#stupid mode

[shepherdsofhaven]

hiii i love your game so much and I'm eternally grateful you decided to share it with us as an if!! thannk you for this world and these amazing characters! a while back i think you said something about wanting to do like a stupid mode? where there's options to be a complete idiot but it works out anyways? i was wondering if that is something you're adding into the game? and sorry if you already talked about this or if it was a joke i just didn't catch. love you lena 💕💕

Hi there, thank you so much for the incredibly kind words! 🥹🫶 And there is a #stupid mode tag that answers all of your questions! It is something I still plan on adding eventually (after the game has been released, kind of like bonus DLC), but like I say in the tag, it's really just small flavor choices that allow you to say really stupid things, but it's not going to be whole new branches of story or anything like that! The tag has more examples for sure! :) Thank you so much again!!

[hexsta]

You know what rubs me the wrong way? When a character in fantasy/sci-fi world has a magic-related disability and someone writes a non-magic AU and makes them completely abled it just feels wierd to me

[revunant]

The Mazrats squeak and wriggle deeper into the bowel of the bunker. Sure it's cold in here and that sucks, but they aren't going to face down a dragon. Cloaks activate and they stand very, very still.

God fucking damnit. Of course they went deeper. Why didn't he think that through? He's scattered by hunger and cold and exhaustion, and he's pulling stupid moves. Jean paces across the doorway a couple of times, thinking. He doesn't know how those fuckers cope with the cold, and he doesn't know what kind of damage they could be doing down there. This bunker's all he has.

Sighing, pissed, he shifts down and ducks inside, descending the ladder one-handed, gun cocked in the other.

[trashyspud330]

The calls/voice chats between me and my lovely partner @mrkazusoda have just been

[shepherdsofhaven]

Quick question cause i been offline for a while, any thoughts one the "stupid" mode you once spoke of? Like is it a cheat? Is it still in a concept form and not making it to game (and omfg im reading this and it sounds so mean in my head but idk how to make it not so i am so sorry, i dont mean to sound rude! I adore you truly!!!)

Hi there, I think the #stupid mode tag answers all of your questions! You're not being mean at all, I appreciate your kind words! :) I'm still planning on implementing it, but I'm only going to put my attention on working on it when the game is either totally complete and published or is ready for final beta testing or something: it's just a small silly bonus, so I'm devoting all my time to getting the game actually finished before diverting any efforts towards stupid mode! (And to be clear, stupid mode isn't going to be anything huge or game-changing: I'm only thinking of it as a dozen more amusing dialogue or gag options that wouldn't be tonally appropriate on a first playthrough of the game, not something that's going to add like a significant amount of new content or hidden routes or anything! It's just more like a "okay, you played through this massive game with these very serious stakes, now that you've got a read on the intended atmosphere and what the original scenes were supposed to look like (and presumably shed your tears or whatever), here's a few jokes or silly options to lighten the mood and make another playthrough feel a bit fresher!" I'm only saying this just so I don't build expectations really high for this planned feature to be like this really monumental thing! It's literally just going to be a few lines where MC's being an idiot and we all get to act like people referring to them worshipfully as the Hero of Haven isn't hilarious)

And yes, the way it'll work is, once you finish your first playthrough and hit "New Game" again, you'll see a couple of new options to toggle on New Game+ mode, stupid mode, or both! Could be a typed cheat word that I'll provide or just a toggle, I haven't thought too much about the visual design yet!

[shepherdsofhaven]

I can't wait for stupid mode

Me too, though I worry I've already put in some pretty stupid responses on MC's part, so the bar for stupidity is going to be truly epic! 😂

[shepherdsofhaven]

I feel like this would be stupid mc cooking lol

Okay I mean this in all earnestness lol that is a piece of molten tree bark, right, not a fish??

[shepherdsofhaven]

Can we get some more details on what this planned ‘Stupid Mode’ entails?

There is a #stupid mode tag with the answers to all your questions! :)