God this was a ride in the best way possible. my gay ass really lucked out LMAO but anyways this was such a delight to read!! I love the fact that we were basically adopted by Dadster !!! I love the Father moments QWQ especially at the start where he was asking bout the stuff we needed to pack. Now I can just imagine a scene where MC jokingly says "Okay, Dad." and Gaster be like: *in tears* you see me as a father???
joking aside, I have to say, the atmosphere while reading this with headphones on was immaculate. even when my eyes were giving up on me i COULD NOT TAKE AWAY MY EYES FROM THE SCREEN!!! i needed to read it and FINISH IT ALL THE WAY. Suffice to say, it was very satisfying to get to the ending and read all the cute bonus scenes <3
love sirens <3
- from, a gay monster-romancer who absolutely adores "The Shape of Water"
p.s: there are some pronoun errors in a few of the paragraphs in some of the bonus scenes [Mostly the ones in Sans's Perspective]. I chose the option that would refer to the MC with he/him and was slightly confused as to why there were she/her instead ^^ this is just a minor nitpick though, other than that, this game is perfect and flawless and it deserves an oscar for fanfiction <3
first time ever making a comment on this website [more will follow as I shall comment on your other works]. at first I was just searching for dating sims, reading the tiny lil summary that popped on the side. didn't even realize it was an undertale au. I simply saw catching the attention of a deranged siren and I was hooked instantly. it was not until I started did I realize that it was undertale.
I am rambling a bit, but I was much to drawn in by chance of a yandere siren, and more so when looking up an image for Siren!Sans. and having an visual really drew me in strongly as a siren's call would lure you to a bad end.
one thing I enjoyed right away during the character customization was the player being able to choose their soul trait. this led me to become hooked for Kindness for the entire game and others if it was an option.
for me, I am not the best with visualizing written bits due to not being able to visualize in my head. yet how the game was written, and the story went brought upon having many different feelings, as if I were actually feeling as the character I controlled. from the interactions with Sans [which I loved the visuals given to whenever he spoke, hovering over it had me staring for a couple of minutes as the colors changed] to the relationships that progressed from beginning to end.
speaking on fancy bits to text, I felt like a moth to a flame with how you did the effect for Gaster's text. quite surprised me on the first go [I played the game a second time because I am addicted] and was excited when seeing it in your other works.
honestly this game itself has both brought back into loving undertale [and the lazy bones known as Sans] and also become a bit of a comfort with how you've written Siren!Sans in the game. can't lie when playing your other works, and hearing some voiced parts...I could only imagine a voice being attached to this siren skeleton and I felt giddy as all heck.
after the ending, seeing the bonuses was a delight, and I loved each and every bit to absolute death. with Sans' pov with the encounters with the other humans made me with to see how perspective with the others as I was so curious with what deaths were because of what they did or what they said about the character
also biscuit...I say the word a whole lot and could only snicker using it as my go-to curse word in your works X33
im literally dying. i love sirens and orcas, and this is exactly what i would expect from a romance with one!!!! the gore is also so well written, its one of my favorite parts about this!!! and the extra scenes?? theyre to die for omfg...... i think ive already finished all of your games and imo this is part of the best ones!! i also love that you made w.d. have selective mutism :)) it makes me feel very seen
Out of all of your games I have to say this is my favorite! It's the perfect mix of wholesome and horror! And I love how you added bonuses at the end (like sans' perspective! That was my favorite one!) I also really love good old papa wingding, such a wholesome relationship! It's all so unique and creative! Keep up the good work!! ❤️
oh my god, this game is so amazingly eerie + with a yandere in it? Great writing, i felt the horror. The music adds to the atmosphere, too. I am looking forward to more :´´) also, i found it very neat that Sans singing was impossible to resist because that made the threat and horror of it all even better and made it feel more real
I have to say considering i have now explored everything to this game. This was so a wonderful journey and these bad endings omg Petal congrats I loved every moment of this experience. Another rollercoaster ride for me . Also always love covering your games Petal always excited to cover more >w< excited for more of sans pov. p.s you broke me twice XD in this one and got me even more angry at a character then i was at uf sans 100/10 for me will go through it all over again.
i finally got to finish this and it was amazing. i loved the extras you through in their i just have a big question is their going to be anymore sans povs or no.
