│teleforum

[elder oxide]

first thing i saw that it was a point and click horror game and i was like OH FAK am screwed cuz am a chicken hahaha

[graceful hound]

tbh, i find point and click horror to be less spooky

btw, in which language did you play it?

[willow echo]

meee too lol im like "cool we're gonna sit here for awhile and stare at it bc i **def ** know something is behind that door"

[elder oxide]

Spanish, cuz i was tired and didn't want to miss things, but i think there would be stuff on english

[elder oxide]

Yup, i almost shit my pants in the elevator scene cuz i was ok jumpascare XD

[merry pendant]

Hi,
I've played through the game teleforum multiple times now. really did enjoy it. I wanted to get all the achievements. but i've been struggling to get the "Cherish your colleagues" and "Up is down and down is up" achievements. I've fulfilled the requirements of looking through the grate and picking the correct name but no luck. Tried deleting my saves and restarting. tried restarting steam. tried re-installing. tried restarting my PC. had no luck. Wondering if it's a game issue or something else.

anyone else had any issues?

says 1.4.0v as the version in the corner

[graceful hound]

Hi! Glad to hear that you enjoyed playing our game ❤️ Are you sure you picked the right name? It's Juliana with one n. For the "Up is down and down is up achievement" you have to watch the elevator take the reporter in Act 3.

[merry pendant]

I'm sure I picked every name. But I'll try again in a while. Watch the reporter take the elevator? So not just look in and see the woman?

[merry pendant]

awesome. it worked. did julianna's name change after a gameplay? i remember it with 2 n's. also, the look into the elevator only works if remember the name correctly

the daily trophy achievement wont unlock 😩

[topaz sigil]

you're probably missing the secret ending

i suppose?

[merry pendant]

I've seen the secret ending

[merry pendant]

got it. the achievement tracking is done via the save game data. i restored my old save game and replayed the bit where i got the 2 new achievements and it unlocked

thanks for the help everyone 😊

[elder oxide]

I got the achivment by calling her Juliana cuz Camera referce as her in that way not as Julianna but idk XD

[merry pendant]

in the first playthrough it shows juliana. and changes in the second playthrough. but i'm sure i clicked juliana on the first playthrough. then julia in the second (for bants) and then julianna the third time.
Fun fact. in the credits. it shows julia♢a for credit mentions.

[elder oxide]

yup i saw that that's fun asf

MIWIKCIOY BW YSY CMYD RIE

i need to know this thing

[proper sigil]

wait how

how you didnt get last

[graceful hound]

Hey! Steam is still verifying our game so sometimes that results in people not getting the last achievement despite having the rest

[proper sigil]

oh

strange

[merry pendant]

@graceful hound @proper sigil

One of my attempts to get the last two achievements was to clear my save game data (I backed it up first ofc).
So the new play through didn't track unlocks I had done on a previous game save. Restore old game save and set off the trigger for the 2 achievements I hadn't achieved on the old game save and then it unlocked.

[merry pendant]

Hopefully they verify it soon.

Would love to see it on my showcase on my profile

"Steam is learning about this game"

[topaz sigil]

holy shit. only by putting them side by side i noticed theyre different portraits

or maybe i'm just dumb. -_-

also completed achievements flex 💪

some brightened screenshots i took. poor mrs martins

[willow echo]

Her eyes see all o_O

[merry pendant]

There's a hint that the widow gives about her looking different. It's subtle but noticeable. But then it could all be in your mind too 🤷

[merry pendant]

10/10 would follow. But the again. I apparently lack common sense 😂

[topaz sigil]

yeah!! but i just didn't notice until i pasted them on photoshop lol the portraits are pretty similar

folled our MC too

[topaz sigil]

i wanted her to jumpscare me lol

[merry pendant]

I noticed on play through 7 or 8 😂
Stare at a screen long enough, you start noticing things

[topaz sigil]

sfndskjhfnn

did you get those interferences on the screen

i only got them on the 2nd playthrough

[merry pendant]

Yes, you only get them in the second playthrough. And once you've experienced reality bleeding. It doesn't happen again for that trigger/location. There's a few of them.

[topaz sigil]

noooo that's so sad

i need more content

[merry pendant]

Have you seen the secret clip?

[topaz sigil]

yeah, i've seen all of them

[merry pendant]

https://media.tenor.com/_XOJRgZ2M8QAAAAM/sheldon-cooper.gif

[topaz sigil]

YES

literally

^me trying to figure it all out

[marsh turret]

still waiting 'pieces of TELEFORUM's behind-the-scenes'

[topaz sigil]

same!! i wanna know the process behind it 👁️ _ 👁️

[vapid tinsel]

Hello, nice to meet you. I discovered Teleforum a few days ago and I really liked it. Has anyone conjectured about the general meaning of the game and the characters?

[topaz sigil]

no idea, i think there are too many blank slates that we lack the information to fill

tho in general it's a nice commentary on invasive journalism, while also playing the 'curiosity killed the cat' trope

[vapid tinsel]

I think it's a huge metaphor of the destructive power of the mass media, that are able to manipulate and make us cynical, like Julian(n)a in the second act

Walter Martins, poor guy, received that nonsensical tape (probably some prankster's joke) and got plagiarised. Then lightning struck his television aerial and he thought he was living in a creepy 'Truman Show; which is why, in my opinion, he got so scared that he committed suicide

[topaz sigil]

interesting analysis!

[vapid tinsel]

thanks

Julianna metaphorically represents the typical western journalist. In the first act she is polite, reasonable and quite sympathetic towards Adriana: this is because she is still "pure", she has not yet been manipulated by the media. In the second act, in which she has now become part of this "evil world", she is cynical and ruthless (however, being cunning, she has changed her appearance and appears less scruffy). In the third act she is just an automaton, unable to feel emotions and move: the only thing she can do is look at the wall, which metaphorically separates her from reality

(I wrote a lot of things about this game, I know, but it's a subject I'm very passionate about)

[topaz sigil]

me too, though i'm not as articulate

i'm just like ughgh game good

[graceful hound]

HHAHAHAH

sameee

[topaz sigil]

so you don't think there's a supernatural entity behind it?

[graceful hound]

the supernatural entity in question:

[vapid tinsel]

no, absolutely not. The paranormal is the answer human beings give themselves when they don't understand the question.

[vapid tinsel]

unless brainwashing is considered a paranormal thing, of course

[topaz sigil]

yeah.....

i do like a tinge of supernatural in my stories

[vapid tinsel]

the mass media make you an automaton, incapable of having a will of your own

[topaz sigil]

that makes the cameraman's dialogue with Mrs Martins even more interesting

[vapid tinsel]

This is Julianna, perhaps we could call her 'Juliannna', now defeated by the power of the media

[topaz sigil]

where he's debating whether he's doing the interview for her sake, or his own

[vapid tinsel]

ethics vs. careerism

[topaz sigil]

yeah!

[vapid tinsel]

don't you think that girl with her face to the wall is Julianna?

