pyre

[timid silo]

Only the finest relationships!

[prime dirge]

Are they arc words though? The term seems to be used in the same way as IRL

I expected these as pairs: || and or and Or. I think the epilogue descriptions even change a bit if they are together? Also and || Unless you mean "they call each other kindred spirits" at some point

I got three of the pairs on my playthrough, but I don't remember the term being used at all

[trail talon]

wait, what are "arc words" in this game? is there a list?

[spiral zealot]

yeah what is a arc word?

because if there is I can find them, i just need to know what they are

[vestal bluff]

It’s a storytelling thing, not a gameplay thing

A phrase that signifies something to do with a story arc, which in Pyre’s case is “kindred spirits”

[prime dirge]

To me, "kindred spirits" seems to be a concept used in the game, so not quite arc words

"There is no escape" for Hades, "Remember Reach" for Halo Reach, sound like arc words though. Unless these are theme words or mottos

For Pyre, my best guess is " Freedom is a privilege. Yours has been revoked! "

[stray jolt]

there's a very cool example near the end of the game ||where you make a speech to your remaining exiles, and that last line of the speech gets reused later on; you get to literally create your own arc words||

but also, "The Eight Scribes gave their freedom so that we may yet have ours" (which i took from the tvtropes page)

[spiral zealot]

ohhh ok

[heavy hill]

I always figured that pyre's arc words were chosen by the player in their speech, since that phrase comes up a lot near the end

never thought of kindred spirits though!

[vague chasm]

I'm getting Pyre on the Steam Sale
excited to see how it turns out!

[mild falcon]

Get some tissues ready hehe

[prime dirge]

It's a great journey, visually. Also musically and...storycally, or whatever the word for that is

[vague chasm]

story-wise?

[vague chasm]

thanks for the advice
let me go get them right away

[prime dirge]

Yup. Sorry, words hard

As usual, I must suggest you to play Pyre in a big screen if possible. The sights are very pretty. Also with speakers or earphones, since the music helps you vibe and also enhances the mood
Also, reading the book is fun from time to time

[vague chasm]

I'm sorry, the book?

but books are for libraries

amirite

[mild falcon]

Books are for pyres i guess

[prime dirge]

You'll know what we mean once you see it. For now it's time for you to wake up.

Alan, wake up

[trail talon]

always read the book

[supple solar]

the book of rites awakened the nightwings and ignited the flame

[toxic python]

Replaying, and jc first time i saw the lone minstrel in the wagon before he dissapears

The first time i played it i got so confused when it was mentioned

[trail talon]

i saw him and was just waiting for someone to mention him. odd that no one ever says "oh that guy, he's asleep all the time, don't bother him"

[deep cedar]

I'm at the part in the Flagging Hands and I just ||told Rukey to shave his mustache and when he did he gained +1 hope||. I'm curious, does anyone know what happens if you tell him to keep it?

[mild falcon]

He keeps it, gets the hope, and you don't anger the entire discord

[deep cedar]

LOL i was wondering if it was the same result

Thank you

There were like chainsaw noises

[trail talon]

let me be the first to say oh noooo

[spiral zealot]

So you have chosen ... death

[toxic python]

vs mode is great for messing around with a lot of talisman i never bothered to use
did a team where all 3 of my team could banish with the orb

[spiral zealot]

Vs mode is great

[toxic python]

also understimated the wyrms, jc they go fast

[spiral zealot]

Zoom wyrm. Have you seen lightning run tailwind dogs tho?

[toxic python]

[spiral zealot]

My favorite is plunging crones although I know it's not very popular

[toxic python]

tho i really want to get a better laptop, sometimes i lag and suddenly either me or the other team is on the contrary side of the map

[spiral zealot]

Hate when that happens, suggestion, you get a better laptop and it only runs pyre. You fit it out just to run pyre perfectly. You could say it's just rite

[toxic python]

i-... that was good

[spiral zealot]

Thank you thank you. I live for bad puns

[toxic python]

but gotta say, at first pyre didnt sound fun bc "sport game" but the gameplay is great
and the songs in game give so much feels

brb crying to bound together

[deep cedar]

ngl ||I'm not a fan of the gameplay but I'm playing it for the story/art/music 🥲||

[trail talon]

that’s fine, since ||you don’t need to be good at the gameplay to finish the game and in fact it’s worth doing a run of losses at least once||

[spiral zealot]

I love the pyre gameplay. I keep playing it just for that. ||Havent touched story mode in a while as I get too much anxiety thinking "I have to get rid of one of my people ahhh my team composition"||

[toxic python]

my first playthrough i screwed myself agaisnt the essence by having no flying characters by the ||last liberation rites||

[deep cedar]

Ive won all the rites so far I just go zoom zoom

[unborn copper]

Pyre Community Rite Nite starts in just under an hour! Watch at https://www.twitch.tv/lidsvids and/or join the Rite Club (https://discord.gg/XHTtNGe) to get involved!

[unborn copper]

^Live now!

[prime dirge]

Was it a joke back when Babs said this was the summer of the Crone, or did that mean anything?

[midnight hawk]

no now is the time for the crones

so making bog crone content

[prime dirge]

So Greg told you over the phone or something

Been a while since I do anything, but Bertrude seems easy to draw

Bertrude and Pam is better, but Pam is so detailed. Imma try Bertrude

[glossy bolt]

I just finished the game recently for the first time and damn it's so good

I love the music and the art
Everything's pretty

[midnight hawk]

all of sgg's games are beautiful but i think pyre has some of the most stunning visuals

[spiral zealot]

easily

[deep cedar]

I love how when they dont want to participate in a rite they are just like "I pretend I do not see it" https://i.imgur.com/Mo8ju1I.png

[calm hamlet]

"hey you got 3 essays overdue"
me: ^

[supple solar]

at what point does *ae not want to rite?

[deep cedar]

It was when I met Tamitha and no one else wanted to volunteer first

to go against the harps

[prime dirge]

This should happen too if she's ill or not able to be anointed. But I think the text says Unavailable (?) instead. Does the sprite change for this too?

[supple solar]

yeah

it changes like that when they cant conduct a rite, whatever the reason may be

[midnight hawk]

i think pyre has very good designs but it'd be cool if non-humanoid races were a little more monster-y or feral

like knocked it out of the park w the crones

but what about harps

[cobalt elbow]

I def would like more bird looking harps

like they got the necks and all

but face is just human

[timid silo]

Like those fanarts on Tumblr, you know the ones? I think the artist deactivated but they had a lot of studies of more birdlike Pam...

[midnight hawk]

yeah i think the artist's name was savi? i could be wrong. but they drew great more monster-y pam

[deep cedar]

alright the beyonders in tizo's scribe trial are overpowered as HECK

[deep cedar]

nevermind it turns out i have just been sleeping on Mae this whole time

[glossy bolt]

On my previous playthrough I went into the game totally blind and I didn't really know what strategies use and stuff so I basically just centered half of the game on making Jodi faster

In the end I got her to ~ 15 speed I think

[timid silo]

She can go for a jog with Oralech (whose base walk is amusingly fast)

[faint hare]

That 0 hope tho 😩

[timid silo]

go for a jog and cheer each other up so he doesn't take a minute-long depression nap!!

