#game theories

[s3znl-gr3znl]

Handler Walter made contact.

Think about it. Given what we know about his involvement and proximity to the Fires of Ibis, it's not too far-fetched to assume he (along with many others) made contact. In fact, the game goes to great lengths to tell you your connection isn't unique or rare at all.

Theres at least 3 named characters in game that have a for-sure connection to the Coral, but its implied that theres many more within the RLF and Corps.

During the mission to clear the Fog Generators at Xylem, we see that Walter had someone else perform the survey, which is unlike him. We know he couldn't keep a connection with the drone to pilot it for the survey or else he would have, we also know that Ayre is unaffected by it and also has an affinity for "manipulating systems." We even see Ayre pilot an AC at the end and in later playthroughs.

So it stands to reason that Walters' "friend" is a Coral being who piloted the survey drone in that mission.

This, of course, has my brain running rampant with theories.

- does walter take anti-psychosis meds (or something similar) to suppress the voices?

- is he following the guidance of / under the influence of a Coral being?

- do the voices berate him for his involvement with the Fires of Ibis? Do they beg him not to go forward with his plans?

- do they encourage him?

[gurov1x]

I know everyone knows that protag has the entire family issues right?

But why do y'all only talk about the fourth floor?

Like- THERE'S A FUKIN' FLOOR WHERE YOU NEED TO GIVE A DRUGGED CAKE TO A MOUTH????? LIKE- ARE THERE ANYONE WHO THINKS THIS IS WEIRD???

Like... I don't know... Him hiding the sleeping pills... Having to drug a cake...

Also, there's that one thing when you click on the lamp

Saying that "it's to make the monsters away"

Like... What monsters? Did his parents or... His dad or something get into his room at night?

Or that cross up his bed, does it mean he prayed for that so called "monster" not get on his room again? Or maybe... The face he makes when we click there has something to do about... Religion trauma? LIKE- DUDE!!!

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE Y'ALL CAN MAKE THEORY OF AND I NEVER SAW ONEEEE!!!

Okay, now... Coming back to that thing about having to drug a cake. Apparently he knew where the pills where hidden. It was him that hid the pills. For what? To drug a cake. But... Who was he goin to give that cake? Was that mouth one of the monsters he's so scared of? I mean... His parents? It could be. Because he knew where the pills where hidden so it could've been him that was drugged. Or maybe... He drugged himself in secret? But why??? And don't tell me it's because of something that has to do with his parents. Because it can't be that shallow. IT NEED TO HE SOMETHING DEEP, Something... SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THAT EASY TO EXPLAIN???

It might just be like- he had that pills he knew where it was hidden on his room and the cake might just be from another part of his life or something. And it was just a puzzle with no deep story in that- BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MOUTH??? ITS STILL SUS. Who was that mouth from??? Because every floor has something to do about the protagonist. Like- a trauma that he has? God! Just give me theories about it all??? I need to hear the others opinions!!! PLEASE COMMENT ABOUT IT.

[thejesterofmoths]

How did you guys interpret the story of the game Spore? Between the Grox, and Steve, and Spode? I found learning it on my own so genuinely amazing, but I realized that by growing up with the game since before I could read, and having an accumulative ten thousand gours in the game, that most of my idea of the story is entirely interpretation, based on so many tiny details.

[priestessri]

Disney dreamlight valley's recent news had made me go a little crazy as in I have written down a list of possible new characters that could be coming to the game. Info I've gotten from the game in from the furniture sets, clothing sets and memories.

I have never been so obsessed with how a game will turn out before its strange yet I can't wait how far I'm going to go

I'm thinking of posting my theories. If that's what you would like to hear, let me know

[donaviolet]

the confetti. Himiko has the Autism Creature confetti

[kohakurin8]

~ A Sticky Spider's Web ~

An Explained Post that Untangles Arachne's Web in My Own Words

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

This post contains spoilers beyond this point!

Although I do not personally believe that these spoilers will inhibit the gameplay experience, if you would like to play this short game before reading my post, please scroll to the bottom for a link to where it can be downloaded!

Bold of you to assume I'd stop playing spooky horror games just because it's November. After all, they're one of my favorite genres! And last night I had the pleasure of experiencing another one of @starwarspurgefan 's suggestions -- Spider's Web by Teamsin3

Full Disclosure -- Although I wasn't as completely impressed with this game as I was with Birthday Kid, I still found it adorable, intriguing, and charming. There isn't a lot of lore to unpack with this lil one, but I still want to share my thoughts about what the true story behind it all really is~

Yes, I will be loading this post with official Arachne art. Leave me alone, she's adorable!

So, a little synopsis to start. Spider's Web is less of a... horror game and more of a spooky mystery with horror elements. Which is fine too, I love those just as much! Throughout the game you play as Arachne, exploring your house and learning bits of information about your mother. Arachne is obviously very aware of all the lore you discover while exploring, but it's presented in a very mysterious way for you as a player, which helps make the game more intriguing.