[topaz sigil]

i do

i just thought she was Haunted

or her image was placed there to freak the cameraman out

[vapid tinsel]

she is haunted, in my opinion, but by a very 'human' thing

she is a "slave" of the system, a slave without independence of judgement

I hope I don't sound paranoid 😄 of course these are all metaphors

[topaz sigil]

nah you're good, it's nice seeing this analysis

i think i'm too deep into supernatural horror games

and i keep thinking Teleforum is one of them

it's cool reading your thoughts on it

[vapid tinsel]

muito obrigado

It's the same for me

Did you wonder why Juliana changes her name and appearance while the cameramen remain the same?

[topaz sigil]

cause.... it's a different Juliana? like an entity taking her place. that's why she acts so different and her appearance is slightly off

[vapid tinsel]

yes, because she has now entered in the media mentality: cynical and ruthless

and so, being clever, she modified her appearance in a less shabby way

the cameraman, in my opinion, represents all of us

[topaz sigil]

he's the everyday guy, he's the camera, we carry the camera, we carry him, we're him

[vapid tinsel]

agree

we, like him, can decide how to behave, whether to go along with the cynicism of the information system (be empathetic to Julianna), to rebel (throw down the camera when Adriana asks us to) or run away (stairs or lift)

[topaz sigil]

so if there's no paranomal influence in julianna, why did she request for the cameraman to take down the horseshoe/magnet above the door? that intrigues me

because in brazilian culture that's a token that wards off evil

[vapid tinsel]

maybe because this was a tradition her mother practised, and she did not have a good relationship with her mother for who knows what reason (maybe because she was a simple housewife and not a big star journalist like her)

in fact you can even leave the horseshoe there, and the story goes on anyway

[topaz sigil]

sure. but she seems super weirded out by it

[vapid tinsel]

initially yes, but if you don't take it off she says something like 'suit yourself'. She threw a tantrum, basically

[willow echo]

She was pretty specific about you being the one who has to do it

[topaz sigil]

lame unplayable julianna doesn't have these chad clickable and interactable hands that i, the cameraman, have

[serene geyser]

Damn I'm so hyped to play new update at the end of the month

[honest marten]

new update? more story?

[serene geyser]

#│news message

[honest marten]

OMG, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

lol

[halcyon vortex]

Aight, decided to stream. https://twitch.tv/jayteefm

[alpine fox]

yo i need help i dont know how to get the last 5 achievments

[dusk heart]

heya!
which achievements in particular do you need help with?

i can probably guess a few that leave people stumped:

• [THEY WON] — ||Open the game after finishing the game twice and “ejecting” (Exit the game) ||
• [Feature Film] — ||Play the game for more than two hours||
• Daily Trophy, 1973 — ||Unlock every other achievement||

[topaz sigil]

you're probably missing the [secret ending] as well, which is achieved by ||inserting the secret code T124 on the elevator buttons||

[waxen tree]

100%ed the game in a single sitting

I think it’s legit a masterpiece

It’s super unique

Not just visually, but the story is super interesting too

[graceful hound]

No u ❤️👄❤️

Be sure to keep an eye out for the update that’s coming out on the 30th!!!

[topaz sigil]

TOMORROW

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-the-frog-meme-memes-gif-24277198

[velvet aurora]

TOMARROW!!!!

[hallow canopy]

So I was just sitting here eating spaghetti-os and looked up on my door and I see THIS. I just realized it was there. An introverted and superstitious old man used to live in this trailer we moved into around 6-7 months ago. This isn’t this first weird thing we’ve found here…

[topaz sigil]

take it DOWNN

dnaskjhdna

Invite Her Into Your Home

[willow echo]

Take it downnnnn

[hallow canopy]

I felt like an mc when I saw it, I really had my horror protagonist moment and not in a good way 💀😭

[topaz sigil]

take out the camera

start recording

sdnajdna

[velvet aurora]

TAKE IT DOWN ITS SUCH AN EYESORE!

😭

[young warren]

Don't worry too much about it, some people do this because they believe it brings good luck

[finite tartan]

are the new achievements bugged ?

i got the achievement for having all the achievements but not those two

[coarse marsh]

hi!

can you please confirm to me what version of the game you have? it's the number that appears on the title screen

[finite tartan]

i went to check and my game just updated

im on 1.5.9v

oh it gave me the achievements

[coarse marsh]

cool!

[willow echo]

hihi! Just a small post-update note:
If you've met the requirements for an achievement but do not see the it awarded please restart Steam to get them!

The current version (1.5.9) will retroactively unlock all previously earned achievements for our 100-percent-hunting reporters out there 🎥

[waxen tree]

What do the glitchy items found in act 2 do?

NEVERMIND

I FIGURED IT OUT

[graceful hound]

Purr 💅🏼

[topaz sigil]

this jumpscared me

WHATTT I JUST GET TO ASK ONE QUESTION:??? UNFAIR

reporting a bug: i'm trying to use the elevator ||to input the secret code but it doesn't let me. i press T, then when i try pressing 5 julianna interrupts me saying we need to go to the fifth floor||

||but when i input the other code (T124) it works without interruptions.|| thoughts?

hmm ok i rebooted my game but i'm still encountering the bug. 😬

@willow echo hi sorry for the ping but do u think i need to reinstall my game?

[waxen tree]

I don't think it's a bug

I think you can only do it once

[topaz sigil]

AW DAMN

[waxen tree]

Cause I'm encountering it as well

[topaz sigil]

i managed to go a second time!

[waxen tree]

I did go twice as well

[topaz sigil]

bc the first time i chose the ||mrs martins showed us the tape|| and it led me to the boat

[waxen tree]

Yea same

I think that's what supposed to happen

[topaz sigil]

then in the second time i chose ||teleforum tape|| and got to ||talk to walter||

well if we can only talk to him once then i guess the achievement text makes sence

"we can't redo our steps"

[waxen tree]

Plus the achievements tell you to choose carefully

[topaz sigil]

dangit

ok which question did you ask him?

👀 just so we can share details

[waxen tree]

"Where are we?" I think

[topaz sigil]

ugh same

[waxen tree]

Dammit

I was expecting to go back

[topaz sigil]

what does ||Mysenabyne|| mean tho

[waxen tree]

Maybe the place Drowned Lake takes place in?

Cause a lot of this new content connects very well to the trailers for that

[topaz sigil]

yeah!! i was surprised to see walter in the drowned lake trailer

[waxen tree]

That news clip we see in the deleted stuff played as well

[topaz sigil]

ughhh okay i might need to uninstall and clear the game folder to dig in this mystery

[waxen tree]

It looks like this'll be a connected universe type thing, and I can't wait for what happens next

I still have so many questions

[topaz sigil]

yeah!! tho i kinda wish we could have teleforum as a larger game

i know it's gonna tie in but

WHAT'S IN THE TAPE

[waxen tree]

OH YEA

It's such a good concept for a game

[topaz sigil]

i knowwww i'm obsessed

also what does this binary code mean.......

