Exploring Choices in Nocturnals Game

Welcome everybody to a game called Nocturnals, a choices matter type game. where you are in a zombie apocalypse, I believe. You're in some type of apocalypse. You're trying to make sense of it all. But the choices that I make are going to affect the game. Hopefully, I can make the right ones. If you guys cool with that, you down with that? Everybody get ready and buckle up, because here we go. Choose your play style. This can be changed at any time in the settings menu. Opt for a more immersive experience without story hints. Yeah, I'm down for that immersive. Like, I want to be in it. Like, I really want to feel like I'm in it. Play with a more immersive quick time event for a more challenging experience. Thanks. I want that immersive. Like I said, everybody, I'm in it to win it. Like, I'm balls deep. Your choices shape the story of Nocturnals. Choose carefully. Choosing carefully is my middle name, baby. Welcome to Landgarth. That sounds like a spell that a wizard did on these people. Like, look at this. These people got Landgarthed. He's like, oh shit. Cross that out. So where are we going next? Why are you looking at me like I'm the one that killed them? Bro is looking at me like it's my fault. He should have grabbed that gun on the dude. The AK-47. At least I would. If we were in some type of apocalypse situation, I'm grabbing anything and everything. There is no life. Oh, that's theirs. No, it's mine. It's mine now, okay? Fight me for it. If you're dead, come back to life for it. Like, look at that. Dude's sleeping in the seat. Skeleton version. I'm taking that car. It's mine now. I promise you. Welcome to... Ruddle side. Good things can't be happening at Ruddle side. I promise you that. Bro, this is giving me Newgrounds vibes. Like the way the animation style is. I remember that's all I would do. Is just play Flash games on Newgrounds. And hello hole. Hello holy hole. Okay, wait. Oh, I thought that was somebody. I thought that was somebody standing right there. Like the supermarket was still open or something. Oh, okay. My bad. Didn't know I slid on that like some DMs. Hold on. All right. Here. Alright. Got you. Whoa. Hello. Let's get up here. Why do I look like I'm like halfway in here? But yeah, this reminds me of like a Newgrounds animation. And that's a good thing. Gives me like a nostalgic vibe. Something about it. It just feels comforting. Like I've played this game! That's what we're doing. Our staff is always happy to help. Oh yeah, they definitely said help. They said our staff is always happy to help! Please help me! There was a kid here at one point. Or maybe an adult that loved drawing shit like that. Here's a shovel that I can't grab for some reason. So I would be just resupplying myself. I would just be getting the holy ghost out of these items, I promise you. If I was ever in this situation. Loading bay. Okay. Boop bop beep bop. Imagine I one take jade that. Let's see what this is. Fix hole in the fence. Millie create veg patch. Maybe check out the high school. Find generator. Sick of these lanterns. Need more ammo. Fix Izzy's camera. Soap. Please. Ethan smells. Yeah, Ethan. You're stinking up the place. Okay, so that's. Maggie. That's Millie and Alfie. That's Mia and Ethan. And new floor manager wanted... Okay, how do I figure out the code? Here we go. After what happened, I've changed the password. It's accessories, living room, dining room, bedroom, Maggie. Thank you, Maggie. Thank you for making this... Hold on. Wait. What is it? Accessories? So it's one... Living room, dining room. One... What is it? One, seven... 729. 1729. That wasn't too bad. Come on, everybody. Immersive experience. 1729. Get me in here. Come on, now. Yes. Loading bay. Here I am. There's the fuel. Finally. He said finally like I didn't find this in like two minutes. You're joking, right? Stop. Oh, my. There's no way she was behind there. I don't want to shoot a kid today. Okay. Okay. I should have grown ass home and I don't give a shit. Is anyone else with you? Tell-lie to her. Yeah, and they're waiting for me outside. And they're big and bad. I don't believe you. You would've come in with them. Don't lie in a situation like this. You're not any good at it. They sent me in. I'm the group bitch. You can have it back. Or if it's food you want, I can-I don't care about that. Then what do you want from me? The keys. To the truck. The one you just drove in here with. Over my dead body, you're getting the key to these trucks? No. Did I say that backwards? I said the key to these trucks. Once the sun goes down, it'll be back. Forget all this. Just shoot him and let's go. No. We have time to do this peacefully. Why'd you need my truck? There's an nocturnal in Ruddleside. Is that a bad thing? Then I need to leave too. Why can't we go to get- Can I see what a nocturnal looks like? Why can't we all just go together? Sure, we can just sit on each other's laps and share all our food supplies like a happy family. Why not? That sounds nice. Okay, yeah. Stupid! It's a two-seater! I'll sit in the middle. He's an idiot out of his misery. Why are you being so mean? I mean, I'm not a murderer. She's like, I am! I'm down for the keys! No, I'm threatening them. Okay. Come on. Stay strapped my boy now Talk to him Blondie. Yeah. Now, what do I do QTE? Um, wait, I dropped the fuel? Hold on, hold on, hold on. Oh, okay. Okay, crank. Crank that. Hold. What am I, what am I... Okay. Oh, it's like a diamond shape. Alright, we're diamond shits. Got it. Okay. Bro, go faster! There we go. Shit! Okay, there you go. Told you everybody. QTE cake. What is this? There you go. Kick her in the kneecaps. What's up? You want to freaking play? Right. That's it. Okay. Oh. What the? I ran right into her. Immersive experience, I said. I won't get stabbed in the neck, I said. Oh, my goodness. Okay. Don't turn around, Jay. Bro, she's so fast. She's just gliding towards me. Relax. You can have the fuel. I didn't even take it. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Hey, let go of my cankles. What's up? Oh. Shoot her. I'm running. running why would I shoot her I'm not like that or am I you better not you better this girl is serious okay okay I'm in shapes fuck go go go bro really yes Road Drive Thank you, oh my joy this I'm not controlling this Ain't no way stop that There's no way. It's supposed to happen. Yep, there you go. Okay. I'm glad we didn't kill them. Hopefully we see them again though. And then they actually help me. I'm pretty sure there's a nocturnal in there. If I was a nocturnal, that'd be like the one place that I'd sleep. Inside of a tunnel. So, this game was supposedly inspired by The Walking Dead. I can already see the inspiration. Especially from the music. You know, like when you got chased by the people? I feel like that was the same kind of music from The Walking Dead. I haven't played that game in a long time, though. I miss that game so much. Where am I? You're alive. Sorry about that. It's just my own safety, you know? Oh, you patched me up. Wait. Cool. You stitched me up? Yeah, sorry. My stitching isn't the best. No, no, no, no. You saved my life. Well, you're welcome, I guess. He's like, you're welcome, I guess. What is this place? How did you patch me up? So, did the doctor teach you how or something? No, I don't think there are any doctors left, even. Okay, well, I mean, how else do you know how to do that? Well, it's just like a very basic survival skill, you know? Almost a necessity if you're out on your own, I would say. Yeah, I barely have any survival skills, to be honest. I can tell. How did this all even happen? I need to know I can trust- Do you? Um... Well, I was passing through Rottleside. And I stopped at that furniture place to look for fuel. Furniture Valley? Yeah, that's it. Wait, do you know them? Those people there? No, I stay away from that place. They used to be a good group. Yeah, they're assholes. But the Nocturnal attacked them a few days ago when I arrived in Rottleside. I'd be surprised if any of them are still alive. There were two of them they roped me As I was trying to drive off one of them shot my tires out. That's why I crashed and hey Rob you watch out, bro They didn't even take anything you do then maybe your pride you could say that At least I'm gonna be your dignity. Thanks to you. Then it's still shit though Diego I'm sad by the way, I take your hand but You can't tap him off the left from using your left hand that's not the right way to do it Okay. Just don't try and kill me. That's all I ask. I thought he was gonna say I wipe my ass with my left hand, so... Thanks. I don't wanna be doing all that. Wait, am I a lefty or a righty when it comes to ass wiping? I don't even know. I think I'm ambidextrous. I think I take turns, you know? Make it even for myself. That's a cool name. Thanks for rescuing me. Thanks for looking after me. I wouldn't have been able to do this by myself. I'm definitely a right-handed asswiper. I'm amazed you've lasted this long, then. Yeah. Yeah, me too. You know, I've been looking for a community for a while, but... Well, I've had no luck. Do you know of any around here? With Furniture Valley out the picture, I don't think so. You're actually the first person I've seen in a while. Damn. Can I ask, why do you want to find other people? Because I'm lonely as fuck? I don't know. There's strength in numbers, it's not nice to be alone. There's strength in numbers, for sure. What, isn't it obvious? There's strength in numbers. It means better defense against Nocturne. Nocturnals and raiders. Plus, in a group, people's strengths make up for other people's weaknesses. He's not wrong. There's no such thing as strength in numbers when it comes to nocturnals. The only way to survive is to hide from them. Well, can you tell me what a nocturnal is, please? I'm not surprised there aren't many left around here. Being alone can get you killed, too. I'm still here. Oh, okay. Shh. What is this like quiet place? We have to shut our whole asses up? It's gone. Of course. As if this town wasn't bad enough already. It's got a fucking nocturnal. Must have heard your truck crash earlier. I still don't know what I'm gonna do without it. Is that funny? No, no. I was just thinking about how I know where another working car is. Are you being sarcastic? How? The only place left with cars are the communities. I mean, that's where I got my truck from, at least. I thought the rest had rusted away, no? This one was stored indoors, perfect condition, fully fuelled up. All it was missing was a battery, like the one in your crashed truck. Amazing. Well, where is it? Hold on, hold on. First, let's make this a deal. If I show you where this car is, then you can drop me outside of Ruddleside, and we can go our separate ways. Deal? Yeah, sounds good. I don't think the guy that I'm playing as wants to go our separate ways. We'll have to wait a couple of days for your wound to heal properly. I think he wants to be together like true butt cheeks. I'm trying to escape cabin fever. Fever? Are you sick? Is it contagious? I can't tell if you're joking. It's not an actual disease, it's a saying. As in, we'll get sick of each other? Well, I hope not. Right, we need to sleep. I'll stay up a bit in case it comes back. I'm not sleepy though. I'm ready to go. Good night, Ted. Good night, Diego. What about me? Good night, Jay. Good night, everybody watching. Oh. Okay, my bad. Got a little crush. Already drawing Diego. That is what I would say. That's what I would say too. Looks like it's getting better. Three days later already wearing a sweater. Okay. I see you All right back to some action find Diego still haven't heard him play guitar yet It's only been three days relax Lord of the Lord of the Flies. I thought I was gonna say Lord of the Tings Enjoy your lie-in? I was starting to think you'd died of your injuries. Hey, I've had an exhausting last few days. Oh of course, sitting around in a train carriage all day can be so tiring. My wound's getting a lot better. Good, no fever or anything? Nope, just cabin fever. Okay What are you up to here then? Making a fire pit Wait we're leaving today? That silence though That silence was loud The nocturnal's been here twice in three days now Oh that- thing we can't stay in chicken hooves it's not safe i could take a nocturnal okay one of us needs to gather logs the other should look for food i'll take your pick i'll do food i'd rather do food than look for boring food you'll be okay with your wound well if we're leaving today i'm gonna have to walk sooner or later I'm surprised those two women never came to check on the body. You know which berries are poisonous and which are safe, yeah? Yes. I don't. I don't know which ones are poison. Hold on. Poor bird. Poor bird. Looks like his wing's broken. Oh. Hmm. Well, what do you want me to do? There'll actually be enough food for the Paralyze. Okay. Do