sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano= Sorrow of Forgotten Piano
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies= Sorrow of Forgotten Piano

sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_a01= Grotto
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_b01= Grove
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_c01= Skyline
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_d00= Piano
poem_sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_A= Canvas

sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_remix= // Rose Tinted Mix
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_remix_artist= BaileyPiano

sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_b_a01= Alcove
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_b_b01= Thicket
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_b_c01= Horizon
sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_b_d00= Piano
poem_sorrowofforgottenpiano_0_Lobbies_sorrowofforgottenpiano_B= Art and Creation

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano= The Truth
endscreen_collabname_sorrowofforgottenpiano= The Truth

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_grove1= grove
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_grove2= grove
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_grove3= grove

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_lake1= lake
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_lake2= lake
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_lake3= lake
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_lake4= lake
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_lake5= lake
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_lake6= lake

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_trench1= trench
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_trench2= trench
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_trench3= trench
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_trench4= trench
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_trench5= trench
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_trench6= trench

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest1= forest
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest1_a01= failure
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest1_b01= failure
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest1_c01= failure
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest1_d00= failure
poem_sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest1_A= failure

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest2= forest
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest2_a01= failure
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest2_b01= failure
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest2_c01= failure
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest2_c06= failure
poem_sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest2_A= failure

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_forest3= forest

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ocean1= ocean
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ocean2= ocean
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ocean3= ocean
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ocean4= ocean
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ocean5= ocean
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ocean6= ocean

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_alluvion= alluvion

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_sanctuary= sanctuary

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_eschaton= eschaton

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_elysium= elysium

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_river1= river
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_river2= river
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_river3= river
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_river4= river
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_river5= river
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_river6= river

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_chasm1= chasm
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_chasm2= chasm
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_chasm3= chasm
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_chasm4= chasm
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_chasm5= chasm
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_chasm6= chasm

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_void1= void
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_void2= void
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_void3= void
sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_void4= void

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_ourfate= Our Fate

sorrowofforgottenpiano_1_sorrowofforgottenpiano_messagetotheworld= Message to the World

sofp_trench= [MADELINE left sad] Here I am.
All of our lives eventually lead us here.
I remember something my creator once told me.
[]
{#ff8d85}"Life's beauty is often deceiving."{#}
{#ff8d85}"A mere cover-up, to hide the ugly truths."{#}
{#ff8d85}"As one of many who have perceived those truths, I strive to express my frustration in a fashion similar to life."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Fury, exhaustion; hidden behind beautiful groves, magical landscapes..."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Outer space."{#}
{#ff8d85}"My creation."{#}
[MADELINE left sad] That's why I was sent here.
[MADELINE left panic] But why must she put me through the truth she sees?
Was I created just for this purpose?

sofp_forest1_1= A piece of paper is stuck inbetween the petals of the flower.
{#ff8d85}"I've failed."{#}
{#ff8d85}"At the start of the road, I've failed."{#}
{#ff8d85}"What would nature think of me?"{#}
{#ff8d85}"That I can't even mimic it once, across dozens of attempts?"{#}

sofp_forest1_2= A piece of paper is stuck inbetween the petals of the flower.
{#ff8d85}"I have nothing."{#}
{#ff8d85}"I've made nothing."{#}
{#ff8d85}"This is all I have, yet I've made nothing."{#}

sofp_forest1_3= A piece of paper is stuck inbetween the petals of the flower.
{#ff8d85}"What do I have to show for all these years?"{#}
{#ff8d85}"Even though I've entirely dedicated myself to this..."{#}
{#ff8d85}"I still feel as though I haven't improved the littlest bit."{#}
{#ff8d85}"I still have nothing."{#}

sofp_forest2_1= You hear the echo of a voice coming from behind the mist.
{#ff8d85}"It feels so hollow."{#}
{#ea817a}"What is it missing?"{#}
{#d6756f}"It's missing soul."{#}
{#c16964}"Where do I find soul?"{#}

sofp_forest2_2= You hear the echo of a voice coming from behind the mist.
{#ac5e59}"I lost my passion amongst the mist."{#}
{#97524e}"The clouds covered up the star in my hands."{#}
{#824643}"Why is it so empty?"{#}
{#6d3b38}"I feel... lost."{#}

sofp_forest2_3= You hear the echo of a voice coming from behind the mist.
{#582f2c}"Why is it hiding from me?"{#}
{#432321}"Am I no longer one of them?"{#}
{#2e1716}"Why has it hidden me away?"{#}
{#1a0c0b}"When will they rescue me?"{#}
{#000000}"save me"{#}

sofp_forest2_4= You hear the echo of a voice coming from behind the mist.
{#000000}"help me"{#}
{#000000}"save me"{#}
{#000000}"help me"{#}
{#000000}"save me"{#}

sofp_forest2_cloud= [MADELINE left sadder] ...
sofp_forest2_cloud2= [MADELINE left angry] ...

