#upcoming vr games

[flibbleynova]

A cozy little VR game Escaping Wonderland! Watch the first 20 minutes of this wonderful game.

[virtualrealitynewstoday]

《DANCE EDEN》將於2024年8月在STEAM平台正式發售

由DigiEden團隊開發的《DANCE EDEN》是一款多玩家XR舞蹈遊戲，預計於2024年8月在STEAM平台正式發售。這款遊戲讓玩家能夠與朋友或其他玩家在虛擬領舞NPC的帶領下即時共舞，或者在未來科技主題的舞蹈工作室中獨自練習。遊戲不僅帶來娛樂，更是一種極佳的運動方式，並提供多樣化的精美服飾和個性化妝選項，讓玩家在虛擬世界中展現最佳自我。 《DANCE EDEN》讓玩家沉浸於未來世界中，隨著動感的音樂律動，享受聲音與動作完美融合的沉浸式體驗。每首歌曲和舞蹈動作都由熱情的音樂創作者和專業舞者精心打造，舞台燈光效果也經過精細調整，呈現出絢麗的視覺效果。 遊戲中的每位玩家都有自己的虛擬化身，能夠與他人即時互動，共享舞蹈的樂趣。豐富的個性化選項讓玩家可以隨心搭配服裝和妝容，充分展現獨特風格。此外，《DANCE…

[virtulands]

Virtual reality | Best Upcoming Meta Quest 3 Games Of 2024

Virtual reality | Best Upcoming Meta Quest 3 Games Of 2024 Demeter promo screenshot Meta Meta Quest 3 headset owners have had a great month. Asgard’s Wrath 2 has been released, and is already one of the best-reviewed VR games ever. However, if you have just got your hands on a virtual reality headset from Meta, you might be wondering what’s over the horizon. There’s a lot. As well as VR…

[theoldbloomingroots]

Mipa! a main character from an upcoming VR game i'm making with a friend!

[planetofsnarfs]

The director of the upcoming Alien: Romulus film has taken some inspiration from 2014’s Alien Isolation video game, including a big hint before scary scenes.

It’s 10 years since Alien Isolation came out on consoles and PC and while it was a flawed experience it recreated the the look and feel of the first film in the series impressively well.

There have been multiple Alien video video games since then – most notably real-time tactics game Aliens: Dark Descent – and VR title Alien: Rogue Incursion is set to launch later this year on VR, plus fans of the horror sci-fi series are getting a new movie on August 16.

The director of the upcoming film, Alien: Romulus, has revealed that he’s taken some inspiration from the game, adding the emergency telephones in certain scenes – as an indication of when something scary is about to happen.

In Alien Isolation you use the telephones to save your progress, which, as with all save points, means that there’s a difficult bit coming up soon and, given the nature of Insolation, inevitably something scary.

‘The movie is set up in a way [that] every time something bad is about to happen, you will see a phone,’ said Álvarez.

[andro-does-stuff-2]

He enjoyed it a little too much.

Hello!

Another meme for the FNAF 10th anniversary week!

This time about Michael burning Fazbear's Fright, with his father (and himself) inside.

FNAF 3 was overhated back then. I remember people wanting FNAF to be over after that game.

Then FNAF 4 came out, and then FNAF SL, FNAF PS, FNAF UCN, FNAF World, FNAF AR, FNAF VR, FNAF SB and the DLCs came out, without counting the dozens of Fazbear's Frights books, and the upcoming games (FNAF ITP, FNAF VR 2, FLAF).

Basically, FNAF 3 wasn't the end. It was just the beggining.

LOL

I'll post more content, now that I'm feeling better since today (I hope).

See you later

--Andro

[zibus]

You know what's impressive about Shangri-la Frontier (other than using the vr video gam premise well) is that they set up a whole encounter with one of the big bad boss monsters, and then halfway through we get side tracked to go play an entirely different video game with entirely different stakes and I -

1.) Was super invested and interested in the tangent (even if they had no idea how video game tournaments actually function).

2.) Was just as invested in the upcoming big boss battle when we returned to the main story.