I have any weapons? I feel like... Oh, there we go. What's this? That looks carrot. Okay. Go into the forest right now, everybody. I promise you, you will not find a carrot. At least not in the random place like that. Well, I should have got the logs. Collect berries. Okay, berries so hairy. What is that? That's a stone. I thought that was a note. I thought that was a random note. Okay, mushrooms. Don't really like mushrooms, but maybe Diego will. Go back. to the train yard now there might be some stuff here like what's this oh this was the train yard i'm done okay i'm back look what i got those berries aren't poisonous are they how the hell should i know bro watch i don't know anything and he just dies i know which berries are poisonous You know, I was gagging on it. A little gaggy gaggerson on it. Yeah, of course. Sorry. I'll try and have more faith. I'm the type of guy where if there's an awkward silence, I'm just gonna fill it in with some random noises. That's just the kind of awkward person that I am. Okay? I have social anxiety. So any slight... What the heck? Don't worry. I'll do it. Bro, give me a chance! I swear this never happens! Come on, it's the first time this ever happened to me. Calm down. But yeah, anytime there's a small silence, I'm always like, so yeah. Yeah, yeah, anyway, how's it going? Well, it's not the worst thing I've ever eaten. Go on, what was the worst thing? I ate a meerkat once. What? A meerkat? It's like a type of mongoose found in-No, I know what a meerkat is, which makes me think you don't. It can't have been a meerkat, there aren't any native to these parts. Didn't I- tell you that I grew up in a zoo? I thought it was a metaphor. No, I told you. I grew up in an abandoned zoo. It's like, nah, like, when I said I grew up next to an elephant, I wasn't talking about my sister. Yeah, it still had meerkats and... Oh, and it had a gibbon, named Lulu. How on earth did a monkey survive all this time? Like this, see? You see that silence right there? I would've just farted or something. How did a monkey survive all this time? Gibbons are apes actually-I'm making a joke! I'm roasting something! Well, I just slept in trees and ate bananas. That was a joke? Bro, jokes are supposed to be funny. That just made me feel pain. That made me feel things, and they weren't any good emotions. Do those choices really matter? If I told him a gibbons are a baboon, that choice was gonna matter? You ready to head out? Yeah, I think so. Wait, are you leaving all your stuff behind? Yeah, it's just stuff. None of it's worth my life. Except my guitar, of course. Specs. Hey, you still haven't played anything for me, you know. Not gonna happen. I'm rubbish. Come on. I bet you he's gonna play something. Seriously? Maybe I'll play you something once we're out of Roto-Side. Okay, I was gonna say not right now, man. That's if we make it. Because if this is copyrighted, slapping you silly. Come on, let's go. Okay. So, where are we going then? To the high school. That's where the car is. The high school? We're gonna rob some high schoolers? So, that's where I crashed. So, we need to go through this tunnel? Nah, man. Come on, Diego. Why don't we take the high ground? Bro, I'm not totally sleeping in here. So good, I can hear him snoring. Complimentary? Thank you, Diego. Wait... We're going down here? Pussy! Isn't that the kind of place nocturnals live? Trust me, it's the fastest way to the school. We'll be fine. Said every person in every horror movie ever before they got killed? Oh great. Nice. Look, D8- Diego's just walking in the dark. He's different, everybody. Hey, don't go too far ahead. I don't want you getting lost down here. I have my eyes on you, Diego. You don't want to get lost down here. I'm just walking in the dark. Don't worry about me. Something about that I don't trust. I think I know what I'm doing. No, I believe you. You seem to have made it this far. What do y'all think the nocturnals look like? You think they look like those typical demon-looking beasts? This is exactly the kind of place a nocturnal would live. Shelter from the sunlight and... Hey, why don't we talk about something else? Like... How are you finding that Boswego hoodie? Does it fit okay? It's okay. It's great. Especially since nights are getting colder now. Cause I've been working out, you know what I'm saying? What does Boswego mean, anyway? It's the name of the town I grew up in. Now that I think about it, you haven't really mentioned anything about your past. I think Diego's an OVT. I don't really want to talk about it. That's okay. Come on. Tell me you know what we're just gonna say that's okay We don't want to push it. That's okay. I got it. We've all got bad memories Don't worry. It's nothing that bad. I wasn't enslaved or anything. Okay, then tell me. Are you sure? What were those handcuffs back at the train carriage about though? Not for anything other than protecting myself from strangers What is that? Right, enough now. Can nocturnal swim? Are any of them gonna pop out the water or are we Gucci? Let me know if we're Pucci right now, Diego. I don't know, something about Diego. Something's off. Like he's way too comfortable walking around in the dark. Let's just hop this ladder, come on. Let's go. Is that the moon? No, it's like a sewer thing. You go first. Oh I could technically get back up there oops just lean that ladder on the side of the wall And then surely there's gonna be something you can use Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's fine. There'll be There'll be something Maintenance room Okay, great. Oh No Well, Diego? Oh! Ha ha ha! Ew! Bro just laid flat. Sorry, Char. Was in a hurry to go home and watch the rocket. Left the rope in the maintenance room. Oliver, your mom watches my rocket. Alright, let's go get the thing in the main- room. Hopefully we don't get clapped along the way. Pretty sure our nocturnal is sleeping so good down here. So good. And then the nocturnal is going to wake up and be like, what's that light? Turn that light off. And then they're gonna see the dude in the boss Vigo hoodie, and then you're going to get your freaking cheeks clapped Like I said everybody I'm super curious to see what a nocturnal looks like from what I think they kind of look like those little devils that you see in cartoons like with the hooves those like big hooves they have like big quads and big hamstrings and then little tiny calves with Like hooves at the bottom and then they kind of have like big bulky upper torsos And then maybe one of those like alien isolation type faces That's what I'm thinking. But let's go in this holy hole. And rope. Okay, got it. Oh my god! I think I was right about the hooves. I think I was on point about the hooves. No. Where you at? I want to see what that thing... I want to see what that thing looked like. Just one time. What's this? It's been a month without sunlight. The sky is dark and it's so cold. I can't go on anymore. One of them got me good and I'm bleeding. I saw it spit all over Charlie and her face melted off. It came off in her hands like melted cheese. What are these things? I thought it would be better away from the craters, but it's just as bad. I can't believe I'm going to die. There's so many things I wanted to do. Damn, is that you, bro? That was you. All right, I'm out of here. I gotta go. At least he left us a note. He left us a little courtesy note. It's like a mint on a pillow in a hotel. I've never seen that, by the way. I usually see that in movies, but every time I go to like a hotel or I've been to a hotel, I've never found the mint on the pillows. Do they own- Only do that at like the top of the top like the sloppiest of the toppiest of the hotels That's what I think because I do not find those mints on my pillows Oh god, those are screams. Those screams were scrums that haven't been scrumped in a long time. We gotta go. We gotta go We gotta go Anything behind me? What if there's nothing behind me? Oh god, it's behind me Oh god It was behind me it wasn't just jokes Please, please, come on. Light better not turn off too. Go! Come on! Stop stop stop stop Stop playing stop playing stop messing stop joshing stop joshing. Okay. I never said that word, but you better stop joshing No Diego he was still holding on there. There's one down. Bro is just hanging there like a booger Okay, come on quick what do you want me to do? Okay Whoops, should I get it? No, my guitar! Imma get it. I got you. Leave it, let's go! No, I'm gonna get it. Grab it! Save the guitar. Come on man, I need you to play me those sweet tunes. I need you to sing me a lullaby to sleep. No Ted, what are you doing? Heh! He was like, no Ted, don't, don't save my guitar that is my precious, my precious belonging, don't. He sounded so convincing too. I feel like that choice mattered saving the guitar so I was like you know what it's a no-brainer there's no way that we're gonna die saving the guitar are you insane like there's no way he has main character energy you don't die in the second chapter stop playing you like that now play me something right now Ted you saved my guitar Yeah I did. Of course! It was important to you. That's insane, you shouldn't risk your life for something like that. K, what? I thought maybe you'd be grateful. Of course I am, thank you. But that wasn't as smart of you, Ted. Uh, that wasn't the response I expected to have. So, I'm gonna throw that guitar down there. Like, fuck you mean? You think I won't? I'm petty. Okay? I'm a petty officer. The school's just up this road. I'll throw that guitar back down. there if you think that was stupid. I'll show you what stupid really means. Hey, is Rottleside near any craters? No, no. The nearest impact site's like hundreds of miles away. Yeah, I thought so. There's too many trees and the buildings. here are too intact i wonder why the military came through here then they probably came through every time when it all started what about here whatever they were trying to accomplish they obviously didn't get very well this is the cutest football field why is it so tiny that looked like a soccer field actually i don't know what that was so they said craters so maybe it was like aliens that came and they call them nocturnals but maybe it was like some ufos in the skies and they crash landed on different parts of the earth that's what i'm thinking because only something that came from the sky would make craters right where i was going wait look at those i could sell those i could put those on like offer up or something somebody's old pair of glasses mine now want to try them on are they 3.25 because if they are my prescription i'm just kidding i don't even know what my is i don't even know what mine is put them on it's nearly dark sure why not it's nearly dark as much as i would love to do that i I'd rather get inside the high school before it gets dark. You know, what with the nocturnal almost killing us and all? Takes like two seconds to put them on. Yeah, you're right. Put them on! Haha, we have a laugh. I take them back off. You sure you just aren't scared of finding out you need glasses? Oh, I already know that. I mean, the amount of times that I... Ugh, what's that smell? Oh, my bad, sorry. Act like we haven't smelled dead bodies in this bitch. I never noticed him before. Ugh, how long has he been here? Let me see. According to my calculations type shit. You should be used to it. Still freaks me out. I don't think I'm ever gonna get used to it. That's probably a good thing. Yeah, you don't want to get used to that. Come on, let's go. Bro, Clementine is so badass from The Walking Dead. She would've just been like, huh, dead body. It's another Tuesday. Bro landed headfirst in the bathroom. Maybe I did need those glasses. I'm always falling into places, I swear. He landed skull first into the bathroom. Alright, let's see if we can find some notes. Vote Lydia as prom queen? No, I'm good. Can I go in here? I want to see if I can find more random notes. Hold on, one second, Diego. Can't go out there? Okay. Where are we going? Ted? Hmm. How long ago did this happen? Cause the guy that we're playing as grew up in a freaking zoo? What is this? I thought school was supposed to be boring. It's called a prom. They held them at the end of their school year. Okay, so a long time this has happened. Cause they didn't even go to school. Something like that. My parents met at their prom. They always talked about it. I don't know who my parents were. I think they died when I was a baby. They both died when you were a baby? The people at the zoo? Yeah, and they were only teenagers at the time. He's like, two penguins raised me, and then a cheetah. I don't know how we made it so long. And then my grandpa-Eventually someone found us and I ended up in a post-military commune after that. I didn't know where I was going with that. That's where I learned how to read, shoot, drive. And that's where you