinyl records and the sunrises and the love” bc it’s RIGHT.

anyway. thank u for coming to my ramble. i should become a youtube video essayist or smth i’m so good at yapping to an audience of No One. i’m not normal about anything ever and that’s never gonna change sorry

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Beeb on the steamdeck experience