were u a little let down with the prototype design? if so what would u wanted it to look like?
Quite a lot! I expected him to be much more of an amalgamation/monstrous thing that's uncanny when compared to the other experiments, but the end result is just... Another toy. The jester symbolism did not have enough buildup to really have an effect, despite it being a genuinely good design, and his comically large smile feels both out of place and in place within the game - I don't know how to explain with more precise wording, I'm a bit sleepy right now, but the smile fits perfectly within him as a character and makes sense with Poppy Playtime's reocurring use of wide uncannily big smiles for the monsters, while at the same time being something so much more stylized and out there that it completely clashes with the other designs. It's a character drawn by Pastra (the Youtuber), which is always nice to see because Pastra has SUCH a beautiful art style, but for the Prototype? It doesn't feel right.
Now I'm getting more used to his design, but the entire setup lead to him being an amalgamation of toys. The end result, however, is him having three arms and a purple pelt, with said arms looking almost comical on him. The purple pelt however feels fitting (if not tragic; the Prototype is carrying his friend/possible son/most loyal follower on his back after possibly mercy killing him), and I like how it seems to pay respect to Catnap! Unfortunately, everything else is... Eh.
And, here's the thing - him being revealed as a jester could have been GENUINELY a good "gotcha!" moment, if there was more buildup to it. We see Catnap's shrine and it points to the amalgamation direction; why not have the shrine have some subtle jester/clown symbolism to it? Or, even, have it associate with royalty, when in reality the Prototype is but the court's jester turned king? If the shrine was supposed to trick the audience into thinking he was an amalgamation, why not add more jester imagery around chapters 1-4? Why not have someone say "he has a cruel sense of humor" when talking about the Prototype, or that Proto used to entertain the other experiments, or just... Anything within the game itself that would have been easily missed by most of the audience, but post-reveal makes us go "oh my God, how come I NEVER noticed that before"?
The buildup was INCREDIBLY weak. You cannot have Amber and all the other amazing artists have all that work with adding jesters into promotional artwork and expect people to go "wait what if Proto is the jester?" without providing a tip WITHIN THE GAME that this may be the case.
What dissapoints me more is how genuinely GOOD the reveal in of itself is, but the buildup was so genuinely awful it completely ruins it. Both him being a jester, and him being Oliver Ludwig.
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