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 What is Wandersong? Wandersong is a game that was released on September 27, 2018 for PC and Nintendo Switch. It did get a kickstarter in February of 2016 that was able to raise about $22,000. Since then, it's been in development by three people: Greg Lobanov, the main developer and creator, Em Halberstadt, the sound designer, and Gordon McGladdery (A Shell in the Pit) who was the main composer along with Lobanov. Together, they made a game who's soundtrack consists of over 140 songs, and soundfiles that make up nearly 5 gigs when uncompressed. The game itself, is about a Bard who goes on an adventure to save the world through music. It functions mostly as a side scroller with mild puzzles and platforming. The gameplay is never intense, and is more a vehicle to explore the rest of the game. The game can play similiar to Night in the Woods, but also definitely has some Earthbound and Undertale inspiration. Where can I get this game? As it just came out, this game should be easy to find. But specifically, you can get it on Steam, The Switch, The Humble Store, or GOG. Cool! So what about this LP? What's the format going to be? I really agonized over what the best way to present this game is. There's a lot of neat little animations, audio cues, and music that can be difficult to show off through screenshots. However, this is also a text heavy game that really wouldn't go well with video. On top of which, I didn't feel like my commentary through video (audio or subtitle) would provide much to the game compared to screenshot. Screenshots, however, will NOT get across how great some sections of this game are. There are some things that just need to be seen in motion, rather than through images. As such, it's going to be about as hybrid an LP as I can make it. Screenshots will be for most of the game, but some sections will be placed in video. If I feel a video section translates decently to images, I'll try and provide both. Why this game? Because it's a very positive game! As I mentioned before, it can play similar to Night in the Woods, in that you're running around talking to people for most of the game. But where that game can be incredibly real and depressing, this game prefers to try and stay positive and uplifting about as much as it can! That doesn't mean it doesn't know proper pacing or how to tell a story, but just that I feel the game has a positive message. And I want to help spread that. Also the music is utterly fantastic and well worth it on that alone. Spoiler policy? Not a single spoiler in this thread. No black bars for spoilers, no tee hee can't wait till x happens. Nothing! This indie game came out about three weeks ago as of this post, and I'd like for people to either check it out themselves, or follow along and see what makes it good! Update Schedule? My last LP, I said I was going to try and do a sensible schedule and ended up updating every day. I'd like to not do that again, so I'll try for Monday, Wednesday, Friday and see if that works out. poo poo can change at my whim and at any circumstance though. With that all said, let's begin...   Update 1 - The Test Update 2 - The Ghosts Update 3 - The Dream World Update 4 - The Good People of Langtree  Update 5 - The Town of Delphi Update 6 - The Show at the Crazy Raven Update 7 - The Revitalization of Delphi by the Singer-Bard Update 8 - The Land of Wind  Update 9 - The Lady Arabica Update 10 - The Hero's Journey Update 11 - The Mermaids Update 12 - The Way It's Supposed to Be  Update 13 - The Interruption  Update 14 - The City of Chismest Bonus Update Update 15 - The Astronomers Update 16 - The Baron Update 17 - The Order in the Chaos  Update 18 - The Land With Two Kingdoms Update 19 - The City of Xiatian Update 20 - The Potion of Power Update 21 - The Spell Squad Update 22 - The Journey to Mohabumi Update 23 - The Grand City of Mohabumi Update 24 - The Crater Update 25 - The Last Request Update 26 - The Solarscape Update 27 - The Collapse  Update 28 - The Beast On The Mountain Update 29 - The Bugs Update 29.5 - The Seals Update 30 - The Hero Update 31 - The King of Hearts  Update 32 - The Farewells Update 33 - The Reunion Update 34 - The End Update 35 - The Wandersong Update 36 - The Friends We Made Along the Way Update 37 - The Light in the Darkness really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Jan 17, 2019 |
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Update 1 - The Test MUSIC: Falling Stars  Welcome to Wandersong! A game I discovered thanks to a friend's recommendation, and gift. I felt like I had a special enough of a time to want to share it with others. Which leads to this LP! MUSIC: The Sword  So starting off, we're this Bard! He even looks like ye olde medieval bard a bit huh? We seem to be having a dream at this moment, as we went from the main menu straight to here!  Moving is pretty basic on PC. WASD to move, space to jump. I don't know for sure what the controls are like on the switch, but I assume "standard controls" would be a safe bet.   We continue moving upwards and over these ledges. We still aren't sure what we're looking for, but we hope to find it soon!  Oooh, that's probably it!   Alright! Our first weapon!  As the on screen prompt shows, you wield the sword with with the left mouse button. You want to use this to tear down any monster that gets in your way!  