#astral codec

[dekkiidan]

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my Astral Codec stream this evening! I really do mean it when I say that I have such a wonderful time sharing my misadventures with you all, and I love hearing your theories, thoughts and reactions as we traverse the Outer Wilds solar system together.

I also thought I'd drop a link to the Atoms to Astronauts scientific journal store, as I did mention them in the stream and can highly recommend them for all of your research note purposes! I'm not sponsored by them or anything, but in case you fancied checking them out!

Looking forward to catching you all in the next loop!

[ragsy]

nothing like putting the ost to your one of your favorite outer wilds story mod on in the background only to make you realize that you. apparently never actually fucking finished the storyline???

[otherrascal]

Played the outer wilds mod, Astral Codec. I'm CRYING AAGAAIIINNN

[e17omm]

So I've decided to go through some story mods for Outer Wilds, and I just finished the Astral Codec!

The music - fantastic.

The puzzles - A bit out of the norm. You sadly cant complete it in one loop but the puzzles were otherwise fine and fun to figure out.

The hints - honestly? Pretty great.

The story - I completely disagree with it. It goes against what Outer Wilds story is about. And not just "it did something different" no, it basically completely changes the message and story of Outer Wilds into the opposite of what its meant to be.

But... if you didnt like the story and message of Outer Wilds, you'll probably enjoy the story that Astral Codec brings, because its actually well writen. I just completely disagree with its message.

But holy hell, the premise? It didn't deliver on this at all.

origin of the Interloper? The heck was that at? Was it that single one thing I didn't explore because there is zero indication of where it is located at?

Overall: its a 9/10 mod if you dont consider the story or the premise. The puzzles and hints are great fun.

Its a 2/10 if you consider the story and look at the premise which wasnt explored at all.

(spoiler talk below)

The only connection I saw was that the Astral Codec and the Interloper deals heavily with Ghost Matter.

I especially liked the reveal of the Astral Codec, like, when you first discovered it. That was REALLY cool.

But origin of the Interloper? Bitch, where? Nothing pointed me towards the Interloper!

[sawyer-is-eepy]

y'all astral codec is so cool

no, i shall not elaborate

i have not finished

i am still playing

but it is. oh so very good so far

[outerwildsgeology]

Thank you so much for this wonderful piece of fanart depicting one of our many survey misadventures as described by @dekkiidan and @merrydock in one of Dekkii's previous Astral Codec streams!

We absolutely adore the expressions and personality in both Lari and Mohs, and we just want to say that your observational drawing skills regarding the Arch Nemesis™ are fantastic! You'd make a wonderful field geologist with your art!

If you are a fan of Outer Wilds artwork and awesome Original Characters, please do check out @assassiowl's blog where she is currently documenting her art journey!

Outer Wilds - Geological Survey - The Arch-Nemesis

News from Timber Hearth:

Hot Rocks and Cold Trails: Geologists on the Move!

The Geological Survey team (@/outerwildsgeology) has been hard at work for months scouring the planet and risking their lives to uncover the secrets that lie beneath our very feet!

We tailed them the best we could to bring you this insider scoop, but they proved far too swift and focused to keep up with. Our efforts were not in vain - we snagged a candid shot of Lari (@/merrydock) and Mohs (@/dekkiidan) in action.

Sources state the strange formation of an unusual rocks was located in an improbable place. While we were unable to decipher the specifics of the conversation, however, our field agent confirms one of the figures was found stood staring at the formation for nearly two hours straight.

Our field agent was able to flee unnoticed, however, not before capturing this photograph of the duo in action.

We now wait with bated breath alongside everyone on Timber Hearth for official news on their findings.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

brought to you by the the good folks of Outer Wilds Ventures

Are you curious about our planetary science?

Have you found yourself wandering our museum on the regular?

Want to stay up-to-date with the latest rock topics, breakthroughs and much more?

Then follow:

@outerwildsgeology

@merrydock

@dekkiidan

and keep your head on the ground - literally.

Footnote: No more unauthorised cliff climbing. Seriously. Stop.

Peer reviewed.

Planet tested.

Scientifically Accurate.