[willow echo]

^ this lil guy

doing a dance

[waxen tree]

So I just tuned into the live stream on Steam

Um

Idk if the pictures were changed in an update

But this is still interesting

[waxen tree]

No but genuinely it's kind of freaking me out

Cause I can't tell if it's some meta thing, or if it's just something that was changed

Cause both make sense?

[fallen lynx]

Spoiler tagging the answer in case anyone else wants to do the math themselves

||Binary is just escalating by doubles from right to left and counting the characters which are 1
So inserting the leading zero, this image is (with / and separated by 4 for ease)
0100 / 0110 / 1010
The decimal values for these slots are
2048 1024 512 256 / 128 64 32 16 / 8 4 2 1
So the counted variables (because we don't count any with 0) would be
1024 + 64 + 32 + 8 + 2 = 1130
Which is the day this released, today, 11/30. Pretty cute ||

[topaz sigil]

THEY YASSIFIED JULIANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[topaz sigil]

that is just wayy out of my skill set. thanks for the explanation!!! ❤️

[willow echo]

its ok, me too >_<

[topaz sigil]

so the right option was 'ZKA WE´RE ASSUMING CONTROL ZKA' all this time lol (from the OST cover on the supporter pack)

also @lean citrus great soundtrack!

cellbit

[lean citrus]

Thank yooooou ❤️

[topaz sigil]

this book is so good

omg

[pastel fog]

how?

I have a ^T-52*^

It is a sequence of some digits

[topaz sigil]

youre missing one number! from the other "censored" objects

each of them has a number of diamond shapes that assign the order

[topaz sigil]

but if you want a shortcut ||the code is T512||

[pastel fog]

thanks bro

[topaz sigil]

no prawblem

[pastel fog]

I found two except the most difficult one

holy shit

this end

[topaz sigil]

ITS SO GOOD RIGHT

i want to reset my game so i can go back and pick different options

[vivid apex]

guys

[topaz sigil]

you're awesome

[vivid apex]

thanks! ✨

[willow echo]

oooo look at you go!

in this server, achievement hunters get headpats

[topaz sigil]

hey i didn't get any

[willow echo]

https://tenor.com/view/pat-garrys-mod-garrys-mod-physics-fast-intense-gif-26322619

and a veryyyy enthusiastic headpats just for @topaz sigil

[topaz sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/pat-cat-pat-pat-gif-25250101

YAYYY

[regal roost]

I got that wandering and so...

Is there something up with the discord server for it?

Or even, with steam?

[topaz sigil]

not that i've noticed, but we can dig 👀

also it probably ties to the next game being published

'drowned lake'

[regal roost]

Fr

But one question

How it can talk in teasers chat on drowned lake category?

And why it showcased a teaser by someone saying "?"

WAIT

WHAT IF THE WORD IS MEANT TO GO THERE?

Idk, maybe?

[topaz sigil]

maybeee

[elder delta]

Hi! I'm Anastasia and im new here! Im a huge indie horror fan and it's great to see such a kind place of people who enjoy this treasure trove of games! At risk of sounding silly or stating what others may have already figured out, I'd like to share a discovery I've made when I was just playing teleforum with my friend! Spoilers ahead be wary!! ||When we got to the segment where the tape is played and you can hear someone talking in a very hushed and distorted way, we really wanted to figure out what was being said, we raised the volume and listened for about an hour, I think we've finally pieced together what the tape is actually saying, as others have also discovered its the nato alphabet as hinted at when the player mentions they heard "oscar" however i properly deciphered all of the words at least I'm fairly confident I have, the only 2 I'm not sure of 100% is the first 2, it goes as such: "Alpha Mike (pause) Charlie India Novermber Echo Sierra Charlie Oscar Papa India Oscar ag cinescopio" when translated we get: "AM Cinescopio" this may sound insignificant however it means a lot, to start I'll talk about the word cinescopio, this game I believe is traditionally Portuguese, when translated from Portuguese to English or when you look up cinescopio on Google you'll see the result is "Cathode-ray tube" aka CRT. Julianna spoke about CRT's previously when in the apartment as shown by a following screenshot I'll post. As well the next scene shows a televion schedule on a CRT television as well, ill post the screenshot of this. Cinescopio could be referring to either the television that's needed to watch the tape or a hint for this schedule scene, since you'll notice there's only one planned program with an AM time which was hinted in the nato code AM CINESCOPIO, that being "Zero Reporter" (of course!) Which is a link for clearreasons, that ends that long train of thought, the only other thing id figure id mention cuz i thought it was neat is how the person talking after the tape scene with just zeros is the same officer when gave Walter the tape! Screenshots provided soon!|| thank you for taking the time to read this friend! I hope that even if I may be wrong on some things or just plain silly and repeating stuff this finding can help others make even smarter theories! Also please let me hug gunpowder I beg of thee plz

Spoilers, proof screenshots for the message above! ||the crt scheduled programs just after the tape||

Spoilers, proof screenshots for the message above! ||Julianna talking about CRT's||

Spoilers, proof screenshots for the message above! ||the portrait of the operator who gave Walter the tape being the same as the portrait of the enigmatic message||

Spoilers, proof screenshots for the message above! ||the Google search for cinescopio||

[fallen lynx]

Wow you're really dedicated, listening for an hour! Listening back to it, I think you're on to something, I do hear the same.

[graceful hound]

Hi, Anastasia, beautiful name 🥹 Nice to meet you, I’m Dragoncito, one of the community managers here
We are glad to have you here :OOO

Insane discovery 😮

[graceful hound]

Pinned it for future reporters

Have you seen the drowned lake teasers? 👀

[elder delta]

Oh wow! Thank you so much that's really really sweet!! I love my name too it's fantastic to meet you and everyone here! Im so relieved to know I'm onto something haha. I am 100% gonna be all over the teasers tonight with the same friend!

[graceful hound]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-jumping-cat-excited-excited-dance-gif-19354605

[graceful hound]

Best of luck young reporters!

[elder delta]

Gunpowder my love

[graceful hound]

We gotta peer pressure the devs into adding a pet gunpowder option 😶‍🌫️

[elder delta]

I WILL riot if I can never pet gunpowder

[elder delta]

||wait a second i could be crazy but...it kinda looks like the cathode ray tube....||

||as if entering the screen itself||

||the heater is at the end of the tunnel for the crt kinda like the red at the end of that structers tunnel||

||its almost identical! I THINK!||

[elder delta]

(possibly big) Spoilers for our lady of the drowned lake and teleforum!! ||you'll notice in the beginning of this clip the crt edges on the sides of the screen and slowly with the transitions we seem to enter the CRT taking place in the first person view of what was being shown on the TV, and finally the red wirey tunnel which as I had shown above looks very similar to the interior of a CRT!!! ahhh but what does it mean..does it mean that our lady of the drowned lake is a direct sequel and Julianna, the protag, and Walter are in it now somehow and thats what the tape does? Or could it simply mean that the events in our lady of the drowned lake is what was on the tape and perhaps there's a cursed tied to it in general?||

I could totally be wrong if any other reporters have more advice or insight!

i might need to bring this to fishing soon...