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

Manhwa Rec: Concubine Walkthrough

Remember when I made a whole post recommending a manhwa because no one else I knew read it so I could find someone to talk to about it? Well, we're back at it again a whole year later for me to tell y'all to go read Concubine Walkthrough. It's 128 chapters (with some bonus content) of pure excellence.

While on the surface looking like a typical otome isekai read of 'MC transmigrates into the body of a story's villainess', Concubine Walkthrough turns the genre on its head with its implementation of sci-fi, philosophy and political battles in addition to beautiful artwork and heart-wrenching storytelling. If you're a fan of The Apothecary Diaries and The Matrix, you will enjoy this ride thoroughly.

Concubine Walkthrough follows the journey of protagonist Yona Lee who in 2030, three years before the start of the story, played a game called Concubine Walkthrough. A popular and innovative otome game falling the protagonist Lili who has been forced to go to the imperial palace to become a concubine.

Max out the various stats Lili has to embark on one of many paths from marrying the emperor to royal imperial consort. Of course the one who stands as the pinnacle of obstructing your progress is villainess, Ranhee Seo, the royal imperial consort the terror of the imperial court.

Yona was only able to play this game to completion once in her life although the desire to complete other endings always remained. Three years later, that chance comes again when, for its upcoming anniversary, Concubine Walkthrough is having a special VR rerelease. That's all fine and dandy, what isn't fine and dandy though is the fact that Yona has woken up in the game without any memory of ever logging on. Furthermore, she's playing as the game's villainess, Ranhee.

Nothing she does will summon the game's menu and nothing she does let's her log out. The game master only gives her one requirement to exit the game, Marry the emperor and make Ranhee Seo the empress.

It's only then that Yona remembers that for the special VR release of the game, one of the promoted features of the rerelease was a co-op mode and she might not be the only player stuck in the game as she is forced to strategize and partake in deadly games within the world of concubines.

Through its storytelling, Concubine Walkthrough encourages both the readers and characters alike to contemplate:

If you woke up one day and realized your entire life was a simulation, does that make your life any less meaningful? Simulated it may have been, the pains and joys your heart experienced was still real to you. It's still your life.

What is reality and what does that mean to you? Is reality something you choose for yourself or is that choice made for you?

All wrapped in unique artwork, comedy gold and riveting political plots as you watch Yona survive plots on her life and has to strategize her get backs.

1) Beautiful Artwork

Concubine Walkthrough is one of the most splendid manhwas in terms of artwork. It's drawn intentionally to look reminiscent of traditional Korean artwork and is incredibly intricate from the hanbooks to the headpieces the various characters wear.

These are just a few of my favorite shots from the series but they are far from the only ones. From the very first chapter, you're getting hit with bangers in terms of the quality. Bongbong never misses.

2) The comedy is immaculate

From Yona getting stuck with shitty items like a hairclip that gives her the sense of smell of a dog but compels her to bark uncontrollably to getting a jar that's literally only full of candy.

Yona's luck with items is absolute dog water and because of that, she can find herself in some hilarious situations. She can't get anything good to save her own life and seeing how she has to make these items work is a treasure in its own right.

Even without that, Yona's dynamic with characters like Lili is quite hilarious as the story progresses.

3) The mystery & philosophy

Even Yona's eyes are representative of red and blue pills given to Neo in The Matrix.

If you're a fan of sci-fi, romance and want to read an otome isekai romp that subverts your expectations? Please read this manhwa. It's The Matrix mixed with historical Korean fiction (and of course, otome isekai at its finest).

I loved loved LOVED the philosophy behind the story, the themes. The discussion of what reality is and choosing what reality means/is to you.

Just because your entire life is a simulation, does that make your entire life up until that point irrelevant? Simulated it may be, your joy, your pain, your love, all of that still felt real, right? There were so many things I never considered about that very topic until I read this series.

4) The Characters

There is not enough time in the day to delve into the characters of Concubine Walkthrough. They're all layered, complex and you won't be able to get enough of them as the story progresses. Even now after finishing the story months later, I still want more content concerning the cast. From protagonists to side characters.

