i made some progress! there's a lot more to this game than i thought there was.
i messed up the first time around, i guess... i got a choice between waking up and staying asleep, and i chose to wake up. that's when it gave me the text about "not failing again"... i wasn't really paying attention. when i tried again and chose to stay asleep, we woke up in the dark world! i got a proper screenshot of it this time, i got a nice little work around. makes the game freeze up like crazy though

anyway, not a lot happened here. its basically just a walking simulator, occasional text from offscreen like before. but the music's kinda ... calm? especially compared to the original cliffs. this and the dialog made me think it was ... more of an errand than an adventure, like this is normal. i'm not sure. noelle ends up waking back up though! so i think it's just, like, a weird dream segment thing. the dialog was completely nonsensical, i still can't make heads or tails of it at all! didn't bother writing anything down from it, since it wasn't very helpful anyway. regrettably i did get stuck on the only puzzle in the entire area.

there's this room that loops forever- a plus-shaped room, with four directions. i didn't realize at the time, but you're supposed to listen to the music. it gets quiter when you're going the wrong way, and louder when you're going the right way. when i got to the end, she just... gets woken up by carol?

anyway, im still making my way through it all, but a bunch of people got super interested in the last post, so i wanted to keep people updated. sorry again about the link :[ i know its super cliche but it's just ... gone? i've looked everywhere, but i have no idea where it went. and i can't even remember who it said made the game, so i can't look that up and find it, either. if you guys know any way i could check maybe through the files, that'd be cool, just... let me know...

Precipice

Waaaaahh!! WAAAAAAHHH!!!!!
My toys... My... r-rules...
You... r-rulebreakers...

Are you a frickin' baby, man?
You're crying even more than... sad guy over there!

What's... What's with that smug look on your face?!
Don't you remember the rule about crying?!

I didn't read that crap because it was stupid. None of your guys are even crying anymore!

Ewahhh.... Waaahh.... Waahh...
Well, the r-rule about crying is below the rule about getting work done...
But you three are doing NEITHER.
So... If there's still not a tear in your eye... Sniff...
I'll make you cry.

ARRAY

(If you want any hope of seeing the sun again, you better put on a show.)

His Majesty, The King

* Places, everyone.
* I will now read a lecture from my late father.
* Let's see here...
...
...
* Kris seems bored.
* Partner with Kris?

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I initially wanted to go for a more visual novel sounding approach, but ultimately it just ended up being gingerbread house. Anyway, Undertale motif is bc School uses a motif for the Mayor's town, and Undertale is for Asgore's little city in the underground.

03. Library

* Perhaps thou should turne backe.
* Thee "Hauntede Mazeth" art quite thee conundrum!
* I designed it mine self in facte!
* Ignore the residentiale houseths. They art not parte of the attractione.

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This one's really dissonant. The amount of original motifs in Scarlet Forest are more than the ones in Welcome to the City so I ended up using the Weird Route variant as well. I don't hate it. It just feels more confusing and mysterious.

19. Concrete Jungle

* So that's how it is.
* Just use up old Berdly for what he's worth then toss him aside like everyone else!
* No, I get it.
* Darkners ARE the enemies. I shouldn't have gone against my instincts.
* En guarde, Rouxls Kaard!
* I will revel in your EXP.

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I tried to go for a misguided morally twisted self righteous hero vibe here. I feel like I made it a little too heroic at the end, but I love the composition too much to hold that against it.

24. Battle! Berdly

the Official V2 of the song that started it all 

HES GONNA HAVE IT ALL!!!

IM GONNA (V2)

dark sanctuary

* What? I'm in a "Cathodes Crew"?
* Well, you could say that...
* Welcome... to Signal City!
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Composed by Signal Sam with assistance from @g3noc3d3-r0ut3.

03. Library

erkcertia.