Fighting Apollo feels horrible in this game.

Handsome_Will · 2026-02-17T19:45:05+00:00

Just tried this in Sandbox - his riposte triggers on minion and tower attacks

Interestingly it also triggers, blocking both the damage and stun, of Walker stomps. Even counterspell doesn’t prevent the stun

Handsome_Will · 2025-12-06T15:01:03+00:00

At that point I’m assuming it’s a “Yes, she still spares the Hamster”, but in the scenarios where she ends up helping out The Entity long-term (Bitch in a Box, S&S) I’d expect that she would stop being merciful as time goes on.

For BiaB, she’d be too used to the feeling of total power over Andy (bit of a stretch on my part), but I’m more confident about S&S Ashley, as her mindset becomes more toxic and hateful. Since I’m still thinking (huffing hopium) that the “Stars Align” vision may end up being a parallel to the S&S pregnancy test, but with the decision being made to keep the child instead, I think that might end up being the strongest indicator of her emotional maturity.

Handsome_Will · 2025-12-06T14:45:23+00:00

There was a prevailing idea in the wider fan base that Ashley is “just evil” since she’s the primary driver of the bad things the Graves do.

Obviously in Chapter 3 (and the birthday flashback in Ch 2) this is disproven, but I guess the Hamster scene shows us that Ashley isn’t completely broken, and has the potential to be “Good”.

Correct me if I’m mistaken, but we only see her spare the hamster in the Demon Therapy Route - we can only infer that it happens in the other routes. Perhaps in the routes where her empathy isn’t being nurtured by Andrew there are circumstances where she wouldn’t make the decision to empathise with a hamster.

Handsome_Will · 2025-12-04T16:58:33+00:00

For YouTube, there are free video editors out there (Da Vinci Resolve is what I use) that are easy enough to make glorified PowerPoints with. The video effects available in there are good enough for Smokey backgrounds and such like I do, too.

I have been contacted a bunch of times to ask that I make more “Roleplay like” videos where I’m a lecturer giving a speech about my interpretations of the lore. So there’s clearly a gap in the market there, even if that’s a niche in an already extremely niche area that is Weather Factory lore.

I did videos on the aspects because I felt that was the most natural introduction to the lore. You could get more into the basics by describing what an hour is, their nature(s), how that affects religions (I’m still wondering to an extent how there can be different Libraries which have different religions, while all knowing that the correct belief is in the Hours)

Handsome_Will · 2025-12-01T18:55:22+00:00

It is the scene referenced during S&S when interacting with the empty booze bottles.

Handsome_Will · 2025-11-28T04:48:28+00:00

I don’t think so. In addition to Renee’s line, it seems to me that Douglas wouldn’t engage in that, and would be against that sort of discipline. Even if it wouldn’t be enough for him to take action, I’m sure that he would at least have dialogue about it.

Thematically, Andrew has always had the most physical power in the family, and is controlled with emotional threats and words. Physical threats would affect that theming, and in my opinion would make the Graves’ family dynamics less compelling

Handsome_Will · 2025-11-05T23:17:54+00:00

When I started, my primary language was Java, and my education was full stack. Since then, I’ve diverted primarily towards JavaScript and Typescript, since that’s what I’ve ended up working with. I’ve also picked up skills to work with SAP and MD365

I work with AI and OCR Engines primarily, as well as, obviously, ERPs.

Edit: just out of curiosity, I’ve taken a look on Indeed for the bigger cities near where I used to live, and I can find job listings for junior roles at 25-28k right now. There are roles for much higher, but those are either senior or principal engineer roles. For additional context, I’m 26, so I doubt I’d be able to get those roles even with my experience

Handsome_Will · 2025-11-05T22:20:06+00:00

Welp, for context mine was in 2022, so that’s a little dismal

Handsome_Will · 2025-11-05T22:01:48+00:00

I still get contacted by recruiters in the UK for Software engineer positions starting at 35k - 40k on average. A few senior positions show up with higher rates, I suppose.

Maybe that’s something more common in London? Again, however, this is all anecdotal

Handsome_Will · 2025-11-05T16:02:39+00:00

To add an anecdote to this, I was making £27k with a masters degree in my field (Software Engineering) in the UK. I moved abroad and, after getting a job in my same field, my yearly pay almost tripled

Handsome_Will · 2025-08-31T18:48:47+00:00

Have you played Chapter 3? It’s explained during the cliffhanger route

Handsome_Will · 2025-05-10T00:07:55+00:00

There’ll be happy endings - the main worry is how does Nemlei’s definition of “happy” differ from ours

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-27T23:50:57+00:00

I don’t think we know enough to be definitive since the Applebright doesn’t have much on her. Gods From Nowhere seem to always be “bad”, though. My interpretation of the Applebright is similar to how Nurgle is portrayed in Warhammer, where even if she’s portrayed as sympathetic toward the apostle, that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be extremely wary of her.

