#fernsfield

[nukerock]

this isnt the first time ive doodled alex but it IS the only one thats getting posted because the others are all a year old and buried in my files somewhere

[snifferish]

Hello Mx. Sniff, I wanted to ask what the pronouns for everyone in Fernsfield, as I wanna write something with Alex n Aster, however figured it’d be good knowing all pronouns ^-^

HIIIII! Thanks for asking! So, when I write characters in Minecraft, I tend to refer to them very gender neutrally, as even the Minecraft Devs have said gender is very ambiguous/not defined within the game.

However, this is what I sorta think for the Fernsfield folks:

Alex: They/He/She

Aster, Mabel, Moo, Diana: She/they

Sniff: Any! (Neos included if you would like!)

Bones: They/He/She Greg, Forrest, Tony - He/They

These are for the character's btw, not the actors who played them. But yeah, pretty much everyone can use "they" but they might swing feminine or masc, or somewhere in between!

[snifferish]

For the fernsfield qna: how much of it was planned vs improvised? You set out with a story to tell but with minecraft having that unpredictable element did anything happen to shape the story in ways you didn’t plan?

Eg your conversation with Bones was such a pivotal moment for c!sniff, but was your death to the skeleton purposeful? Did you just plan for ‘passes out in the mines’ and the skeleton happened to kill you and give you an excuse?

Absolutely loved the video, really excited for the behind the scenes!!

Hi this is a great question! *This will contain spoilers for the video*

Sooo I wanted to let the natural gameplay take the lead in the flow of the story as much as possible, however story beats were discussed as possibilities. My way of dealing with it, was letting my gameplay escalate with the storyline and kinda predicting what might happen as consquence. If that makes sense?

For example, the first time c!Bones and c!Sniff meet, Bones clearly warns c!Sniff that is it dangerous and that they should buddy up in the mines. c!Sniff doesn't immediately disregard this, they avoid caves at first, then go into areas that are less likely to have monsters (well lit lava rivers), until finally they start recklessly traversing dungeons and mineshafts. I had a feeling that just by gameplay choices alone I would die, I wasn't trying to still, but I mean, I did have 6 hearts even by the end of filming I think.

The addition of the stamina mechanic was added after. It wasn't super well explained in the video, but I legitimately couldn't sprint for more than maybe 10 seconds before needing a break? This made running around the farm extremely tedious. There are other small details as well - in the first 50 or so days I made it a point to have c!Sniff sleep every single night. This habit clearly starts to change when they are working through the list.

Along with this, when the ingredients of the list was made, it was an actual proper gamble on whether or not I could complete it. I had no idea if I was going to have access to tallow, or if I would be able to find hops.

Anyways, hope that answers your question, and doesn't ruin the magic toooo much!

[snifferish]

desperately curious about the history of people in the town, alex and bones especially! (someone in the comments said something akin to them being exes which is deeply funny to me and i hope it’s true)

OKAY LOL? Perhaps?

Unfortunately in my lore they were merely friends. I don't think Alex has ever seen room in their life for a romantic relationship, as they are just now accepting platonic ones again.

The fallout between c!Bones and Alex is pretty simple. Alex was consumed by his work, and their habits and values simply no longer matched. I don't think there was a fight or anything, rather just an agonizingly slow transition from friends to acquaintances.

As for everyone else, a lot of the coupling/friendships have to do simply with age. There's not a lot of people in town so, you hang out with who you can.

My guesses for the characters age would probably be,

c!Bones: 23-25

Alex, Mabel, Moo, and Sniff: 21-23

Aster: 19-20

Greg, Forrest, Diane: 25-30

Tony: ????

Definitely a lot of things I could discuss so if you have more specific questions i'm down lol

[snifferish]

BTW If anyone has any QNAs about characters or anything from Fernsfield / the 100 days farm rpg video pls do ask! There's honestly so much I wasn't able to explore and Id love to answer any questions!