Yona is a very compelling protagonist from start to finish. She's active, rather than letting things just happen she gets the jump on what she can. Her intelligence and her empathy as well as her comedic genius is so fun to watch along the beautifully illustrated pages. Not to mention her chemistry with characters Lili and Youngjung is a sight to behold.

Sadly, despite how key Lili and Youngjung are to the plot, I cannot delve too deeply about them due to spoilers. What I can say, however, is that Lili is a breath of fresh air on the trope of having the original protagonist of the source material interact with the story's female lead.

And Youngjung? In a lot of ways he represents the themes I was discussing in my previous point.

And of course, I cannot mention Concubine Walkthrough without bringing up Sunshine in any capacity. The mysterious eunuch who has become Yona's ally in this game. Like Lili and Youngjung, I cannot delve too deeply into this character without major spoilers but just know that even when you think you finally have the grasp on this character, Bongbong will still manage to flip the script on its head and surprise you. Multiple times even.

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And I think that's enough singing praises for this manhwa (not really). Like I said, this manhwa is The Apothecary Diaries meets The Matrix wrapped up in the bow of the otome isekai genre. Not only do you get beautiful artwork but a vibrant cast and deep story along with it.

A violent yet captivating world of concubines with a strong splash of sci-fi sounds like such a strange mixture, but Bongbong blends them beautifully into one of the best stories I've ever read.

Please, and I cannot stress this enough, give Concubine Walkthrough a read.

[fwwm]

A Miyazaki quote from an old interview about deracine. It’s pretty obvious Lady Maria’s design is somewhat inspired by the shoujo Girl Prince trope a la Lady Oscar and Utena. But beneath the design, there’s honestly a lot of similarities between the Utena and Lady Maria’s characters and (to a lesser extent), Anthy and Saint Adeline. Maria cares for the Research Hall patients while still participating in and upholding the system that harms them in first place, similar to how, even though Utena cares for and wants to protect Anthy, her participation in the duels is again, participating in and upholding the system that harms Anthy in first place. Maria and Utena have different motivations for their actions (Maria is guilty, Utena is chasing the ideal of prince hood), but at the end of the day both of them are trying to good things within the constraints of a system that doesn’t allow for good things. Adeline and Anthy are similar in that both of them are trapped by their media’s respective systems, and coerced into playing a role. For Anthy, the rose bride. For Adeline, a blood Saint. There’s also something to say about them both being women, and how they are viewed less as people, and more as bodies to be used. For me at least, there is something deeply uncomfortable about taking the (always female) NPCs blood in this game.

Anyways, is this just me looking for parallels between two of my favorite medias? Is there some ground to this other than Miyazaki offhandedly saying he likes shoujo? Who knows!

[steelwoolstudio]

Read Steel Wool's latest blog post for an in-depth look at the VR launch of Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2. Discover details about the game's features and upcoming plans.

Visit: https://www.steelwoolstudios.com/announcements/five-nights-at-freddys-help-wanted-2-vr-launch

[tomedonaki-hakujou]

Kamitsubaki City Under Construction: "Ensemble" and "Regenerate" (and "Regenerate Virtual Reality") are coming soon -- and will be in English!!! (AKA: my "PLEASE PLAY KAMICITY" shill post)

What is Kamitsubaki City and Virtual Witch Phenomenon?

A thread for newcomers to Kamitsubaki, in light of the 3 new games upcoming! This is the oversea's first look at Kamitsubaki's stories and creative worlds. (Slightly edited mirror of my thread on Twitter!!)

Kamitsubaki Studio is a Japanese creative music group. They're most known for their music group Virtual Witch Phenomenon -- comprising of their 5 main virtual singer talents: Kaf, Rim, Harusaruhi, Isekaijoucho, and Koko.

Kamitsubaki City Under Construction (henceforth referred to as simply KamiCity) is a series of games that tells the story of a mysterious city in the virtual world that constantly self-destructs and reforms. The members of VWP are characters in KamiCity, and have different names.