I just played it and wow, there is no way out of Sans forcing us to listen to his singing- the amount of gore and murder you put in this is perfect. And it’s so funny how the ‘ba-thump’ you added matches my heartbeat, though mine is going faster cause of the fear and exhilaration I felt throughout the story. I like how your choices do actually matter throughout, for example the exercise one where you’re asked if you’re in shape or not. And then later when one of the scientists chase you out before dying by Sans. After those three died, Eliza, Field, and the other guy, it wasn’t hard for me to point out that it was Sans. Well done once again. Though I was really hoping to see a slow burn where Sans is actually nice but of course my man is just like the bitch in the Fanfiction I mentioned. You’re a such a great writer and game developer, dude- I also love the music aha and how it affected the mood of the story
bro- do you by any chance have read or heard of the fanfic ‘Lured By The Siren’s Charm’ on Quotev? Cause like this literally gives me vibes from it haha- btw I literally love your games- the writing of the stories are amazing 🫶🏽 keep doing cool things dude
This is so wholesome and bone-chilling at the same time. I just love it, omg. I honestly love how Sans got angry at the Director insulting the MC, such a protective mate. And how protective and caring Gaster is just so cute and wholesome. This is another masterpiece, my new favourite after Dusttale. Thank you for making such masterpieces!
Since Horrortale Green was canceled, maybe you really should do something for the AU. Because you write gore and horror like a master. This whole game just proved it.
Enjoyed your interactive fiction! I love Sans and Gaster. The perspective story between Sans and Gaster was super interesting! Thank you for creating this!
I love Papa Wingding so much!! 😭 ngl makes me tear up for what he's willing to do for his child.
sans is such a menace gosh. understandably traumatized by what happened with his pod. The difference in his character between only seeing it from MC perspective , and actually reading his inner monologue is.... hm. Yes, that is one obsessive dude! /positive
It's fun to see you expanding on more AUs for Undertale :D the way you write each character and the personalized UI for each AU is always wonderful ♡
I'm delighted you've enjoyed reading from his perspective! There's so much of the story I wanted to do, but it didn't make sense for MC to have the information so I can tell it through him. (:
Thank you!! (.づσ▿σ)づ. I appreciate you playing and commenting on my games so much!
Is it a bad sign that I kinda wanted to be a Spider/Naga hybrid, hypnotize those scientists and then melt all of 'em with acidic venom during the ship? =)
My god this was such a fun IF just like your other ones! This is actually my first time interacting with the Siren AU so I'm unsure how much is your idea and the original AU yet I love how everything was written. It's all so fun tbh ahahaha! Also I want to laugh, Gaster is over here begging us to have a rational thought when dealing with the deadly siren and I'm over here like "Gaster-- I know, man I tried to be smart but I gOT KILLED AT THE VERY START SO YEAH, MAYBE SIMPING IS THE WAY TO LIVE??" Seriously, I laughed at how quick I died.
But I also love how subtle the horror is. While Sans committing these murderous acts is pretty visceral, there were still many mysterious about the deaths and so on, especially regarding the email and the second deaths because man, I too wonder what happened there, or if Sans really was diverting MC's focus because Dr. Gaster did say sirens (orca sirens) were downright intelligent. I also liked how it wasn't just Sans who was a malevolent entity in MC's life (depending on your choices, his attitude can change but at the very start he is malevolent). The scientists were all downright hostile and the security forces were just apathetic. It didn't help that the director was... questionable. And how Gaster spoke up at the ending in the bonus scenes with Sans' perspectives, it truly feels like they lucked out with having MC visit.
One of the things I kinda hoped was elaborated was MC doing some scientist mumbo jumbo things, just to display that yes, they are competent in their work and that they are justified for feeling angry at being undermined by the other scientists. It could have been another fun bonding moment with Sans as they talk about things, maybe Sans explain to MC how he uses the stars as navigation tools and share mythological stories regarding the stars while MC gushes about magic readings and whatnot.
Yet despite all that, I was immediately enthralled at this bleak world, moments where my MC was just doing their best was just heartwarming, and their continuous interactions with Sans was just pure (well, as pure as it can be what with the hidden intentions going on). And also like, hehe, reading the courtship ritual of sirens from Gaster, I just realized that both Sans and MC were doing things backwards, and the subtle way it was interweaved in the story is just *chefs kiss*
My god, this miscommunication is genuinely hilarious if it was not deadly at all.
I love the entire section of the bonus scenes, absolutely delightful to have them especially with the AU, it's so interesting to think about the multiple world building. I also would like it if you could include Gaster's point of view, especially with the progression of how he treats MC from a mere annoying stranger to someone so dear to him, as well as his reactions to the bad endings (where MC either gets killed or kidnapped) absolutely heart breaking. And also his view on MC and Sans' relationship, absolutely wonderful opinions ahhaha!