[willow echo]

let's

[willow echo]

Dang, I'm kind of surprised Anastasia isn't a real life PI!

[elder delta]

I took PI classes in high school!!!

[willow echo]

OH NO WAY

Making sure to earn that zero reporter role for REAL

[elder delta]

I AM A REEL REPORTER!!!

[willow echo]

Oh I see what you did there

[graceful hound]

Hahahahaha

[elder delta]

hehehehehe

im so eepy

can i pretty please post this all in fishing too? :x

well by all i mean the drowned lake related bits

[graceful hound]

Yes!

[elder delta]

on it

[graceful hound]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-shrek-meme-shrek-staring-shrek-smiling-gif-14430015749099037012

[elder delta]

may or may not have hid an easter egg as revenge for my hour of listening

[willow echo]

LOL

[topaz sigil]

OMG THATS SO COOOOOL

[elder delta]

am i allowed to use screenshots from the supporter pack i bought as proof for theories?

[topaz sigil]

👀

[elder delta]

im ready to type another essay if so

i have found, so much

[topaz sigil]

[narrow marlin]

[broken glade]

Unless you’re posting a full art book, you may use it as a reference to your theory, but please keep the actual screenshots of the art book to the minimum ❤️

[elder delta]

it is! thank you! ill be working on it when i wake up and finish my dnd game lol

its only a few snip bits, only whats needed!

[elder delta]

it took 5 and half hours

but its ready, just wanna confirm all the pictures i use are okay to post

if anyone's available to confirm they're okay i can send it to dms, I just dont wanna accidentally post stuff i shouldn't

[graceful hound]

Hey Anastasia! Send em my way! Thank you for being so considerate ❤️

[elder delta]

sure thing!

[elder delta]

Another entrance, no exit. A space where everything is nothing and everyone there aren't just themselves, rather they are many possibilities of themself all existing in the same space at the same time. We all step into this place, but do any of us ever leave?

This could be your friendly reporter Anastasia, with another set of clues for this multi stage rabbit hole. Reporters beware spoilers ahead for Teleforum, Drowned Lake, and potentially Regular Home Renovation Simulator.

⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️ This report contains subjects such as self harm

||Recently I decided to take a look through the supporter DLC I bought which I recommend, it has a lot of really cool insight into development, music, art, and stuff! Anyways I had a hunch that there must be some things ||hi||dden in this or at least some hints to findings in game. I was right, previously I had very hard evidence in theories but now some of these are speculation backed by proof. The subjects I will cover are as follows, Adriana Martins, Julia♢a, pocket dimension, the tape. ||

||I took a good look around and even referred back to some of my earlier piece's of evidence to find any connections, I want to start with a special word I had found when browsing the supporter pack, this word being myseenabyme (photo below). When I look up myseenabyme I get "Mise en byme" the meaning being: "In Western art history, mise en abyme (French pronunciation: [miz ɑ̃n‿abim]; also mise en abîme), literally "placement in abyss", is a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself, often in a way that suggests an infinitely recurring sequence." (photo below) This has some major implications especiallly when you look at a piece of art contained within the same art book of how they developed the ||6th Floor|| map with the caption under stating "||A|| carefully co||n||structed pocket universe" (photo below). At first I h||a||d thought that was just ||s||ome nice flavor ||t||ext until I re||a||lized it's ||s||upposed to be taken l||i||ter||a||lly. The entire 6th Floor is an actual pocket universe, explaining all the strange events of the game, as in this pocket universe there are multiple realities in happening inside each other all at the same time. I ||zero||ed in to this theory when I put a ton of dots together, as you play you will witness what seems like multiple conflicting occurrences, for examples, 1. Walter's death is seen differently by everyone on how he actually died but at the same time everyone is sure of what they say and insist it's what happened 2. Julia♢a's name is constantly changing along with her personality and even her portrait, this is even shown in the art book (photo below) 3. Even Adriana is changing when brightness is raised you can tell she is visually different 4. despite the same premise of events you'll find that the environment and the ||reporter||s are all acting differently than the previous loops. The whole 6th floor is a mise en abyme, it is a world inside a world inside a world in an infinite abyss. All of the realities are happening at the same time, one reality where Juli♢a is spelt Julianna, another where its spelt Juliana, one where she wears a striped shirt, one where there's crossing stripes, a reality where Julia♢a is very rude and aggressive, one where she's nice and calm. The reality is that when the protagonist struggles to remember what events are the correct ones like the spelling of her name, technically all of them are correct since all of them are happening at the same time on the 6th Floor. Something that serves to further this idea of the 6th Floor being a pocket dimension is a quote tied to the mysterious operator(the person who gave Walter the tape in the first place. As when you check the art book for the game where the characters are shown there's a quote tied to the operator of someone observing him stating "I saw a man who doesn't live here taking the elevator, since then it doesn't work quite right anymore, I also can't remember that man ever leaving"-ResidentApt408||

Hit the word cap have to make a new message to continue, spoilers ahead ||(photo above) The resident from Apartment 408 (strange how its the same as Walter's number 608 but 2 floors down) states that they never saw the operator actually leave the building or return from the 6th floor, I believe that once you enter this pocket dimension you become trapped in it due to the effects of the tape. I'd like to talk about some of the noticed parallels, Julia♢a's name is a clear one but what she looks like changing isn't as clear, on the photos tagged Subject 5 take note of her shirt and how it changes, also note the black square in the center of all the portraits, you'll see all of the shirts in the portraits have some design on them, none are just plain black. Now notice this picture from the art book of what we see is Julia♢a with seemingly soaked wet hair (I suspect this is tied to our lady of the drowned lake) standing in an elevator with a plain black shirt on with no design, this Julia♢a we never see in the portraits, which leads me to believe this one is supposed to be what goes in the center of all the portraits. All of the portraits that we can see are in game and have a name of either Juliana or Julianna tied to them but never Julia, we never see this name in game except for in the art book, and the only version of her that isn't named and doesn't have a portrait attached and is wearing a plain black shirt with wet hair is the one standing in the elevator, I believe this is Julia. I also believe this wont be the last we see of Julia, the drowned lake may hold more answers, she could even possibly be our lady.||

[topaz sigil]