Additionally, the game very subtly hints you in the right direction to discover everything necessary in the game. It even pushes you to experience all of the bad endings before unlocking the True Ending, which is a mechanic I really enjoyed.

Although you aren't aware of it when starting the game it becomes very quickly apparent, regardless of what ending you unlock first, that Arachne is a young Jorogumo (spider-woman yokai) living with her mother. Not only is her mother a widow, but it's heavily implied that their species of Jorogumo is specifically belonging to the "true widow" genus of spiders. More on that later.

Each ending divulges a little more detail about Arachne's situation with her mother as she struggles to find a way to leave the house. Unlocking these endings all involve an interesting series of puzzles revolving around blood splatters, hidden rooms, and thirsty spiderplants. However, those aren't the only important things about these endings; seeing as there are several bad endings and only one good ending, which is also the True Ending, it stands to reason that most of these endings are representative of poor decisions that Arachne could have made.

Because of this, I think the best way for me to explain my thoughts would be to elaborate on the symbolism of the bad endings first. Buckle up, kiddos!

The easiest ending to unlock is the Bloodlust Ending. Why? Because all you need to do is interact with all of the blood splatters in the house.

Relatively straightforward, this ending is what would happen if Arachne were to give in to her instinctual bloodlust and devour her first human. Of course, this would be a mistake on her part because she gives in to becoming a monster, which is a fate Arachne has the ability to change for the better.

The next easiest endings to achieve are the two where you use Special Scissors to cut the web covering the front door. At that point, Mother appears and chases you, prompting you to get a different ending depending on whether she catches you or not. If she does catch you, it's pretty likely that Mother kills Arachne out of anger and betrayal, and if you happen to escape then Arachne abandons her Mother on bad terms.

Both of these endings clearly represent Arachne's potential mistake of trying to run away without settling things at home, which could come with major consequences. For real, guys, you can't run away from your problems and expect them to disappear.

Another bad ending, Like Mother Like Daughter, is the only ending achieved by unlocking the Cellar. There you meet Mother and witness her several cocooned victims hanging from the ceiling. It's implied that Arachne gives in to her bloodlust in this ending as well, devouring the victims alongside hr Mother.

Moral of the story?

My best insinuation is Willpower. Arachne makes the mistake of giving up what she believes in (not eating men whom she doesn't love) and becomes exactly like her Mother. Which is something that we later on come to understand that Arachne really doesn't want to do.

The last bad ending is also particularly alarming. You achieve it if you do everything necessary for the True Ending but make the mistake of interacting with any of the blood splatters. Here, Arachne finds her mother's bedroom, looks in the mirror and has a massive panic attack as she realizes that she's all alone and will seemingly never find love. Arachne then cuts at herself several times with the Special Scissors until she dies...

This ending explains to us a few different things:

• Arachne apparently suffers from severe depression stemmed from a deep loneliness.

• Jorogumo instinct is so powerful that the only way for Arachne to retain her innocence is to avoid temptation altogether. Pretty insightful considering spiders represent temptation itself.

• This ending would most likely happen eventually if Arachne never manages to leave the house, even after the endings where she becomes a monster.

• This is actually a callback to the intro of the game, where Arachne muses that she's essentially suffocating. That is very clearly the beginnings of a panic attack (triggered by feeling trapped in some way) which implies that throughout the entire game Arachne is fighting off this growing sense of anxiety and pressure.

Now for the True Love Ending -- the good and canonical ending with the most details of the story.

Essentially the moral of the story here is that if Arachne can manage to resist her Jorogumo instincts, then she can achieve happiness by becoming a better person than her mother. But, this can only be achieved by remembering the True Love that Arachne's father taught the two of them.

Here, we learn that Arachne's Mother would date (and possibly marry) men time and again before devouring them. That is, until meeting a man who embraced her spider-side and appreciated her for it, rather than treating her like a monster.

That man became Arachne's father, and the two were very happy together. However, unfortunately when he began to shift his love from his wife to Arachne, Mother became so jealous that.... Well, it's implied that Mother devoured him out of jealousy, and then immediately regretted the action so badly that she refused to ever marry again.

Arachne grew up, but has been struggling and struggling to find a suitor for herself, and whenever she disapproves of one Mother will devour them instead of Arachne.

In the end, Arachne has come to the realization that she wants to go out into the world and find someone who loves her the way that her Father loved Mother. This is the only way that she'll be satisfied, but for pretty obvious reasons she's unsure how to break the news to Mother.

Still, Arachne succeeds because she finally understands that everything her mother has done...has been a show of her love. Despite possessing the Special Scissors, Arachne refuses to cut Mother's Web. Instead, when Mother appears Arachne tells her that she loves her, but it's time for her to find the True Love that her Father taught them both about. And finally... Mother understands Arachne's desires, and allows her to go out into the world.