stole the truck from? No, I didn't steal it, Diego. That whole place got overrun with raiders. I didn't steal it, I borrowed it, but I wasn't gonna give it back. Surprised you managed all that, if I'm honest. The car's just down here. Yeah, but there's gotta be like some kind of note. Because now that I know that we can collect a bunch of notes, there's gotta be something here. Well, obviously they didn't know what the meteor was. They probably heard about it on the news like, This just in. A meteor is in the sky. But don't worry. It's barely gonna miss Earth. You know how they always say that? They're like, Oh, there's an asteroid that's gonna narrowly miss Earth. Don't freak out, everybody. It's gonna be passing by. It's the size of something that could destroy entire continents. But don't worry, okay? It's barely gonna miss Earth. I don't see any notes. What about here? Nothing? Okay, Ruddleside High School map. I mean, I guess we don't need to go there. The sensitivity in this game is insane! Smoking monkeys? Live at the old bakery? Huh. Here we go. How did he know this was here? It's so little? You're little? You're little, yo, I'm gonna say it. You're little. What? Oh. I thought they were gonna wrestle or something. He's like, I'm little? We should leave in the morning when it's light. We don't want a nocturnal coming after us. Our only problem now is this shutter door. It needs power. Bro, just let me roll up my sleeves. I'll lift that sucker up. Great. Well now we're stuck here. No, look. I still need to put the battery in. So while I work on that, why don't you try and get the school's power back on? Yeah, fine. Workshop rules listen carefully follow instructions correct PPE Remain safe always ask for help if you are unsure glad I was able to save this Yeah, I won't forget you did that for me better not cuz I'm gonna remind you every single day gives me bad memories This gives me a furniture Valley Okay, I'm gonna go look oh wait wait wait this must be where Diego got all his books from Oh Lord of the Flies yeah Of course. Another code. Another door code. Okay. How do we open this bitch? I'll figure it out. Just give me a second. Give me one second. Here we go. To Sean. I figured out how to change the door lock so we can have some alone time during prom. Winky face. It's my table number and yours. Hattie. Okay, so Hattie and Sean. So I- need to go to a classroom and i need to figure out their seat numbers all right oh here we go oh collect letter principal mulligan i am writing this letter to inform you that i will not be attending the prom night tomorrow i understand that you were short on faculty as many have already booked the night off to watch the rocket launch but i just can't shake the thought that something is going to go wrong and i would like to be with my family during this time you I know on the news they say nothing can go wrong, but that doesn't reassure me. It's like they're not allowed to talk about what happens if the mission fails and that meteor still hits us. I'm not one to believe in conspiracy theories, but it makes sense. They're trying to keep us calm. I apologize once again for my absence, and I'm sure you'll be making fun of me once it's over, Mr. Jeffrey. Okay, I get it. So basically, an asteroid was gonna hit Earth, but they were gonna launch a rocket. to probably stop it from approaching earth to break it into like a bunch of different pieces but something went horribly wrong and then um i guess aliens were inside of that meteor or that asteroid and then people started dying and then nocturnals are slowly taking over this world where the hell are the deaths of those two people sean and maddie right or sean and hattie hold on Sean and Hattie. Alex, Cam, Emilio, Lido. So it's these tables right here. Okay, Leah, Adia, Max, Will. Why does it seem like it's getting really dark? Jamie, Hattie. Okay, 5, 0, 5, what? Sean. Okay, so it's 0, 1, 0, 5, or 0, 5, 0, 1. 0, 1. Zero five, okay zero five zero one. Yes Just as I expected nothing happens really Oh backup fuel. Okay. What about the starter fuel find fuel for the generator? bro You kidding me? Hey, there you are. Diego? My main man? Hey, do you need any help? No, don't worry, I got it. Okay, because you've been standing there just like that since I left. I'll give it a go first. Something leads me to believe that you have no idea what you're doing. There we go. What the hell? I actually did it. We should definitely not go out. It's about to be night time. Shut that door for me one time big dog. We don't want nocturnals coming in. Okay, guess not. Sorry, buddy. Sorry for being paranoid. I just care about these two people. So... What's the plan once we get out of this town? All I care about is getting as far away from Riddleside as I can. Maybe somewhere warmer. Yeah, definitely. My ears get really sore when it's cold. Oh. What? No, nothing. What's wrong? Do you think things will ever go back to how they were? Like, before? Hmm, I don't think it can ever be the same. I agree. I think it can. Why not? With the Nocturnals dying out, surely what's left of the world can rebuild. That's assuming what's left of the world would want to. You think they wouldn't? The people who would have wanted to would never have survived this long. Well, I did. Barely. I've never killed anyone, you know. I'm worried I might have to once we're out of Rottleside. Well, people are trying to kill each other inside Rottleside too. Remember what happened to me at the furniture store? Yeah, but you didn't kill anybody. And you got away okay. Have you ever killed anyone before? Um... I kill asscheeks? How do you decide who's bad? Well, the people who attack my zoo are bad. And they kill children. Okay, yeah, that... that's bad. Okay, yeah, that's bad. I guess that's something I'll have to face sooner or later. What with the world like it is. Uh, this dialogue is funny. They kill children! We should sleep. Oh yeah, that's bad. Hey! Night, Diego. Hey. Good night, Ted. Talk to me, Diego. Speak my language, Diego. You know what I mean? Every time we wake up, Diego is somewhere else. Uh-oh. Imagine Diego never existed. Diego? Where'd he go? Oh, there he is. Knew I heard you playing that guitar. Hey, not fair. I didn't know you were listening. I wasn't playing my best. Well, it sounded good to me. Then again, I mean I've never heard someone play guitar so... You could be rubbish. Hmm, thanks. So, what are you doing here? Couldn't sleep. How come? Just thinking about stuff. What stuff? I'm good at stuff. Well, you got me thinking earlier, talking about our plans. I'm just... I'm just worried you're thinking about them as our plans, as in together. What's wrong with that? So, you want us to go our separate ways? I just have this memory screaming at me from the back of my head whenever I picture us leaving together. I know you think surviving together out there would make things easier, but I've done this all before. So? Doesn't mean it needs to be the same ending. I was travelling with the only person I've ever really cared about. We chose to leave Bosvigo so we could start a new life somewhere else, just us. I was so naive back then, I thought our plan was perfect. When I woke up the next day, I found out it was only my plan. Theirs was to abandon me with all our belongings and leave me for dead. And I almost was. My 16 year old self was out in the world with absolutely nothing except a knife in the back. I never want to feel that way again, Ted. Well obviously we're not gonna do that to him. I just think if we see our goodbyes outside of Rotoside, then we can at least end it on a nice note, you know? He just doesn't want to get hurt again, but that doesn't mean that we're those same people that did that to him. I wouldn't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't do that to you. I'm not that guy. I'm not them. You're missing the point. What if something else happened? I wouldn't... I couldn't see anything bad happen to you. But... What if we went our separate ways? You would always think, what happened to that person? What if something bad did happen to me because we weren't together? You feel me? Hey, come on. What are you doing? Wouldn't the nocturnals hear this? If we're gonna say goodbye, then let's at least have a goodbye dance. What? It's like prom, you know? How did you know people dance at prom? Hey, get up. Come on. If you know nothing about prom, how did you know they get down like that? You understand? Look. I don't think we're doing this right. I think this is how they used to do it. Okay, ready? Okay Ha ha ha ha Hey, I'm gonna miss you I'm sorry You probably hate me, don't you? Of course not, don't be silly You're my favorite person I know I'm the only person you know Ha ha, I was gonna say Even if I knew a thousand people I'm sure you'd still be my favorite Sigh Maybe I... Enjoying prom? OH SHIT I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU! C-Ted? What's going on? I'm finishing what Mia couldn't. But... the truck is destroyed. No thanks to you two. Don't play dumb. I already found the car down the hall. That's my ticket out of the-Oh that car? I know nothing about that car. Guys, I'm sure we can all fit. NO! Give me the keys. No. Hell no. What happened to Mia? Mia's not going with you? What happened to her? How thoughtful of you to ask. Mia wasn't strong enough to do what had to be done. She left because of what you forced me to do. What? What did he even do to you? He threatened us with a gun. Said he was going to blow my fucking head off. No. Time to see how he likes it. Wait. Yeah. Bro. Okay, run. Go, go, go, go. Why did the eyes get wide? Like he just saw like five star Wagyu beef. Ted, quick. Help me hold the door. No. Oh, not the diamonds. Bro, the diamond shits, man. Oh, I gotta restart the camera! Oh, I got you! Damn. So it's a good thing we kept her alive because she was basically a meat shield. But what happened to the other girl? I think the other girl died. No. Not like this. Wait Oh shoot Bro Diego just dipped! Diego dipped Crawl to the vent without being spotted or heard I can do that, I can do that, I can do that Can we make noises? I don't get it Do I wait for this thing to turn? What? Okay, how about I go right here? Nice, nice, nice. Crawl to the vent without being spotted. What is this? What is that? Look like jizz. Alien shit. Okay, I don't know what that means. So I guess I gotta go this way. So I'm not supposed to step in that room. Understand. Ooh, don't touch that. Don't touch that. Yeah, that looked like alien skeet. I can't be getting into that. Ah! I thought I could maybe hide behind the possum pants! I'm not gonna lie, though. I know Diego going in the vent. was a smart move because anybody would have done the same thing shit i would have done the same thing but the fact that he did that it made me feel some type of way i'm not gonna lie to you all like i'm mad now i should have just left that guitar inside the vent his guitar playing skills were shitty anyway go fuck this alien It can't get us right Nah, ain't no way. Oh god, right? Oh shit Bro wait, if you think about it, we're crawling in the vent. He ate us asshole first I don't want to think like that, but he did though. Like, just picture it. Us crawling out in the vent. The first thing that he's gonna eat is brown starfish. Go, go, go, go, go. And tell me I'm wrong. If I'm wrong, I'll never mention shit like that again, I promise you. Chico? Ain't no way our license plate is broken. The eyes never lie, Chico. Yeah, you don't like this. Oh, dude thought he was gonna have us for dinner. Oh, we're gonna go get the girl from that place. Oh, that's good. Okay, I like that. I like that we came back for her. Oh, wait, no, never mind. Whatever. I thought he was gonna pick up that girl that got left behind from the store. Never mind. I mean, that's a baby-ass car, though. That's a tiny little two-seater. 25 zone? Yeah, right. 