[untold quartz]

fanart of Jodi and Oralech out jogging in 80s headbands and legwarmers when

[deep cedar]

so I ||liberated jodi first but I didn't get to learn that much about her (reason for exile, etc.) 🥺 will I still get to learn about her later?||

[lime mural]

||Not unless you play through again.||

[deep cedar]

aww dang, thank you for answering though!

[calm hamlet]

happened to me as well :/ but with different character

[timid silo]

I don't think you can see everyone's past in a single game! They start unlocking after the first liberation rite iirc?

[sour vector]

Hello all! ive just joined and spent my 10 minutes before being able to chat to search for other people with my issue, but it appears there wasnt much relatable/solvable in the replies.. so im gonna ask anyway, to see if somebody can help. sorry if im re-opening old topics but i feel i have to. so: my game keeps crashing/freezing. first it was when the steam overlay opened up, for example upon gaining an achievement, my game would freeze and stutter and all, and i would be forced to close it and redo a few minutes of the game. this is annoying but i can overcome, but now its doing that every 10 minutes or so, even when i disabled the steam overlay. the last time (the one that made me come here) my game just crashed, instantly closed, and made me sad and not willing to try starting it up again (ive restarted 5 times today allready, its getting annoying). i then decided i like the game too much to just give up on it, but i am getting close to that point. any idea why this happens and what i can do to counter it? i would love to finish the story and not just stop playing mid-2nd-liberation

oh and to add to this: ive not had these crashes/freezes in the first 8/9 hours of gameplay, but about 20 or so in the last 3 hours

so obviously im thinking something has changed, but i dont know what that would be

[glossy bolt]

I think you can if I remember my playthrough correctly
||i liberated hedwyn first but after some earlier rite you can ask him about his reasons and all and he just tells you. Then I guess I just tried to be nice to everyone and chat with them on every occasion||

[glossy bolt]

I had this problem too
Try restarting your computer, that fixed it in my case

[timid silo]

Oh huh! Nice! I can say for sure it's never happened to me in three playthroughs so it may be... somewhat rare?

[young folio]

im pretty sure you can get everyones pasts if you dont liberate anyone

[timid silo]

Oh, hah, there's that of course!

[mental acorn]

i'm listening to the ost

is that a sousaphone i hear in the last song?

i can't help but think of veggietales lmao

it could be a tuba idk anything about brass instruments

[prime dirge]

Coincidentally, this can be argued to be the canon ending: ||Remember that drawing with all of the Nighwings looking at the stars? That can only happen if everyone stays down||

(That's it, that's my only argument)

[sour vector]

that would be an easy fix, thanks! ill try that for sure

[supple solar]

Yeah I lost my first liberation rite cause i wasnt ready to let anyone go yet djfbjf

||bit me later cause i didnt get a peaceful revolution||

[timid silo]

Counterpoint: ||what stars?|| It has to be a memory...

[prime dirge]

||Whoops. I got mixed up with the stars during the credits. The drawing at the end has the but no stars: https://i0.wp.com/www.nerdspeaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Pyre-Wallpaper-Ending-5-3840x2160.jpg?ssl=1 ||

[timid silo]

I think those dots are stars, although not the Scribes' stars But that can mean anything

[prime dirge]

That'd make sense, since those are all of the same blueish color and don't have the same shape

My point was ||that the image above only happens if everyone remains. But that may be a dream or something||

[timid silo]

Mine was that ||there are no stars in the sky by the time the game ends, they've all faded. So those tiny stars there seem to me to hint at the image being a memory or a wish!|| Besides, I can't imagine the game arguing in any shape or form in favour of leaving everyone down

[prime dirge]

||THERE ARE SCRIBE-STYLE STARS IN THE CREDITS ROLL TOO.
I can see this as "decades have passed, but the Nightwings have lived on in song". Would make sense considering how songs and tales can live on even before/without literacy.

And if the stars in the credits are any indication, that could mean the rites are coming back at some point in the future (Ashpaw Rite League ❓👀) ||

||https://i.imgur.com/SyzdoSz.png||

[faint hare]

This entire credits sequence made me so happy and sad at the same time

[trail talon]

||i think it’s implied that the stars will return someday, though i forget when||

[prime dirge]

||I also don't think the game gave any other indication to leave everyone down. And I like that wallpaper a lot (and want to print it). But it's funny how that could only happen if everyone remains :(||

[zealous dawn]

||There is a phrase "Now, at the end, as we bid farewell and return to the stars, we shall find our way home". Always thought that current Nightwings were (in a way) a reincarnation of Scribes, and that line implied that they will be back together anyway and mere distance would not be able to separate them, and that was shown there||
Spoilers + theories, beware

[trail talon]

||i thought that “we” referred to tariq and celeste||

[zealous dawn]

||In my head, it was like "we all", since Tariq was with Nightwings all the time (even if it was his purpose or smth similar)||

[deep cedar]

wait why do some of the titan stars give you advantages? I thought they were supposed to be challenges? or am I misunderstanding

ohhh... nevermind I didn't notice the "your adversaries" part 🤡

[prime dirge]

||I hadn't considered the other possibility, as I also thought that last verse refers to and . Tariq is clear in his "We'll finally be able to spend time together; I won't have to stay with the Blackwagon." near the end, even if Celeste admonishes him right then.

Also, the song refers to Nightwings as found their way home /remained in the end, but in that last verse it finally breaks the rule, just as it seems like it's not talking about the Nightwings anymore.

The last half-baked argument is: the moon and Nightwings drawing doesn't feature , unless he's there as the Moon This is also possible since Celeste wasn't really part of the NW, so she's not drawn there||

(Not hellbent on this, just gravitated naturally since the first time to "They mean both of them, not all of us")

[prime dirge]

Maybe it's just me, but I didn't get happy vibes from it. Triumphant, yes. Sad too. But it doesn't sit right with me to call it happy

(This is even more subjective than my points above)

[deep cedar]

Im trying to beat oralech with all titan stars activated and having an extremely bad time

[midnight hawk]

oof yeah that's brutal

godspeed

[prime dirge]

Have you considered...passing? Defending first and attacking once they're banished?

That's a difficult rite and the game lets you get away with developing crutches otherwise, so changing the playstyle should help

In what way to change it, I don't really know. But we can try

[deep cedar]

yeah ur right 😔 the whole time I have been getting away with just zooming with one exile but this... this rite make me want to uninstall Steam

I might give up lol

[prime dirge]

The only failure is to stray from the path.
This means if you uninstall Pyre right now I shall h(a)unt you 😤

Would it be that bad to concede, though?