After pressing the left mouse button, we can choose the direction we want to wield the sword in. It's somewhat clumsy, but becomes good fun as you have to stab bats in the mid-air while still watching out for goblins on the ground.   Our... hero... is having trouble wielding the sword right now. That's ok! That's just because we haven't grinded enough resources to create a strength potion and increase our muscle density.   Regardless, our hero marches forward to fight the foul beasts of the land!   Wow! This is... uh a big one! Ok Bard, show em what you got! You can do this!      ...Uh oh...  Without our sword we can't fight back!! The only thing we can do is sing at her! We are a bard after all...  It seems to be working?    MUSIC: Mysterious Rainbow Girl   You are SO CUTE!!! I'm sorry for scarin you. This was supposed to test if you were a hero... which you're not.So yeah, we aren't actually the hero who's going to go off and fight some adventure across time, or worlds. We're just a bard who likes singing!  Just a bard! Who are you? Messenger of the goddess Eya. Forever ago, her song of creation set your universe into motion. And she's gonna sing her song again pretty soon. Which, um... is gonna replace this universe with a new one. Uh, end of the universe you say? But don't freak out about it too much, your universe is pretty old. She likes to start over fresh after a while, y'know? She's acting as if she's getting a new car, or a new appliance! This is the whole universe you're talking about!  This sucks actually. I really like you    And so ends the prologue... with us being told the whole universe is about to stop being a thing! Welp, I hope that hero comes along and solves this for us!
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Given that A Shell in the Pit is responsible for some of Rogue Legacy's soundtrack, and judging by the intro, this looks like it's going to be quite the experience. 
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Oct 14, 2018 07:11
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Um!? What?? That's baloney! I can't believe the world is ending already! I just got here :T I hope a hero shows up soon! I'm looking forward to whoever or whatever shows up next!
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Oct 15, 2018 06:07
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Already looks adorable. I'm definitely in.
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Update 2 - The Ghosts Long one after the short update on Sunday. Let me know if the video links are too disguised, as some content is gated behind the videos since they do not translate to screenshots well. really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Oct 17, 2018 |
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Oct 15, 2018 14:10
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 Update 3 - The Dream World We go off to meet this so called Overseer. What will it be like?
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Oct 17, 2018 15:18
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Okay, that was a pretty great boss fight. I really like the little touches in the typography -- wavy text, shaky text, different speeds, etc. It's a good way to convey intonation without doing full voice acting.
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Oct 17, 2018 21:15
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 Update 4 - The Good People of Langtree We say goodbye to Langtree, and head off to adventure.
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This game has so much charm! Thanks for the updates. 
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Oct 21, 2018 01:16
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Seeing this game here compelled me to buy it and it's really good! It's like Rakuen and Night in the Woods mashed together.
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Oct 21, 2018 14:21
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I feel like I'd be annoyed at playing this game. It looks like the same control scheme as fighting in Sid Meier's Pirates!. On the other hand, kitties. (also, you typoed: "but it almost feels like a money paw wish.")
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I like Masky and I trust their Party Pants. They have good thoughts about ghosts. Most people run screaming from ghosts and immediately hate them. Not Masky. Masky gives everyone a chance. This world is so cute and peaceful!!! Why does it have to die!!! Please light the bonfire or whatever so the world continues in light and life. Also that is the best boss fight. Everyone else can go home. Holy banana hannah!!
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Oct 21, 2018 20:13
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Epsilon Moonshade posted:(also, you typoed: "but it almost feels like a money paw wish.") Fixed! Feel free to let me know if anyone spots a typo or incorrect link! The quicker the better, since I'm putting the updates in the test poster, which makes editing difficult. Rosemont posted:This game has so much charm! Thanks for the updates. Thanks for following along! Really Pants posted:Seeing this game here compelled me to buy it and it's really good! It's like Rakuen and Night in the Woods mashed together. It always feels good to be able to get the word out on these little indie gems that slip past the radar. Especially with the abhorrent state of steam these days.