25 times 3, maybe. I'm not driving 25 in a place infested with some aliens. Bresco? I can't believe we actually made it. We're out of Ruddellside. I didn't think we'd ever get this far. Are we gonna talk about Diego just leaving us for dead or... So... does this mean... Are we still gonna go our separate ways? I really do like you Ted. You're sweet and kind and... You've made me feel things again. I forgot I wanted to. So you'll come with me? To find a community? Or we can just find a house in the middle of nowhere and-I can't. I'm sorry. Really? That's it? That's... yeah, that's okay. Just... why? I had to help you lighter lighter. I appreciate that you saved my guitar, but that could have gotten you killed. When I told you about my past, I feel like you didn't understand. It wasn't that I think you're gonna abandon me. I just think you're gonna get yourself killed. Because I couldn't light a-How can I believe in myself if you don't even believe in me? Because I-Because I couldn't light a light?! I'm gonna light you up with my gun! What if I come with you? Just until we find a community. Somewhere that I know you'll be safe, and then-You better say that. We can see what happens. Okay. Really? Ain't no way. Sure. And it gives you time to teach me how to drive. So there is something I'm gonna-I thought there was gonna be a bad ending because we couldn't light that light-Well, come on then. Show me how it's done. Only because I didn't know the controls. Oh So you start by turning the key Yeah, I figured that part. Okay, then now push down on the clutch Which one's that huh? I would have thought you figured that one out. Huh? Okay. Okay. I'll be quiet good, I Really thought he wasn't gonna come with us because we didn't know how to light that light like in the very beginning And it's only because I didn't know what shape we were trying to make with the QuickTime event. Nocturne. That was it? That was... What? Voice of Ted in game, created by Max Jolly. Pablo Galbraith. Wait. So, so if I found out how to light the light... and then asked about the little backstory of Diego, then would I have gotten a different ending? Because he still came with me anyway. I wonder if we can change the choices. Hold on. Really? Letters collected, two out of six. Unlock more nocturnals. But then I have to play the whole game again? I gotta play the whole game again just to get a different ending. I never checked back here. There's a note too. 2 Millie, I'm so sorry I let you down. You didn't want to leave, but I made you come with us because I promised you we could make a better life here at- I promise you I would be a good leader and keep everyone happy. If I had known what they were like, I would never let them come with us. I never expected them to run off with everything we had. I should have listened to you. I'm sorry I couldn't protect us from the... nocturnal wherever you are now i hope you're at peace forgive me mia mama mia so i feel like every place we are there's a note because it says that there's six notes i believe we were in six places so there should be like one note per area that we go to in this game all right this time i'm gonna tell the truth no no i'm by myself shit you shouldn't tell people that look i just came by to get some fuel You can have it back. Or if it's food you want, I can-I don't care about that. Then what do you want from me? The keys. To the truck. Okay, so they still want the keys to the truck no matter what. The one you just drove in here with. I mean, obviously we told the truth and the truth did not set us free. Mia, what's taking so long? We don't have time for this. Once the sun goes down, it'll be back. Forget all this, just shoot him and let's go. No. We have time to do this peacefully. Why do you need my truck? There's a nocturnal in Ruddleside. Then I need to leave too. Well... And you guys know I need that truck too, right? It's just how it is. I'm sorry. If we take it, he's gonna die anyway. Why postpone his death? He's a fucking kid. I'm... I'm not a murderer. Hand over the keys. I'm not gonna threaten them. Give her the keys. Okay, let's see what happens if we give her the keys. Oh, okay, so we do that anyway. So the choices don't matter. You know what I'm about to do. I wonder if I even try shooting at her when I'm inside of the little hole in the fence. If that's actually gonna do anything. I changed at the quick time events from mouse cursor to just pressing a button Because I want to make sure I do not fail again If diego tells me that I can't light up the stuff to make a fire i'm going to blow my brains out Yeah, i'm not gonna shoot her I don't want any problems she's probably still gonna meet us in the school and she's gonna say some stuff that we did to her i think but she ended up killing the friend huh because the girl was like oh i did what mia couldn't do and i think that she needs to live because us getting in that car crash is what's gonna progress the story so yeah obviously we're gonna get shot at no matter what and we're gonna get into a crash no matter what so i don't know if the choice is really really matter what here we go end of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago dinosaurs ruled the earth one day out of nowhere a massive asteroid bigger than a city crashed into our planet boom this impact caused huge fires and sent tons of dust and ash into the sky blocking out the sun without sunlight plants wouldn't grow and soon the dinosaurs had nothing to eat this chilly dark period is called an impact winter scientists think this is what killed the dinosaurs this time i'm gonna look for logs i'll find some logs i mean I mean, what if I come across a bear in that forest? I wouldn't be able to fight it with my wound. Yeah, the wound is the only reason you wouldn't win in a fight against a bear. Hey, you haven't seen me when I'm angry. Okay. Brozay, you haven't seen me when I'm angry. Do you think a Nocturnal would win against a bear? Fuck outta here, dude. Well, there aren't any bears left, so that's a clue. Okay, hopefully we find a letter while we're looking for logs. I highly doubt it, but who knows? Maybe we'll find some logs. Oh, yeah, we're definitely not finding logs. Never mind, everybody. Maybe I'll find, like, a Lincoln log-sized shit around here. At least we could salvage the boundary. Yeah. Is that a log? How's that not a log? Bro, that's the loggiest log that's ever logged! Pick that shit out! How come I can't pick up any more logs? Oh, I have to place the log? Bro, ain't no way this dude can't two-hand some logs. There's no way on God's green- Earth you cannot pick up two logs with two hands. I hate it when games don't let you two hand things. No bears then No bears. There was a little crow with a broken wing though. I gave him a berry. Oh That's so sweet. That's what I should have done. Come on. Let's eat when we mentioned that the crow had a broken wing I think we could have offered it a berry. Oh, here we go. Here we go. Check me out. Boom. Let there be light, motherfuckers. Okay, so now he knows that we're useful. Remember that. Okay, remember how he didn't want to talk about his past? I'm gonna say, come on, tell me. Come on, I told you about growing up in a zoo. Okay. But I didn't grow up dancing around with monkeys. I think this is what he meant about we didn't care about his past Sorry like that. I just lost someone again simple as that We all did I know but I just found out the hard way that getting too close to someone only leads to pain ted just drop it okay oh shoot okay i feel like that wasn't the right thing to say he seems like he's mad we're definitely getting a worse ending than the one that we just got trying to find that last note yeah i think so wait is it right here there's too many trees and the buildings here are two five out of six letters found okay why the military came extraterrestrial they probably came through every time new information on potential vulnerabilities they were trying to accomplish uvb light with wavelength less than 300 something something in Inhibits tissue regeneration by as much as 80% immediate use of shortwave ultraviolet lamps recommended supply chain destruction prevents distribution of UV equipment to do HC forces repurposing of Civilian equipment where possible is advised supply chain destruction Prevents issuing of any further memoranda maintain hope I feel like I was about to have a stroke reading that shit Whose house is it? Rattle so no no note oh wait what's that oh it's another letter to james as soon as they started burning up in the sun i came back here back to where you asked me to be your girlfriend i wanted to leave you a note in case you ever came back to find me too i will always love you james and i'll never stop looking for you if you ever find this come find me at duriard i miss you so much love michael jordan oh that's so cute i'm gonna try on the glasses maybe it'll get me a better ending if i could really see things i don't I don't know why the sun setting even matters. Just put the freaking glasses on and everything's going to be good. So, sure, why not? Sure, why not? Just put them on, Harry Potter. You know, I'm actually kind of short-sighted. Don't tell me... You're supposed to be driving us out of here. It's not like there's other cars on the road. Go on, put them on. He's gonna be like, Perfect feet? Oh my goodness. I don't think these are right for my eyes. Oh crap. Now he knows we can't see. They're probably for reading. He's definitely gonna remember that. Enjoying prom? Oh fuck. Ted, what's going on? I'm finishing what Mia-I wonder what she's gonna say since I didn't pull out the guns. The truck is destroyed. No thanks to you two. Don't play dumb. I already found the car down the hall. Let's see what she says. That's my ticket out of here. Guys, I'm sure we can all fit. No! Give me the keys. No. What happened to Mia? Mia's not going with you. What happened to her? How thoughtful of you to ask. Mia wasn't strong enough to do what had to be done. She left because of what you forced me to do. Okay, so she just leaves out the part about the gun and says everything else. Look, you don't understand. It's a shitty situation. So it didn't really change. I've lost my home, my friends, everything I had! Then don't do the same to us, please. I- Just run! Oh really? Run! Oh wow! So it did change a little bit. I like how he crept around the corner. Like he was like, surprise! This freaking alien is self-aware. He wants to sneak up on us. Help me hold the door. I got you. Look at these quick time events. Okay, so the only difference is that that girl didn't die. She didn't get killed by the alien. Which I guess is good. I didn't think we'd ever get this far. So, does this mean are we still going to go our separate ways? Alright, let's see what he says. Are you kidding? We work well together. Woo! Alright! I was wrong to doubt you before. I just had to get over my own shit, you know? Hell yeah! Yeah, don't worry. I get it. I'm just happy you're coming with me. Oh, I'm so glad we got a different ending. I mean, we survived the Nocturnal together. Because I literally played through the whole game again. I think that proof you'd make it out there. Just to get to this point. So long as nobody else wants our car keys. Well, look what happened to the last people who tried that. And we're on our way without a scratch. Yup. Well... Oh, but that one looks cool. Oh really? You want me to give you one? I think I'll pass. Alright, cool. I'm happy we got that ending because I was hoping we were gonna get some type of ending where Diego was like, you know what, I do wanna go with you. Let's try to find a community together and that's the ending that I think is the best one for us. But let's see what we got in terms of this graph. Pretty sure that's the good thing, right? That's gotta be the best ending that we can get. The sad thing is, is that there's multiple endings, but I can't skip anything. I literally have to replay through the entire game just to get other endings, and I don't think that it's worth it for me to be playing for like four or five hours just to find all the endings to this game. If I could just skip it, then I would get all the endings right now. But, oh my goodness. Okay, yeah, that's definitely the best ending. It's got to be the best ending, but yeah unlock more nocturnals There's four other endings, but I have to play through the entire game just to get them And that's just not worth it for me because I feel like the ending too I feel like there was something missing. I feel like we're at a restaurant. We got that appetizers. We're still waiting for the main course. I wish it could have at least ended to where we got to the community and we wanted to see if we wanted to stay with them or not. Maybe a nocturnal could have like invaded that community and maybe we could have helped them or at least try to fix it. Figure out how to stop one of the nocturnals. It just turns out. Like we saw the nocturnal a couple times. We left. Me and Diego. We rode off into the sunset. And it just feels like there was more to be said in this story. But that's the ending. That's the ending that we got. And I think that we got the two best endings. I'm pretty sure the other ones are us getting clapped. By the nocturnals. Or probably getting everyone killed. But those are the endings that I got. This was nocturnals. I did keep my eye on this. game and I was waiting for the full release. I do wish that the game was a little bit longer, at least one or two more chapters, but hey, it is what it is. I got to play it. I did enjoy what it was from what I got to play and it was cool. I had a good time. So let me know what you all thought about it in the comment section down below. If you all enjoyed me playing through it, make sure you give this video one big fat like and tell a friend today that Jay from the Cub Scouts is that dude.