[elder delta]

continue of previous messages, spoilers ahead ||Next I want to look at Adriana, Walter's widowed wife that we interview. At first glance I couldn't find any differences with her which led me to believe that maybe she's an unchanging constant, then I realized her face was always a little too dark to tell. I got to work and did a little editing, her differences where hidden in the darkness, upon closer inspection you'll find mild differences in her face, in the 1st brightened photo you'll see on the right side of her forehead (her left side from her view) there's a strange almost eye shaped mark on her skin and her nose is a little different, then on the 2nd brightened photo you'll see that mark is missing, as well her nose is a different again being a little smaller and pointed up, and her hair is a bit different kinda like how Julia♢a's would change in small ways, as well she seems a little younger? Most concerning is the 3rd picture, her in game portrait, as it doesn't look like either of her in game models and you'll see that other than Walter's portrait, she's the only one with a portrait that's cut in half, why is that important? It's important because the exact part that's cut is the side that has the mark on her forehead, an attempt to hide the biggest giveaway that she's also being affected by this pocket dimension. I suspect curiosity got the better of Adriana and she caught a glimpse of the tape or perhaps heard some of it and now like the reporters and Walter, is trapped and changing. (Photos below)||

continuation of previous messages, warning spoilers ahead ||Sadly my hope of Adriana not being affected by the changes was proven to not be the case, however I would like to present to you the one character whom I believe is actually somehow a constant and is safe from all of these affects. The man, the myth, the legend, Gunpowder!!! I wasn't able to spot any major differences in my beloved doggy friend, as well gunpowder seems to actually know what's happening here, it's widely believed that dogs are capable of detecting the paranormal or anomalies, as you play through the game Gunpowder will get more and more anxious, talkative, and active as the 6th Floor begins to change, being at his most active in act 3, as well a note left implores you to trust Gunpowder and to ensure that you follow him. Gunpowder knows what's happening and he knows it's bad, even going as far to avoid the apartment during act 3. Gunpowder is the hero that can save us from this never ending nightmare and the only one that is fully capable of recognizing the loops as well as not being affected by them. HE DESERVES PETS (photo evidence below)||

||10 is act 1, 11 - 14 are act 2, 14 and 15 are act 3||

continuation of messages above, warning spoilers ||to touch on something interesting shortly relating to music, the song that plays in the apartment as things begin to change can be heard and seen in the music OST of the supporter upgrade, I was jamming out to the music when I noticed the name of the song is "Double Ntendre". Immediately I could tell this is clearly a different way of spelling "double entendre" but what makes it different and the meaning of the intended word matters a lot here. Double entendre is defined as such: "a word or phrase that is open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent." it's saying that the "N" part of "Double Ntendre" has more than one meaning, Julia♢a's name is interpretated in 2 different ways in game being "Juliana" and "Julianna" the thing that makes them different is the n. Double entendre is in itself similar to the word we learned earlier of "mise en abyme", both are traditionally French expressions and both refer to something being inside of itself or multiple overlapping truths. Just like the 6th Floor, which is a pocket universe where multiple realities are overlapping one another. Whether you say Juliana or Julianna, or you say Julia♢a was nice or mean, or even if you chose to have coffee or not no matter what all branching paths are what's happening, all are correct because they're all happening at once on the 6th Floor. (picture proof below)||

||2 N's||

||1 N||

||different faces, names, outfits, but both are her at the same time||

||"Julia♢a"||

continuation of messages above, warning: spoilers ahead ||To finish this report I'd like to share with you all my most important finding, that being the tape itself. In game when you try to discover Walter's hidden code you must click on a few objects that are blurred and then proceed to unblur when clicked as shown in the video and screenshot below. However one of the objects still isn't completely visible due to the visual effects over the game itself. When looking through the art book I came across one very important picture in full detail, that being the object we clicked, you can see the art it in the screenshot below. Then when zoomed in we see the name of the mysterious object, it's a VHS tape named "The Lake Murders". This is a defining discovery as now we actually know that the tape that was given was that of "The Lake Murders" and Walter most likely watched it in hope to get a scoop for a story since he too is a reporter but it also directly ties Our Lady of the Drowned Lake as a sequal (or prequal) for Teleforum, I previously suspected this but now I am sure of it as well considering the CRT we see on the sides of the Regular Home Renovation Simulator trailer I suspect it is also connected in some way. My leading theory is as follows, the operator planned all of this, in one way or another he is responsible for what's happening on the 6th Floor and most likely knew that Walter being a reporter would watch this tape and inadvertently create this pocket dimension that we reside within. Somehow it connects to the Drowned Lake, whether it's how the murders at the lake begin or if the operator is creating new victims for the lake it's unsure. In one way or another we are literally entering the CRT and potentially even the tape itself being sucked into "The Lake Murders". The pocket dimension overlaps realities, and I believe Walter has been here long enough to realize this, and in potentially all realities he decided to commit suicide, some he hung, some he shot himself, some he burned, he may have even drowned, but all are true and before he made this choice, he left a message, a warning for all unfortunate victims that followed in his footsteps, a message that we got too late. We reporters are now assuming the role that Walter had left behind and it's our goal to find a way to end this viscous cycle we've found ourself trapped in, we must accomplish what Walter could not. But we aren't hopeless, Walter had left us one boon in this daunting task, Gunpowder. I believe Gunpowder to be an invaluable companion and our best hopes at crawling out of the abyss we find ourselves in and maybe even a chance to stop the operator and destroy the tape||

||the object blurred||

||object unblurred but still not visible due to in game filter||

||higher resolution art of the same room||

||THE TAPE||

Finale

I'm your reporter, Anastasia from ComuniTV, reporting live on the 6th Floor

I've never claimed to be a smart woman so if I'm wrong and I've only made the answers harder to find I am sorry my fellow reporters, however the only way this can be solved is by trying.

It's already too late if you've made it this far but I commend you and thank you dearly for reading my report. This community is something special and I know this series is going somewhere.

This is An||n||astasia signing off, I love you all, and goodnight. 💙

||Rain flooding the Lake\The tape holds the truth we seek\Lost in the abyss||

[lean citrus]

Well dang, this was Anamazing read! Thank you so much for that, @elder delta

Though I'll say, it's probably best to keep your eyes peeled for a while, given the history of ComuniTV reporters when exposing these kinds of articles... 👀

[elder delta]

Thank you so much @lean citrus that means a lot to me, more than anything I love knowing that other people are as passionate about this as I am! Thank you and everyone that took the time to read this, I'm really happy you enjoyed ❤️ and yes I am expecting to fall prey soon, if I do carry the torch that I'll leave you all and solve this darkness! lol!

[vital elbow]

Reading this chat feels like wading through an SCP document lol

[elder delta]

I though that maybe the times here might have to do with it since 1130 sounds fitting for a show time, perhaps drowned lakes showtime is 11:30? Hmmmm @jovial cloak

||it could imply that drowned lake is a sequel, occurring just before zero reporter. It can be further theorized by these images found in the Teleforum art book that I referenced earlier. If the tape is already found in teleforum it could be a hint to the timeline of events||

[young warren]

CoryxKenshin flashbacks

[jovial cloak]

that was also kind of my theory but i was going more in a maybe update in which they show that hour in the tv programme with the rekease date

[elder delta]

I'm gonna play the game again and try to find more too, good to see we're seeing the same things though

[jovial cloak]

not as much as you but yeah i see things

[jovial cloak]

Another thing that may say that drowned lake is a sequel IS the secret ending in which you put the code and you go to a forest similar to the one in the teaser.

You go there and maybe drowned lake makes you continue from that point

[hallow canopy]

Hey ! Something about Walter :

||Anyone noticed that Walter is written Wálter in T124 and T512 also ? This game is slowly driving me crazy 🥲
(Silva is calling him Walter not Wálter in T512)||

[hallow canopy]

which is pretty weird, I'm looking at your t124 screenshots @elder delta and The Operator says Walter.

