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Spoiler/Ending Question for the Devs

A topic by Prq created Jun 01, 2023 Views: 555 Replies: 8
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I've been thinking about everything I've learned throughout the VN and all of the questions I've been forming as the story progresses. I know the Devs are hard at work getting the final act(s) of the story together as we near the end of the VN, and that left me with a few questions...


Hopefully the VN will wrap up a large majority of the questions readers have and will tie a bow on nearly all of the plot lines going on. I am sure that some of the plot lines will be more open ended than others, leaving readers to fill in the gaps and draw their own conclusions based on evidence and clues (things like: the shed, or the purple crystal/dust that's oily etc...) 


But my question is: Once the VN is done, if readers have questions about a certain plot line or aspect of the story, can we outright ask the Devs about it? If we are having trouble piecing everything together, can we just directly ask you all a question, and will you give us a clear answer? (Assuming we have made at least some attempt to puzzle it out ourselves? Because sometimes I have trouble putting clues together, and eventually it would be nice to just have a clear answer...)


Hope this makes sense 馃槂鈾ワ笍鈾ワ笍馃惍

Developer(+1)

Almost all things will be answered in the game itself. Not everything, of course, but a great deal of the questions people have about the story currently are planned to have pretty clear answers in the game eventually.

If things remain confusing after that I'll probably clarify some of them -- again, not all. I like chasing interpretations and connecting the dots myself when I read stories, and if I answered things outside the game too often I feel it'd cut the fun. But when I notice I failed in the writing, when something that should be clear wasn't, that's when I'll be most likely to answer.

...Also, if I refuse to answer a question, it can also be because someone did connect the dots, so I feel it's not very needed or fun of me to just go there and say "yeah, that's it."

If you do have some questions, by the way, you could just ask me now. I'm already here paying attention, I'm already willing to answer questions about a number of things. Again, sometimes I just don't get things across as well as I thought I did, sometimes things are meant to be obvious when the game is complete, but it isn't yet. Depending on what you have in mind, you might not have to wait until the game is over.

I do have a couple of questions about lore and random background details, but I want to hold off on asking directly about them until I've experienced the whole story, since I do get the impression they will be answered over the course of the story.

One of my questions does revolve around the purple crystal oily stuff in the R&D area, but I'm hoping we'll figure out what that is through the rest of the story. (I do have some ideas about it. It might be ichor, maybe from one of the gods or more likely from Asterion... I am not sure why it's there, or if it has any purpose, but we'll see. I might be way off on that idea)

Developer(+1)

The answer to your question about the crystal is already in the game ;)

I think some people in the forum already connected the dots about it, but I'm not sure.

I was thinking it might be, was it in the last version or the 'recent' update from a month or so ago? I haven't had time to play the update yet...


Either way I guess that means I need to go replay the VN :D (oh no... /s)鈾ワ笍鉂わ笍馃惍

Developer

It's not in the latest update, no. It's been in the game for a long while now.

You'll need to explore the valley.

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Ah! That might be why I've not figured it out yet, I almost never do the valley 馃様

Too busy spending time with characters in the hotel 馃槀鉂わ笍



(Edit: Thanks for the tip, on where to look!)

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I'm reminded of a dragon once saying that answers kill all the wonder in the world.  I kind of get it but his constant question dodging makes me want to pinch his nose for an hour.

馃槀馃ぃ鉂わ笍

I do love a bit of mystery, but I also LOVE answers....

It sounds like the Devs plan on wrapping a lot up either directly or indirectly with clues and hints, and that there should only be a few things that are totally left open for interpretation