[deep cedar]

No but i wanna Win 😪

Also what does straying from the path even mean?

I feel like u don't have a choice but to go where you're supposed to? or is it more a figurative thing

[prime dirge]

It means to stop being the Nightwings' reader, or for the NWs to give up their robes

So. You could ||restart the rite with fewer stars (haven't tried this, hope it works), or be more patient banishing them before throwing (don't plunge, you need your three exiles rn)||

[deep cedar]

(i am afraid to read that because I have not finished the game 😢)

also I am just going to give up on this rite I don't stand a chance against handsome demon man

[prime dirge]

That's meant for you 😛

[deep cedar]

Ohh thanks!

I can't change the titan stars when restarting the rite though

[prime dirge]

Oof. But you could still change your anointed so that you can have an easier time defending

Dang, I was about to say that you should blame Tobu if anything goes wrong with that plan #supergiant-games message

If it helps in any way, I had Fred anointed, so I could quickly place the sap near the orb and give myself some breathing room

[deep cedar]

LMAO at the start of the rite oralech literally just jumped to our pyre and walked into everyone and banished them all instantly

[deep cedar]

Fred? 👀

[prime dirge]

[deep cedar]

Ooh

[prime dirge]

Who is your triumvirate for this? :/

[prime dirge]

Man's commited
Are you able to deal some damage while he's out? You could try this sort of "eye for an eye" plan with extra HP on your Pyre

[deep cedar]

No they are all too fast and strong and respawn too fast

[deep cedar]

I was changing it around a lot but generally trying to be Fast

I wonder if this is like trying to beat Hades on ||50 heat|| or something

[prime dirge]

So...do you have any amulet in store that may change your strats?

Maybe something like +4 aura size in someone that has a massive aura already

[deep cedar]

Ahh not really I haven't invested much in talismans

I just accepted defeat here and I'm gonna deactivate some of the titan stars from here on out hah

[prime dirge]

Also an idea. I tried a few stars but things got more tense than I'd like

Plum tried with many but I believe every rite made him sweat so much it caused leaks in his house

[deep cedar]

screw it. 0 titan stars

I want to Enjoy

I dont want challenge anymore i just want to be happy

[prime dirge]

So play as you feel comfortable. I gave myself a bit of difficulty by using suboptimal amulets or compositions

But for you, maybe Pyre means playing with some stars. Or none

[deep cedar]

thank you for the advice hehe

[prime dirge]

The only failure is straying from the path intensifies

[deep cedar]

so... ||that's not like... possible in the game though, right? 👀||

it's more of like... a saying...?

[prime dirge]

They mean to have the player give up, yes. Since some players could realistically lose most of the rites, they had to find a way to justify the NWs not quitting on the reader, and the story still had to advance in some way

[deep cedar]

Ahh ok

[prime dirge]

If I ever try a full-star run this is going to be quite useful 😅

Point is there's no shame in losing. So you may carry on reading

[deep cedar]

well to be fair I am pretty terrible at the game so you would probably do better hahah

My playstyle is "Rukey go brrr"

[toxic python]

i want to try use more titan stars but my laptop already struggles with normal matches and suddenly enemy team scoring on me

[prime dirge]

I had fun with fliers
At some point I had to use my plan B of banishing then going for a throw

I've been told you can pass, ~~but I think that's locked behind a DLC ~~

[toxic python]

pamitha is one of my fav characters bc aura burst go brrrrrrr

[deep cedar]

but... rukey... FAST...

[toxic python]

rukey zooming also is fun
(also that amulet that lets you banish with orb + _ae )

[prime dirge]

I heard a while back about some programs that close other processes so that gaming is smoother. You could...clean your comp? That could increase performance

There's more than one strong strat, but whichever you choose you should have at least a plan B

Like...fierce defense with Jodi, or something

Hedwyn throwing the orb at some opponent and banishing them when they lose their aura

[toxic python]

the most problems i got was oralech wich i ended taking the lost and the essence in the liberation rite
didnt have a good way to stop them from flying

[prime dirge]

You can jump against a flyer. But that particular rite I think...I fought them with Pam?

[deep cedar]

I used Pam too but ||in the middle of it she said she wanted the essence to win so I was like "ok!" and let them win||

[toxic python]

yeah... that was my problem
was either pam or other 2 i didnt want to liberate
and i just didnt wanted to give the win

i think the most i dissapointed myself in the game was getting hedwyn amulet and ||liberating him first||

[deep cedar]

i love hedwyn and he is very pretty but MAN he sucks

at rites

[toxic python]

i think he is fine
more survability at least

[deep cedar]

he should stick to cooking

[prime dirge]

I didn't do much with him (first lib'd) but in skilled hands a nomad can zoom and banish and throw the orb

Don't quite remember the strat but they can be dangerous is what I'm saying

[toxic python]

i havent played the story mode in a while tbh
i like to mess around in versus (specially to test things)

[untold quartz]

Hey, who's blaming me for what now??

(also don't badmouth Hedwyn, my loves, he's a well-rounded boy and with the right skill tree he is deadly against Harps which is no small thing)

[supple solar]

Pamitha is my main

always felt broken to me

[midnight hawk]

pamitha with her talisman..... chef's kiss

especially before they nerfed it

[supple solar]

this is after a nerf?

[midnight hawk]

yeah iirc her chance not to be banished was 100%

or at least around there

[prime dirge]

😔
All I was saying is that we tried Tobu's "you're allowed to reset very important rites" plan, but the Stars couldn't be changed anymore, so Or walked all over Freeze's triumvirate

Taken from the wiki, also matches what I remember: Triesta's Plume (only usable by Pamitha during the campaign): While flying, Pamitha shall not be banished by dousing the adversary's Pyre, and deal: +5 damage.

Was there a nerf at all?

[midnight hawk]

yeah it didn't use to be like that, the wiki only has the current talisman stats

[prime dirge]

The Plume used to give a bigger damage bonus, then

So broken. Wonder why they left it

[vestal bluff]

It was always a max of +5 damage (depending on the Talisman’s level), but the chance to come back after plunging while flying is 50% nowadays, whereas it was 100% before

Basically a second Prayer Beads, which is already among the best Talismans

[midnight hawk]

thank u failer

[midnight hawk]

hey time sensitive questions that are also end game spoilers: ||do all the stars fade or just the titan stars?|| and ||what's the smallest amount of characters that you can keep down? like winning every lib rite and having the reader go up||

[trail talon]

||the titan stars cause the other stars to fade: only the titan stars remain. you can leave as few as two exiles below, i think (three if the reader goes up)||

[faint hare]

||yea you leave min2 max3 if you win every lib rite, I ended with 3 since I liberated oralech||

[midnight hawk]

thank u!