Errors I found:
I think people mentioned it but the save files were wrongly sized and there was only space for 4 (including autosave) save files with the laptop/pc view in 100%.
For me, when I selected a trait for my soul, there was a broken picture icon so I assumed there was art for the soul but it isn't loading (I chose the purple-grey devotion one).
In one of the options where after you chat with Dr. Gaster about your relationship with Sans and end up meeting with him again, if you choose the option where you're flustered but don't stop him, you stop at "It's distracting" and nothing else, it abruptly cuts there so I'm unsure if it was a dead end or something?
There were some typos and wrong pronoun uses, mostly in the bonus scenes (and the one with Sans' perspective of the story because the pronouns throughout his story are female).
Also you kinda mispelled "Drabbles" into "Dabbles" in the Bonuses hehe.
Below will be spoilers!
Oh my god the reveal of everything. Downright terrifying! The one thing I was confused about was who sent the email of the Director dying because I initially thought it was James because of how he seemed eager to have MC all to himself and being all sleazy, but at the ending portion it looked like he really didn't have any idea of what happened to the Director, that or he's good at hiding it especially since his older brother is in charge of the security. Not only that, but goddamn I wanna sucker punch Director Greenberg and wanna be reluctant to thank Sans for what he did. The director knew what he was doing during the entire time he was with MC, most particularly with the infamous cafeteria scene where he was passive agressively setting MC for isolation as all the other scientists were already stewing their jealousy of having MC around, constantly probing for information for Gaster's actions, humbling himself to the point that it made like it was MC's fault, and going to either sabotage or steal MC's equipment.
I'm not sure if he purposively sabotaged the remaining equipment of MC's, most notably their defenses but I feel like it was Captain Sloane ordered for it to be done since only they could carry weapons and they didn't trust MC, because of course they couldn't, they were fucking poaching sirens like?? Sirens are established to be beasts, so why would you poke the hornet's nest? Or maybe beasts don't automatically fight, they just want to be left alone but since humans are greedy, they take and hurt too much to the point that beasts must have evolved with the ingrown hatred towards humans for survival reasons. I wonder if beasts are a bit more partial towards monster since they seem more connected to them (i.e., Dr. Gaster and Dr. Alphys relationship seem so).
Not only that, but I'm hella sure that the students of Director Greenberg must have known what was going through the director's mind. They probably went to the location where MC set up their equipment to see if there really was something worth stealing and got killed as a result. And the scientists began to feel justified over their hatred towards MC because of all the deaths, which fucking is annoying because if I was there I would have slammed their heads with a chair. I'm genuinely curious how Sans managed to sing his siren song inside the facility, but then I recall he was a moth hybrid so is it like a harpy? Because in greek mythology, sirens first started out as harpies with the same haunting alluring voices so maybe that's how Sans managed to get inside and force them to do things like this?
The isolation, hostility-- man was that palpable and suffocating, I don't even know how MC handled it, actually they didn't handle it well, I'm sure if Sans wasn't there MC would have broke. And if MC broke I'm sure Gaster would have raised hell and back for that.
Speaking of Gaster, I am genuinely sure that if MC didn't go to the facility and Sans wasn't in the area, the scientists would be doomed either way. Gaster would have used that place as a hunting ground, a perfect place to feast on especially with how much everyone bends their back for him. I'm genuinely curious about Gaster's point of view of the story, not his opinion over what MC went through (seriously, traumatizing shit especially with the interrogation and abuse they went through, scums, all of them) but what he was doing while he stayed at the main lab. I dunno, I just want more scary dad Gaster whose OP as fuck and hates everyone and everything except for his sunshine of a child whom he would burn the world down for.
I would like to once again, apologize at how long this damn comment became, absolutely adore it-- In fact I love everything you make omg, thank you so much for creating this and the many others! I eagerly wait for any new updates of projects you're interested in!
Sameee, I just saw one of the bulletins that said "Make smart decisions" and I did but I got killed instantly so whoop-de-doo~ Honestly, I tried my best to avoid bad endings since I wanted to romance this deranged siren but at the same time, I was so curious ahahaha
Thank you very, very much for this comment holy tamoli gracious goodness. The Siren AU in general, Arctic!Researcher MC, and Orca!Sans are all 100% Llamagoddess, and I just filled in the world with the lore for beasts/hybrid, dadster, and so on.
LOL Yeah, the deaths were a lot of fun to plan/write. Crazy goes well with crazy, and Dadster panicking over it will never not make me laugh.
Thank you! The Courtship misunderstanding was one of my favorite things to write. I was eager to read reactions when players realized what MC had done.