[blundergato]

Here are some more initial thoughts on Astral Chain now that I’m about 5 chapters in or so:

It’s good, but it’s no Wonderful 101, not even close. I don’t like it as much as Revengeance either.

Don’t get me wrong, the combat is fun; it’s got that level of Platinum frustration where it just makes you feel you’re bad at video games until you finally get better.

But, the first hurdle is that it’s about cops. I’m never gonna like a game about cops more than a game about henshin superheroes. That’s just the breaks.

There are times in the game where you can arrest civilians for doing crimes and I always hate doing it. Like in one side mission, you arrest a graffiti artist. For real?? That’s trash. I wouldn’t do it, except that the game explicitly wants me to do it so I can get the points I need to upgrade my character. I really hate the civilian arrest mechanic because it’s usually just for petty crime shit. 

There’s another side mission where you have to talk to some gang members and they immediately and understandably go “F**K THE POLICE” and try to beat you up. It’s very wack.

Yakuza substories, these are not.

The biggest issue I have so far are the characters. I just don’t care about most of them because most of them are pretty trope-y. There’s a couple that break the mold, like Alicia Lopez, for example. She feels more fully realized than others in the cast and I’ve enjoyed most of her scenes. Olive Espinosa, who gives you your mission parameters (this games Alice MacGregor), hasn’t done a whole lot so far, but doesn’t seem to be a big trope. Same goes for Brenda Moreno. Everyone else though...

The father figure character, Max Howard, just reminds me of the meathead army guy from the blue people Avatar movie. He sucks and I don’t care for him. There’s some other guy whose name I forget who looks up to Max. He wants to be strong and is always training to be strong. He’s a character that watched too much shonen and is not the main character. The main doctor old guy, Yoseph Calvert, is just Ikari Gendo from Eva, though his design is pretty neat. There’s a few others, but they’re all forgettable.

And then there’s Marie Wentz, who I’m dedicating a whole paragraph to. Marie is actually a very likable character. She’s one of the more vibrant characters in the game and provides a lot of the humor. And her design from the neck up is really adorable. But everything else...is just big yikes. She’s the only character in the game (that I’ve seen) that has jiggle physics and it’s AWFUL. Her chest just randomly moves around when she’s talking to you and standing still. It’s unnerving. Also, the way her top is designed, it’s obviously made to frame her chest. FURTHERMORE, sometimes her arms straight up clip THROUGH her chest and vice-versa. It’s a goddamn mess. It’s unfortunate, because she is pretty endearing, but christ her design is...just a mess.

The big problem with a game like this vs. a game like the Wonderful 101 that also has a large cast, is that most of these characters don’t even matter. In the Wonderful 101, even though characters like Wonder Black or Wonder White don’t end up doing or saying a ton, you are still playing with them throughout the whole game. They are still involved in the plot. They still ARE actually doing and saying things. You grow attached to them. Alice and Nelson are in constant contact with you during missions and they feel vital. You get to take control of Immorta’s ship and her character letting you grow attached to her as well. It all works really well in immersing you in the game. In Revengeance, you had constant character banter and you could call in the codecs to get even more. It fleshed out the characters who aren’t actively fighting by your side more.

Astral Chain doesn’t do that at all. You play as your character who is basically the chosen one and no one else matters all that much. They are in missions, but they don’t end up doing anything. You get little character moments, and maybe this gets expanded further into the game, but I have a feeling it does not. Speaking of the main character...

The final thing I want to mention here, and one of the things I wish was different, is the fact that the main character is silent. I hate it and it doesn’t even make sense. The game is story heavy and there are 100% heavy situations where your character should be talking or saying SOMETHING, but they don’t. The dialogue is handled by your twin sibling, but it doesn’t work because sometimes they talk to you and you just stare at them blankly. It rips me out of the game every time. I really don’t know why they went in this direction and it actively hinders the storytelling.

In conclusion, I am enjoying Astral Chain a lot. It’s a beautiful game, the artstyle is wonderful, the world seems well set up and realized and there’s a lot of cool world building to it. The combat feels good (most of the time), and I can see myself practicing to get better (I’m getting so many D ranks, it’s embarrassing).