[untold quartz]

Oh dear, I didn't mean that as a plan so much as a philosophy 😅

I tried to let go and accept it when I lost a rite, but I gave myself more leeway to ||try and start over as much as possible when it was a lib rite||

That's all 🤣

[prime dirge]

We got that, it's just that given the situation we were in, restarting became a plan (which didn't work cuz stars)

Turns out nobody expects the speedy demon inquisition

[midnight hawk]

if you exit to the menu and reload it'll get you right before the rite so you can start over on which stars you want

[prime dirge]

Oh that's possible. Well. That's the cure for star overdose

[prime dirge]

So I just read a fun and friendly :) Pyre fic, but ||it didn't quite match the description. Is that common in the Pyrefic community, or was that an author's quirk?||

[midnight hawk]

do you mean the one i wrote? i was joking about it because it is actually not fun or friendly. it's an author's quirk

[prime dirge]

Yup, that one. Icy cold and all that 🥶

[midnight hawk]

if it's any consolation i am working on things that are actually fun and friendly

[untold quartz]

I mean, there's loads of fun and friendly fic for Pyre

I'm very fond of the one where they fly around harassing people with the horn on the blackwagon

[prime dirge]

No, no, that's canon

[untold quartz]

and I just published one the other month that's effectively Jodi taking the Girl clothes shopping

if you want cozy Pyre fic, there's a lot of happiness awaiting you on AO3

[prime dirge]

Do you have a link? (if that's allowed in the channel)

[midnight hawk]

i think a little linking on this channel should be fine

but if there's a lot then it should be moved to #fan-works

[untold quartz]

Sure, I can drop links in fanworks! Which one did you want? The horn?

[prime dirge]

Yes. Crashing with other wagons was a minor highlight of mine

[untold quartz]

Posted!

[lapis creek]

ORB WIFE

[spiral zealot]

IS ORB LIFE

[crisp oxide]

got my baby sibling to start pyre

they love it so far

slowly immersing my family into sgg

[midnight hawk]

hell yeah

one of us one of us

[crisp oxide]

ONE OF US 👏 ONE OF US 👏

[unborn copper]

Pyre Community Rite Nite starts in 45 minutes! Watch at https://www.twitch.tv/lidsvids and/or join the Rite Club (https://discord.gg/XHTtNGe) to get involved!

[unborn copper]

^Live now!

[supple solar]

i revived my old wattpad account because i started writing again, it wasnt pyre related but

i always had an idea for a fic and im thinking now might be a decent time to try ajfhf

[orchid flicker]

Hi! I was directed here by a Reddit user because I had a question.
I was trying to find the specific voice clips for the victory cheers after dumping the VO .bank file, but couldn't find any (at least, as far as I'm aware). Am I looking in the wrong place?

[scenic kiln]

Heyo! I'd ask that in the modding server, pinned in #self-promotion ^.^

[orchid flicker]

Oh! Alright.

Thank you.

[thick agate]

Check emotes.bank, too — if you're referring to the voice clips where they say "noxalas" and the like, you can find those in there

[orchid flicker]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you.

[fast ridge]

Well thanks Steam Summer Sale, now I have an easy excuse to download Pyre and complete my SGG collection!

[deep cedar]

finished pyre for the first time

very curious ||as to what happens if you free yourself at the end?? as well as a bunch of other outcomes? guess it is time to play it again ||

[timid silo]

Absolutely time to play again and now you can better plan ||who you can't bring yourself to separate, who you want to leave down etc||!

[deep cedar]

yeah! ||I feel so bad i left hedwyn's freedom for the last rite but didn't realize he wouldn't get to go free. he deserved better 😭||

[timid silo]

Oooooooof yeah that's insta-replay material. Same with Volfred for me 😔

[deep cedar]

||I liked him too much so i waited too long to free him😭😭gotta free the others this time around!! ||

[prime dirge]

It's a great journey
As usual, I have to suggest you to play with sound on (music is very atmospheric), and to take in the sights whenever you want to chill or feel like taking a moment planning your team composition and such.
Do read the Book sometimes too, it adds to the experience

[fast ridge]

Thanks for the tips. I plan taking my time with this one, so I’ll be sure to soak the atmosphere in.

[deep cedar]

the sheer amount of music, art, and writing in this game is mind boggling especially considering how small their team is

like. Greg just wrote... all that?

[spiral zealot]

greg writes with all 4 limbs at the same time

[deep cedar]

I bet!!! He's gotta have at least 2 brains

[deep cedar]

i feel like with this game i didnt truly appreciate it until after finishing it & letting it sit for a while

listening to soundtrack again and everything makes sense now and making me emotional

[glossy bolt]

I had a dream there was a pyre choose your own adventure book

[wise storm]

hi. so i just bought pyre yesterday and played with my old laptop but the fps are too low for me, around 17fps. while transistor, bastion and even hades runs well on my laptop, i got around 30-45 fps in hades. i have searched on how to fix this but haven't found anything that works. i have updated drivers, setting launch option and launch the game in borderless window but still lagging. i wonder if someone know how to fix this, it would be a big help for me

[scenic kiln]

have you made sure you don't have anything else running in the background that could be slowing it down?

[wise storm]

yes i even stopped steam from running

[scenic kiln]

Alright--which launch options did you try?

[wise storm]

/Bloom=false /DrawRecursivePaths=false/FullScreen=false /NoBorder=true /X=1920 /Y=1080
NoFixedStep=true /SwapInterval=0

i have tried setting windowed/fullscreen from ingame too but still lagging

[scenic kiln]

alright, a couple things to try, with regards to those--

as far as I'm aware, it's /DrawBloom=false, not just /Bloom=false

I'm not certain the the FixedStep, RecursivePaths, and Interval ones actually do anything--either way, don't forget the / in front of the FixedStep

You can also try adding /DrawBlendMax=8 /DrawLights=false /DrawColorGrading=false, though I'm not positive that those'll work for Pyre (they're from Hades, but might've existed back then)

[wise storm]

alright I'll try it out, thanks for helping me

[scenic kiln]

Sure thing ^.^ Best of luck!

[sacred lagoon]

Hello! I'm working on adding Pyre-based cards into the card game Binding of Isaac - Four Souls, and the images on the wiki are just a bit too low resolution for me to use. Is there anywhere I can get higher resolution images, either from the game files or from some other place?

[scenic kiln]

I'd ask the modding server, link pinned in #self-promotion ^.^

[sacred lagoon]

All right, thanks!

(If anyone here has some more information as well, I would be very appreciative of it)

[thick agate]

Pyre's graphics can be extracted from the "packages" folder, if you haven't checked there yet

[deep cedar]

||Bound Together|| really got me like

[deep cedar]

Pyre would make a great animated film

[trail talon]

or a tv series, perhaps

[fast ridge]

So wasn’t sure what I was expecting with Pyre, but so far I dig it.

[prime dirge]

It's a journey that engages your eyes, ears, and heart.
Also your hands at times

[merry locust]

Pyre is one of my favourite Supergiant Games! Just leaving this message asking for a Switch port 🙂

Also, a physical release of this game would be amazing. I own a physical copy of Hades and the Limited Run Games release of Bastion and Transistor.