Was the game updated since to add this little detail? I don't think it's a translation issue (I really hope it's not)

[young warren]

Walta

[jovial cloak]

It may be because of the french translation as in english and spanish for me was Walter i am 99%suro

Sure*

[elder delta]

That is an interesting find though I'm fairly certain it's due to translation unfortunately, that definitely would have fit into something teleforum would do though!

[graceful hound]

dang, good eye. I'll clarify this w/ the devs but it might have been a localization error

Is the French localization overall good?

[graceful hound]

Clairified it with the devs, it's a localization typo!

But goddamn, good eye

[slow talon]

OSTIA

[hallow canopy]

guys

[willow echo]

cats

[elder delta]

reporting for duty

[elder delta]

im digging again

okay found something more

||Everything about this game is deliberate. Everything. I was playing the game for the billionth time and I just saw this, it's a short loop of blooming white cherry blossoms, i found the original footage of it on youtube and wasn't able to find any secrets there. But back to the topic, this look is showing the blooming process but in reverse only furthering my theories from earlier that everything on the 6th floor is being warped and looped, I will be digging further to hopefully find more.||

||You will notice as well the VCR is currently set to channel 8 on the right side of it in red||

||The elusive horseshoe??? This one had me scratching my head for a long time but I don't know why I didn't just look it up. Either way notice how the horseshoe has it's ends facing downward hung above the door. The second picture shows the meaning behind hanging a horseshoe above a door and in this instance with the ends pointing down it will let the good luck spill over the door and stop evil from entering.||

||This all goes somewhere and comes together to some conclusions, the operator never steps foot inside of Walter's apartment, it could be the superstitious horseshoe warding evil from entering so instead he uses the tape as a vessel for his plans, simply giving Walter the tape to bring inside on his own and begin the curse on his VCR||

[elder delta]

||There's more, I can actually give you an accurate timeframe for when the game is taking place, I suspect the game currently takes place during the 80's as they mentioned the scarcity of VCRs in brazil and the fact that the currency they refer to is the cruzeiros which were available by different names all including Cruzeiros in Brazil from 1942 until it was replaced by Reals in July of 1994, I used that to try and find VCR players similar to Walter's that match the timeframe and found this, the Panasonic Omnivision Hi-Fi VHS VCR PV-1730, a VCR player from 1985. This tells us it's very likely the game takes place during 1985 in Brazil. I did some conversions turning the currency of the time to usd then adjusting for inflation and finding Walter paid approximately $429.74 (2,000,000 cruzeiros as mentioned by the cameraman) for his VCR. This massive number matters because at the time it would mean there are very few people who actually own VCRs in Brazil, Julianna also mentioned Walter took out a loan just to get it which most people wouldn't do, and what's even less is people who own a personal VCR and are a famous news reporter. Walter was a perfect target for the Operator, if he was able to abuse Walter's curiosity into viewing the tape he could potentially control Walter into spreading the tape on public news to the rest of the world. Could Walter have known this? Is that why he committed suicide, to prevent the evil that held him from doing the same to everyone world wide and Walter managed to resist it long enough to take his own life before that could happen, saving millions in the process? It's hard to say but I really do feel like there's a good chance this is the case.||

||Potentially Walters VCR player found on a hobby hunter's blog||

||Commentary from an artical talking about the rarity of VCRs in Brazil when the game takes place||

||Cruzeiros after being converted to USD, then adjusted for inflation, rough estimate||

||The scarcity of VCRs in Brazil being displayed in game||

||Further evidence of the characters discussing how uncommon the VCR is and the loan||

||Julianna in this form never stepped foot inside Walters apartment, could the horseshoe be warding this version?||

||Every pass the camera footage becomes a little more distorted, much like the world, left picture is run 1, right is run 2||

||on the 2nd run, Julianna is adamant about removing the horseshoe from the door, at this point she's a bit tainted by the tape and the horsehoe's warding properties is aggravating her||

[elder delta]

||This is something caught from the outro to the game, I looked a little more||

||I got both of them||

||then I photoshopped it together to see a full view of the image, at first it appears like a top down view of a moving stream\river in a forest||

||once rotated it shows the image of a massive terrifying woman in the water, could this be, our lady of the drowned lake?||

[broken glade]

Anastasia the strawberry detective 🕵️‍♀️🍓

[elder delta]

I'm on the case 🕵️‍♀️🍓

Everytime I open this game I lose myself for hours in the best way

[slow talon]

NO

ONLY

[willow echo]

did something get alexis before they could finish their post

was it a warning?

[pastel knoll]

I- wowser

[elder delta]

Hehehe. It's so good

[pastel knoll]

im replaying

I have to test some things

[elder delta]

I predict many replays hehe, when you get the free time you should browse this channel, I wrote down so many discoveries about this game

[elder delta]

This would be the start of my findings

[pastel knoll]

Ill read that in a bit

im trying to figure out a code

no eternals are needed to solve right?

[elder delta]

Oh yeah only read when you think you've seen it all! Wouldn't wanna spoil ya hehe

[pastel knoll]

I gotta take a break this games really freaking me out

Its like a personalized horror game, so many parts of it feel like bits and bobs of my life stitched together with wire

[elder delta]

Ahhh I'm so glad you tried it c': it's so good at being unsettling in the most unique ways

[pastel knoll]

Yea especially with a family history of broadcasting and personal nightmares like the apartment look of it

[elder delta]

Oh wow so it definitely hit some marks for you then

[pastel knoll]

Yea sent chills down my back, reminded me of my uncel whos a radio host that collects old vhs of movies

basically it hit WAY too close to home

love a horror game that makes me feel unsafe

[elder delta]

I feel that so much. I'm a huge horror fan and all of my favorites evoke that feeling

[pastel knoll]

well I think i exploared everything I can think of, im gonna read up on that then try and check out the next game

wow you wernt kidding, youve done your research

well onto trying drowned lake

or not

[elder delta]

Soon, soon my friend

I cant wait for drowned lake

[graceful hound]

Ana holds a phD in teleforumology

[elder delta]

This is true, I'm conanically a doctor in the field

[elder delta]

||Never really took the time to realize the games a critique on the journalism industry as a whole. We come into the game experiencing everything then spending the rest of the time trying to figure out what's going on with this tape and being so focused on reporting on the story you end up losing sight of the fact that every character we speak to is in mourning. Juliana lost a good friend, Ms. Martins a loving husband, and Gunpowder a father. We even end up being mean to Ms. Martins and Julianna in hopes to learn more about the story instead of just being nice to two mourning people. As for gunpowder in the 3rd act he gets up and runs off in a horrible hellscape showing he was laying on a note. An owner less dog ran off in a terrifying apartment and most people's first instinct was to read that note not help the dog, that comes second. That's horrible, I can't imagine any reality were I'd choose a dumb note over a dog who needs my help, but I got so absorbed by uncovering what's happening, I read the note first. To add insult to injury the note tells you to no matter what stay with gunpowder, aka the moral thing to do, aka what you should have done without needing to be told. Walter Martins warned you that the only way to beat the tape is to not explore it all, the ultimate rebellion. Yet here I am, writing up a message because I've played the game again to try to uncover this story. For the 23rd time. Despite his warning. Makes you think.||

[topaz sigil]

👏👏👏

[pastel knoll]

Spam bot I assume :( I was hoping someone posted something new in here

[lavish sluice]

Oh God

[hallow canopy]

o

[cosmic seal]

Bro is always on this sever.