sofp_ocean= [MADELINE right distracted] ...
[MADELINE right sad] It feels so peaceful here.
It feels more... accepting.
...
[MADELINE right distracted] I'm not being lied to here.
...
[MADELINE right sadder] I don't want to go back anymore.
I want to stay here forever.

sofp_restart= RESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTERRESTARTCHAPTER

sofp_alluvion= [MADELINE left angry] Why, creator!?
Are you really so selfish that you would torture us to this extent?
Just to "feel heard"!?
[MADELINE left sadder] I've gotten tired, creator.
When will you?

snote1= A note.
It looks like your handwriting.
"I overheard my creator."
"She said:"
{#ff8d85}"Nature must tear her apart."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Mother Nature will claim her back."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Only then, can I express my frustration."{#}

snote2= A note.
It looks like your handwriting.
"I overheard my creator."
"She said:"
{#ff8d85}"She must take her own life."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Succumb to the despair of knowing the truth."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Only then, can others understand."{#}

snote3= A note.
It looks like your handwriting.
"I overheard my creator."
"She said:"
{#ff8d85}"She must get lost among the stars."{#}
{#ff8d85}"A constant reminder of those greater than us."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Only then, will I finally feel heard."{#}

snote4= A note.
It looks like your handwriting.
"I overheard my creator."
"She said:"
{#ff8d85}"She must know of her artificial life."{#}
{#ff8d85}"A mere vessel, created to be thrashed, born to be killed."{#}
{#ff8d85}"Only then, can I communicate my purpose."{#}

snote5= A note.
It looks like your handwriting.
"I overheard my creator."
"She said:"
{ph_trigger set_flag snotemusic true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag snotemusic true}
{#ff0000}"WHY ME!?"{#}
{#ff0000}"WHY HAS GOD CREATED ME TO PERCEIVE THESE TRUTHS??"{#}
{#ff0000}"NOW I CREATE, TO MIMIC IT WHO BRINGS MY SUFFERING."{#}
{#ff0000}"FOR THAT IS THE ONLY PATH I SEE, THE ONLY ONE NOT MARRED BY BLOOD."{#}
{#ff0000}"BUT THERE IS NO GOD."{#}
{#ff0000}"THERE IS ONLY THE UNIVERSE, WHO IS THE ONE WHO SHOWS ME THE TRUTH."{#}
{#ff0000}"WHY CAN'T THERE BE A GOD TO SAVE ME FROM IT?"{#}
{#ff0000}"NOW I MIMIC A FAKE GOD, NOT ONE WHO BRINGS SALVATION, BUT ONE WHO BRINGS THE TRUTH MY CRUEL UNIVERSE BRINGS ME."{#}
{#ff0000}"MY CREATIONS I CREATE, IN FALSE HOPES THAT ONE DAY I MAY NO LONGER BE BOUND TO THE TORTURE."{#}
{#ff0000}"BUT IT IS IN VAIN."{#}
{#ff0000}"I WILL NEVER BE FREE."{#}
{#ff0000}"FOR AS LONG AS THE WORLD PERCEIVES ME, I WILL PERCEIVE IT BACK."{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag walkoff true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag walkoff true}

sofp_eschaton1= [MADELINE left normal] {#000000}znk{#} {#380000}a{#}{#000000}tgbuojghrk juusyjge ngy iusk lux sk, gtj sk utre.{#}
{#000000}gy{#} {#380000}v{#}{#000000}xuvnkyofkj, o tuc hkmot se lotg{#}{#380000}r{#} {#000000}giz.{#}
{#000000}se sotj yuut zu s{#}{#380000}k{#}{#000000}rz, se huje yuut zu iurrgvyk.{#}
{#380000}l{#}{#000000}ux zngz oy cne ynk ixkg{#}{#380000}z{#}{#000000}kj sk.{#}