[spiral zealot]

It probably will never be ported to switch

Unless SuperGiant totally runs out of ideas or things to do, even then

Pyre was hte least financially succesful game for them

and the cost to port to switch would be too high for the profit it would make

[merry locust]

They ported both Bastion and Transistor, so I still have hope 🙂

[spiral zealot]

yeah, i highly doubt it tho

also this

#ask-supergiant message

[low gorge]

man i got pyre a while ago, made it a decent way through, and then haven't picked it up in a while so i decided to play again today

first of all, going into a rite without practicing first wasn't my best idea lol

second of all, idk why but the game just keeps crashing on my computer 😭

[fast ridge]

That stinks

[spiral zealot]

Is there an error or does it just close?

[spiral zealot]

Massivly important qujestion that might split hte entire fandom apart

who is better

or

https://imgur.com/a/kiDkCaZ

[lime mural]

I was terrified you were gonna pull up an orb or just a picture of Sandra.

[spiral zealot]

lol

[spiral zealot]

I have acheived peak boredom

so you know this concept art

https://imgur.com/a/gVAG8By

you see that text there?

yeah i do too

and you know what else

its english

and you know wht else

i currently have notepad++ open writing all this down

so far I have

Desire, that they cannot forsee the pain and trouble that are bound to (presumably arise but hard to see) and equal blame belongs to those who fail in ther duty through /n
Every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided (indecipherable, potentially that) in certain circumstances and (indecipherable) is the claims of (indecipherable) or the obligations of business if (potentially "will") freq /n
orse prints. On the other hand, we (indecipherable) with righteous imagination and (looks like dislike, not sure) (men?) (indecipherable) are (to, might not even be a word, very hard to tell) (tainted?) and demoralized by the charms of plasure of the moment so blinded

this thing talks about pleasure a lot

hmm this text seems to be one block of text copy and pasted over and over

[scenic kiln]

Could use the whole thing to get one clear copy of the block of text?

[spiral zealot]

probably

ill keep at it then trying to write this entire thing down

then it can be stitched together

then we can uncover the truths of the pyre that never was

you think greg will giv me a prize if i do all this because boy is this a lot of text

[prime dirge]

Is that anemic Rukey? The designs are a bit disturbing

For a moment I thought you had OCR'd it. Maybe that's an easier path?

[prime dirge]

It could very well be a hidden message
But I guarantee you Greg forgot about it by this point

[spiral zealot]

lol

ocr probably wont help as each character is like 3 or 4 pixles and theres this:

https://imgur.com/a/Z5eLJoB

and this is early concept designs shown in the noclip documentary

[prime dirge]

fi?minEb
? is I've no idea

There must be a PS/Pinta/GIMP trick to raise contrast a lot

Also, I think I see some ligatures. We could use some website to recognize the font, and thus the chars

[spiral zealot]

yeah this block of text will undoublty pop up again and we can know what those pixels are

[prime dirge]

I think I used this site at some point, https://www.fontsquirrel.com/matcherator
or maybe it was this one https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
Also found this one, seems to need registration and fee https://www.whatfontis.com/

[spiral zealot]

hmm picture too large

for fontsquirrel at least

hm seems like the text is just too small to be recognizable

[prime dirge]

Yeah it was useless

There should be some contrast trick to recognize the chars by eye 👀
Does anyone know about that?

[scenic kiln]

I might be able to, gimme a few

[spiral zealot]

https://imgur.com/a/Y2f1KaD

got this done so im taking a break for tonight

ill put what i have so far in a doc and post it here

it'll be view only

[prime dirge]

What the heck it seems to be ||ol' Lorem Ipsum||

I SHOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT FROM THE PLEASURE AND PAIN ALL OVER

[spiral zealot]

it is?

ah that makes sense

[midnight hawk]

hey hold up

[prime dirge]

I ruined it 😭
I mean. Greg ruined it. But still.

[spiral zealot]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oIxUskBMI-81mEcnQX9Uh7tpjoy6VDUywzNstqzMaiU/edit?usp=sharing

[midnight hawk]

we can't pull things from the game file here

[spiral zealot]

👀

oops

[prime dirge]

Might have not done that

[scenic kiln]

was this from the game files, or was this concept art that was shared?

[spiral zealot]

well both

it is in the noclip

[midnight hawk]

ohhh ok

[spiral zealot]

but i did get it from the game files as i didnt want to search throug hte documentary for like the 3 seconds it was on screen

[prime dirge]

sweats in Sahrian

[spiral zealot]

^

[scenic kiln]

shh, don't say that erumi

[prime dirge]

So you can search "1.10.32" in https://error4hack.com/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet-meaning/ , and it has a translation for a placeholder text that is used in places sometimes

[midnight hawk]

ok i cant tell how much is pulled from the game files and what's not so please like

dont

[spiral zealot]

yeah i wont sorry babs

[midnight hawk]

it's alright just for future reference

[spiral zealot]

👍

On the other hand, we denounce with Righteous Indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammeled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.

yeah that prefectly matches lol

all my work brought to naught

[prime dirge]

There should be something this parallels to in the Book. But can't remember it 😐

[spiral zealot]

😐

[prime dirge]

Impressive work recognizing the characters though

[spiral zealot]

yeah they are like 4 pixels a peice lol

[prime dirge]

So back to topic. Was there a reason for comparing Ron to the spiky guy?

[spiral zealot]

nah he just cute

but guys

so

uh

hows them ||spoilers||

or but actual question that WILL split the fandom

Sandra

or

[prime dirge]

That's an incomplete question. Unless you mean...personal preference or something

Is there even a question if that's the case?

[spiral zealot]

true

its hard to really comapare them

[prime dirge]

One helps you become the Reader the Downside calls for, the other...depresses everyone if left with for long? (Or short)

[spiral zealot]

whos who?

those decriptions fit both

[prime dirge]

Huh. I meant Ron making everyone lose hope/a stat when you give him a ride.
How spooky is interacting with the orb for the other NWs? I never considered that

[spiral zealot]

||I was thinking that its depressing if you elave her in the downside and she wants to be with you||

||but yeah, she spooks ron out a lot||

[prime dirge]

There was someone saying that the "The Beyonder Crystal seeks Rukey" happens in-universe as the Orb suddenly glowing and it yelling READER! I SEEK YOUR DOG

Huh. It was you

[spiral zealot]

lol

RRReader, bring me your snake grandmother and tree grandfather

[prime dirge]

So she has ||a moment when she's very depressed/given up/can't find the word. But heck, there's that "In their last moments, people show you who they are", that applies to Sandra but I was thinking of Ron here:||
||Business is one rite away from collapsing. I became a merchant of talismans seeking profit, and this is coming to an end.||
||What ever shall I do?||
||I know, give a 3% discount||
||So not even in the ballpark of how good the NWs seek to be.||
But then ||there's him becoming Rukey's (and Bert's?) partner after that, so he's not that bad||