I appreciate you letting me know about the typos / errors! I hopefully have them fixed up. They work okay on my computer, but I can't test mobile/other devices until I upload them to itch so fingers crossed. (:
I answer some of your spoiler questions in my discord - I'll move them a bit further down since it'll be some time before I upload the bonus scenes (which will be more of Sans' perspective, and shed more light on WD).
SPOILER
Sans' LV has contorted his magic, like it did with WD. Sans' songs can remain in someone's head for up to an hour after he sings to them. That's how the two security guards were caught - Sans sung to one of them to draw out a second one, and then used commanded both of them to take out the security (as he learned from MC talking about crime shows how important that is to destroy).
Had WD known about any of the abuse or mistreatment, he would absolutely raised hell. He has a zero tolerance for MC abuse.
In the bad endings, he'll always hunt Sans down to "rescue" MC. How that rescue attempt ends depends on your MC & how fond they are of Sans.
SGASGAKSDHKASJLD It's okay!! I'm really glad you helped clarify some things, it was especially really interesting to see how you added new things within the AU!
I didn't think the story would playout like that- then again I didn't read the description but I must say that is the best story I've read in a while there were a decent amount of plot twists
Darkpetal your games never let me down. I'm obsessed with Wingding's character in this, him as a dad is 10/10 definitely my favorite version so far. This game was a perfect mix of cute and fucked up. All the bonus moments were great and did an amazing job at painting what Sans and MCs future looks like. Super excited for the updates and whatever you release next! :]
Thank you! Writing Dadster felt nice for a change of pace. He's such a fun character to write so getting to include him in any interation is always a delight.
I'm glad you've enjoyed the game & the bonus scenes. Thank you kindly for your comment.
Awh i love Sans so much, I know he's creepy but I can't help it the heart wants what it wants lol my fav is the bonus story from sans pov it's adorable. Overall i have no critique, I am in love with this game. You did an amazing job, and I am looking forward to any other projects from you! 💖
Just finished playing the game and I absolutely LOVED IT. The ending was so good and I really like the extra scenes as it gave a bit more interesting things about the characters.
Thank you so much for the game and I'm so excited for your other works! 💗
This was great! In a world where all of my favorite/most anticipated IFs seem to either be stuck on hiatus or quietly die (I understand life happening, just makes me sad), here you are consistently churning out lil gems.
Also I will never tire of whatever iteration of sans you adapt or come up with lmao.
*Edit: At the part where you choose to kiss sans, tell him to slow down, or hesistantly accept his affections - the hesistant option cuts off and becomes a dead end where you can't progress.
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This is AMAZING!!! I loved every moment!!
How do you learn to write stories so well?
God this was a ride in the best way possible. my gay ass really lucked out LMAO but anyways this was such a delight to read!! I love the fact that we were basically adopted by Dadster !!! I love the Father moments QWQ especially at the start where he was asking bout the stuff we needed to pack. Now I can just imagine a scene where MC jokingly says "Okay, Dad." and Gaster be like: *in tears* you see me as a father???
joking aside, I have to say, the atmosphere while reading this with headphones on was immaculate. even when my eyes were giving up on me i COULD NOT TAKE AWAY MY EYES FROM THE SCREEN!!! i needed to read it and FINISH IT ALL THE WAY. Suffice to say, it was very satisfying to get to the ending and read all the cute bonus scenes <3
love sirens <3
- from, a gay monster-romancer who absolutely adores "The Shape of Water"
p.s: there are some pronoun errors in a few of the paragraphs in some of the bonus scenes [Mostly the ones in Sans's Perspective]. I chose the option that would refer to the MC with he/him and was slightly confused as to why there were she/her instead ^^ this is just a minor nitpick though, other than that, this game is perfect and flawless and it deserves an oscar for fanfiction <3
first time ever making a comment on this website [more will follow as I shall comment on your other works]. at first I was just searching for dating sims, reading the tiny lil summary that popped on the side. didn't even realize it was an undertale au. I simply saw catching the attention of a deranged siren and I was hooked instantly. it was not until I started did I realize that it was undertale.
