lonely wolf treat: alternate ending plans (Patreon)

this post contains TREAT SPOILERS, so if you don't want to know anything, forget you saw this new character design!!! lol

---

first, some explanation: when i released chapter 7, i added some extra stuff throughout the previous chapters! this included access to BAD END THEATER when you visit the netherworld in chapter 4. the witches there hint at bad endings, so i thought today i'd reveal my evil plans...

what'd i'd really love to do for treat 8 is give you access to the netherworld and BAD END THEATER once again, where you'll get hints for how to reach the bad end paths for each main character. originally i was thinking i could write a bad ending for all 8 chapters, but i think cutting it down to 4 higher quality paths is more satisfying!

and before i scare u off, my rule for these is that they're not miserable just for the sake of it. each ending has to reveal plot details that you'd otherwise never be able to find out. starting with treat's bad end in chapter 1... where if you fulfill the conditions you'll learn from lilium in chapter 8, you can explore the wilderness northwest of frosting where a new plot will unfold...!

so now i can finally tell you about TIMBER!!!!!!!

he's the leader of the pack that treat and her family left when she was young. THEY'RE HUNTERS... or are they?! (they kinda are.) it's complicated! (timber is definitely a villain.) but you'll finally get to learn more about the other wolves in the next release :) i'm already halfway through scripting the events for this one, and i'm having a great time hehe

and of course it's a bad ending, so there will be a nice dose of despair too. i mean, it's despair-inducing by default because if treat joins this other pack and leaves frosting, she can never get together with mochi and moxie...! and never see trick again!!! NOOO!!!!

...good thing it's just an alternate ending ;o

i'm really really excited to write the rest of these, so i hope if you enjoy bad endings you'll have a good time with this stuff (especially knowing that it's not real and can't hurt you!! lol)

and if you don't like bad endings, it's completely avoidable! actually the unlock conditions are super arbitrary and pretty much impossible to trigger by accident, because i wanted to make all the bad ends accessible from chapter select for convenience.

again, the point of these alternate endings is to round out the plot and give more information on things that have been glossed over in the main story, or give you access to places you couldn't explore before... idk, i guess i don't really have to justify what i'm making to anyone--but i know the treat characters are very dear to people's hearts, so i wanted to try to make it clear that i'm not hurting them for no reason! i've got STUFF TO SAY!!!

like... i love timber!! my evil boy!!!!! i'm glad i made him and i hope people draw cool fan art of him in the future!!!!! sorry for getting so excited about my villains (i feel this way about syrup 2's baddies too haha), i promise the happy endings will outweigh all the tragedy!!!

thanks for reading <3