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Oct 21, 2018 20:29
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 Update 5 - The Town of Delphi The adventure of Bard and Miriam begins!
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Yes. I mean... yar.
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Oct 23, 2018 03:12
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value-brand cereal posted:I love the troll fight! It's very fairy tale like in that he just kinda surrenders once you fulfill some obscure obligation. 'Oh, you sang your way to me? Ok I guess the fight is done now?' I hope everything turns out alright for him! I smell a side quest (or possibly part of the story).
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Oct 23, 2018 04:57
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 Update 6 - The Show at the Crazy Raven We get a band going!
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Of course, getting a band together is exactly what we needed to do to unlock the Overseer's song. Going to have a very interesting conversation with a witch after this.
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Oct 24, 2018 15:51
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Loving this LP! I was playing through the game myself, but this covers a lot of things I missed completely, like buying thousands of beans. Can't wait for more! (Side note, I think Ash is non-binary; they're always referred to by gender-neutral pronouns, and their mom calls them "my kid".)
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MonstrousMouse posted:Loving this LP! I was playing through the game myself, but this covers a lot of things I missed completely, like buying thousands of beans. Can't wait for more! I knew that Ash was supposed to be non-binary, but I could have sworn I saw someone in-game refer to them as he. I went back and... I guess I made that up? Either way, I went back over and changed the pronouns to be gender neutral. There shouldn't be any other gendered pronouns for Ash, but if I missed any let me know. Also, there may be a part in the future that requires us to create our own... songs. As I am very bad at this and created some hot garbage my first go through, I'm taking any suggestions you guys have. The notes just have to be on the color wheel, so here's a video to demonstrate that if you're unfamiliar with what it sounds like. I'll take any submission, as no submissions means... I'm coming up with them *cue gasps of horror*
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really queer Christmas posted:Uh, well, there's these four kids who decide to play a game. But the game brings about the end of the universe, and they have to go on a sort of planetary quest to collect materials and make a new universe. And there's aliens and time travel involved... it's a lot to get into. Let me tell you about...  Also, you missed a pronoun: really queer Christmas posted:While our justification for reuniting Ash with his mom may not have been virtuous Epsilon Moonshade fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Oct 24, 2018 |
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Oct 24, 2018 22:02
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I love that the Bard's standard of less-than-virtuous is "Uses his talents to grant a person one last moment with their dearly departed mother, but might only be doing it for the universe's sake rather than their own."
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Really Pants posted:I love that the Bard's standard of less-than-virtuous is "Uses his talents to grant a person one last moment with their dearly departed mother, but might only be doing it for the universe's sake rather than their own." I mean, Bard is a virtuoso, after all.
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really queer Christmas posted:I knew that Ash was supposed to be non-binary, but I could have sworn I saw someone in-game refer to them as he. I went back and... I guess I made that up? Either way, I went back over and changed the pronouns to be gender neutral. There shouldn't be any other gendered pronouns for Ash, but if I missed any let me know. Huh. Is that Aeolian mode? Odd for a dancin' man to break a whole-tone scale on the natural minor. Anyhow, assuming my ear hasn't gone tin, if you want something classic you can do Sweet Molly Malone pretty easy. NE - SW SW SW - SW SE SW - S S S - S E S - NE SE SW - NE SE SW - NW S SW - W (hold) NE - SW SW SW - SW SE SW - S S S - S E S - NE SE SW - NE SE SW - S SW S - SW (hold) Anybody else out there who wants to try something, it looks like the Bard's scale is in B minor. ...oh, hah, that's great. SW W SW NE - W W SW NW - SW W SW NE - W W SW SW - SW W SW NE - E SE E SE SW - W SW SE S Glazius fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 04:59
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 Update 7 - The Revitalization of Delphi by the Singer-Bard Delphi has changed... for the better!
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Count me as one of the people who got this game thanks to the LP! I had a blast with it, even if the singing was a little finicky on the Switch. Also, I can't remember if OP mentioned it, but whenever you talk to Manny he has voiceclips like "Eyyyy" and "Badabing". I don't know why that (and the bard snoring) amused me so much, but they did.