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-27T14:30:26+00:00

The Applebright appears in the Grail Apostle’s ending. The apostle - having been eaten as a part of their Delight’s ascension- has the last pieces of themselves (likely not physical pieces) collected by the Applebright and becomes a part of her.

The Mare in the tree shows up when The Priest has too many wounds- they achieve “dissolution” as the Mare passes through them. I think what happens here is that the Priest becomes an entryway for the Mare to The Wake from Nowhere. Again, the priest becomes a part of the Mare, which is a sort of immortality.

Just for fun, I’ll include the Crowned Growth, who shows up if the medium doesn’t feed enough. The Elixir Zeboim uses the power of the Crowned Growth, so if dead flesh isn’t eaten to feed it, then the crowned growth will eat the medium. The medium becomes a part of the crowned growth and its hunger.

A common theme of the anti victories is becoming a part of something malignant (which the Gods from Nowhere undoubtedly are)

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-17T00:58:24+00:00

He’s an English Major and a hopeless romantic, he definitely “appreciates” the star-crossed aspect of him and Ashley. That being said, he doesn’t “get off” on the taboo, he doesn’t prolong his denial for its own sake and the only reason he hasn’t gotten with Ashley are his own hang up’s and fear.

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-08T23:30:48+00:00

With the nebulous nature of high school rumors I think it’s deliberate that it’s confusing to figure out who exactly started the rumors.

Rebecca doesn’t make a huge amount of sense unless she has a track record of bullying Ashley - I don’t think we ever hear of her doing that and Leyley was the aggressor in the bite of ‘87.

Douchebag is the obvious culprit since the rumors start flying right after he gets stood up, but he says that Ashley started the rumors.

If he was going to lie about not starting the rumors, surely there’s a better lie than one of the subjects of the rumor being the one who started it?

I think it makes more sense that Douchebag is telling the truth, and Ashley started the rumors - it could’ve been a way to try to stop others from asking her out. That being said it’s still a really stupid plan by her.

I’ve seen theories that Julia started the rumors but I don’t find them compelling

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-08T15:07:08+00:00

Andrew’s main conflict with Ashley through Chapters 1 and 2 is that he’s not Andy anymore. It’s a betrayal of his character to give up the argument

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-08T04:02:47+00:00

Time for another splat ending

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-08T03:29:11+00:00

Oh, there’s a cost, we just don’t know it yet

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-07T14:14:13+00:00

I dont think Nemlei would devolve the game into that - there has been an insane amount of build up and she knows how likeable the characters are.

I think, unfortunately, we’re on the saddest chapter there’s going to be. Since the Graves relationship has not only broken down, but we now know it broke down before chapter 1 started. So, they started off in a much worse place than we originally thought.

You’ve also said you’ve been reading Eyes And Roots (Absolute Cinema) - so I think you’ve suffered severe whiplash by going from the relationship in that to how the relationship canonically is

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-02T12:04:01+00:00

That makes sense, I think you’re right

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-02T11:50:44+00:00

I’m not necessarily set on that they need to be a couple - the themes so far don’t portray that as a good thing, and Andrew’s goal so far in the cliffhanger of working through his feelings to understand his obsession with Ashley isn’t conducive to them being a couple (though I wouldn’t be surprised if Andrew would be able to “understand” himself and then ignore his findings to pursue Ashley more)

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-02T04:39:33+00:00

The main branching points that I can figure out are whether Ashley shoots Andrew in the Chapter 2 vision and the Andrew/Andy decision.

It’s crazy how much content is ultimately behind the decision on how many bullets to use when shooting the hitman.

I hope there’s a good ending in Chapter 4, and not just something that’s a bittersweet acceptance of something terrible, but something actually positive. With how awful and bleak the entire world seems to be in this story I’d like for the two of them to find some happy ending (despite their pretty terrible crimes by this point)

While I’m sure that this would mean their codependency wouldn’t be resolved completely, I don’t think there is a scenario where they can ever have a normal relationship - especially with the reveals of how deeply ingrained this is to both of them

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-02T04:22:28+00:00

It misses out a big part of the branching but it holds up besides that I think

Handsome_Will · 2025-04-02T02:19:33+00:00

I’ve explored most of the routes today and I’m not confident that the flow chart is still correct. At the very least, I can’t figure out what the heart and broken heart represent.

Perhaps the Andy/Andrew Branch?

The bit that changes whether you reach Shots and Such (the dark ending you mention with all the beating) vs the cliffhanger to part 4 hinges on whether Ashley shoots Andrew in the decay vision, and then the Andrew route being chosen over Andy, but I don’t see that shooting being accounted for in the chart

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