ALSO SUBSCRIBE TO VWP!!!! and the individual members too!! They all have such unique and stunning voices, and such beautiful songs too!!! They each have their own style that's drawn their own individual fanbases but they unite so beautifully and melodiously as VWP...

Kaf - Morisaki Kafu

Rim - Tanioki Rime

Harusaruhi - Asanushi Haru

Isekaijoucho - Yorukawa Sekai

Koko - Rinne Koko

The five girls were brought to KamiCity from the real world into the virtual world, as the mystical "witches" who could sing to save them from the apocalypse.

KamiCity as a game series started with KamiCity Emergence, a limited-run mobile game in 2021 in which players solved word puzzles known as "Q's." And then KamiCity Narrative released earlier this year (2023), a VN/TTRPG-style game. Both are Japanese exclusive, though.

KamiCity Ensemble, Regenerate, and Regenerate Virtual Reality are the three new games here.

KamiCity Ensemble is a rhythm game for mobile and Steam. The key visual focuses on the Isotope versions of VWP -- you may know the CeVIO Kafu as one of them.

The isotopes/CeVIOs (now SynthV and VOICEPEAK too) are Kafu, Sekai, Rime, Coko, and Haru. Before now, the Isotopes have had very few involvement or connection with KamiCity, with only Kafu appearing in the "Emergence" soundtrack (NOT the story.) What their connection is to the Witches and KamiCity in-lore is still unknown, which is super interesting!

KamiCity Regenerate is a visual novel for Steam and Switch, seeming to focus on the story of KamiCity in full detail.

In Emergence and Narrative, the story was only in bits and pieces. Regenerate (and Ensemble) is also a huge deal because they're in English too!

The VR version seems to be roughly the same, although having exclusive 3D visuals. It's also undetermined at this point what platform it will be on.

Kamitsubaki Studio has repeatedly blown me away by their music and intrigued me by their world of KamiCity (which is also featured in their music videos) so I'm so excited to see it in full!! PLAY KAMICITY PLEAAAASEEEE!!!!!!!!! and listen to their music/watch the music videos IT'S SO GOOD!!!!!

[virtualrealitynewstoday]

《HITMAN 3 VR: Reloaded》將於2024年夏季在QUEST平台發售

由XR Games開發的《HITMAN 3 VR: Reloaded》即將於2024年夏季在QUEST平台發售。在這款遊戲中，玩家將再次扮演世界頂尖的刺客Agent 47，執行其職業生涯中最重要的合約任務。這款遊戲從頭開始為VR進行重建，充分利用Meta Quest 3的強大性能，帶來真正沉浸的無線VR體驗。 《HITMAN 3 VR: Reloaded》的主要特色包括： 雙持武器：首次在系列中引入雙持武器功能，允許玩家同時使用兩把武器或道具，增加策略性玩法的新維度。 全新卡通渲染風格：全新的卡通渲染視覺風格，使Agent 47以全新的光彩呈現，增強了沉浸式體驗。 改進的用戶介面：針對VR進行完全重新設計的用戶介面，確保Agent…

[blackmesa-official]

Normally we here at blackmesa-official are happy to commit to the bit at all times, but today we'd like to take a moment to break character, to deliver news of the upcoming games in Valve's release cycle!

Neon Prime - August 2024 An asymmetric five-player real-time strategy game, set on a formerly combine-occupied planetoid on the far side of Xen. Battle your way to the top of the ruined citadel, and take control of the core for yourself!

Currently unnamed Counter-Strike 2 Expansion Pack - September 2024 Terrorists are active in the snowy tundras of Siberia, and it's up to you to stop them! This expansion pack will add new cosmetics, maps, and missions to the game. Crossover cosmetics will also appear in Team Fortress 2 Winter cosmetic cases.

Half-Life 2: Episode 1 And A Half - April 2025 A fanmade project picked up by Valve to tide fans over while they wait for a new Half-Life release. Play through Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2 through the eyes of Barney Calhoun in this 'wacky' take on the HL Universe!

Facility Control - April 2026 Another portal-themed tech demo for an as of yet undisclosed new Valve technology. Play as GLaDOS and interface with the Aperture facility in this groundbreaking thirty-minute experience.