Welcome everybody to a game called Nocturnals, a choices matter type game. where you are in a zombie apocalypse, I believe. You're in some type of apocalypse.

You're trying to make sense of it all. But the choices that I make are going to affect the game. Hopefully, I can make the right ones. If you guys cool with that, you down with that? Everybody get ready and buckle up, because here we go.

Choose your play style. This can be changed at any time in the settings menu. Opt for a more immersive experience without story hints.

Yeah, I'm down for that immersive. Like, I want to be in it. Like, I really want to feel like I'm in it. Play with a more immersive quick time event for a more challenging experience.

Thanks. I want that immersive. Like I said, everybody, I'm in it to win it.

Like, I'm balls deep. Your choices shape the story of Nocturnals. Choose carefully. Choosing carefully is my middle name, baby. Welcome to Landgarth.

That sounds like a spell that a wizard did on these people. Like, look at this. These people got Landgarthed.

He's like, oh shit. Cross that out. So where are we going next? Why are you looking at me like I'm the one that killed them?

Bro is looking at me like it's my fault. He should have grabbed that gun on the dude. The AK-47. At least I would.

If we were in some type of apocalypse situation, I'm grabbing anything and everything. There is no life. Oh, that's theirs.

No, it's mine. It's mine now, okay? Fight me for it. If you're dead, come back to life for it. Like, look at that.

Dude's sleeping in the seat. Skeleton version. I'm taking that car.

It's mine now. I promise you. Welcome to...

Ruddle side. Good things can't be happening at Ruddle side. I promise you that.

Bro, this is giving me Newgrounds vibes. Like the way the animation style is. I remember that's all I would do. Is just play Flash games on Newgrounds. And hello hole.

Hello holy hole. Okay, wait. Oh, I thought that was somebody.

I thought that was somebody standing right there. Like the supermarket was still open or something. Oh, okay.

My bad. Didn't know I slid on that like some DMs. Hold on.

All right. Here. Alright. Got you. Whoa.

Hello. Let's get up here. Why do I look like I'm like halfway in here? But yeah, this reminds me of like a Newgrounds animation.

And that's a good thing. Gives me like a nostalgic vibe. Something about it. It just feels comforting. Like I've played this game!

That's what we're doing. Our staff is always happy to help. Oh yeah, they definitely said help. They said our staff is always happy to help! Please help me!

There was a kid here at one point. Or maybe an adult that loved drawing shit like that. Here's a shovel that I can't grab for some reason. So I would be just resupplying myself.

I would just be getting the holy ghost out of these items, I promise you. If I was ever in this situation. Loading bay.

Okay. Boop bop beep bop. Imagine I one take jade that.

Let's see what this is. Fix hole in the fence. Millie create veg patch. Maybe check out the high school.

Find generator. Sick of these lanterns. Need more ammo. Fix Izzy's camera. Soap.

Please. Ethan smells. Yeah, Ethan. You're stinking up the place.

Okay, so that's. Maggie. That's Millie and Alfie. That's Mia and Ethan. And new floor manager wanted...

Okay, how do I figure out the code? Here we go. After what happened, I've changed the password.

It's accessories, living room, dining room, bedroom, Maggie. Thank you, Maggie. Thank you for making this... Hold on.

Wait. What is it? Accessories?

So it's one... Living room, dining room. One...

What is it? One, seven... 729. 1729. That wasn't too bad. Come on, everybody.

Immersive experience. 1729. Get me in here. Come on, now.

Yes. Loading bay. Here I am.

There's the fuel. Finally. He said finally like I didn't find this in like two minutes.

You're joking, right? Stop. Oh, my.

There's no way she was behind there. I don't want to shoot a kid today. Okay. Okay. I should have grown ass home and I don't give a shit.

Is anyone else with you? Tell-lie to her. Yeah, and they're waiting for me outside.

And they're big and bad. I don't believe you. You would've come in with them.

Don't lie in a situation like this. You're not any good at it. They sent me in. I'm the group bitch. You can have it back.

Or if it's food you want, I can-I don't care about that. Then what do you want from me? The keys. To the truck. The one you just drove in here with.

Over my dead body, you're getting the key to these trucks? No. Did I say that backwards?

I said the key to these trucks. Once the sun goes down, it'll be back. Forget all this.

Just shoot him and let's go. No. We have time to do this peacefully. Why'd you need my truck?

There's an nocturnal in Ruddleside. Is that a bad thing? Then I need to leave too.

Why can't we go to get- Can I see what a nocturnal looks like? Why can't we all just go together? Sure, we can just sit on each other's laps and share all our food supplies like a happy family.

Why not? That sounds nice. Okay, yeah. Stupid!

It's a two-seater! I'll sit in the middle. He's an idiot out of his misery.

Why are you being so mean? I mean, I'm not a murderer. She's like, I am! I'm down for the keys! No, I'm threatening them.

Okay. Come on. Stay strapped my boy now Talk to him Blondie.

Yeah. Now, what do I do QTE? Um, wait, I dropped the fuel? Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Oh, okay. Okay, crank. Crank that.

Hold. What am I, what am I... Okay.

Oh, it's like a diamond shape. Alright, we're diamond shits. Got it.

Okay. Bro, go faster! There we go. Shit! Okay, there you go.

Told you everybody. QTE cake. What is this? There you go. Kick her in the kneecaps.

What's up? You want to freaking play? Right.

That's it. Okay. Oh.

What the? I ran right into her. Immersive experience, I said.

I won't get stabbed in the neck, I said. Oh, my goodness. Okay. Don't turn around, Jay. Bro, she's so fast.

She's just gliding towards me. Relax. You can have the fuel.

I didn't even take it. Come on. Come on.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Come on. Hey, let go of my cankles. What's up?

Oh. Shoot her. I'm running.

running why would I shoot her I'm not like that or am I you better not you better this girl is serious okay okay I'm in shapes fuck go go go bro really yes Road Drive Thank you, oh my joy this I'm not controlling this Ain't no way stop that There's no way. It's supposed to happen. Yep, there you go.

Okay. I'm glad we didn't kill them. Hopefully we see them again though.

And then they actually help me. I'm pretty sure there's a nocturnal in there. If I was a nocturnal, that'd be like the one place that I'd sleep. Inside of a tunnel.

So, this game was supposedly inspired by The Walking Dead. I can already see the inspiration. Especially from the music. You know, like when you got chased by the people? I feel like that was the same kind of music from The Walking Dead.

I haven't played that game in a long time, though. I miss that game so much. Where am I? You're alive.

Sorry about that. It's just my own safety, you know? Oh, you patched me up. Wait.

Cool. You stitched me up? Yeah, sorry.

My stitching isn't the best. No, no, no, no. You saved my life.

Well, you're welcome, I guess. He's like, you're welcome, I guess. What is this place?

How did you patch me up? So, did the doctor teach you how or something? No, I don't think there are any doctors left, even. Okay, well, I mean, how else do you know how to do that? Well, it's just like a very basic survival skill, you know?

Almost a necessity if you're out on your own, I would say. Yeah, I barely have any survival skills, to be honest. I can tell.

How did this all even happen? I need to know I can trust- Do you? Um... Well, I was passing through Rottleside.

And I stopped at that furniture place to look for fuel. Furniture Valley? Yeah, that's it.

Wait, do you know them? Those people there? No, I stay away from that place. They used to be a good group. Yeah, they're assholes.

But the Nocturnal attacked them a few days ago when I arrived in Rottleside. I'd be surprised if any of them are still alive. There were two of them they roped me As I was trying to drive off one of them shot my tires out. That's why I crashed and hey Rob you watch out, bro They didn't even take anything you do then maybe your pride you could say that At least I'm gonna be your dignity. Thanks to you.

Then it's still shit though Diego I'm sad by the way, I take your hand but You can't tap him off the left from using your left hand that's not the right way to do it Okay. Just don't try and kill me. That's all I ask. I thought he was gonna say I wipe my ass with my left hand, so...

Thanks. I don't wanna be doing all that. Wait, am I a lefty or a righty when it comes to ass wiping? I don't even know.

I think I'm ambidextrous. I think I take turns, you know? Make it even for myself. That's a cool name. Thanks for rescuing me.

Thanks for looking after me. I wouldn't have been able to do this by myself. I'm definitely a right-handed asswiper.

I'm amazed you've lasted this long, then. Yeah. Yeah, me too.

You know, I've been looking for a community for a while, but... Well, I've had no luck. Do you know of any around here?

With Furniture Valley out the picture, I don't think so. You're actually the first person I've seen in a while. Damn. Can I ask, why do you want to find other people?

Because I'm lonely as fuck? I don't know. There's strength in numbers, it's not nice to be alone. There's strength in numbers, for sure. What, isn't it obvious?

There's strength in numbers. It means better defense against Nocturne. Nocturnals and raiders.

Plus, in a group, people's strengths make up for other people's weaknesses. He's not wrong. There's no such thing as strength in numbers when it comes to nocturnals. The only way to survive is to hide from them. Well, can you tell me what a nocturnal is, please?

I'm not surprised there aren't many left around here. Being alone can get you killed, too. I'm still here. Oh, okay. Shh.

What is this like quiet place? We have to shut our whole asses up? It's gone.

Of course. As if this town wasn't bad enough already. It's got a fucking nocturnal. Must have heard your truck crash earlier. I still don't know what I'm gonna do without it.

Is that funny? No, no. I was just thinking about how I know where another working car is.

Are you being sarcastic? How? The only place left with cars are the communities. I mean, that's where I got my truck from, at least. I thought the rest had rusted away, no?

This one was stored indoors, perfect condition, fully fuelled up. All it was missing was a battery, like the one in your crashed truck. Amazing.

Well, where is it? Hold on, hold on. First, let's make this a deal. If I show you where this car is, then you can drop me outside of Ruddleside, and we can go our separate ways. Deal?

Yeah, sounds good. I don't think the guy that I'm playing as wants to go our separate ways. We'll have to wait a couple of days for your wound to heal properly.

I think he wants to be together like true butt cheeks. I'm trying to escape cabin fever. Fever? Are you sick? Is it contagious?

I can't tell if you're joking. It's not an actual disease, it's a saying. As in, we'll get sick of each other? Well, I hope not. Right, we need to sleep.

I'll stay up a bit in case it comes back. I'm not sleepy though. I'm ready to go.

Good night, Ted. Good night, Diego. What about me? Good night, Jay.

Good night, everybody watching. Oh. Okay, my bad.

Got a little crush. Already drawing Diego. That is what I would say. That's what I would say too. Looks like it's getting better.

Three days later already wearing a sweater. Okay. I see you All right back to some action find Diego still haven't heard him play guitar yet It's only been three days relax Lord of the Lord of the Flies.

I thought I was gonna say Lord of the Tings Enjoy your lie-in? I was starting to think you'd died of your injuries. Hey, I've had an exhausting last few days.

Oh of course, sitting around in a train carriage all day can be so tiring. My wound's getting a lot better. Good, no fever or anything?

Nope, just cabin fever. Okay What are you up to here then? Making a fire pit Wait we're leaving today? That silence though That silence was loud The nocturnal's been here twice in three days now Oh that- thing we can't stay in chicken hooves it's not safe i could take a nocturnal okay one of us needs to gather logs the other should look for food i'll take your pick i'll do food i'd rather do food than look for boring food you'll be okay with your wound well if we're leaving today i'm gonna have to walk sooner or later I'm surprised those two women never came to check on the body.

You know which berries are poisonous and which are safe, yeah? Yes. I don't. I don't know which ones are poison. Hold on.