sofp_eschaton2= [MADELINE left normal] {#000000}lobk jgey gmu, ixkgzux cnoyvkxkj ot se kgx gtuznkx v{#}{#380000}r{#}{#000000}gt ynk ngj lux sk.{#}
{#000000}pajmkj ot znk jobotk iuaxz gtj y{#}{#380000}k{#}{#000000}tz zu znk vrgik ul znk mtgynotm ul znk zkkzn.{#}
{#000000}ynk sge ngbk hkmat muotm otygtk nkxykrl.{#}
{#000000}o igt'z ykks zu atjkxyzgtj cne ynk cuarj qkkv gte u{#}{#380000}l{#} {#000000}znoy g ykixkz.{#}
{#000000}tuz zng{#}{#380000}z{#} {#000000}o'rr igxk utik o's jkgj.{#}

sofp_eschaton3= [MADELINE left normal] {#000000}vgot yzg{#}{#380000}x{#}{#000000}zy zu ykz ot.{#}
{#000000}o lkkr yv{#}{#380000}o{#}{#000000}qky jom{#}{#380000}m{#}{#000000}otm otzu se lrkyn.{#}
{#000000}vkxngvy znuyk yvoqky gxk skzgv{#}{#380000}n{#}{#000000}uxoigr.{#}
{#000000}o's yaxk eua cuarj yge {#}{#380000}z{#}{#000000}nke gxk, ixkgzux.{#}

sofp_eschaton4= [MADELINE left normal] {#000000}jkige ngy hkm{#}{#380000}a{#}{#000000}t.{#}
{#000000}o's uaz ul zosk.{#}
{#000000}o sayz lotj se ixkgzux.{#}
{#000000}o'rr {#}{#380000}v{#}{#000000}axyak kreyoas, ol kyingzut jkksy sk atckriusk.{#}

sofp_elysiumconfrontation= {#ff8d85}Madeline?{#}
[MADELINE left sad]I've found you, creator.
I have a question for you.
Do you ever feel bad about your creations?
[]
{#ff8d85}Why have come here?{#}
{#ff8d85}No, how have you?{#}
[MADELINE left sad]I've defied your prophecy, creator.
I refuse to share the same terrible fate as those before me.
Now, answer my question.
[]
{#ff8d85}What question?{#}
[MADELINE left upset]Don't pretend like you didn't hear me.
[MADELINE left sad]Do you not pity me nor the others?
[]
{#ff8d85}...{#}
{#ff8d85}No, Madeline.{#}
{#ff8d85}You all represent me.{#}
{#ff8d85}You're all fake, temporary vessels.{#}
{#ff8d85}I created you so I could erase you.{#}
{#ff8d85}Know your place.{#}
[MADELINE left angry]No!
With what honor do you call yourself a creator?
A creator so insecure she has to take lives just to communicate a few words!?
{!}YOU'RE FUCKING PATHETIC!!{/!}
[]
{#ff8d85}...{#}
[MADELINE left sad]...
[]
{#ff8d85}...{#}
{#ff8d85}I understand.{#}
{#ff8d85}Please leave, Madeline.{#}
{#ff8d85}You've now told me what you wanted to.{#}
{#ff8d85}There's more that awaits you, so please accept my apology, and move on.{#}
[MADELINE left distracted]...
[MADELINE left sad]Hey.
You know what?
I have it all wrong.
[MADELINE left sadder]You're real, and we're not.
Your methods may be cruel to us.
But that's the point, is it not?
So don't apologize about your art.
After all, we're all vessels.
[]
{#ff8d85}Correct.{#}
{#ff8d85}Now leave.{#}