DOTA 3 - December 2026

Portal: Kore Kerfuffle! - June 2027 A VR rougelike where you play as Wheatley, guiding test subject after test subject in an effort to escape Aperture Science. Try, try again in this relentlessly addictive adventure!

TF Comics: The Playable Series - January 2028 The release of TF Comics #7 comes as a playable, interactive experience along with the first 6 comics, reimagined as a playable campaign for Team Fortress 2.

Half Life: Otis - December 2028 The Half-Life series concludes with a fantastic final entry. Play as rebel commander Otis Laurey over the course of his life. Escape the Black Mesa facility, fight against the combine, and lead the rebels to victory in this showstopping title.

Return to Ravenholm - October 2030 A bitter ex-employee of Arkane Studios leaks the source code for the cancelled Return To Revanholm on 4chan. Gabe Newell is summarily executed.

[bluebeezle]

Payoff

So this session has been 7 months in the making.

I'm running a campaign for my nieces (8 and 10). Shortly after we started, they asked if it could take place in outer space. So while I don't like borrowing characters and stifling more creative options... I figured it'd allow me to buy toys for myself (see: Riker in the background of this picture) and might entice them to take an interest in a show I'd like them to like, so the spaceship that comes to help them on their mission is none other than Picard's Enterprise.

We've been playing for some time now. I think over a year at this point, at least. 7 months ago we visited Austin from across the country for my sister's wedding, and I knew an upcoming battle would be an underwater encounter with Leviathan. I asked my friend in Austin to print a normal sized model, but he insisted on printing this beast. I tried both air brushing and dry brushing for the first time with it, and I'm decently satisfied with how it turned out

Yesterday, we painted some underwater creatures that they would be fighting against (one that would fight alongside them via charm animal).

Anyways. Today was the day of the reveal. They were blown away by the figure, though the escape sequence that followed (despite my recreating the mini-game in JavaScript to run it thousands of times in an attempt to balance it) was a relatively simple one, until near the end when my niece said, "I want the Leviathan to be faster."

It started gaining very quickly. It got very tense, and Riker was down to one health by the end of it. They burst out of the water, the Leviathan's jaws closing around them just as the Enterprise transported them back on board.

They even saw the bridge and the holodeck for the first time today. I had stupidly never shown them what the inside of the Enterprise looked like, so each time I said they were on the "bridge", they had been very confused. I have a thing set up on my Quest VR headset so they can see those two locations, so they were able to see those in VR today.

Afterwards, they mentioned they liked Stardew Valley, but the beginning was really sad. I told them sometimes people like sad stories, and that there's a very good Star Trek episode that's a very sad story (referring to The Inner Light). They've never seen an episode before, but they seemed anxious to see it, and were disappointed that we couldn't today because my Blu-ray player is being repaired.

But yeah, I finally won them over. They're interested in seeing Star Trek now, and were even worried that I'd forget to show them next time when my player was fixed.

I sort of would prefer not to show them Inner Light as the first, because the way Picard clutches the flute at the end hits a bit harder when you know how cold and distant he usually is, but I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth (a human proverb).

[rokudokei]

Because I was bored and GL players often ask me about the ship. Full disclaimer, I'm not forcing my preferences on anyone, I mostly wrote this for me for fun, and several people who are fluent in Japanese helped make this article who had no bias. While I do love their relationship, I like both as individual characters as well, and my biggest memories in the game are tied to the game itself. Hamelin is my CC.

Pre-debute. Sadly it is deleted from the official YT page, but Hamelin had a debute stream. In this stream it was said Hamelin was designed with Aladdin in mind, and that they are going to be meeting soon in the upcoming event (Butler) and that they would be important to each other for later. Several jokes about the ship was made, and they even gave everyone a questionable stamp for both in the same event that when put together, looked very… suspicious. It was almost as if they wanted players to ship them. I had Lily's permission to use screenshots from her own post.