[spiral zealot]

Everyone: ||Ron please give us a discount your buisness will literally be useless and everythign obsolete after this||
Ron: ||Bah, 3% take it or leave it||

I feel like if Ron talked like a human he would be cave johnson from portal

[prime dirge]

Cave was a maniac with a purpose, Ron gives me easy-going money-focused vibes. So not sure

[spiral zealot]

hmm yeah

[prime dirge]

I thought you hadn't delved into the latter parts of the campaign
So you knowing all that is a surprise

[spiral zealot]

I have not

I have seen every spoiler under the face of the stars tho sooo

[prime dirge]

It's summer so I'd suggest you to play Pyre. Underrated indie gem IMO

Whole channel can back me up on this; can't believe I'd say this to you
FeelsStrangeMan

[spiral zealot]

i would, but the sheeer anxiety i get just murders me

||just the thought of losing a character makes me die||

[prime dirge]

Yes that's intended

[spiral zealot]

Maybe i shall play while my heart explodes and my rib cgae feels like it implodes

but, since it would be the first time in a long while, and I am a fierce mae man, present your argument for any other name

[prime dirge]

Once you finish it you'll have an informed opinion on Pyre being the best SGG game, unlike mine 😛

Kae, since Logan gives a powerful K-sound. Makes you spring to attention.
Alternatively, TotalBiscuit picked Bae or Gae for funsies

[spiral zealot]

hm yes, aj screaming gae is funni

[prime dirge]

I think this is intended too, as the VN format allows for deeper stories and punchier punches.
Also, if this lasts longer than 4 hours, contact your doctor immediate

[spiral zealot]

yeah

the main problem is my main team consists of ||nomad, demon (very early characters so a lot easier to lose) and the Bertrude (THE FINAL CHARACTER)||

[midnight hawk]

bertrude is so unbelievably powerful...... love that girl

[prime dirge]

I couldn't last a second in the Rite Club, but managed to finish. On Normal. With few stars. But I count that as a win

[midnight hawk]

hey beating the game is still beating the game

[spiral zealot]

||AND I CANT VENE USE MEME STRATS OF TRIPLE ANYTHING RHKLJGWRGHKVB||

[spiral zealot]

^

[prime dirge]

Crones are broken on the Rite Club Babs 😛

[midnight hawk]

i'm not surprised crones are ridiculously powerful, esp when you get bertie's talisman

[spiral zealot]

oh yeah, that talismna

• looks around in never using it *

[midnight hawk]

omg but it's so good

[prime dirge]

AJ: You have been exiled. You shall have to learn to play as a newbie, without fancy chars or strats

[toxic python]

the "walls are just a suggestion" talisman?

[midnight hawk]

yes

just destroying the other team immediately

and her range is huge

[spiral zealot]

i prefer ||nomads with their talisman and MASSIVE cast first||

and then her with ||prayer bead yeeting her into the pyre||

or with ||star splinter for the super fast uncatchable throw||

[prime dirge]

It'd be a sight to see, two top players with triple OP crones. Maybe the difference wouldn't even be reflexes, but ping

[toxic python]

my first campaign was weird once i got volfred
the other teams just sit there if you decide to put the sappling in mid of the orb
someday with a better laptop i will put higher difficulty to see if the overpass it

[midnight hawk]

it is so funny to put the sapling on the orb

the other team is just like ???? Something Is Different

[toxic python]

they just walk

[spiral zealot]

and then putting everyone next to int and making a massive linked aura

[prime dirge]

There's potential here for one of those images of people laughing and pointing at peepo on the ground, with Babs pointing and SGG's programmers having done their best on a rather diff project

But it's funny to watch them be puzzled nonetheless. Esp since the NWs have had to adapt to Manley's for some time by then

[midnight hawk]

oh i'm just joking, like im sure doing the ai for this was ridiculous

[spiral zealot]

ai hard

especially for pyre

[prime dirge]

Might be a reason Hades plays so well, there's more work on ARPG AI, and they had delved into that for Bastion already

Greg: We're switching the genre for the next game
Programmers:

[spiral zealot]

Greg: We're switching the genre
Programmers: Tell us something new

[prime dirge]

(I meant on the whole 'read up on other methods, each with its own varied implementation possibilities' that SGG programmers have to go through every cycle)

[spiral zealot]

yeah, i dont envy them

[glossy bolt]

I low key want to do a playthrough where I fail every liberation rite

[midnight hawk]

i think if you do ||at some point Volfred pulls you aside and is like dude what are you doing but in a Volfred way||

[glossy bolt]

That's cool
I want to see it

[lime mural]

What happens if you win every other Rite?

[glossy bolt]

For now I'm doing a playthrough where I'm planning more now that I know the game

[glossy bolt]

I think ||you do the revolution but there are fights and people die||

That's what happens if you don't have enough people liberated

I think

[spiral zealot]

Everyone is disaappointed yet amazed at your ability

(makign this up)

[timid silo]

There are three tiers of success depending on the number of liberated exiles!

The worst outcome is with 0 or 1 liberated exiles iirc, except if the one liberated exile is Volfred, in which case he's cool enough to count for two

[midnight hawk]

he does give himself the highest percentage of having the plan succeed

which is very funny

[mild falcon]

Volfred arrogant... no one talks about that

"I am very smart" - volfred, unprompted

[trail talon]

he is probably right, though ||seeing as he was the original orchestrator of the movement, and his returning from the downside would be a monumental event for his supporters||

[midnight hawk]

i wouldn't call Volfred arrogant, necessarily. he's the main agent in this and he knows the most of it, as well as having the closest ties to his informants. it makes sense, really.

it's just funny he was bold enough to admit it

[trail talon]

there’s a fine line between arrogance and confidence

[timid silo]

It's all about the cause and not about himself

[mild falcon]

Well it's all about the cause, but it is definitely HIS cause

[fast ridge]

So I just finished the first liberation rite and the game just opened up a bit. Is there any real strategy as far as which order to pursue matches going forward?

[mild falcon]

If you beat someone in a regular rite, you probably won't see them at that season's liberation

And winning gives you more xp than losing

That's mostly it

[fast ridge]

Cool, that’s kind of what I figured. Thanks!

[orchid flicker]

Just saying, I am currently obsessed with Vagrant Song

[trail talon]

welcome to the club

[midnight hawk]

vagrant song is a bop

[orchid flicker]

My two current Pyre opinions:
Vagrant Song is great.
Hedwyn best boy.

[timid silo]

If you want to unlock the entire Book of Rites: try to go against different teams, in different arenas
If you want to follow the tiny storylines: try to go against a triumvirate with the Nightwing that's got some kind of connection to that triumvirate one way or another (eg, Sir Gilman and the Pyrehearts)
If you want to try to influence who's gonna be your opponent during the next liberation rite: as the riddler said, try to play whack a mole with the teams you don't want to face and consult Volfred's planner with the current scores!