[pastel knoll]

?

[cosmic seal]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/788569069863436308.gif?size=48

[twilit shoal]

hi

[topaz sigil]

hello

[tender ridge]

||Hey there! I know its been a long time since you looked into this, however me and my friend are playing this for the first time, and I discovered a little thing about the horseshoe, If you look under the door where you can see the horseshoe, you can see feet(or at least what looks like it)! However when you peek through the peephole, you get this achievement. This could mean something about the warding off evil. This doesn't mean much, but I just thought it was interesting! I'm still reading through all your notes, so Idk if you covered this! You have knack for this its a really fun read! || (Spoilered just encase its important or somethin)

[tender ridge]

||Also, you mention how this might be Julia as we never see it ingame, also if you look closely, you can even see her scalp/head through her wet hair, almost like she's rotting away. (This is common in dead bodies) Which would make sense for the theory of the drowned lake. Idk tho, this one might be a stretch, but it was something I came to when I saw the image again while I was reading ||

[tender ridge]

||While achievement hunting! I was looking through a guide, while my friend played the game. I came across this, idk if it is a cut feature, or something idk if it's ever been talked about, but in the T-512 part of the game, according to this guide, this exists in the localization files, but no trigger has been found. I think it might be a cut feature, cause nothing we tried got it to trigger, but just thought it was interesting! :D (Also I found this guide on gamefax) ||

[elder delta]

Wow that's some awesome finds! No I never noticed these! Fantastic work!

[elder delta]

Hmmmmmm I think you may be right that could be ||julia||

[coarse marsh]

SO

after three years of living where I am now, I noticed this building nearby the other day

[topaz sigil]

they are watching ♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢♢

(also sims4 plumbob shape lol)

[gilded urchin]

buckshot roulette online work now?

[hallow canopy]

U mean multiplayer?

[graceful hound]

Hi! Not yet, but stay tuned for updates

[remote orbit]

Spooky little fella

[radiant dragon]

@lavish sluice cheese

[lavish sluice]

I think you love cheese

[radiant dragon]

Not as much as a certain someone and a certain protein powder

[hallow canopy]

How long is it going to take? 😿

I really wanna do bets with friends

[graceful hound]

We can't give specific dates just yet, but we will update everyone on Steam/Discord once we do

Also, this channel is for another game 🗣️ TELEFORUM

Play for free on Steam :DD https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186570/TELEFORUM/

Steam

TELEFORUM

Journalist Walter Martins ended his life during the broadcast of “TELEFORUM”, a now-canceled TV program.You’re visiting the apartment of his widow - to console the grieving woman and shine some light on this awful story…But that’s not the main reason why you’re here.It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?Try to find out the truth and, PLEASE, ■■ NOT ...

▶ Play video

[hallow canopy]

what is this

[hallow canopy]

Teleforum

[graceful hound]

As Shimmer mentioned, Teleforum is one of our games It's an analogue horror game set in Brazil, you can play it for free on Steam

[graceful hound]

fake fan

oh i remember my bad, i take it back

[hallow canopy]

huh

horror game

is it like backshoot roulette?

[bold minnow]

it's different both gameplay-wise and narratively (I guess, in a way it's more similar to NETFLIX's Bandersnatch); check out the store page on steam

[hallow canopy]

im watching better call saul rn

(:

[rancid bay]

just completed teleforum and even after getting all of the achievements im still confused about the story...game is still full of small details here and there and ill probably complete it one more time/will try to find a guide with all of the dialogue routes written. it looks pretty obvious (||especially after t512 boat ending||), but i still have to ask if drowned lake is connected to teleforum, or it is its own little thing. anyway im glad i played this game bcs of critical reflex, it was cool.

[graceful hound]

Hey They are set in the same universe, if you wanna find out more stuff/theorize, i'd recommend reading Anastasia's theories 👀

[graceful hound]

here

[topaz sigil]

oh hey stuff changed around here

[willow echo]

did it? Idk..looks normal

[violet flower]

who can give me buckshot roulette?

[warped hamlet]

No one

You’re gonna have to buy it yourself, bud

[shrewd steppe]

not trying to sound rude, but if u cant afford buckshot, how did you afford a pc....

[prisma dock]

Aaaaaaaaargh this image.

[unborn flax]

Hi. just started playing and wanted to say it's super cool that the game supports CRT resolution(sorry for black spots, I'm still getting rid of old antiglare filter)

[bold minnow]

your pc set looks awesome!

[unborn flax]

Thanks! Still working on it but old screens are awesome for analog horror and the like

[bold minnow]

they sure are

[topaz sigil]

omg this is amazingggggg

[unborn flax]

Okay, I think I saw almost everything there was to see. Great experience, the movies were giving me Simulacra vibes but better.

Guess I'll get the supporter pack after getting my paycheck

[tall mauve]

why arenmt u playing on ur main monitor

[unborn flax]

Mostly for the vibe, fitting with the analog horror(duh) older media and the like. Also crt actually give a pretty good quality image, I was suprised until friend shown me and I decided to get one too.

[graceful hound]

wdym that is the main monitor

[topaz sigil]

gotta admit i'm not a teleforum fan

(don't read my nickname)

[pastel fog]

What steps should I take to see the second ending? with Walter in boat

[topaz sigil]

you'll have to find the secret elevator code

[pastel fog]

im have a secret elevator code

[topaz sigil]

is it ||T124|| ?

[pastel fog]

yes

[topaz sigil]

then you need another one, i think you find it during your gameplay

there are guides online if you need them

[old knoll]

yeah

I'm ashamed to admit I had to use a guide to get this ending

I figured out the code but didn't know where to use it

[topaz sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/boo-gif-19787475173016375

fake teleforum fan

[old knoll]

<@&1214751635801251840> this guy is being mean to me

[warped hamlet]

Send em to the chamber

[elder delta]

https://tenor.com/view/ltg-low-tier-god-mods-ltg-mods-fishing-spot-gif-4622672928664119494

[topaz sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-ban-banned-cry-kiryu-gif-13005675834560417973

[livid wren]

We are pinging moderators now?

I would do but I wont piss off the team lol

[bold minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/annoyed-disappointed-mad-upset-gif-4706694217429630454

@topaz sigil

[topaz sigil]

NOOO PLEASE I'LL BEHAVE

[summer sage]

yo dude

[sharp tusk]

wtf is this game supposed to mean wtf??