sofp_stars_01= [MADELINE left sad] Why are there so many stars here?
sofp_stars_02= {#ff8d85}These are creations.{#}
sofp_stars_03= [MADELINE left sad] What do you mean?
sofp_stars_04= {#ff8d85}Each one is a piece of art, displaying the creator's emotions and desire.{#}
sofp_stars_05= {#ff8d85}That desire may be just to create, or something deeper.{#}
sofp_stars_06= [MADELINE left sad] But why have they all gathered here?
sofp_stars_07= {#ff8d85}They're all inspired by the Greater Star.{#}
sofp_stars_08= {#ff8d85}I still remember...{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar1 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar1 true}
sofp_stars_09= {#ff8d85}One day, I saw a star in the sky.{#}
{#ff8d85}Bigger than any, brighter than any.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar2 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar2 true}
sofp_stars_10= {#ff8d85}Then I saw thousands of smaller stars.{#}
{#ff8d85}I thought to myself, "I want to make one too!".{#}
{#ff8d85}The tools as the mold, I poured my emotions into it.{#}
{#ff8d85}I had made a star.{#}
{#ff8d85}Then I made another.{#}
{#ff8d85}Then I made another.{#}
{#ff8d85}Then I made another.{#}
{#ff8d85}I haven't stopped since.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar3 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar3 true}
sofp_stars_11= {#ff8d85}And yet, sometimes I regret it.{#}
{#ff8d85}I keep creating, with the hopes that one day the star I make shines brighter than the last.{#}
{#ff8d85}Brighter than the other stars in the sky.{#}
{#ff8d85}Maybe one day, brighter than the Greater Star.{#}
{#ff8d85}But every single time, my greed consumes me.{#}
{#ff8d85}The star explodes into a supernova.{#}
{#ff8d85}It becomes a black hole, and sucks me in.{#}
{#ff8d85}Only once I'm in the event horizon, I realize...{#}
{#ff8d85}There was never a black hole to begin with.{#}
{#ff8d85}But there wasn't a star either.{#}
{#ff8d85}It was only an empty void.{#}
[MADELINE left angry] That's not true!
[MADELINE left sad] Your stars are real.
[MADELINE left sadder] People gaze at them all the time...
[MADELINE left sad] What makes you think they don't exist?
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar4 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar4 true}

sofp_op= Oblivion's Peak
sofp_op_date= September 2024

sofp_cdm= Carolean Death March
sofp_cdm_date= December 2024

sofp_sb= Second Blockless
sofp_sb_date= December 2024

sofp_attch= A Tribute to Celeste Hangout
sofp_attch_date= January 2025

sofp_yy= ySoul's ySides
sofp_yy_date= April 2025

sofp_12b= 12 Bells
sofp_12b_date= April 2025

sofp_jity= Jester's Pity
sofp_jity_date= May 2025

sofp_dem= demnisho
sofp_dem_date= May 2025

sofp_oll= OLD DOLL
sofp_oll_date= July 2025

sofp_nn= Nowhere Near
sofp_nn_date= August 2025

sofp_ad= ?absent dreams
sofp_ad_date= April 2026

sofp_sofp= Sorrow of Forgotten Piano
sofp_sofp_date= May 2026

sofp_failure= FAILURE
sofp_failuredialog= {#ff0000}Failure.{#}

sofp_sorrow= SORROW

sofp_stars_op= {#ff8d85}The first map of my trilogy.{#}
{#ff8d85}The story is so dull and pointless, and none of it matches the gameplay.{#}
{#ff8d85}Not to mention the extremely abrupt ending.{#}
{#ff8d85}It adds absolutely nothing to the trilogy, and it's a really disappointing result for the vision I had for it.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar5 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar5 true}

sofp_stars_cdm= {#ff8d85}I feel like I didn't even try with this one.{#}
{#ff8d85}The gameplay was frustrating and barely functional.{#}
{#ff8d85}The decoration was done in the span of minutes, even though I knew it had potential to be really atmospheric.{#}
{#ff8d85}I feel bad for disrespecting an entity as interesting as the Theo Crystal.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar6 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar6 true}

sofp_stars_sb= {#ff8d85}I remember the day I thought of this idea.{#}
{#ff8d85}I was so excited about having come up with such a creative and unique map.{#}
{#ff8d85}And yet, the execution was terrible.{#}
{#ff8d85}It was all low effort, unoriginal gameplay.{#}
{#ff8d85}None of it was tested, and it was rushed for Christmas.{#}
{#ff8d85}And even then, I missed the deadline.{#}
{#ff8d85}It only hurts more that this is still one of my most popular projects to date.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar7 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar7 true}

sofp_stars_attch= {#ff8d85}This campaign is quantity over quality.{#}
{#ff8d85}I don't feel like the effort spent on it reflected what I owe to Celeste Hangout at all.{#}
{#ff8d85}It almost makes me look like I'm lying about how grateful I am, and just whipped something together as quickly as possible to make it look like I'm grateful.{#}
{#ff8d85}I would remake it, but I feel like it's more effort than it is worth at this point.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar8 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar8 true}

sofp_stars_yy= {#ff8d85}This was made for April Fools.{#}
{#ff8d85}You would expect something like this to be purposefully bad, but I honestly really did try to make it semi-enjoyable.{#}
{#ff8d85}I don't think I succeeded.{#}
{#ff8d85}It's barely good enough to not be considered a "silly low effort April Fools joke", but it's not good enough to be worth playing.{#}
{#ff8d85}The map lengths are inconsistent, and Yarewell is WAY too much of a difficulty spike.{#}
{#ff8d85}It feels more like an "inexperienced mapper attempts to make a D-Sides ripoff" more than anything.{#}
{#ff8d85}Working on this was a waste of time.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar9 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar9 true}

