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The Let's Play is over! You may follow it on the Let's Play Archive.                                                                 What is Night in the Woods? Night in the Woods is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character. It was funded through Kickstarter and made by Infinite Fall, a three-person teamup of Alec Holowka, Scott Benson, and Bethany Hockenberry. In it, we play as Mae Borowski, a 20-year-old college dropout who returns home to the crumbling former mining town of Possum Springs. Mae wants to resume her aimless former life and reconnect with the friends she left behind, but things aren't the same. Home seems different now and her friends have grown and changed. And there's something in the woods. What kind of LP is this? This is a blind LP with voice commentary, and those who joined me in this journey of self-discovery and nostalgic desire were my good friends Maple Leaf and Antinomy. Night in the Woods has several branching paths regarding dialogue options and diary entries. This is semi-completionist run showing these alternate paths. The LP originally started with the game's original launch version, but the Weird Autumn update added much more that I covered in bonus episodes. Main Characters  Mae Borowski: The player character. A 20-year-old with a history of violence and risk-taking behavior, Mae has dropped out of college and moved back in with her parents in the dying mining town of Possum Springs. In therapy for her anger management and dissociative disorder issues, Mae drifts from day to day, doing what strikes her fancy and rarely thinking about the consequences of her actions. Despite her aloofness she recognizes she has issues and feels she is irredeemable living trash. Witnessed a kidnapping on Halloween and thinks she's being haunted by a ghost. Plays the bass. Greggory Rulz: Mae's best friend. Gregg is impulsive and prone to petty criminal acts such as theft and vandalism, feels his going to jail is inevitable, and wonders if he is a good person despite it all. Despite being aware of Mae's turbulent personality, he often enables her behavior. Dates Angus but dislikes Angus's family, and is fearful of losing him. Works at the Snack Falcon and plays the guitar in the band. Beatrice Santello: Mae's best friend when they were kids. Beatrice (or Bea) works at her family's hardware store but resents Mae for dropping out of college when she never got a chance to. Always tired from work and sad after her mother's passing, Bea covers up her pain with an apathetic and cynical outlook on life, and expects very little of Mae's capacity for maturity and good behavior despite once having been friends. Plays "drums" in the band. Angus: Gregg's boyfriend. Awkward around people and preferring to cling to Gregg, Angus has a very scientifically-oriented mind and is skilled with computers. Abused as a child by his parents, Angus developed his skeptical worldview after suffering such violence. Works at the Video Outpost Too and does vocals for the band. Jeremy Warton: Bike enthusiast and fresh out of high school. Jeremy Warton (or Germ Warfare, as he prefers to be called) hangs out with an assortment of people and seems to jump from topic to topic during conversation. His conversations with Mae tend to be one-sided and inconsequential. His brother passed away at some point, and he lives with the rest of his family near the woods, away from town. Takes care of Rabies, a wild possum that lives in a sewer. Lori M.: A teenager who was in middle school when Mae put a kid in the hospital. Sometimes calls Mae "Killer", the nickname given to her for that event. A lover of horror movies and dedicated crafter of fake body parts and blood, Lori wants to make her own horror movie someday, but has thoughts of isolating herself after losing her mother. Lives near the railroad tracks. Casey Hartley: One of Mae's former friends. Missing since June, Casey used to be a drummer for the band. Mae's friends thought he hopped a train and ran away from Possum Springs, but in reality, Casey was killed by the Possum Springs cult, sacrificed to the existential horror lurking in the depths. Candy Borowski: Mae's mother. A gentle soul, religious woman, and voracious reader, Mrs. Borowski works as a church administrator, even if she gets distracted easily from doing her job. Loves to read books about crime and horror. Tends to trade jokes with her daughter, but the strain caused by Mae's past and college abandonment has created a rift between them. Mr. Borowski: Mae's father. A former alcoholic who was once a danger to Mae and her mother, Mr. Borowski stopped drinking but was laid off from work. An older gentleman with a sharp sense of humor, even if he relies heavily on puns. Loves to read books about birds. Knew Angus's father in the 80s. Molly Borowski: Mae's aunt. A cop on the beat in Possum Springs, she has a concern for Mae even though Mae hates her and all police. Doesn't believe that Mae witnessed a kidnapping after investigating the area the night after the incident. Pastor Karen: A church pastor. Well-meaning and go-getting, Pastor Karen is willing to act as a therapist and helper to any who ask, but she has her own private doubts about the existence of God. Tried to help Bruce with his living situation despite facing opposition from the town council. Bruce: A vagrant and drifter who used to do several manual labor jobs before hitting a patch of bad luck and ending up in Possum Springs. Lived near the church before leaving the town for his home and family. Mr. Chazokov: One of Mae's former teachers. An astronomer and education enthusiast, he appreciates Mae's interest in stargazing and invites her to hunt for dusk stars on his telescope, telling her stories about each star as she identifies them. Selmers: One of Mae's neighbors. Unemployed but part-time babysitter, Selmers was caught shoplifting painkillers and put in rehab for her drug abuse. Now an amateur but surprisingly eloquent and aware poet and multilevel marketer saleswoman of beauty products.
