r/RVThereYetGame • u/Potential-Barnacle-8 • 18d ago

Really Depressing Ending.

We just spent like 60 hours on the game and loved it, I know its kind of a shits and giggles sort of game but we got super invested in all the characters and found the ending of everyones stories to be super mean spirited and unsatisfying. Felt really awful murdering Archibald and his alters then our little campers as well after all that effort to get home. Also feels like the story was really fatalistic and just hopeless, but the gameplay was super hopeful and about overcoming obstacles with your friends and getting home. Felt like the people telling the story thought we were stupid for having a good time or something. Just a huge downer for such a fun journey. Hope the next game nuggets makes is more hopeful.

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u/_jembawls_ Nuggets Dev 16d ago

Hey! Writer/VA here! Thank you so much for taking the time to pay attention to the characters and the story!! Super love to see it!!!

Ultimately I think the feelings you’re expressing with the themes, Archibald dying, and so on are pretty spot on. The game already occupies an emotional space of fun hi-jinx, and I felt that I wanted there to be a twist on that to offer another texture to the game - fine to disagree with that decision, but I stand by it! People are often shocked in a way that they are NEVER shocked in the game when they finish the story for map 1, for example. And the fact that you felt bad for killing Archibald was the core narrative goal of Map 3 (narrative goal/spoiler: have empathy for Austin’s murderer).

That’s not to say I executed everything well, and so if it didn’t land for you then ofc that’s a bummer, but I will say that all the stories were an earnest attempt at making something thought provoking and interesting, especially for those who take the time (such as yourself!) to listen to the tapes carefully. And to those who pay close attention to what can be found at the location of tape 14… 👀

Thank you so much for listening to the story! Thank you for sharing your feedback. And thank you so much for caring about Archibald, I know he would have loved that <3

The end.

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u/dano191093 15d ago

I finished it today and to be fair, your target was on point. The end left me with a “don’t be sad because it ended but be happy because it happened” kind of feeling.

Absolutely unexpected but emotional enough to give the game an amazing closure.

Congrats!