I am rambling a bit, but I was much to drawn in by chance of a yandere siren, and more so when looking up an image for Siren!Sans. and having an visual really drew me in strongly as a siren's call would lure you to a bad end.
one thing I enjoyed right away during the character customization was the player being able to choose their soul trait. this led me to become hooked for Kindness for the entire game and others if it was an option.
for me, I am not the best with visualizing written bits due to not being able to visualize in my head. yet how the game was written, and the story went brought upon having many different feelings, as if I were actually feeling as the character I controlled. from the interactions with Sans [which I loved the visuals given to whenever he spoke, hovering over it had me staring for a couple of minutes as the colors changed] to the relationships that progressed from beginning to end.
speaking on fancy bits to text, I felt like a moth to a flame with how you did the effect for Gaster's text. quite surprised me on the first go [I played the game a second time because I am addicted] and was excited when seeing it in your other works.
honestly this game itself has both brought back into loving undertale [and the lazy bones known as Sans] and also become a bit of a comfort with how you've written Siren!Sans in the game. can't lie when playing your other works, and hearing some voiced parts...I could only imagine a voice being attached to this siren skeleton and I felt giddy as all heck.
after the ending, seeing the bonuses was a delight, and I loved each and every bit to absolute death. with Sans' pov with the encounters with the other humans made me with to see how perspective with the others as I was so curious with what deaths were because of what they did or what they said about the character
also biscuit...I say the word a whole lot and could only snicker using it as my go-to curse word in your works X33
I'm so proud of myself for getting the good ending on the first try ;u;
im literally dying. i love sirens and orcas, and this is exactly what i would expect from a romance with one!!!! the gore is also so well written, its one of my favorite parts about this!!! and the extra scenes?? theyre to die for omfg...... i think ive already finished all of your games and imo this is part of the best ones!! i also love that you made w.d. have selective mutism :)) it makes me feel very seen
OMG THAT WAS SO GOOD. i loved it as short as it was it was really enjoyable keep up the good work :
wait just realized this was an undertail au i cannot belive i didnt realize lmao
Out of all of your games I have to say this is my favorite! It's the perfect mix of wholesome and horror! And I love how you added bonuses at the end (like sans' perspective! That was my favorite one!) I also really love good old papa wingding, such a wholesome relationship! It's all so unique and creative! Keep up the good work!! ❤️
I love reading everything in his perspective I definitely need more of that!
This is so cool!
I've gone through it quite a few times but each time is still so cool! I love the structure of everything and it's amazing!
Also getting adopted by Gaster is just perfect
Anyways imma stop typing before I start rambling about how I need a dadster in my life lol
This story was both gruesome and wholesome! I love Sans! xD
I love the bonus stories too! I also wish we got to find out about the "motive" hehehehe
i just now realized that this is a undertale fangame
why the fuck is sans a siren
it's an au bro wtf are you on abt
this game reminds me of my childhood
Kinda hard to feel sorry for those peeps getting killed when they were such jerks.
oh my god, this game is so amazingly eerie + with a yandere in it? Great writing, i felt the horror. The music adds to the atmosphere, too. I am looking forward to more :´´) also, i found it very neat that Sans singing was impossible to resist because that made the threat and horror of it all even better and made it feel more real
I have to say considering i have now explored everything to this game. This was so a wonderful journey and these bad endings omg Petal congrats I loved every moment of this experience. Another rollercoaster ride for me . Also always love covering your games Petal always excited to cover more >w< excited for more of sans pov. p.s you broke me twice XD in this one and got me even more angry at a character then i was at uf sans 100/10 for me will go through it all over again.
i finally got to finish this and it was amazing. i loved the extras you through in their i just have a big question is their going to be anymore sans povs or no.
I just played it and wow, there is no way out of Sans forcing us to listen to his singing- the amount of gore and murder you put in this is perfect. And it’s so funny how the ‘ba-thump’ you added matches my heartbeat, though mine is going faster cause of the fear and exhilaration I felt throughout the story. I like how your choices do actually matter throughout, for example the exercise one where you’re asked if you’re in shape or not. And then later when one of the scientists chase you out before dying by Sans. After those three died, Eliza, Field, and the other guy, it wasn’t hard for me to point out that it was Sans. Well done once again. Though I was really hoping to see a slow burn where Sans is actually nice but of course my man is just like the bitch in the Fanfiction I mentioned. You’re a such a great writer and game developer, dude- I also love the music aha and how it affected the mood of the story
Thank you very kindly~
I really appreciate your comment and you playing my game. (: this was a lot of fun to make, and I'm so happy it can be enjoyed.
Actually there is a way to make Sans to not force you to listen to his song and actually getting in a relationship with him
h-how? 😭 please- I need this man-
bro- do you by any chance have read or heard of the fanfic ‘Lured By The Siren’s Charm’ on Quotev? Cause like this literally gives me vibes from it haha- btw I literally love your games- the writing of the stories are amazing 🫶🏽 keep doing cool things dude
Sadly not! Don't use Quotev, but I'm happy it reminds you of something you've enjoyed reading before. (:
I am a big fan of your writing! Every time I read your work I am pleasantly surprised and thank you for creating such great work!