[timid silo]

Someone has to be at the top, direct and coordinate! ||It used to be THEIRS... not exactly his fault the other half got murdered...||

[fast ridge]

Thanks, I’ll keep all that in mind.

[supple solar]

volfred pulling me aside sounds scary

[heavy hill]

he takes you aside to give you a stern talking to about your grades

[midnight hawk]

i feel like Volfred's "my kin" title would work for the all of the Reader gender options versus just the neutral one. "my girl/boy" can seem a bit like he views more as a child than a peer (although he probably has at least a hundred years on you anyway) but "my kin" places you as an equal, which makes sense with how he comes to treat you in the game

[timid silo]

Agreed... It feels like the best option to me too.

[untold quartz]

"my boy" is disastrous for me because all I can picture is CD-i Zelda

[supple solar]

he

thats what he says when youre not they/them????

im not sure if im amazed or terrified

volfred: my girl
me: your WHAT

[midnight hawk]

yeah! it's very weird

like ive read people not liking Volfred bc of that, bc it becomes kind of like him talking down to you which really affects what his words mean

[supple solar]

i can see that

i hope i went with they/them then ajdjrnt

that wouldve been a little weird

and i really like volfred

[midnight hawk]

hey actually what are the titles rukey used for you based on pronoun? i know he uses chum but i forget the others

[timid silo]

Still chum for me with she/her

[supple solar]

he called me sister when i was she/her

[timid silo]

Huh, you're right, I remember sister too, but I could swear I also remember him using chum...

[untold quartz]

Maybe he uses both?

[orchid flicker]

He does use both when you play as a female.

Right after you confirm your gender choice, he still calls you "chum"

[orchid flicker]

"Can you play us a song to lighten the mood?"
"Sure, I can do that" (plays Vagrant Song)

[rain pier]

Vagrant Song is for every mood.

[timid silo]

It's a light bop if you're Tariq

[strong turret]

Check my cover at #music please. thanks 😊

[trail talon]

||story of a titan's death and a never ending storm|| = a light bop

[timid silo]

For Tariq, sure!

[untold quartz]

My parents live near a beach and own a skiff my dad built, and I like singing when I'm out rowing, to keep time

and I will often sing SGG songs, "Mother I'm Here/Build That Wall" and "Bound Together" and "Good Riddance" are especially good for that

but I can't bring myself to sing "Vagrant Song" while I'm out on the water

it just seems like inviting ill fortune 😰

[molten gulch]

I don't know if someone ever mentioned this but Ti'zo's name is a little unfortunate to hear because its exact pronunciation in Egyptian Arabic means ||"his butt" (think NSFW word instead)||

[untold quartz]

......you know, I think he would love that, though. 🤣

[toxic python]

[deep cedar]

I feel bad for ||not noticing that the liberation rite song changes depending on which triumvirate you're facing, until after finishing the game and checking out the soundtrack||

unbelievable amount of effort went into this game

[deep cedar]

that being said this game deserved a better combat system 😔💯

[supple solar]

i like the combat system but i am completely incapable of learning it

[timid silo]

I'm bad at it but I found it remarkably well balanced for a game that's only half based on it....

[vestal bluff]

This has always been kinda polarizing. Some people don't like the sportsball, but I thought it was super cool and original

Haven't looked too hard, but you don't really see anything else quite like it

[spiral zealot]

I love sportsball, but i can see why others dont

[timid silo]

To the point that I find it surprising.. so PERHAPS Pyre wasn't enough of a smash hit to set a trend, but I find it weird that more people didn't separately come up with "made-up sport with superpowers in a narrative frame"

[spiral zealot]

made up sport with superpowers is all I need but then you attach SGG storytelling and music

[deep cedar]

I feel like it didn't really suit the type of game pyre is

feels out of place

[supple solar]

i loved sportsball but the mechanics clashed with my brain

the frequent swapping the rest was fine

i would do okay but id be slow and make many mistakes

id still love to beat TN someday but id need at least 2 more playthroughs first

[midnight hawk]

i liked the combat system, and this is coming from a person who previously never played any kind of sports game. just rebind your keys right and you'll be fine

[fast ridge]

I’m enjoying the rites gameplay so far, but that said, I had to switch to a controller and reconfigure the buttons before everything started clicking.

[spiral zealot]

yeah keyboard is harder to get used to at first as most people aren't used to using the mouse more then the keyboard imo

[plush goblet]

Playing this again was such a good idea. I now think more methodically and understanding each character better,

And I get the navigation now too,.

[fast ridge]

Yeah, the mouse is what was throwing me off. I’d think I was jumping into the pyre only to miss cause the cursor was hovering around in the wrong area

[spiral zealot]

mm

[untold quartz]

I didn't even start to get good at the Rites until 3/4 of the way through my first run

So I enjoyed them a lot more on the second time through!

[upbeat sage]

I don't think I ever got good at the rites

they were still fun nontheless

[untold quartz]

(Plus getting to know the characters that I'd sent up earlier the first time and unlock more content)

[upbeat sage]

I really liked the changes in dialogue and character interactions based on who you sent up

[trail talon]

i can’t in good conscience throw matches, so i for one welcomed my natural ineptitude at the rites. a mix of wins and losses made the story and the stakes seem more real

[midnight hawk]

i was pretty decent on my old computer (rip) but this new keyboard only set up is killing

[prime dirge]

Seems like the new comp is a descent

USB mice are a lifesaver for many reasons, this included

[haughty basalt]

I'm considering going for a fresh run with the intention to loose every rite possible but I have a feeling my heart may break

[timid silo]

Yeah you losing streaks people are stronger than I'll ever be

[plush goblet]

I have never been good at the rites the first time I played. I failed miserably lol

The second time around I actually was more calm to try and winning a few rounds do far

It's a challenge for sure tho

Im also learning to appreciate Jodiariel

I didn't the first time

[soft cliff]

I might try to use jodi mae ti'zo as my main, really curious how close i can get them to be as scary as the ||true nightwings||

usually i send jodi away so quick im sorry-

[unborn copper]

Pyre Community Rite Nite starts in an hour! Watch at https://www.twitch.tv/lidsvids and/or join the Rite Club (https://discord.gg/XHTtNGe) to get involved!

[midnight hawk]

me, who hasn't played pyre past the first rite in approx 500 yrs: i should write fanfiction

[timid silo]

YOU SHOULD WRITE FANFICTION

I'm currently in full Myst mode for the (virtual) Myst convention weekend but after this I've really been missing Volfred and all the gang... wanna draw all the things...

[unborn copper]

Pyre Community Rite Nite is live! Watch at https://www.twitch.tv/lidsvids and/or join the Rite Club (https://discord.gg/XHTtNGe) to get involved!