Poor bird. Poor bird. Looks like his wing's broken. Oh. Hmm.

Well, what do you want me to do? There'll actually be enough food for the Paralyze. Okay.

Do I have any weapons? I feel like... Oh, there we go.

What's this? That looks carrot. Okay.

Go into the forest right now, everybody. I promise you, you will not find a carrot. At least not in the random place like that.

Well, I should have got the logs. Collect berries. Okay, berries so hairy. What is that?

That's a stone. I thought that was a note. I thought that was a random note.

Okay, mushrooms. Don't really like mushrooms, but maybe Diego will. Go back.

to the train yard now there might be some stuff here like what's this oh this was the train yard i'm done okay i'm back look what i got those berries aren't poisonous are they how the hell should i know bro watch i don't know anything and he just dies i know which berries are poisonous You know, I was gagging on it. A little gaggy gaggerson on it. Yeah, of course.

Sorry. I'll try and have more faith. I'm the type of guy where if there's an awkward silence, I'm just gonna fill it in with some random noises. That's just the kind of awkward person that I am.

Okay? I have social anxiety. So any slight... What the heck?

Don't worry. I'll do it. Bro, give me a chance! I swear this never happens!

Come on, it's the first time this ever happened to me. Calm down. But yeah, anytime there's a small silence, I'm always like, so yeah.

Yeah, yeah, anyway, how's it going? Well, it's not the worst thing I've ever eaten. Go on, what was the worst thing? I ate a meerkat once. What?

A meerkat? It's like a type of mongoose found in-No, I know what a meerkat is, which makes me think you don't. It can't have been a meerkat, there aren't any native to these parts.

Didn't I- tell you that I grew up in a zoo? I thought it was a metaphor. No, I told you.

I grew up in an abandoned zoo. It's like, nah, like, when I said I grew up next to an elephant, I wasn't talking about my sister. Yeah, it still had meerkats and... Oh, and it had a gibbon, named Lulu.

How on earth did a monkey survive all this time? Like this, see? You see that silence right there? I would've just farted or something. How did a monkey survive all this time?

Gibbons are apes actually-I'm making a joke! I'm roasting something! Well, I just slept in trees and ate bananas. That was a joke?

Bro, jokes are supposed to be funny. That just made me feel pain. That made me feel things, and they weren't any good emotions.

Do those choices really matter? If I told him a gibbons are a baboon, that choice was gonna matter? You ready to head out? Yeah, I think so. Wait, are you leaving all your stuff behind?

Yeah, it's just stuff. None of it's worth my life. Except my guitar, of course.

Specs. Hey, you still haven't played anything for me, you know. Not gonna happen.

I'm rubbish. Come on. I bet you he's gonna play something. Seriously? Maybe I'll play you something once we're out of Roto-Side.

Okay, I was gonna say not right now, man. That's if we make it. Because if this is copyrighted, slapping you silly. Come on, let's go.

Okay. So, where are we going then? To the high school.

That's where the car is. The high school? We're gonna rob some high schoolers?

So, that's where I crashed. So, we need to go through this tunnel? Nah, man. Come on, Diego.

Why don't we take the high ground? Bro, I'm not totally sleeping in here. So good, I can hear him snoring.

Complimentary? Thank you, Diego. Wait... We're going down here? Pussy!

Isn't that the kind of place nocturnals live? Trust me, it's the fastest way to the school. We'll be fine. Said every person in every horror movie ever before they got killed?

Oh great. Nice. Look, D8- Diego's just walking in the dark. He's different, everybody. Hey, don't go too far ahead.

I don't want you getting lost down here. I have my eyes on you, Diego. You don't want to get lost down here.

I'm just walking in the dark. Don't worry about me. Something about that I don't trust. I think I know what I'm doing.

No, I believe you. You seem to have made it this far. What do y'all think the nocturnals look like? You think they look like those typical demon-looking beasts? This is exactly the kind of place a nocturnal would live.

Shelter from the sunlight and... Hey, why don't we talk about something else? Like...

How are you finding that Boswego hoodie? Does it fit okay? It's okay.

It's great. Especially since nights are getting colder now. Cause I've been working out, you know what I'm saying?

What does Boswego mean, anyway? It's the name of the town I grew up in. Now that I think about it, you haven't really mentioned anything about your past. I think Diego's an OVT.

I don't really want to talk about it. That's okay. Come on. Tell me you know what we're just gonna say that's okay We don't want to push it. That's okay.

I got it. We've all got bad memories Don't worry. It's nothing that bad. I wasn't enslaved or anything. Okay, then tell me.

Are you sure? What were those handcuffs back at the train carriage about though? Not for anything other than protecting myself from strangers What is that?

Right, enough now. Can nocturnal swim? Are any of them gonna pop out the water or are we Gucci?

Let me know if we're Pucci right now, Diego. I don't know, something about Diego. Something's off. Like he's way too comfortable walking around in the dark.

Let's just hop this ladder, come on. Let's go. Is that the moon?

No, it's like a sewer thing. You go first. Oh I could technically get back up there oops just lean that ladder on the side of the wall And then surely there's gonna be something you can use Yeah, yeah, exactly.

It's fine. There'll be There'll be something Maintenance room Okay, great. Oh No Well, Diego?

Oh! Ha ha ha! Ew! Bro just laid flat. Sorry, Char.

Was in a hurry to go home and watch the rocket. Left the rope in the maintenance room. Oliver, your mom watches my rocket. Alright, let's go get the thing in the main- room. Hopefully we don't get clapped along the way.

Pretty sure our nocturnal is sleeping so good down here. So good. And then the nocturnal is going to wake up and be like, what's that light?

Turn that light off. And then they're gonna see the dude in the boss Vigo hoodie, and then you're going to get your freaking cheeks clapped Like I said everybody I'm super curious to see what a nocturnal looks like from what I think they kind of look like those little devils that you see in cartoons like with the hooves those like big hooves they have like big quads and big hamstrings and then little tiny calves with Like hooves at the bottom and then they kind of have like big bulky upper torsos And then maybe one of those like alien isolation type faces That's what I'm thinking. But let's go in this holy hole. And rope. Okay, got it.

Oh my god! I think I was right about the hooves. I think I was on point about the hooves.

No. Where you at? I want to see what that thing...

I want to see what that thing looked like. Just one time. What's this? It's been a month without sunlight. The sky is dark and it's so cold.

I can't go on anymore. One of them got me good and I'm bleeding. I saw it spit all over Charlie and her face melted off. It came off in her hands like melted cheese. What are these things?

I thought it would be better away from the craters, but it's just as bad. I can't believe I'm going to die. There's so many things I wanted to do. Damn, is that you, bro? That was you.

All right, I'm out of here. I gotta go. At least he left us a note. He left us a little courtesy note. It's like a mint on a pillow in a hotel.

I've never seen that, by the way. I usually see that in movies, but every time I go to like a hotel or I've been to a hotel, I've never found the mint on the pillows. Do they own- Only do that at like the top of the top like the sloppiest of the toppiest of the hotels That's what I think because I do not find those mints on my pillows Oh god, those are screams.

Those screams were scrums that haven't been scrumped in a long time. We gotta go. We gotta go We gotta go Anything behind me? What if there's nothing behind me?

Oh god, it's behind me Oh god It was behind me it wasn't just jokes Please, please, come on. Light better not turn off too. Go!

Come on! Stop stop stop stop Stop playing stop playing stop messing stop joshing stop joshing. Okay.

I never said that word, but you better stop joshing No Diego he was still holding on there. There's one down. Bro is just hanging there like a booger Okay, come on quick what do you want me to do?

Okay Whoops, should I get it? No, my guitar! Imma get it. I got you. Leave it, let's go!

No, I'm gonna get it. Grab it! Save the guitar.

Come on man, I need you to play me those sweet tunes. I need you to sing me a lullaby to sleep. No Ted, what are you doing?

Heh! He was like, no Ted, don't, don't save my guitar that is my precious, my precious belonging, don't. He sounded so convincing too. I feel like that choice mattered saving the guitar so I was like you know what it's a no-brainer there's no way that we're gonna die saving the guitar are you insane like there's no way he has main character energy you don't die in the second chapter stop playing you like that now play me something right now Ted you saved my guitar Yeah I did.

Of course! It was important to you. That's insane, you shouldn't risk your life for something like that.

K, what? I thought maybe you'd be grateful. Of course I am, thank you. But that wasn't as smart of you, Ted.

Uh, that wasn't the response I expected to have. So, I'm gonna throw that guitar down there. Like, fuck you mean?

You think I won't? I'm petty. Okay? I'm a petty officer. The school's just up this road.

I'll throw that guitar back down. there if you think that was stupid. I'll show you what stupid really means.

Hey, is Rottleside near any craters? No, no. The nearest impact site's like hundreds of miles away.

Yeah, I thought so. There's too many trees and the buildings. here are too intact i wonder why the military came through here then they probably came through every time when it all started what about here whatever they were trying to accomplish they obviously didn't get very well this is the cutest football field why is it so tiny that looked like a soccer field actually i don't know what that was so they said craters so maybe it was like aliens that came and they call them nocturnals but maybe it was like some ufos in the skies and they crash landed on different parts of the earth that's what i'm thinking because only something that came from the sky would make craters right where i was going wait look at those i could sell those i could put those on like offer up or something somebody's old pair of glasses mine now want to try them on are they 3.25 because if they are my prescription i'm just kidding i don't even know what my is i don't even know what mine is put them on it's nearly dark sure why not it's nearly dark as much as i would love to do that i I'd rather get inside the high school before it gets dark. You know, what with the nocturnal almost killing us and all?

Takes like two seconds to put them on. Yeah, you're right. Put them on! Haha, we have a laugh.

I take them back off. You sure you just aren't scared of finding out you need glasses? Oh, I already know that.

I mean, the amount of times that I... Ugh, what's that smell? Oh, my bad, sorry.

Act like we haven't smelled dead bodies in this bitch. I never noticed him before. Ugh, how long has he been here? Let me see. According to my calculations type shit.

You should be used to it. Still freaks me out. I don't think I'm ever gonna get used to it. That's probably a good thing.

Yeah, you don't want to get used to that. Come on, let's go. Bro, Clementine is so badass from The Walking Dead.

She would've just been like, huh, dead body. It's another Tuesday. Bro landed headfirst in the bathroom. Maybe I did need those glasses.

I'm always falling into places, I swear. He landed skull first into the bathroom. Alright, let's see if we can find some notes.

Vote Lydia as prom queen? No, I'm good. Can I go in here?

I want to see if I can find more random notes. Hold on, one second, Diego. Can't go out there?

Okay. Where are we going? Ted? Hmm. How long ago did this happen?

Cause the guy that we're playing as grew up in a freaking zoo? What is this? I thought school was supposed to be boring.

It's called a prom. They held them at the end of their school year. Okay, so a long time this has happened. Cause they didn't even go to school. Something like that.

My parents met at their prom. They always talked about it. I don't know who my parents were.

I think they died when I was a baby. They both died when you were a baby? The people at the zoo? Yeah, and they were only teenagers at the time.