Thank you!! (: I appreciate you commenting.
This is so wholesome and bone-chilling at the same time. I just love it, omg. I honestly love how Sans got angry at the Director insulting the MC, such a protective mate. And how protective and caring Gaster is just so cute and wholesome. This is another masterpiece, my new favourite after Dusttale. Thank you for making such masterpieces!
>:D I strive to be wholesome and terrifying at once, this is an amazing compliment.
Thank you! And WOW! I didn't think anything could top Dusttale, big thank you.
Since Horrortale Green was canceled, maybe you really should do something for the AU. Because you write gore and horror like a master. This whole game just proved it.
FUNNY YA SHOULD MENTION THAT BUDDY. . .
SHIT SHE GOT AN IDEA- EVERYONE RUNNN *RUNS*
Enjoyed your interactive fiction! I love Sans and Gaster. The perspective story between Sans and Gaster was super interesting! Thank you for creating this!
Thank you!! I'm very grateful for the comment & for playing my game.
Are you capable of carrying a child?
wdym by that🤨
I was going to say no as in “I want her to be traumatized” but then I went “nahhhh”
wdym wdym. :3 just a simple question!
petal your games are amazing
Thank yuou Box~~
anytime love you ❤️❤️
"But what can your magic do?"
"Make coffee taste like chocolate milk?"
YOU DON"T UNDERSTAND.
I NEED THIS ABILITY.
LMAOOOOO I would agree with you but I hate both lol
What would you want it to turn into then? :p
I honestly have no clue lol
SAME. SAME SAME SAME.
im gonna be honest when i saw that the drivers license scene was requested by van i almost yelled "MAMA YOURE MENTIONED IN ONE OF PETALS GAMES"
woulda destroyed my voice im already sick 😭
benefits of being in discord during development. :p
cant wait to maybe one day be mentioned 🫶
I love Papa Wingding so much!! 😭 ngl makes me tear up for what he's willing to do for his child.
sans is such a menace gosh. understandably traumatized by what happened with his pod. The difference in his character between only seeing it from MC perspective , and actually reading his inner monologue is.... hm. Yes, that is one obsessive dude! /positive
It's fun to see you expanding on more AUs for Undertale :D the way you write each character and the personalized UI for each AU is always wonderful ♡
Thank you for your work always ( *・ω・)ノ
Dadster love his kiddo no matter what.
I'm delighted you've enjoyed reading from his perspective! There's so much of the story I wanted to do, but it didn't make sense for MC to have the information so I can tell it through him. (:
Thank you!! (.づσ▿σ)づ. I appreciate you playing and commenting on my games so much!
Is it a bad sign that I kinda wanted to be a Spider/Naga hybrid, hypnotize those scientists and then melt all of 'em with acidic venom during the ship? =)
Nah, I agree. 100%.
My god this was such a fun IF just like your other ones! This is actually my first time interacting with the Siren AU so I'm unsure how much is your idea and the original AU yet I love how everything was written. It's all so fun tbh ahahaha! Also I want to laugh, Gaster is over here begging us to have a rational thought when dealing with the deadly siren and I'm over here like "Gaster-- I know, man I tried to be smart but I gOT KILLED AT THE VERY START SO YEAH, MAYBE SIMPING IS THE WAY TO LIVE??" Seriously, I laughed at how quick I died.
But I also love how subtle the horror is. While Sans committing these murderous acts is pretty visceral, there were still many mysterious about the deaths and so on, especially regarding the email and the second deaths because man, I too wonder what happened there, or if Sans really was diverting MC's focus because Dr. Gaster did say sirens (orca sirens) were downright intelligent. I also liked how it wasn't just Sans who was a malevolent entity in MC's life (depending on your choices, his attitude can change but at the very start he is malevolent). The scientists were all downright hostile and the security forces were just apathetic. It didn't help that the director was... questionable. And how Gaster spoke up at the ending in the bonus scenes with Sans' perspectives, it truly feels like they lucked out with having MC visit.
One of the things I kinda hoped was elaborated was MC doing some scientist mumbo jumbo things, just to display that yes, they are competent in their work and that they are justified for feeling angry at being undermined by the other scientists. It could have been another fun bonding moment with Sans as they talk about things, maybe Sans explain to MC how he uses the stars as navigation tools and share mythological stories regarding the stars while MC gushes about magic readings and whatnot.