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Fish Noise posted:This entire game is wallpaper material.
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Feb 23, 2017 17:11
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Possum Springs?
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Feb 25, 2017 00:25
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Fish Noise posted:...did you do something to the music? EDIT: To clarify, I think Fraps may have recorded it like this. I fired up the game just now as a test and sure enough, there is no weird distortion going on. I'll take it up with the Tech Support Fort and see what I can do for future recordings. Olive Branch fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Feb 25, 2017 |
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Feb 25, 2017 04:09
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A couple of things I'd like to note before the next episode goes up (tomorrow night or so). First, that the game audio this time seems to have recorded without any distortions in the music. So, that's good! EDIT: Spoke too soon, there are some distortions here and there. Sorry, folks.  Second, that Maple Leaf is not only a cool cat to comment with, but a man of great service and a distinguished guide at troubleshooting streaming-related content and programs. I don't know what I'd do without him to test things out to see how they work before recording. Olive Branch fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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Feb 27, 2017 08:14
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We've got an update. I am better at rhythm games than this, I swear.
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Feb 28, 2017 07:33
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An update to celebrate the middle of the week.
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Mar 1, 2017 23:12
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vdate posted:welp, I'm buying this game sooner rather than later Mae's life is like a floating lily in a river: it's got its own allure, but it's fragile and has no control over where it's going. Of course, it is way too early in both the game and Mae's life to declare her a lost case, even with her checkered past. I just don't want to watch her ruin her life further by trapping herself in a cage of apathy and developmental paralysis.
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Mar 2, 2017 00:53
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It's Friday! Have an update.
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Mar 4, 2017 00:10
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It's not quite an LP curse but trying to LP this game live while sharing screens is a pain in the neck. Expect a new episode tomorrow or Wednesday!
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Mar 6, 2017 20:19
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So this sucks to say, but the LP commentary will be post-recording now rather than live. Between the music distortion, low frame count and graphical quality, issues setting up screen sharing and audiovisual transfer to Maple Leaf, and now a desync between audio and video in the Fraps file, I've decided to make the LP's quality better by sacrificing the debate between dialogue choices and my own reactions at the time of recording. So, for those who enjoyed hearing both myself and Maple debate Mae's problems as we see them at the same time, I apologize! At least, in Maple's own words, his reactions will still be "virginal".
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Mar 7, 2017 03:23
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Forgall posted:I bet you just broke your computer with too much porn. And man, this game gets really wild. The party is something else.
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Mar 7, 2017 08:57
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An update for you!
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Mar 8, 2017 22:21
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cant cook creole bream posted:I don't want to complain about your new recording style, but the audio is a bit desynched. You are reading a lot of dialog half a second before it appears on screen and it is a bit disorienting. It's quite noticeable around 7:00. If it's any consolation, the next video has no such issues... at least that are glaring.
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Mar 8, 2017 23:03
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cant cook creole bream posted:To say something game related:
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Mar 9, 2017 00:00
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Here is another update! To be honest, I'm pumping these out because I really want to keep playing this game. I'm also not sure how long it is so I feel more frequent episodes will make the slow pace of the game go by faster! As mentioned in the video, there is a vote for the next (few?) episode(s)! Mae's mom said that we only have so many days in our lives and water to feed the trees of friendship, and since I'm not sure if that means we're limited in our choice of events, the vote is a simple one. Between Bea and Gregg, who do we hang out with for today? You can also vote to ignore both and just go straight to the band jam session and watch me fail miserably.