He's like, two penguins raised me, and then a cheetah. I don't know how we made it so long. And then my grandpa-Eventually someone found us and I ended up in a post-military commune after that.

I didn't know where I was going with that. That's where I learned how to read, shoot, drive. And that's where you stole the truck from? No, I didn't steal it, Diego. That whole place got overrun with raiders.

I didn't steal it, I borrowed it, but I wasn't gonna give it back. Surprised you managed all that, if I'm honest. The car's just down here.

Yeah, but there's gotta be like some kind of note. Because now that I know that we can collect a bunch of notes, there's gotta be something here. Well, obviously they didn't know what the meteor was. They probably heard about it on the news like, This just in. A meteor is in the sky.

But don't worry. It's barely gonna miss Earth. You know how they always say that? They're like, Oh, there's an asteroid that's gonna narrowly miss Earth.

Don't freak out, everybody. It's gonna be passing by. It's the size of something that could destroy entire continents. But don't worry, okay?

It's barely gonna miss Earth. I don't see any notes. What about here?

Nothing? Okay, Ruddleside High School map. I mean, I guess we don't need to go there. The sensitivity in this game is insane!

Smoking monkeys? Live at the old bakery? Huh.

Here we go. How did he know this was here? It's so little?

You're little? You're little, yo, I'm gonna say it. You're little. What?

Oh. I thought they were gonna wrestle or something. He's like, I'm little?

We should leave in the morning when it's light. We don't want a nocturnal coming after us. Our only problem now is this shutter door. It needs power.

Bro, just let me roll up my sleeves. I'll lift that sucker up. Great.

Well now we're stuck here. No, look. I still need to put the battery in. So while I work on that, why don't you try and get the school's power back on?

Yeah, fine. Workshop rules listen carefully follow instructions correct PPE Remain safe always ask for help if you are unsure glad I was able to save this Yeah, I won't forget you did that for me better not cuz I'm gonna remind you every single day gives me bad memories This gives me a furniture Valley Okay, I'm gonna go look oh wait wait wait this must be where Diego got all his books from Oh Lord of the Flies yeah Of course. Another code. Another door code.

Okay. How do we open this bitch? I'll figure it out.

Just give me a second. Give me one second. Here we go. To Sean. I figured out how to change the door lock so we can have some alone time during prom.

Winky face. It's my table number and yours. Hattie. Okay, so Hattie and Sean.

So I- need to go to a classroom and i need to figure out their seat numbers all right oh here we go oh collect letter principal mulligan i am writing this letter to inform you that i will not be attending the prom night tomorrow i understand that you were short on faculty as many have already booked the night off to watch the rocket launch but i just can't shake the thought that something is going to go wrong and i would like to be with my family during this time you I know on the news they say nothing can go wrong, but that doesn't reassure me. It's like they're not allowed to talk about what happens if the mission fails and that meteor still hits us. I'm not one to believe in conspiracy theories, but it makes sense.

They're trying to keep us calm. I apologize once again for my absence, and I'm sure you'll be making fun of me once it's over, Mr. Jeffrey. Okay, I get it. So basically, an asteroid was gonna hit Earth, but they were gonna launch a rocket.

to probably stop it from approaching earth to break it into like a bunch of different pieces but something went horribly wrong and then um i guess aliens were inside of that meteor or that asteroid and then people started dying and then nocturnals are slowly taking over this world where the hell are the deaths of those two people sean and maddie right or sean and hattie hold on Sean and Hattie. Alex, Cam, Emilio, Lido. So it's these tables right here.

Okay, Leah, Adia, Max, Will. Why does it seem like it's getting really dark? Jamie, Hattie.

Okay, 5, 0, 5, what? Sean. Okay, so it's 0, 1, 0, 5, or 0, 5, 0, 1. 0, 1. Zero five, okay zero five zero one.

Yes Just as I expected nothing happens really Oh backup fuel. Okay. What about the starter fuel find fuel for the generator? bro You kidding me? Hey, there you are.

Diego? My main man? Hey, do you need any help? No, don't worry, I got it. Okay, because you've been standing there just like that since I left.

I'll give it a go first. Something leads me to believe that you have no idea what you're doing. There we go.

What the hell? I actually did it. We should definitely not go out. It's about to be night time. Shut that door for me one time big dog.

We don't want nocturnals coming in. Okay, guess not. Sorry, buddy. Sorry for being paranoid.

I just care about these two people. So... What's the plan once we get out of this town? All I care about is getting as far away from Riddleside as I can. Maybe somewhere warmer.

Yeah, definitely. My ears get really sore when it's cold. Oh.

What? No, nothing. What's wrong? Do you think things will ever go back to how they were? Like, before?

Hmm, I don't think it can ever be the same. I agree. I think it can.

Why not? With the Nocturnals dying out, surely what's left of the world can rebuild. That's assuming what's left of the world would want to.

You think they wouldn't? The people who would have wanted to would never have survived this long. Well, I did.

Barely. I've never killed anyone, you know. I'm worried I might have to once we're out of Rottleside. Well, people are trying to kill each other inside Rottleside too.

Remember what happened to me at the furniture store? Yeah, but you didn't kill anybody. And you got away okay. Have you ever killed anyone before? Um...

I kill asscheeks? How do you decide who's bad? Well, the people who attack my zoo are bad. And they kill children.

Okay, yeah, that... that's bad. Okay, yeah, that's bad.

I guess that's something I'll have to face sooner or later. What with the world like it is. Uh, this dialogue is funny.

They kill children! We should sleep. Oh yeah, that's bad. Hey! Night, Diego.

Hey. Good night, Ted. Talk to me, Diego.

Speak my language, Diego. You know what I mean? Every time we wake up, Diego is somewhere else.

Uh-oh. Imagine Diego never existed. Diego? Where'd he go?

Oh, there he is. Knew I heard you playing that guitar. Hey, not fair.

I didn't know you were listening. I wasn't playing my best. Well, it sounded good to me.

Then again, I mean I've never heard someone play guitar so... You could be rubbish. Hmm, thanks. So, what are you doing here?

Couldn't sleep. How come? Just thinking about stuff. What stuff? I'm good at stuff.

Well, you got me thinking earlier, talking about our plans. I'm just... I'm just worried you're thinking about them as our plans, as in together. What's wrong with that? So, you want us to go our separate ways?

I just have this memory screaming at me from the back of my head whenever I picture us leaving together. I know you think surviving together out there would make things easier, but I've done this all before. So? Doesn't mean it needs to be the same ending. I was travelling with the only person I've ever really cared about.

We chose to leave Bosvigo so we could start a new life somewhere else, just us. I was so naive back then, I thought our plan was perfect. When I woke up the next day, I found out it was only my plan.

Theirs was to abandon me with all our belongings and leave me for dead. And I almost was. My 16 year old self was out in the world with absolutely nothing except a knife in the back. I never want to feel that way again, Ted.

Well obviously we're not gonna do that to him. I just think if we see our goodbyes outside of Rotoside, then we can at least end it on a nice note, you know? He just doesn't want to get hurt again, but that doesn't mean that we're those same people that did that to him.

I wouldn't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't do that to you.

I'm not that guy. I'm not them. You're missing the point. What if something else happened?

I wouldn't... I couldn't see anything bad happen to you. But... What if we went our separate ways? You would always think, what happened to that person?

What if something bad did happen to me because we weren't together? You feel me? Hey, come on. What are you doing?

Wouldn't the nocturnals hear this? If we're gonna say goodbye, then let's at least have a goodbye dance. What? It's like prom, you know?

How did you know people dance at prom? Hey, get up. Come on. If you know nothing about prom, how did you know they get down like that? You understand?

Look. I don't think we're doing this right. I think this is how they used to do it. Okay, ready? Okay Ha ha ha ha Hey, I'm gonna miss you I'm sorry You probably hate me, don't you?

Of course not, don't be silly You're my favorite person I know I'm the only person you know Ha ha, I was gonna say Even if I knew a thousand people I'm sure you'd still be my favorite Sigh Maybe I... Enjoying prom? OH SHIT I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU! C-Ted? What's going on? I'm finishing what Mia couldn't.

But... the truck is destroyed. No thanks to you two. Don't play dumb.

I already found the car down the hall. That's my ticket out of the-Oh that car? I know nothing about that car.

Guys, I'm sure we can all fit. NO! Give me the keys.

No. Hell no. What happened to Mia? Mia's not going with you?

What happened to her? How thoughtful of you to ask. Mia wasn't strong enough to do what had to be done.

She left because of what you forced me to do. What? What did he even do to you? He threatened us with a gun.

Said he was going to blow my fucking head off. No. Time to see how he likes it. Wait.

Yeah. Bro. Okay, run.

Go, go, go, go. Why did the eyes get wide? Like he just saw like five star Wagyu beef. Ted, quick.

Help me hold the door. No. Oh, not the diamonds.

Bro, the diamond shits, man. Oh, I gotta restart the camera! Oh, I got you!

Damn. So it's a good thing we kept her alive because she was basically a meat shield. But what happened to the other girl? I think the other girl died.

No. Not like this. Wait Oh shoot Bro Diego just dipped! Diego dipped Crawl to the vent without being spotted or heard I can do that, I can do that, I can do that Can we make noises?

I don't get it Do I wait for this thing to turn? What? Okay, how about I go right here?

Nice, nice, nice. Crawl to the vent without being spotted. What is this? What is that?

Look like jizz. Alien shit. Okay, I don't know what that means. So I guess I gotta go this way. So I'm not supposed to step in that room.

Understand. Ooh, don't touch that. Don't touch that.

Yeah, that looked like alien skeet. I can't be getting into that. Ah! I thought I could maybe hide behind the possum pants! I'm not gonna lie, though.

I know Diego going in the vent. was a smart move because anybody would have done the same thing shit i would have done the same thing but the fact that he did that it made me feel some type of way i'm not gonna lie to you all like i'm mad now i should have just left that guitar inside the vent his guitar playing skills were shitty anyway go fuck this alien It can't get us right Nah, ain't no way. Oh god, right? Oh shit Bro wait, if you think about it, we're crawling in the vent. He ate us asshole first I don't want to think like that, but he did though.

Like, just picture it. Us crawling out in the vent. The first thing that he's gonna eat is brown starfish. Go, go, go, go, go. And tell me I'm wrong.

If I'm wrong, I'll never mention shit like that again, I promise you. Chico? Ain't no way our license plate is broken.

The eyes never lie, Chico. Yeah, you don't like this. Oh, dude thought he was gonna have us for dinner.

Oh, we're gonna go get the girl from that place. Oh, that's good. Okay, I like that. I like that we came back for her.

Oh, wait, no, never mind. Whatever. I thought he was gonna pick up that girl that got left behind from the store. Never mind. I mean, that's a baby-ass car, though.

That's a tiny little two-seater. 25 zone? Yeah, right.

25 times 3, maybe. I'm not driving 25 in a place infested with some aliens. Bresco?

I can't believe we actually made it. We're out of Ruddellside. I didn't think we'd ever get this far. Are we gonna talk about Diego just leaving us for dead or...

So... does this mean... Are we still gonna go our separate ways? I really do like you Ted. You're sweet and kind and...