Yet despite all that, I was immediately enthralled at this bleak world, moments where my MC was just doing their best was just heartwarming, and their continuous interactions with Sans was just pure (well, as pure as it can be what with the hidden intentions going on). And also like, hehe, reading the courtship ritual of sirens from Gaster, I just realized that both Sans and MC were doing things backwards, and the subtle way it was interweaved in the story is just *chefs kiss*
My god, this miscommunication is genuinely hilarious if it was not deadly at all.
I love the entire section of the bonus scenes, absolutely delightful to have them especially with the AU, it's so interesting to think about the multiple world building. I also would like it if you could include Gaster's point of view, especially with the progression of how he treats MC from a mere annoying stranger to someone so dear to him, as well as his reactions to the bad endings (where MC either gets killed or kidnapped) absolutely heart breaking. And also his view on MC and Sans' relationship, absolutely wonderful opinions ahhaha!
Errors I found:
Below will be spoilers!
Oh my god the reveal of everything. Downright terrifying! The one thing I was confused about was who sent the email of the Director dying because I initially thought it was James because of how he seemed eager to have MC all to himself and being all sleazy, but at the ending portion it looked like he really didn't have any idea of what happened to the Director, that or he's good at hiding it especially since his older brother is in charge of the security. Not only that, but goddamn I wanna sucker punch Director Greenberg and wanna be reluctant to thank Sans for what he did. The director knew what he was doing during the entire time he was with MC, most particularly with the infamous cafeteria scene where he was passive agressively setting MC for isolation as all the other scientists were already stewing their jealousy of having MC around, constantly probing for information for Gaster's actions, humbling himself to the point that it made like it was MC's fault, and going to either sabotage or steal MC's equipment.
I'm not sure if he purposively sabotaged the remaining equipment of MC's, most notably their defenses but I feel like it was Captain Sloane ordered for it to be done since only they could carry weapons and they didn't trust MC, because of course they couldn't, they were fucking poaching sirens like?? Sirens are established to be beasts, so why would you poke the hornet's nest? Or maybe beasts don't automatically fight, they just want to be left alone but since humans are greedy, they take and hurt too much to the point that beasts must have evolved with the ingrown hatred towards humans for survival reasons. I wonder if beasts are a bit more partial towards monster since they seem more connected to them (i.e., Dr. Gaster and Dr. Alphys relationship seem so).
Not only that, but I'm hella sure that the students of Director Greenberg must have known what was going through the director's mind. They probably went to the location where MC set up their equipment to see if there really was something worth stealing and got killed as a result. And the scientists began to feel justified over their hatred towards MC because of all the deaths, which fucking is annoying because if I was there I would have slammed their heads with a chair. I'm genuinely curious how Sans managed to sing his siren song inside the facility, but then I recall he was a moth hybrid so is it like a harpy? Because in greek mythology, sirens first started out as harpies with the same haunting alluring voices so maybe that's how Sans managed to get inside and force them to do things like this?
The isolation, hostility-- man was that palpable and suffocating, I don't even know how MC handled it, actually they didn't handle it well, I'm sure if Sans wasn't there MC would have broke. And if MC broke I'm sure Gaster would have raised hell and back for that.
Speaking of Gaster, I am genuinely sure that if MC didn't go to the facility and Sans wasn't in the area, the scientists would be doomed either way. Gaster would have used that place as a hunting ground, a perfect place to feast on especially with how much everyone bends their back for him. I'm genuinely curious about Gaster's point of view of the story, not his opinion over what MC went through (seriously, traumatizing shit especially with the interrogation and abuse they went through, scums, all of them) but what he was doing while he stayed at the main lab. I dunno, I just want more scary dad Gaster whose OP as fuck and hates everyone and everything except for his sunshine of a child whom he would burn the world down for.
I would like to once again, apologize at how long this damn comment became, absolutely adore it-- In fact I love everything you make omg, thank you so much for creating this and the many others! I eagerly wait for any new updates of projects you're interested in!
You died quickly too? 😂 After that choice I just decided to get all bad endings in order.
Sameee, I just saw one of the bulletins that said "Make smart decisions" and I did but I got killed instantly so whoop-de-doo~ Honestly, I tried my best to avoid bad endings since I wanted to romance this deranged siren but at the same time, I was so curious ahahaha
Riiiight? Same. And I thought being cautious was smart! Looks like we've both got too much into what that sentence said. I feel tricked lmao.