First event -Butler Halloween I feel their first meeting is very important. Hamelin did not like Aladdin despite the fact Aladdin was his usual gentle, kind self to him. He felt his obsession with money was unsightly, and he called him a bother. Aladdin defends Hamelin when Pino says Hamelin is weird, saying everyone is a little weird. Aladdin grew wary of Hamelin's cold demeaner and began to not trust him, but decided to partner up with him in this event anyways. He questions Hamelin's motifs, which Hamelin takes offense to. Hamelin also insists he doesn't need Aladdin's help. They get in each other's faces and grin to which Pinocchio trembles in fear. They clear the air with each other and decided to go on a hunting game, which causes Aladdin to have so much fun he loses track of time and how many beasts they captured. They don't get any more one-on-one time together and this is unrelated but get his ass Gretel lives rent free in my mind forever. Thanks Global. The two had a pretty rocky start, needless to say.

Many ads were done for this event due to the game having their second male. Some of these ads made it look as though they were a couple on Pixiv (yeah yeah I am aware of how advertising works thanks) Interestingly they were also featured in a BL magazine together. They also became the app icon for October 2019 together.

Side evidence 1: Hoshi's hammer from the idol collab talks about Aladdin and Hamelin being together and XOXOing. Global censored this for whatever reason. Apparently the joke is that she's into that, but it's still an odd thing to throw out.

Side evidence 2: During the V-day 2021 event, Sleeping says that Aladdin had told her all about how picky Hamelin is. It was then said in a discordant poem the two came to an understanding and have been spending some time together.

Side evidence 3: Aladdin mentions Hamelin checking himself out in the mirror after getting a tan, saying he gets why Hamelin is so fascinated with himself. Even with the context and intention, it's still funny his mind was on Hamelin in that moment.

Side evidence 4: During the Black Butler collab, Hamelin is doing the commentary with the shinigami. Anyways. He cheered Aladdin on several times (Snow too, but he mentions Aladdin more).

Side evidence 5: In Hamelin's wolf hammer, he is brought to a world where wrath reigns and people weren't allowed to honestly talk about their feelings or be moved by art. He thinks back to what was implied to be Act of SIN0 world where genuine love and beauty were absent saying he learned of “loving wholeheartedly, even in the face of adversity" there. Act of SIN0 will be talked about later.

Side evidence 6: Jino has mentioned once in a magazine they were designed to compliment each other. They have the same flower texture in their outfits, Aladdin is wearing Hamelin's colors in the VR outfit where they go to the musuem together in, Aladdin's breaker looks inspired by Hamelin, and so on. Aladdin has a bright color scheme with blonde hair, and Hamelin has a dark color scheme with black hair, and their personalities mesh surprisingly well. A lot of people say Hamelin is just a narcissist with no other qualities, but he has a genuine, good side to him and deep down he cares about others. This was especially shown in the final year. It's clear he gets a soft spot for Aladdin and it's clear Aladdin is one of the only, if not the only, character who trusts Hamelin in the end and enjoys being around him. Both of their stories revolve around politics and money. Halloween VR Event: The two are in a challenge of 'be as fruity as possible every appearance together'. The two have costumes with matching accessories. Dorothy doesn't believe in Aladdin's crypto money scheme, but this time it's Hamelin who defends Aladdin and helps Aladdin take selfies with everyone to get his plan going. The two partner up in this event while the girls do their own thing. Aladdin decides to take Hamelin to an art museum, just the two of them, knowing how much art means to Hamelin. There the two begin to walk and talk and smile and support each other's ideologies. Like the first Halloween event, the two get so into it that they are gone for hours, with Aladdin saying they can just explore the endless museum together anyway. A passer by npc sees them and says the two should go to the main event together since they seem to be having a good time. They do, and it's only by coincidence that they meet up with the other three.