[topaz sigil]

oh yknow it's

[long latch]

Just finished getting 100% on Teleforum. I thoroughly enjoyed the narrative, and was pleasantly surprised at how eerie the game was without any jump scares or other cheap tricks.

[topaz sigil]

i knew a fellow Who's Lila enjoyer would love Teleforum as well ❤️

[graceful hound]

❤️

[long latch]

How did you know I love Who’s Lila? 🙂

[graceful hound]

they can read minds

[long latch]

lol

[topaz sigil]

your William profile picture

i gotta give it another playthrough, get more endings

such an interesting game

[long latch]

Lol I have no idea how I forgot that was my picture ahaha.

[long latch]

Yes you should! Shouldn’t take long.

[topaz sigil]

it's such a complex game

i watched Flawed Peacock's analysis on it

[long latch]

It’s a damn near perfectly written story. The game makes you feel ever emotion for William at certain points. I really love that game so much.

[drifting vault]

hey, so i just finished the game... like 10 times

i have two ending tapes in the gallery still locked and was just wondering if anyones able to summarize the story/true ending and what was going on?

(feel free to DM if u dont want to spoil for other people!)

[topaz sigil]

some locked tapes are acquired by doing specific things like looking out the peephole while interviewing Adriana or ||leaving through the stairs or the elevator after gunpowder flees from the door||

you could peek at a achievement guide to see what you're missing

[topaz sigil]

shh guys, gunpowder is sleeping in this channel 🤫

[vernal trail]

I didnt know CR also published Teleforum. I liked it, wish it was much longer. It reminded me so much of web games I used to play when I was a child

[wise bluff]

he waked up

[tropic quiver]

whats the meaning of the game

it dont make sense to me

[graceful hound]

@topaz sigil youve been summoned

[topaz sigil]

the meaning is to make friends and have fun ❤️

[topaz sigil]

hehe it's a really subjective game, a lot of things aren't explained and that contributes to the overall feeling of uneasiness and that something is wrong with the reality in-game.... it's a genius way to tell a story in my opinion

it's supposed to not make sense because the tape and the case itself is surrounded in mystery and quite literally cursed, so you're trying to piece together the info while the game fights you on it 😭

[lapis zenith]

No one from China?

[grand ocean]

有

当然

[west wagon]

China isn’t real

[tiny vortex]

That's what the Chinese propaganda wants us to think

[rough dagger]

I have been there, can confirm it's real

||they are paying me to say this it's all a lie it's just the Americas and Australia eurasia is Fak--||

||connection terminated||

[lyric pewter]

乐

[lament flame]

I am sorry Elisabeth

[cerulean nova]

I've thought that Teleforum is more of an appetizer for Drowned Lake

We get a tiny bit of lore and we want more now

100% the game btw, love the atmosphere

[graceful hound]

Yay!!! Teleforum and Drowned Lake are set in the same universe 🙈

[cerulean nova]

Thought so!

[topaz sigil]

all my homies love teleforum

[arctic geode]

venom

[rain geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/surprised-shocked-funny-memes-gif-2651717394134726385

[sand zinc]

If you look into Celtic mythology and the fae it makes a lot of sense

Basically the notion is the tape is a gift from the fae

And them taking the tape in is inviting them into their home and lives

Thus giving them the ability to fuck with the main characters

And a lot of the horror deepens when you take the mythology into account

Like why Julianna becomes a husk near the elevator when you tell them her name because the belief is giving ones name lets them have power over you

[topaz sigil]

interesting theory

[sand zinc]

She looks so fed up

[sand zinc]

But I can go more in depth about the fae theory. I'll spoiler it because it gets really disturbing

[sand zinc]

Feesh

[sand zinc]

So the lore varies from region to region but the basis is that there's a realm parallel to ours and is nearly identical that the fae live in and can go in-between a lot

Weird shit can happen in their realm most which you will die from if not killed by whatever fae instantly if you accidentally enter their realm

You know fairy rings? This is where those come from

Little portals

Basically best case scenario is you die from like starvation if you ate the fae food worse is you get turned into some exquisite art or are a pet or servant for all eternity or just straight up tortured

And some are powerful enough to warp the fae realm around them

I'll need to review the game again it's been a while but that lore should be a good base for y'all to understand how this theory works

[proper fern]

does anyone know what happens when you sail the lake after you put in t512?

i did embrace the froest and it blacked out and i picked all the correct answers

i did it again (put in t512) and selected random answers(ik atleast 1 was wrong) and i got to meet the guy, i told him we watched the tape and he said my camera smth

[topaz sigil]

i guess that's just a scene to tie-in with #│drowned-lake which is gonna be the next game in the series :^)

[white plaza]

Interesting, I put in t512 but didnt get the forest or lake options

[meager raptor]

[cunning sage]

So the meaning/reveal of the game is basically ||if you watch the tape, you will go into a loop where you go back to moments before watching the tape, and it doesn't end||, right?

[edgy raft]

PEAK GAME, just finished it with some friends and we took some time until we figured out the creators were brazilian (we're also brazilian)... which is such a cool info for me! I've truly never seen a bad critical reflex game. teleforum made me so intrigued, its whole story... it's just one of the best horror games I've ever seen. me and my friends got so scared and we loved the whole aesthetic of the game. well, just wanted to say that. ||PLUS, I'M SO EXCITED FOR DROWNED LAKE OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!||

[cunning sage]

I really appreciated the game as well, since you also finished it would it be ok if you can answer my question above? No pressures and lmk if it's ok to ping

[edgy raft]

no problem!

[edgy raft]

||yeah, I mean, it's basically a loop that the tape causes, except you don't actually go back. it restarts, but it's never the same, that's atleast the idea I have about it. have you gotten into any secret ending, though?||

[cunning sage]

||I did using a guide. One secret ending was some dude handing the tape to the reporter. The other one was meeting the reporter near the lake (potentially related to drowned lake). But neither reveals some hidden truth||

And thanks!!

[edgy raft]

||okay. well, the ending that you walk to the forest and meets walter is totally related to drowned lake, which is in playtest for free in steam. I played it today and it actually explains a bit more about the looping effects that the tape causes. I personally recommend you to play it if you can, it's a short gameplay, since it's incomplete. otherwise, I could explain the basic of it. it's not very complicated, though.||

[edgy raft]

you're welcome!

[cunning sage]

I will be playing ||drowned lake||!!

[edgy raft]

YAY

[cunning sage]

As well as no I'm not human next

[edgy raft]

nice!!! another awesome game! I haven't played no, I'm not a human yet, but I've watched a lot of gameplays and loved it a lot

:D

[edgy raft]

ohh, and ||about the tapes, since you've played teleforum, you've noticed that juliana's name never gets back to normal, right? no matter how many times you play it again. it is totally related to her watching the tape! just wanted to say that.||

[celest jungle]

any other games with secrets like teleforum?

||theres binary code for the tape about drowned lake. is there any significance?||

[sudden flare]

Read this whole thread in one go, i feel like im in the remains of a great fun party but everyone already went home 😭