YOU LEAVE ME SPEECHLESS LAKSJDFLKAJSDF
Thank you very, very much for this comment holy tamoli gracious goodness. The Siren AU in general, Arctic!Researcher MC, and Orca!Sans are all 100% Llamagoddess, and I just filled in the world with the lore for beasts/hybrid, dadster, and so on.
LOL Yeah, the deaths were a lot of fun to plan/write. Crazy goes well with crazy, and Dadster panicking over it will never not make me laugh.
Thank you! The Courtship misunderstanding was one of my favorite things to write. I was eager to read reactions when players realized what MC had done.
I appreciate you letting me know about the typos / errors! I hopefully have them fixed up. They work okay on my computer, but I can't test mobile/other devices until I upload them to itch so fingers crossed. (:
I answer some of your spoiler questions in my discord - I'll move them a bit further down since it'll be some time before I upload the bonus scenes (which will be more of Sans' perspective, and shed more light on WD).
SPOILER
Sans' LV has contorted his magic, like it did with WD. Sans' songs can remain in someone's head for up to an hour after he sings to them. That's how the two security guards were caught - Sans sung to one of them to draw out a second one, and then used commanded both of them to take out the security (as he learned from MC talking about crime shows how important that is to destroy).
Had WD known about any of the abuse or mistreatment, he would absolutely raised hell. He has a zero tolerance for MC abuse.
In the bad endings, he'll always hunt Sans down to "rescue" MC. How that rescue attempt ends depends on your MC & how fond they are of Sans.SGASGAKSDHKASJLD It's okay!! I'm really glad you helped clarify some things, it was especially really interesting to see how you added new things within the AU!
Are you capable of carrying a child?
Me: I- oh no.
LOL
Whatd'ya mean OH NO?? :p
I think we both know where you're going with this... I gots my eye on you... don't you forget it...
I didn't think the story would playout like that- then again I didn't read the description but I must say that is the best story I've read in a while there were a decent amount of plot twists
can you make a part 2?
Glad to surprise you with the twists!
Re part 2 - I will do more bonus scenes, but I don't plan to do another game entirely for Siren!Sans.
Darkpetal your games never let me down. I'm obsessed with Wingding's character in this, him as a dad is 10/10 definitely my favorite version so far. This game was a perfect mix of cute and fucked up. All the bonus moments were great and did an amazing job at painting what Sans and MCs future looks like. Super excited for the updates and whatever you release next! :]
Thank you! Writing Dadster felt nice for a change of pace. He's such a fun character to write so getting to include him in any interation is always a delight.
I'm glad you've enjoyed the game & the bonus scenes. Thank you kindly for your comment.
Awh i love Sans so much, I know he's creepy but I can't help it the heart wants what it wants lol my fav is the bonus story from sans pov it's adorable. Overall i have no critique, I am in love with this game. You did an amazing job, and I am looking forward to any other projects from you! 💖
Sans is a precious lil siren who is so so kind and not at all creepy. :p
Thank you very much for playing & commenting on this game!!
How long does it take to complete?
Like to finish playing, or to make the game start to finish?
play the game start to finish
Love you Darkpetal
i was scrolling thru just to see how long this is supposed to be, because me with adhd gets distracted fast...
then i see this and im like
awoop jump scare
Thank you Iris. <3 <3 <3
Cool honestly. Some bugs like the soul not appearing or errors when you run away from sans when he kills everyone but other than those. This is great!
Thank you very much!! Hopefully all those errors will be fixed in today's update.
Just finished playing the game and I absolutely LOVED IT. The ending was so good and I really like the extra scenes as it gave a bit more interesting things about the characters.
Thank you so much for the game and I'm so excited for your other works! 💗
THANK YOU!! I really appreciate you playing the game and leaving a comment.
This was great! In a world where all of my favorite/most anticipated IFs seem to either be stuck on hiatus or quietly die (I understand life happening, just makes me sad), here you are consistently churning out lil gems.
Also I will never tire of whatever iteration of sans you adapt or come up with lmao.
*Edit: At the part where you choose to kiss sans, tell him to slow down, or hesistantly accept his affections - the hesistant option cuts off and becomes a dead end where you can't progress.
Fingers crossed our favorite IFs will either update again, or more people will be interested in making IFs so we can fill the world with their fun!
Heh thank you!
Yes~ that part has been fixed and will reflect in today's update.
Darkpetal16: posts new update or game
Me: everyone get out of the way, this is now the most important thing in my life
for real though I loved this so much ldkgjlkjdlfkg AHHHHHH heart eyes heart eyes HEART EYES!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! <3 <3 <3
Wow. I have no words to describe how much I love this.
<3 Thank you!!