But the characters, with a couple of exceptions, are an enormous letdown which is really weird for a Platinum game, which tend to excel at making memorable characters and especially at making memorable protagonists.

Anyways, back to that sweet sweet combat.

P.S. Wonderful 101 Switch port WHEN?!

[phoenixlightsdebunked]

Synchronicity Gallery: Eyes Without a Face, The Kabbalist and Astral Projecting

Synchronicity Gallery: Eyes Without a Face, The Kabbalist and Astral Projecting

Kabbalah CCTV Rumour

So here is the nuttiest thing I ever did get told by somebody. When it comes to hiding a pair of peepers in Biblical drawings, this is known and whether it’s lunette windows or an arch, that’s part of the known Florentine esoteric codec.

BUT…but but but, a little birdy told me amongst other craziness that astral projection in the Qaballist respect utilises objects that…

[foodsic1]

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[dekkiidan]

It's Outer Wilds Wednesday! Is that a thing now? Hehe, regardless, I'll be streaming more of my Astral Codec playthrough this evening over on my Twitch channel!

Hope to catch some of you there!

[dekkiidan]

It's time to start a new Outer Wilds adventure in the Astral Codec mod, streaming tomorrow from 21:30 onwards! I know nothing about this mod so I'm going in completely blind, as it should be, hehe!

Hope to see some of you there!

[dekkiidan]

Excited to be starting our new streaming series of PaleoPines tomorrow from 21:30 over on my Twitch channel!

This series will be more "chill & chat" focussed, with some fun geology and palaeontology talk undoubtedly thrown in as I find new dino friends to play with!

Would love to see some of you there but I understand if you just want to join for Outer Wilds content, in which case, please look forward to my Astral Codec series in a week or so!

[dekkiidan]

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined me for my Forgotten Castaways stream over these past few weeks - it has been such a pleasure to stream and play such an incredible mod that felt right at home in the Outer Wilds universe story, puzzle and characters included; but even moreso it has been wonderful to be able to share it all with you!

I cannot recommend this mod enough so if you are at all curious, please go check out @codercleric's page and follow the link to the mod download!

I'll be taking a small week long break from Outer Wilds streaming, before I jump into Astral Codec next! If you still want to come hang out in my streams until then, it would be lovely to see you!

Until the next loop!

[dekkiidan]

Come join MiniMohs and I as we continue our adventure in the Outer Wilds Astral Codec mod! I had a blast last time and have been sitting on some thoughts and theories I can't wait to discuss with y'all!

Will be streaming over on my Twitch channel from around 21:30 onwards! Hope to see you there!

[e17omm]

I think I chose the two good story mods (and I still hated the story of Astral Codec) because these other ones are directionless shiplogspamming borefests.

Im going back to randomizing the game

[dekkiidan]

Little follow up from the stream yesterday! I mentioned a few things that I know some folks wanted links to, which you can find below!

Cambrian Animals - Full Album ~ by camiidae The cute playlist I stumbled upon that has different tracks for different Cambrian critters. The track name "500 Million Years Later, We Still Remember You" did something to my heart, haha!

Evidence for Sexual Dimorphism in the Plated Dinosaur Stegosaurus mjosi (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western USA ~ Evan Saitta The paper I mentioned describing the potential for there to be sexual dimorphism in certain species of Stegosaur! The paper is quite old now so I'm unsure if there has been any counter arguments for this, but some of the specimens mentioned in the study were ones I got to work with whilst working on my own thesis!

Thanks again to everyone who came along to the stream - as I continue to stream games, I realise I'm actually not a very good gamer, haha! I'm clumsy, forgetful and a little slow to pick up mechanics, so the fact you folks stick around even through my blundering gameplay means a lot to me!

Can't wait to catch you next week for more Paleo Pines and Astral Codec!

Huge thank you to everyone who popped along to my first Paleo Pines stream on Monday! We'll be continuing our ranching adventures with Lucky and Galileo this evening from around 21:30 GMT over on my Twitch channel!

It was really nice to just chill and chat last time so I've been super looking forward to continue playing with you folks!

Would love to see you there!