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Mar 10, 2017 00:01
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I'll wrap up the voting tonight but so far it looks like Bea's winning! And thanks for the heads up, Forgall. I'll see if I can't maximize the number of friends we chill with.
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Mar 12, 2017 18:04
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So the clear winner of the vote is Bea! Gregg got about as many votes as beers Mae can handle. I'll get recording on the next episode(s) for this week.
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Mar 13, 2017 01:51
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Here's an update to celebrate the massive snowstorm in the east coast!
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Mar 15, 2017 05:16
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Bliss Authority posted:My best teacher was a high-school science teacher named Darren Bonecutter. He used to threaten the kids who asked to watch videos instead of work by saying "Oh, don't say that, Timmy; imagine what the world would be like without zinc!" and he also gave us the single most reassuring thought about high school: Funnily enough, I ran into some students I had taught when I was student teaching. They said they still remembered me and how I was a better teacher than their regular (though I think they were being kind of unfair). It's nice to know, even if you never hear from your students again, that you impacted them in a hopefully positive way.
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Mar 17, 2017 06:25
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An episode before the Sabbath.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:05
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So many parts, so little time.Ramos posted:Just stopping by to say that after watching the party in the woods video, I had to pick up the game for myself and play it. Thanks for showing me it.  Scaramouche posted:One of you asked how many parts this is, and I don't know, but after your videos I keep getting shown "recommended" videos from someone else playing this (with their lovely fursonas on the title card) and they're up to part 27 so.....
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Mar 20, 2017 07:13
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I am really getting into these dream sequences.
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Mar 22, 2017 19:07
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Mae likes the rain but, like me, always forgets to bring an umbrella. Once again, there is a vote for the next episode! We've got a choice to hang out with either Bea or Gregg today, so who do we hang out with for today?
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Mar 24, 2017 18:27
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By my count, it's 8 votes for Bea, 6 for Gregg. There's still time to vote, but tomorrow I'll close the voting and get playing. I'm excited to see what the night holds in store for Mae the bae.
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Mar 26, 2017 04:08
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Flesnolk posted:Just to clarify in case it wasn't counted, my pun was also a Bea vote.  I'll close the vote here, folks! Bea wins with 9 votes to Gregg's 8, a much closer struggle than the first vote! Time to help Bea out with her rock salt. Man, I am liking this game.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:40
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Mae and Bea go at it again.
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Mar 29, 2017 04:50
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Forgall posted:Just a suggestion: go through the dialogue a bit slower when you are recording to give yourselves more time during commentary to discuss things without talking over follow-up lines.
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Mar 29, 2017 05:54
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Forgall posted:More time to go off on wild tangents then. Expect an update later today, I really want to get cracking on this game.
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Mar 29, 2017 18:52
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Little bit later than I'd like, but good news is that episode 15 and 16 are already being processed. This will be a multi-episode weekend!
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Mar 31, 2017 05:57
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I like trains.
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Mar 31, 2017 18:07
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Fish Noise posted:Selmers is I actually really like Lori's character, personally. Her home life now without her mom and her fascination with gore and death is not your standard teenage punk kid with fascination for blood. I bet she'd be a great essayist for film analysis.
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Mar 31, 2017 23:49
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I just wanted to make a reference. You know what time it is. Between Bea and Gregg, who do we hang out with next?
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Apr 2, 2017 02:47
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A good poster posted:If this turns into an all-Bea playthrough, are you going to go back and show the Gregg scenes?
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Apr 2, 2017 04:01
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So far the votes are 6 to Gregg, 4 to Bea. I want to get playing and recording tonight, so I'll close the vote in about 3 or 4 hours! OK! Voting's done for here. Gregg's our man for this day! Olive Branch fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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Apr 2, 2017 23:14
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Blood is shed.
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Apr 5, 2017 02:46
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Who's ready for dream analysis?
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Apr 6, 2017 20:38
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Happy Halloween! Have an extra special episode.
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Apr 9, 2017 02:06
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Crepes are great. Any cooked, carby, sugary breakfast nowadays is pretty much a luxury for me since I eat a lot of oatmeal and eggs as part of a workout diet to get my protein on. And whenever I hear "Jewish moms" I think of Kyle's mom from South Park and doting parents who are super into keeping their kids under their wing. Not sexy at all.
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Those eyes can stare into your soul.
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