Act of SIN0: Aladdin and Hamelin arrive in our world for two years -they come before any other character and stayed the longest here. It was said the two saw eye to eye right away. Everyone in this world wants beauty and money. The two work so well together and are such a force that they become aids to the Prime Minister in that time. Aladdin and Hamelin refer to each other as partners in this arc, and compliment everything the other does. Hamelin has Aladdin's lamp is marvelous and almost enviable, and that Aladdin's political knowledge and his leadership skills is amazing. Aladdin says he can reply on Hamelin and trusts him. The two begin using each other's catchphrases even and speech mannerisms without even knowing it, pointing it out to the reader even. Aladdin says having a dependable partner like Aladdin is invaluable, and Hamelin says having such a beautiful partner is something he treasures. Everything the two do, they do together, because they see each other as partners and fully believe in each other. They want each other by each other's side and this is clear as the story goes on. When they fight, they are in perfect sync. They say the same thing at the same time. They are perfectly synced. In the chapter with Dorothy and the Pigs, the female devs say they were meant for each other and argue over who is dominant and which one isn't. Hamelin is disgusted by this because they see each other as equals and think letting their desires be shown is ugly. Not that two were disgusted at the idea they could be something more. Interestingly, the devs were pointing out facts in the character's designs here as well, so make of that what you will. The two come up with plans insisting to do them together to save the world, pointing out that they made it this far in this world because they did it together. After they make their plans, Hamelin says Aladdin is efficient and beautiful and that he is happy it was Aladdin who came to our world with him. Aladdin says he is also glad he came here with Hamelin, and says money can't buy the relationship they established. This is a big deal for Aladdin, because he always believed money could buy even love, as seen in his chapter with Rapunzel and even his princess. Hamelin doesn't want anything from Aladdin as well which is a big deal. He just wants him at his side. Things don't go as planned though. The two are hiding out in an apartment outside looking at the Christmas lights and scenery which is rampant with nightmares because their plans failed. But they still had each other. It's also Christmas Eve, which in Japan, is the most romantic holiday of the year. Interesting! Aladdin is completely tired and broken down at this point and asks Hamelin what would happen if one of them also turned into a nightmare. Hamelin sounded really eager when Aladdin called him by his name, but after Aladdin says that, Hamelin sort of laughs it off which is suspicious. The two put their hands on each other's shoulders out of reassurance and look at each other.... But then the Prime Minister comes and Aladdin turns into a nightmare and loses his mind. Because him and Hamelin were holding on to each other, Hamelin was sadly attacked because Aladdin lost his mind. They lay on the ground with each other tangled and covered in blood as midnight hits, and Christmas' first snow falls on their body. It is revealed in hard mode that a detective has been looking at journals Aladdin and Hamelin left to find them. People they worked for said the two often took nights on the town together while they all stayed behind to work. It is also said that Hamelin tried to calm Aladdin down when he saw him transforming. Instead of letting go of him and running, he said they would burn their audits and go hide somewhere but once he realized Aladdin was gone, he despaired and turned into a nightmare too.

Act of Desire: Most of the characters are in groups of three, but Aladdin and Hamelin are seen standing alone together. This doesn't necessarily mean anything though. I'm putting it down anyways just because.

Other: The third anniversary cafe had a drink for the two. A drink in Aladdin's color with Hamelin's glasses. In a q&a on a private post eos stream, Aoki Takt says that the player can determine their relationship and only Taro knows what their status was. The two were frequently together in advertising material. Hamelin has a lot of queer thematics and has shown attraction to males rather than females. Aladdin says gender doesn't matter to him in a partner in the White Day event, though he clearly at the least has a female preference. Several characters over the years have pointed out how close the two were getting. The two frequently vagued each other in events they were in. Learning money can't buy love is something big in Aladdin's story, as well as his weapon and jobs. The end gacha has Aladdin telling the player he did learn what money couldn't buy, and although it's probably about the player, I also feel it could also be a nod to Act of SIN0. I think deep down he truly loved his princess, but hard mode of Act of Elimination shows he truly loved his princess but also accepts his princess' death. His story with Rapunzel was just them in love with the IDEA of each other and that their love wasn't beyond surface level. Likewise, Hamelin has been hit on by Rapunzel several times and always rejects her, and makes it clear to her in Elimination II he doesn't want her like that. I've seen a lot of people say this ship is just bl bait, but I find that nonsense. Whether or not its a canon ship or not, there is no denying their relationship, be it romantic or platonic. Canonically, the two are close and important to each other, they see each other as partners and work the best when they're together.