You've made me feel things again. I forgot I wanted to. So you'll come with me?

To find a community? Or we can just find a house in the middle of nowhere and-I can't. I'm sorry.

Really? That's it? That's... yeah, that's okay.

Just... why? I had to help you lighter lighter. I appreciate that you saved my guitar, but that could have gotten you killed. When I told you about my past, I feel like you didn't understand.

It wasn't that I think you're gonna abandon me. I just think you're gonna get yourself killed. Because I couldn't light a-How can I believe in myself if you don't even believe in me?

Because I-Because I couldn't light a light?! I'm gonna light you up with my gun! What if I come with you? Just until we find a community.

Somewhere that I know you'll be safe, and then-You better say that. We can see what happens. Okay. Really?

Ain't no way. Sure. And it gives you time to teach me how to drive. So there is something I'm gonna-I thought there was gonna be a bad ending because we couldn't light that light-Well, come on then. Show me how it's done.

Only because I didn't know the controls. Oh So you start by turning the key Yeah, I figured that part. Okay, then now push down on the clutch Which one's that huh?

I would have thought you figured that one out. Huh? Okay. Okay.

I'll be quiet good, I Really thought he wasn't gonna come with us because we didn't know how to light that light like in the very beginning And it's only because I didn't know what shape we were trying to make with the QuickTime event. Nocturne. That was it?

That was... What? Voice of Ted in game, created by Max Jolly.

Pablo Galbraith. Wait. So, so if I found out how to light the light...

and then asked about the little backstory of Diego, then would I have gotten a different ending? Because he still came with me anyway. I wonder if we can change the choices.

Hold on. Really? Letters collected, two out of six. Unlock more nocturnals.

But then I have to play the whole game again? I gotta play the whole game again just to get a different ending. I never checked back here.

There's a note too. 2 Millie, I'm so sorry I let you down. You didn't want to leave, but I made you come with us because I promised you we could make a better life here at- I promise you I would be a good leader and keep everyone happy.

If I had known what they were like, I would never let them come with us. I never expected them to run off with everything we had. I should have listened to you.

I'm sorry I couldn't protect us from the... nocturnal wherever you are now i hope you're at peace forgive me mia mama mia so i feel like every place we are there's a note because it says that there's six notes i believe we were in six places so there should be like one note per area that we go to in this game all right this time i'm gonna tell the truth no no i'm by myself shit you shouldn't tell people that look i just came by to get some fuel You can have it back. Or if it's food you want, I can-I don't care about that. Then what do you want from me? The keys.

To the truck. Okay, so they still want the keys to the truck no matter what. The one you just drove in here with.

I mean, obviously we told the truth and the truth did not set us free. Mia, what's taking so long? We don't have time for this. Once the sun goes down, it'll be back.

Forget all this, just shoot him and let's go. No. We have time to do this peacefully. Why do you need my truck? There's a nocturnal in Ruddleside.

Then I need to leave too. Well... And you guys know I need that truck too, right?

It's just how it is. I'm sorry. If we take it, he's gonna die anyway. Why postpone his death?

He's a fucking kid. I'm... I'm not a murderer. Hand over the keys.

I'm not gonna threaten them. Give her the keys. Okay, let's see what happens if we give her the keys. Oh, okay, so we do that anyway. So the choices don't matter.

You know what I'm about to do. I wonder if I even try shooting at her when I'm inside of the little hole in the fence. If that's actually gonna do anything. I changed at the quick time events from mouse cursor to just pressing a button Because I want to make sure I do not fail again If diego tells me that I can't light up the stuff to make a fire i'm going to blow my brains out Yeah, i'm not gonna shoot her I don't want any problems she's probably still gonna meet us in the school and she's gonna say some stuff that we did to her i think but she ended up killing the friend huh because the girl was like oh i did what mia couldn't do and i think that she needs to live because us getting in that car crash is what's gonna progress the story so yeah obviously we're gonna get shot at no matter what and we're gonna get into a crash no matter what so i don't know if the choice is really really matter what here we go end of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago dinosaurs ruled the earth one day out of nowhere a massive asteroid bigger than a city crashed into our planet boom this impact caused huge fires and sent tons of dust and ash into the sky blocking out the sun without sunlight plants wouldn't grow and soon the dinosaurs had nothing to eat this chilly dark period is called an impact winter scientists think this is what killed the dinosaurs this time i'm gonna look for logs i'll find some logs i mean I mean, what if I come across a bear in that forest?

I wouldn't be able to fight it with my wound. Yeah, the wound is the only reason you wouldn't win in a fight against a bear. Hey, you haven't seen me when I'm angry.

Okay. Brozay, you haven't seen me when I'm angry. Do you think a Nocturnal would win against a bear? Fuck outta here, dude. Well, there aren't any bears left, so that's a clue.

Okay, hopefully we find a letter while we're looking for logs. I highly doubt it, but who knows? Maybe we'll find some logs.

Oh, yeah, we're definitely not finding logs. Never mind, everybody. Maybe I'll find, like, a Lincoln log-sized shit around here. At least we could salvage the boundary.

Yeah. Is that a log? How's that not a log?

Bro, that's the loggiest log that's ever logged! Pick that shit out! How come I can't pick up any more logs? Oh, I have to place the log? Bro, ain't no way this dude can't two-hand some logs.

There's no way on God's green- Earth you cannot pick up two logs with two hands. I hate it when games don't let you two hand things. No bears then No bears. There was a little crow with a broken wing though.

I gave him a berry. Oh That's so sweet. That's what I should have done.

Come on. Let's eat when we mentioned that the crow had a broken wing I think we could have offered it a berry. Oh, here we go. Here we go. Check me out.

Boom. Let there be light, motherfuckers. Okay, so now he knows that we're useful. Remember that.

Okay, remember how he didn't want to talk about his past? I'm gonna say, come on, tell me. Come on, I told you about growing up in a zoo. Okay. But I didn't grow up dancing around with monkeys.

I think this is what he meant about we didn't care about his past Sorry like that. I just lost someone again simple as that We all did I know but I just found out the hard way that getting too close to someone only leads to pain ted just drop it okay oh shoot okay i feel like that wasn't the right thing to say he seems like he's mad we're definitely getting a worse ending than the one that we just got trying to find that last note yeah i think so wait is it right here there's too many trees and the buildings here are two five out of six letters found okay why the military came extraterrestrial they probably came through every time new information on potential vulnerabilities they were trying to accomplish uvb light with wavelength less than 300 something something in Inhibits tissue regeneration by as much as 80% immediate use of shortwave ultraviolet lamps recommended supply chain destruction prevents distribution of UV equipment to do HC forces repurposing of Civilian equipment where possible is advised supply chain destruction Prevents issuing of any further memoranda maintain hope I feel like I was about to have a stroke reading that shit Whose house is it? Rattle so no no note oh wait what's that oh it's another letter to james as soon as they started burning up in the sun i came back here back to where you asked me to be your girlfriend i wanted to leave you a note in case you ever came back to find me too i will always love you james and i'll never stop looking for you if you ever find this come find me at duriard i miss you so much love michael jordan oh that's so cute i'm gonna try on the glasses maybe it'll get me a better ending if i could really see things i don't I don't know why the sun setting even matters. Just put the freaking glasses on and everything's going to be good.

So, sure, why not? Sure, why not? Just put them on, Harry Potter. You know, I'm actually kind of short-sighted. Don't tell me...

You're supposed to be driving us out of here. It's not like there's other cars on the road. Go on, put them on.

He's gonna be like, Perfect feet? Oh my goodness. I don't think these are right for my eyes. Oh crap.

Now he knows we can't see. They're probably for reading. He's definitely gonna remember that.

Enjoying prom? Oh fuck. Ted, what's going on? I'm finishing what Mia-I wonder what she's gonna say since I didn't pull out the guns. The truck is destroyed.

No thanks to you two. Don't play dumb. I already found the car down the hall.

Let's see what she says. That's my ticket out of here. Guys, I'm sure we can all fit.

No! Give me the keys. No. What happened to Mia? Mia's not going with you.

What happened to her? How thoughtful of you to ask. Mia wasn't strong enough to do what had to be done. She left because of what you forced me to do.

Okay, so she just leaves out the part about the gun and says everything else. Look, you don't understand. It's a shitty situation. So it didn't really change. I've lost my home, my friends, everything I had!

Then don't do the same to us, please. I- Just run! Oh really?

Run! Oh wow! So it did change a little bit.

I like how he crept around the corner. Like he was like, surprise! This freaking alien is self-aware.

He wants to sneak up on us. Help me hold the door. I got you. Look at these quick time events. Okay, so the only difference is that that girl didn't die.

She didn't get killed by the alien. Which I guess is good. I didn't think we'd ever get this far.

So, does this mean are we still going to go our separate ways? Alright, let's see what he says. Are you kidding?

We work well together. Woo! Alright!

I was wrong to doubt you before. I just had to get over my own shit, you know? Hell yeah! Yeah, don't worry.

I get it. I'm just happy you're coming with me. Oh, I'm so glad we got a different ending. I mean, we survived the Nocturnal together.

Because I literally played through the whole game again. I think that proof you'd make it out there. Just to get to this point. So long as nobody else wants our car keys. Well, look what happened to the last people who tried that.

And we're on our way without a scratch. Yup. Well... Oh, but that one looks cool.

Oh really? You want me to give you one? I think I'll pass.

Alright, cool. I'm happy we got that ending because I was hoping we were gonna get some type of ending where Diego was like, you know what, I do wanna go with you. Let's try to find a community together and that's the ending that I think is the best one for us. But let's see what we got in terms of this graph. Pretty sure that's the good thing, right?

That's gotta be the best ending that we can get. The sad thing is, is that there's multiple endings, but I can't skip anything. I literally have to replay through the entire game just to get other endings, and I don't think that it's worth it for me to be playing for like four or five hours just to find all the endings to this game.

If I could just skip it, then I would get all the endings right now. But, oh my goodness. Okay, yeah, that's definitely the best ending. It's got to be the best ending, but yeah unlock more nocturnals There's four other endings, but I have to play through the entire game just to get them And that's just not worth it for me because I feel like the ending too I feel like there was something missing.

I feel like we're at a restaurant. We got that appetizers. We're still waiting for the main course. I wish it could have at least ended to where we got to the community and we wanted to see if we wanted to stay with them or not.

Maybe a nocturnal could have like invaded that community and maybe we could have helped them or at least try to fix it. Figure out how to stop one of the nocturnals. It just turns out. Like we saw the nocturnal a couple times.

We left. Me and Diego. We rode off into the sunset.

And it just feels like there was more to be said in this story. But that's the ending. That's the ending that we got.

And I think that we got the two best endings. I'm pretty sure the other ones are us getting clapped. By the nocturnals.

Or probably getting everyone killed. But those are the endings that I got. This was nocturnals.

I did keep my eye on this. game and I was waiting for the full release. I do wish that the game was a little bit longer, at least one or two more chapters, but hey, it is what it is.

I got to play it. I did enjoy what it was from what I got to play and it was cool. I had a good time. So let me know what you all thought about it in the comment section down below.

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Exploring Choices in Nocturnals Game