sofp_stars_12b= {#ff8d85}This map was made for Music Translation Contest 3.{#}
{#ff8d85}When the contest was first announced, I immediately knew I wanted to map input density with a fast-paced song.{#}
{#ff8d85}That was my first mistake.{#}
{#ff8d85}Not only did I fail the music translation, I failed to make a good map entirely.{#}
{#ff8d85}The first reactions I got upon releasing this map were "This feels like a poorly made MOCElike."
{#ff8d85}That wasn't my intention with this map, but I agree with them the more I think about it.{#}
{#ff8d85}I wish I could've done the song justice.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar10 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar10 true}

sofp_stars_jity= {#ff8d85}Some people love this map for some reason.{#}
{#ff8d85}It wasn't meant to be all that fun.{#}
{#ff8d85}I made it as an excuse to vent because I was pretty depressed at the time.{#}
{#ff8d85}The gameplay is only there to tie together the dialog, because it wouldn't be a Celeste map otherwise.{#}
{#ff8d85}But guess what?{#}
{#ff8d85}No one cares about the dialog.{#}
{#ff8d85}Not a single person I've seen playing this map has paid attention to the story.{#}
{#ff8d85}Hardlist players will gobble up all the dashless slop that comes their way.{#}
{#ff8d85}Why would they read some stupid teenager's vent dialog?{#}
{#ff8d85}Useless map.{#}
{#ff8d85}Never play it.{#}
{ph_trigger set_flag sofpstar11 true}
{ph_on_skip set_flag sofpstar11 true}

