I still have some doubts about this because of two things:

1. Some say that the star options are either for media or romance, but I had an star option that was not media related with Thomas, and countless others with Jessy even though LGBT+ romances aren't available in Duskwood.

2. A lot of these star options have dialogues that aren't romantic in themselves so while I might see this as just caring deeply about the character, the game might interpret it as me choosing a romantic route with said character. Because of that I accidentally made Jake fall in love with me in my first gameplay when that wasn't my intention at all.

Before I replay the game to see the other routes, I want to know how this mechanic actually works so I won't make the same mistake again.

Hola guys! I was just curious to see how many times you guys have replayed duskwood. So far I just finished playing the game a 2nd time 🫠 I'm low-key debating playing it another time but I'm not sure? 🥴

Just drop your comment and hope you guys are having a fun weekend! ❤️

I found Duskwood completely by accident. At first, I was pretty indifferent to it. I didn't expect much from the game at all.

But somewhere along the way, especially towards the end, I realized just how attached I had become to the characters.

And I've never experienced anything like this before. Not with a game, a movie, a TV show, or even a book.

Of course, Jake is the biggest reason for that.

I cried so much during the ending. There were so many questions left unanswered, and I just couldn't accept that I would never see another message from him again. And honestly, one of the hardest parts was realizing that he was fictional. It sounds silly, but I genuinely felt like I had lost something important to me.

My depression actually got worse after finishing Duskwood, because the ending left me with this strange feeling of emptiness. I missed these people. I missed Jake. I missed being able to open the game and see his messages.

That's actually why I started playing Moonvale. I thought that maybe, somehow, through the side story, I could get a chance to connect with Jake again.

And this is where I'm struggling with Moonvale.

I know the two games are very different, and I'm trying to keep an open mind. But the way the story introduces you to everything feels completely different from Duskwood.

In Duskwood, we were gradually introduced to the mystery. A missing girl's phone number somehow ends up with us, and neither we nor the other characters really understand why. They don't trust us at first, and we don't trust them either. Slowly, we get closer to each other, build relationships, and start trusting one another.

And there was also a very natural reason for us to care about finding Hannah: if we didn't, we could potentially become a suspect ourselves. So I felt like I had a personal stake in the story.

In Moonvale, I feel like I'm being thrown into the middle of a story that has already started. There are people I've never met acting as if I'm already one of them, and I'm somehow expected to immediately care about what happens to them.

I'm supposed to worry about Adam and Eric, but… I don't know them. I don't have any emotional connection to them yet. And maybe that's something that will develop later, but right now it feels very unnatural to me.

My heart is still completely with Jake.

Maybe Moonvale will eventually answer some of my questions and I'll become attached to these characters too. I really hope so.

But for now, I keep thinking about Duskwood and how naturally I became part of that story.

And if the developers somehow see this:

PLEASE. I am begging you. Let me talk to Jake in Moonvale. 😭

I don't even need anything huge. Just give me a message. A conversation. Anything.

I just want to see that little “Jake is typing…” again. 💔

I just want to make fun of Lilly in this post. I don't know who is dumber, if it's her, Thomas or Richy.

1. What she would do with MC's number

After Cleo decides not to call the police after the threatening video, Lilly complains and says that if it was up to her, she would have gone to the police with MC's number when Thomas told everyone.

Yeah, you would go to the police saying that some random number was sent from your missing sister's phone and you don't have the message or any kind of evidence... you think you can just go there and say to them "jUsT tRuSt Me BrO" and they'll go after MC? Seriously?

Thomas himself explained this to MC at the very beginning of the game, he knew trying that was completely pointless, especially when he was already a suspect to the police.

2. That vote

Did she actually think that the investigation would end after that?

The only thing that would happen is that the group would split: the ones who are against the investigation (and maybe Richy too, he decided to abstain) would stop investigating, while the others would continue to investigate and try to find Hannah. Lilly is not their owner and it's not like they would have to make some kind of oath that they will stay away from MC and stop looking for Hannah if the majority decided to expell MC from the group.

Sure, it would be more difficult to investigate with only two or maybe three people if Richy for some reason decided to play along, but not impossible.

3. That video accusing Jake and MC

If MC wanted to, they could have saved every single instance of what happened (the video itself, the messages of those angry strangers harassing them, Lilly's messages in the group where she says HERSELF that she only did this because she couldn't get rid of them through the vote and she didn't have any evidence, etc...) and after MC finally proved their innocence they could take her to court and make her pay for all of this.

I know I would have done that if I didn't forgive her later. If she didn't have any mercy on me (I don't blame her for distrusting Jake, after all he threatened all of them and he is pretty much apathetic towards everyone except MC and Hannah) after I did nothing but help then why should I have any mercy on her?

And once again, Thomas recognizes her dumb attitude. Even though he was first doubtful of me and asked Lilly if that was actually true, when I challenged Lilly to show everyone the evidence against me and Jake and she didn't Thomas admitted I was right and even though Lilly's accusations were plausible, she could not be so sure without any evidence.

4. Her threat while we are looking for Jake

I want to write here my interaction with her, it's one of my favourite moments of the entire game:

Lilly: But don't you think it's weird that Jake wants to lure us to this house?

MC: No, I don't think it is

That's not Jake's style

Lilly: What does that mean?

MC: He would never commit such an easily traceable crime

Lilly: Alright, I'm going to this house

But you realise that if something happens to me now, that everyone will be able to read what we've been writing?

And you would be framed as Jake's accomplice

MC: You do realise that Jake can easily delete chat histories, right?

(A minute of complete silence)

MC: Jake isn't even in Duskwood Lilly

I'll explain the way to you

(And the game continues as normal)

5. The #IAmJake stunt

Oh my god, that was one of the dumbest things in the entire game 🤦🏻‍♀️

So, you actually think that Jake's pursuers will believe that after all this time he's been hiding and putting so much effort to not be found, he will suddenly create an account on the Internet and show himself?

I don't think it took even a second for Jake's pursuers to understand what was going on, and after that all they had to do was ignore it and laugh at that stupidity.

I didn't want to be associated with that and every single time someone asked me or talked to me about this I said it was all Lilly's doing, including when Jake came back. For some reason he was happy (?!?!?!?) that "I" did this and I said "You can thank Lilly for that. She did all of it".

And she said herself that she thought everything would be over if she helped him with #IAmJake...

Just... dumb.

6. Thinking everything would be over after the police went to Michael's house

Again, this was the interaction:

Lilly: But

But he won't come that far right?

Because when the police get to Michael's house and see what we saw

Then they're gonna arrest him

And all of this will be over!

Jake: We cannot be sure of that.

MC: Jake is right

Worst case, he might just get rid of all the evidence

Right now, as we're talking

That's partially what he did. Instead of getting rid of all the evidence he just moved it to the Ironsplinter Mine, and that's why the police didn't do anything. It was obvious that that would happen. I wasn't born yesterday.

Anyway, that was all. Unless I missed something because I didn't choose specific dialogue options.

I don't feel any anger towards Lilly anymore, and I was happy to see her and everyone else in Moonvale's episode 3, but that won't make me blind to her mistakes and dumb actions. I could make a post similar to this talking about every important character in Duskwood if I wanted to (including MC themself, there are so many dumb things that they did and said that I would never do, and I didn’t have the option to choose different 😑).

I have not played duskwood yet and found the stranger tarot card I said that it's a bad omen and that is where I stopped playing today if anyone has an idea on what to do before continuing please tell me

I finished the duskwood but unfortunately mu phone broke and i don’t save the code :( If anyone have a Code and don’t use it I want if it possible thanks❤️🥰