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 Update 8 - The Land of Wind We head back to the spirit world, and then... head out on a new adventure. Glazius posted:Huh. Is that Aeolian mode? Odd for a dancin' man to break a whole-tone scale on the natural minor. Thank you for this, by the way! I used your suggestion, but it won't show up in the LP for quite some time. I wanted to let you know, so you didn't think I was just ignoring you. TracerK posted:Count me as one of the people who got this game thanks to the LP! I had a blast with it, even if the singing was a little finicky on the Switch. Just about everybody in the game has voiceclips or audio cues when they talk, as well as their own fonts in comparison to others. It's really cool, but hard to show off except through video. I've been having to manually rip SFX through the game, which has led to... mixed results. Which has been why I've included dialogue in video clips at times.
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That's the second overseer who's been acting kinda weird. I imagine everyone's feeling a little out of sorts since the world is going to end.
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Not to try to invalidate anyone's reading of the game, but to me, Bard wasn't trying to find Ash's mother to have her speak with them out of selfish desire to have them play with him or because of the universe (he didn't even know they knew the Overseer's Song at the time), but just because he wanted to help them get out of their funk. Although he did show his more savvy and pushy side in the wind land, the Ash encounter read to me as just seeing someone in pain and not being able to let that go without trying to alleviate it.
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I bought this game entirely because of this LP - I actually had never even heard about it before. I am now a bit ahead of the LP, currently working on the 3rd Act. I love this game, so thanks for turning me on to it and doing an excellent job with the LP! The work you are putting into it really shows. You also have shown me some nice little scenes that I missed, for example singing the love song to Frederick to unite the two lovers.
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By the way, I apologize in advance if it's been mentioned in an earlier update, but I just discovered you can change Bard's singing by holding the ZL/ZR button (or I assume the E, R, X, or C keys for PC). More notes to play around with!
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Update 9 - The Lady Arabica Grab a cup of coffee and let's sail the seas! fluffyDeathbringer posted:Not to try to invalidate anyone's reading of the game, but to me, Bard wasn't trying to find Ash's mother to have her speak with them out of selfish desire to have them play with him or because of the universe (he didn't even know they knew the Overseer's Song at the time), but just because he wanted to help them get out of their funk. Although he did show his more savvy and pushy side in the wind land, the Ash encounter read to me as just seeing someone in pain and not being able to let that go without trying to alleviate it. I was mostly joking when I said that. Bard is a ball of pure happiness. I'd never expect him to have malicious intent at any point. He can be more savvy than he comes off, but he believes in people... to a definite fault. Sticky Fingers posted:I bought this game entirely because of this LP - I actually had never even heard about it before. I am now a bit ahead of the LP, currently working on the 3rd Act. I love this game, so thanks for turning me on to it and doing an excellent job with the LP! The work you are putting into it really shows. Thank you! I just really wanted to show this game off to people and act as some marketing for it, since it's really good and deserves a spot in the light. I've tried to show off everything about the game that I can, to the point that there are things coming up that I missed my first time through. TracerK posted:By the way, I apologize in advance if it's been mentioned in an earlier update, but I just discovered you can change Bard's singing by holding the ZL/ZR button (or I assume the E, R, X, or C keys for PC). More notes to play around with! I'd gotten PM'd about this and... forgot to mention it in the thread  I actually found out about this while recording the Performance at the crazy raven. When I was having bard duck, I noticed his singing was deeper. You can do some fantastic things with it, like so: https://twitter.com/akfamilyhomeak/status/1053898854028853248 https://twitter.com/oceazul/status/1053543186243547136 Don't uh, go out and search for similar things on your own unless you're prepared for massive spoilers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSc5z_M2JlI
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really queer Christmas posted:I actually found out about this while recording the Performance at the crazy raven. When I was having bard duck, I noticed his singing was deeper. You can do some fantastic things with it, like so: Oh, cool, looks like a clean octave jump! Pop a squat on the first note of each line of Sweet Molly Malone, then, I was just shifting it to fit into what I thought was the only place it could.
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 Update 10 - The Hero's Journey As the true Hero, we go on an adventure, only a Hero can go on. really queer Christmas fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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I grabbed this game because of this LP and ended up playing the entire thing in one playthrough. This game is great and I love it, but I weirdly feel like it's closer to Super Paper Mario, of all things, rather than Undertale or Night in the Woods, though I'm unsure of where I'm getting that feeling from. Either way, I'm gonna keep watching this LP since you're often seeing stuff I managed to miss in here and I like your commentary.
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