Arachne untangles the web instead of cutting it, symbolic of preserving her connection to her mother instead of severing it as she had on all of the previous endings.

This ending was.... really sweet and beautiful. Definitely worth all of the tedious puzzles to unlock.

Although this game is very mature and leaves some to be desired, it's definitely a fun game worth experiencing!

I'm especially intrigued with the amount of research the creators seem to have done on widow spiders, since Mother only shows up when you touch her web, and in my own research I turned up...

It stands to reason that Mother shows up only when you touch her web because she can feel the vibrations through the silk!

Such a cool little detail...

Well, that's it for my analysis! If you have opinions or theories to add, please throw em in the comments!

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Please experience the game for yourself here!

[gentleman-velvet]

Alan Wake fans

What’s a theory you 100% believe is true and absolutely can not be convinced otherwise

[edible-erasers]

all in favour of mattpat making a video about the amazing digital circus reblog this post

[lovelesslittleloser]

Theory that was definitely already theoried but I’m saying it anyway because I just thought of it:

At the end of a genocide route in Undertale, you can sell you soul to Chara.

In Kris & Asriel’s room in Deltarune, it is implied that Asriel has been developing Undertale on his computer (final boss with rainbow lasers).

What if the reason the player can control Kris, and yet Kris and the soul are separate entities, and Kris needs the soul (likely to live), is because they sold their soul to Chara, not knowing it would have an actual effect, and they’re now suffering the consequences?

[helenpace]

I showed my friend @anonymouslyangsty some clips from Alan Wake and here is her the most based theory on what happens in the story ever.

It’s… so beautiful

[hannahhook7744]

Wroef Lovers:

What do you guys happened to Monroe and Christopher Finch after their games?

Do you think they ever met?

[violent-kurumi]

I'm too lazy to re-type all of this, especially since we're getting the Nintendo Direct soon but I need to share my thoughts and brainstorms on theories/info regarding Splatoon 3 DLC- Side Order!

I got some of my information from this YouTube video

I don't know why the words shrunk but oh well

Also here's a bunch of screenshots on my messy rants- read if you dare

Imma reblog this and add in the next lot of screenshots

[lil-purple-mouse]

Random ideas I think will be in Pokemon Z-A

1. It looks like the game is mainly gonna take place in Lumiose city, so I think that we may have some sort of catacombs like area to explore underneath the city.

2. Mega Tyrantrum and Mega Aurorus, I really want to see what some mega evolutions of these two would look like.

3. Starters. I know everyone's been debating on which ones were gonna get, but I have my own ideas.

I think we're getting Piplup, Snivy and/or Chikorita, and Scorbunny.

Why? Empoleon is based on Napoleon; Serperior has a very regal aura to it, and Cinderace is one of the only fire starters that do not have a mega evolution and hasn't already been used in one of the remakes.

I also want Chikorita to be the grass starter, mainly because it doesn't get enough love.

I might add onto this later, but have fun coming up with your own theories.

[luigixfanxayjay]

Yo everyone, I got an idea for the possible Mario Kart X.

The DLC will be Mario movie characters and courses, along with other new stuff. The movie characters even have their movie voices with new voice lines specifically for the game! You could also maybe play as the Koopa General (who is a blue shell paratroopa). Beat people's asses as Koopa General in first place but then get hit by yourself, it'll confuse everyone.

I'd so do that, considering I almost always get first place.

[priestessri]

My list of possible characters that disney could bring to dreamlight valley

- cinderella (cinderella)

- cinderella's mice (cinderella, sorry, I've forgotten their names)

- Mike (Monsters Inc.)

- sully (monsters inc)

- boo (monsters Inc.)

- ralph (wreck-it-ralph)

- eugene (tangled)

- rapunzel (tangled)

- cassandra (tangled, if disney goes by the rapunzel Spinoff on disney+)

- King arthur (sword in the stone)

- briar rose (sleeping beauty)

- lilo (lilo amd stitch)

- Jack sparrow (pirates of the Caribbean)

- will (pirates of the Caribbean)

- elizabeth (pirates of the Caribbean)

- alice (Alice in wonderland)

- white rabbit (Alice in wonderland)

- Mad hatter (Alice in wonderland)

- red queen (Alice in wonderland)

- tiana (princess and the frog)

- nemo (finding nemo)

- dory (finding nemo/finding dory)

- sally (nightmare before christmas)

- jack (nightmare before christmas)

- pocahontas (pocahontas)

- milo (atlantis)

- kida (atlantis)

These are just things I've thought/noticed from furniture sets, outfit sets, memories, and island designs. I really hope to see these characters venturing into dreamlight valley soon.

[kitnightowl]

Man I knew it was going to be a weird day the moment I woke up with acid reflux