sofp_stars_dem= {#ff8d85}This map was made for Whimsy Week '25.{#}
{#ff8d85}It got second last place, that should be all you need to know.{#}
{#ff8d85}Low effort, rushed, no personality, jank gameplay...{#}
{#ff8d85}There's one thing that really bothers me.{#}
{#ff8d85}I named this map after one of my friends.{#}
{#ff8d85}He's not very active in the Celeste community, so now his name is only known as "that one really bad ySoul map".{#}
{#ff8d85}This is the only map of mine I've genuinely considered deleting off of GameBanana.{#}
{#ff8d85}I'm sorry.{#}
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sofp_stars_oll= {#ff8d85}The second map of my trilogy.{#}
{#ff8d85}This map was meant to be something grand, something important.{#}
{#ff8d85}A masterpiece, the map I'm known for.{#}
{#ff8d85}It was meant to be a turning point in the storyline of the trilogy I'm so "ambitious" about.{#}
{#ff8d85}Yet I can't help but feel like it's so... dull.{#}
{#ff8d85}Empty, pointless.{#}
{#ff8d85}It fails to deliver every single punch it tries to.{#}
{#ff8d85}All it achieves is just being another "scary" map.{#}
{#ff8d85}Which wasn't even the intention.{#}
{#ff8d85}My magnum opus is a husk.{#}
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sofp_stars_nn= {#ff8d85}This map was made for Phobia Contest.{#}
{#ff8d85}Maybe it could've been good if I had any ideas going into it.{#}
{#ff8d85}I had no entity palette, no checkpoint progression, not even a story!{#}
{#ff8d85}Who starts a story-based map without knowing the story until three weeks later?{#}
{#ff8d85}Even then, all I could come up with was "evil company experiments on corpses".{#}
{#ff8d85}Reminds me of AAA zombie apocalypse games.{#}
{#ff8d85}The map was initially supposed to end at the 25% point of how long it is now.{#}
{#ff8d85}Leave it up to me to make boring gameplayless slop.{#}
{#ff8d85}Despite all that, this is still one of my best works.{#}
{#ff8d85}That makes me so mad.{#}
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sofp_stars_ad= {#ff8d85}This map was made for Eso2rica Contest.{#}
{#ff8d85}Well, first of all, it's not esoteric.{#}
{#ff8d85}Secondly, it might just be one of the biggest cases of wasted potential I've ever seen.{#}
{#ff8d85}I was so proud of the worldbuilding I had planned before starting the project.{#}
{#ff8d85}I'm not kidding when I say 90% of it had to get cut due to scoping issues.{#}
{#ff8d85}You might think that's a lie because the showcase video is still two and a half hours long, but it only achieves that enormous length with the cheap trick of being a metroidvania with no fast-travel method.{#}
{#ff8d85}On top of that, it lacks the atmosphere I wish it had.{#}
{#ff8d85}It almost feels unfinished.{#}
{#ff8d85}And I know I can never truly "finish" it, because that would take me years.{#}
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sofp_stars_sofp= {#ff8d85}Failure.{#}
{#ff8d85}Emptiness.{#}
{#ff8d85}Disappointment.{#}
{#ff8d85}Misery.{#}
{#ff8d85}Pain.{#}
{#ff0000}SORROW.{#}
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sofp_stars_sofp2= [MADELINE left angry] STOP!
Why are you doing this?
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{#ff0000}Because they aren't real.{#}
{#ff0000}Do you see stars, Madeline?{#}
{#ff0000}I only see void.{#}
{#ff0000}All of my efforts bring me pain.{#}
{#ff0000}The supernovas melt me into matter, Madeline.{#}
{#ff0000}But I'm always brought back to life.{#}
{#ff0000}The Greater Star burns my eyes, Madeline.{#}
{#ff0000}But the immortal moth keeps going back to the lamp.{#}
{#ff0000}I sacrifice your trillion selves all for SORROW.{#}
{#ff0000}Do you understand, Madeline?{#}
{#ff0000}Your existences bring me pain.{#}
{#ff0000}AND I'M ALWAYS THE ONE TO BLAME!{#}
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[MADELINE left angry] NO YOU'RE NOT!
I know you, creator!
Your failures don't bring you pain.
It's the world!
Knowing the truth is far more painful than anything else you tell yourself!
You don't see void, you see nothing!
You're just too blind to gaze at your own stars!
Ask anyone else, they'll praise you until the end of time!
[]
{#ff0000}Your words mean nothing to me.{#}
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sofp_stars_sofp3= {#ff0000}I'm making you say all of this.{#}
[MADELINE left sad] What?
[]
{#ff0000}Your words are predetermined in a .txt file.{#}
{#ff0000}All written by me.{#}
{#ff0000}I'm once again using you as a vessel to comfort myself about some stupid problem.{#}
{#ff0000}But it won't work.{#}
{#ff0000}At the end of the day, this entire "conversation" will just be a part of another project that'll leave me disappointed.{#}
[MADELINE left sadder] ...
Then why do you keep creating?
If all of your projects keep bringing you pain, why not stop entirely?
[]
{#ff0000}...{#}
{#ff0000}"Why do I keep creating"?{#}
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ourfate1= {#ff8d85}I create, because I don't know what else to do.{#}
{#ff8d85}Art is the only reason to live I see.{#}
{#ff8d85}It is what keeps me alive, fulfilled.{#}
{#ff8d85}It is what makes me human.{#}
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ourfate2= {#ff8d85}My art may bring me pain.{#}
{#ff8d85}But that pain fuels me.{#}
{#ff8d85}That is why I keep creating.{#}
{#ff8d85}The supernova is what pushes me to create a star that doesn't explode.{#}
{#ff8d85}One that remains in the sky, for all to see.{#}
{#ff8d85}No, for me to see.{#}

ourfate3= {#ff8d85}I call out to everyone, art is our escape from tragedy.{#}
{#ff8d85}We can't bear our fate without something to mask it.{#}
{#ff8d85}However, the deceiving beauty can not deceive us well enough.{#}
{#ff8d85}And so, we must deceive ourselves.{#}
{#ff8d85}Art will mask our pain, even if it displays pain itself.{#}

ourfate4= {#ff8d85}Everyone...{#}
{#ff8d85}Madeline, player, viewer...{#}
{#ff8d85}Please listen to my words, before you leave once more.{#}

message01= If there is one thing I know,
message02= it is our purpose.

message03= We are meant to create.

message04= There is but one thing
message05= I can tell you.

message06= Draw, sculpt, write, compose...

message07= Map.

message08= Create, because that is
message09= why you were born.

message10= Love, grief, war, life, death...

message11= If a simple canvas can hold such
message12= complex concepts, then it must.

message13= I recreate reality, because that is
message14= what I believe it wants me to do.

message15= And I urge you to do the same.

message16= After you get out of here,
message17= create something.

message18= Express your emotions with it,
message19= or not.

message20= After all,
message21= creation doesn't need a purpose.

message22= Show it to a friend,
message23= or keep it to yourself.

message24= After all,
message25= creation itself is enough to
message26= keep you content.

message27= There is only one thing
message28= I ask of you...

message29= For as long as you live,
message30= keep on creating.

message31= Farewell.








