u/goredapathy

Hello all!

I wanted to also suggest Oneway.exe for GTLive to cover! I think this is a greaaat game for playing live. There's a lot of different routes to take, 7 different endings, plus all the different characters' have their own rooms with individual styles, too. I like how different it feels to play this game, and then watch it, no one plays it the same way on their first try.

I think the puzzle solving and live theorizing would really benefit oneway! There's great voice work in the game, but also plenty of text to read and make voices for.

Oneway.exe also has a super in-depth fanmade walkthrough and lore guide, both for the game and its endings, and the ARG as well! I think Ash will really be impressed with the full scope of what oneway is, especially in contrast to the one room they played of the demo! The puzzles are so satisfying to complete, and the hardest one of which (Darkfox) hasn't even been completed publicly. GTLive could be the first to show how to crack it 0w0!

I know the co-devs are also long-time fans of the channels, so I feel like they really get the fun of LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!

OKAY I'VE BEEN DYING TO DISCUSS THIS HERE.

As a long-time role reversal girlie i have never once seen a ship in canon depicting actual honest to god role reversal. UNTIL I PLAYED ONEWAY.EXE
I think i died of shock 3000 times over and pledged my eternal devotion to this game in return.

Roles are actually an integral part of oneway's story, a large aspect of the game is understanding that the tragedy that occurred between these characters goes against the entirety of who they are, as the situation of the tragedy follows gender norms that they have rejected for their entire relationship.

Oneway.exe also introduced me to the chinese concept of 4i/fourth love 0w0 and I'm a changed woman.

Also, personally I'm really attached to the way they showcase that role reversal doesn't have to be a strictly sexual concept, it's a proper lifestyle and dynamic that makes you feel seen and safe and comfortable. I really love seeing that represented and seeing how cute their love is.

I'm being vague to avoid outright spoilers >w> but I hope you get what I mean. Both images are from in-game, I really can't speak enough on what this representation means to me.

Various EE/SS art you can unlock through oneway.exe (indie horror puzzle game about EE, SS and CT!), they are the cutest cutest cutest they make me go rabid TwT
I love seeing how Kitty draws them together and the way her love for the two of them shows in how sweetly she depicts their moments of domesticity.

I thought maybe some users here might be interested in this! I've been enjoying participating in it but I don't think very many people know about it.

There's an indie horror puzzle game on Steam, oneway.exe: Module 1.0. It tells the story of a three-person game dev team called Trio8, who were developing a crossover horror game using a bunch of characters from in-universe horror media, like slasher movies and youtube webseries. During development, something happened between the three of them, and one dev brutally murdered another, filmed the whole thing, and uploaded it to the internet. It became a huge spectacle, and no one really knows the actual motive behind the murder, so the narrative became a bastardization of what actually happened. The last surviving dev effectively disappeared, so no one got his side of the story either. You play as that dev, now trapped in the corruption of the game they were making, and somehow having forgotten what happened between the three of them. You have to go through their game, and the devs desktop, to piece together the story and figure out what happened, and what, if anything, you had to do with it.

The ARG takes place outside of all of that, and focuses on a group called The Restoration Team, who is working to restore and preserve all the work the devs did before, and including, their unfinished game. The Restoration Team intends to squash the rumors and assumptions that spread around after the murder, and wants to treat the deceased, and still living, devs with the respect they deserve. There are multiple in-universe websites, that Trio8 originally made for their game, that The Restoration Team are trying to preserve, as well as some of the dev's personal websites. The Team has their own website too, where players can ask them questions. The websites are updated periodically, and have a ton of lore by themselves.

But the vast majority of the interactivity in the ARG is in the oneway.exe discord server, which has in-character channels dedicated to interacting directly with members of The Restoration Team. The conversations matter, and the team remembers what's been discussed and what users have said, and will react accordingly. Users have tried messing with them in the past and it took a while for the server to get back into their good graces, they still bring up some of those things to remind us not to take their trust for granted, lol. Talking with them sometimes reveals new info about Trio8, but also gives us insight into the Team as a whole, their stories, and their possible role in Trio8's story as well. There's a bell tolling for The Restoration Team for sure, but we don't know what or why just yet.

I just think it's such an incredibly fun and in-depth game and ARG and wanted to share it with people who might care! lol

Here's a link to the game's lore-focused trailer, it includes some hints about the ARG as well!