[midnight hawk]

im workin on it!! i just...... gotta work on speech patterns rip

and ive had too much caffeine to sit still and play rip

[deep cedar]

was looking in pyre files and WOW does AJ have a ton of voice lines

[trail talon]

would he be considered to be the only fully voiced character of the game?

[deep cedar]

i guess so, he has the most lines by far

i counted about 6050?

oh i found even more

[native shard]

Makes sense. He's one of, like, two characters that are guaranteed to be with you the whole way through.

Three, even.

[mild falcon]

How many time does he say "GAAAEEEE"

[soft cliff]

on my first run I actually got sad that he gets less friendly woth us

[vague chasm]

I started to play a bit of Pyre today
I didn't start it right away because I was playing LEGO Games like a mature adult

and I don't think I ever would have picked up this game if not for the fact that I've heard it's good from people here

it's really...
weird
but not in a bad way, I like it

and the gameplay is also weird

it reminds me of, well...
soccer..?

but it's still fun regardless

this game has the weirdest things I've ever seen in a game
and yet I love it all

so hats off to you SuperGiant, you have puzzled the hyuck out of me

[timid silo]

Super Mario Strikers but with lore 😂

[fast ridge]

I’m getting high fantasy NBA Jam vibes from Pyre myself, lol

[spiral zealot]

AJ:"Come on lets slam welcome to the jam"

[icy ocean]

Y'all, stop making the game look like apples or @midnight hawk will have to eat aplenty

[lavish ridge]

i know darren has called pyre “wizard basketball” before haha

forget if it was in a panel or the noclip doc or something

[spiral zealot]

We all call it wizard basketball

[vague chasm]

if I ever recommend my friends to play the game and they ask "oh, what's it like?"

I'm gonna say

"basketball, but wizards"

boom 12 new customers

[trail talon]

“NBA Jam meets Oregon Trail” was logan cunningham’s description of it (in the noclip doc)

wizard basketball is an unusual enough concept to catch interest, but it made me skeptical since i’m not a fan of sports games

but pyre’s kind of a sports game, but also...not

[fast ridge]

I can get behind wizard basketball.

Sounds like a sub-genre in dire need of some more games.

[untold quartz]

the Oregon Trail aspects are very underrated

at one point you actually ||caulk the Wagon to float it across||, it's beautiful 🥰

I cracked up laughing so hard

[midnight hawk]

gonna play some pyre lads let's see if i can win a rite

[spiral zealot]

good luck babs

[midnight hawk]

pyre: Jodariel: consoling Hedwyn about something
me: 👀

[faint hare]

truuuuuuuue

i need to replay pyre lol

i played it like nonstop for a couple days and got burnt out fast

[midnight hawk]

replay it with me

we're in this together

[faint hare]

😳

i have other games tho

like ender lilies, im doing an ironman of fe7, and like a few horror things i wanna play

pyre is amazing just idk if i have the energy to pick it up again

[untold quartz]

I love that one of Jodi's off screen actions is braiding her hair, and another is lifting heavy objects

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.d8446a9db2bc2ead96065a647948f362?rik=%2FEOI05Tjw7TUqQ&pid=ImgRaw

[faint hare]

im curious what jodi looked like pre demon

[midnight hawk]

id imagine she was still pretty muscular

[untold quartz]

She was a celebrated captain in the army, I assume she was pretty fit, yeah

[spiral zealot]

imgaine seeing jodi pre demon and shes just this 4'11" little lady but everyone in the army has the exact same attittude to her as they do in the game

[trail talon]

i imagine height wouldn’t change, and now i’m imagining a 4’11” demon

[midnight hawk]

it might, the demons are super tall in the rights. and then looking at the ending screen, jodi is considerably taller than most of the others

but a 4'11" demon would be hilarious

itty thing with an absolutely massive aura

[scenic kiln]

ti'zo but demon

[spiral zealot]

I know need a drawing of tiny jodi

[timid silo]

Haha picturing tiny buff Jodi sure is something!

Demonified Downside ending ae is another mental image for sure...

[haughty basalt]

There you go
https://prnt.sc/1e42ovq

[spiral zealot]

smol

[vestal bluff]

Reminds me of something I did once

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/471949288897904650/514231636838055939/Mini.png

Someone noticed that the triumvirate leaders for some teams used scaled-up models… so I found that setting and tweaked it for this

[scenic kiln]

Omfg, that's amazing

[midnight hawk]

the ittiest bittiest demon

[trail talon]

the best part would be if these small demons had the same abilities as tall ones, like the shockwave/knockback effect that happens when they jump

[midnight hawk]

Ti'zo just appeared in my playthru... a special boy

You sense a depth of experience in this creature. At least judging by drive-imp standards.

[faint hare]

ti'zo is a treat

[mild falcon]

Jeez, reader pretty judgy in that first line

[midnight hawk]

what a backhanded compliment

[trail talon]

reader’s still pretty new to the downside. hasn’t had a lot of experience with imps yet

[orchid flicker]

Maybe one day I can commission some art of my Reader...

[timid silo]

It'd be a lovely commission to get!

[midnight hawk]

going thru flagging hands and my team's at -3 hope..... Scribes guide me

[karmic whale]

it's fine not the worst way to lose hope

[midnight hawk]

good thing i funny use jodi she's at 7 sszxsdfg

[karmic whale]

she's a very hopeless demon

[faint hare]

but not the most hopeless

[prime dirge]

Hah. I like how that's a gut punch that doesn't look like a gut punch

[midnight hawk]

great news i won and jodi got to score

[prime dirge]

Was it against the Pyrehearts?

[midnight hawk]

withdrawn

[prime dirge]

Ruff matchup

[midnight hawk]

they're almost as bad as the essence

[soft cliff]

i'd say chastity is the worst, it makes tempers feel like a joke for me

[supple solar]

oh yeah guess who had to fight both essence and withdrawn in lib rites 😢

[midnight hawk]

i wish thinking abt the humor in pyre

can you imagine if pyre wasnt a funny game. it'd be like the most depressing game on the planet.

[trail talon]

it’s a human sort of game, a game that shows the extent of people’s adaptability. no humour would make it rather unrealistic

[prime dirge]

wish thinking

The game is set in a depressing environment, with a depressing plot. But since it focuses on the NWs and their interactions and past and dreams, the game ends up feeling as a story of hope in a dark world (grimbright, was it?)

But yes, the jokes and humor and Gilman's antics and being cute and the pretty sights* lift the mood a fair bit.

• The Downside, and the game overall, may look worse than we think, as that could be the Reader's synesthesia at work.

There's a moment with no interactions nor cutesy dialog. The ||credits||. So you naturally cry a lot

[lost lodge]

I'm playing Pyre again. What a gem of a game. It is so beautiful and touching. Yet, I won't lie, I HATE playing Ti'Zo !

[trail talon]

do what i do: don’t use his cast, just use him for his flight ability

it’s even better ||when you get his talisman||

[mild falcon]

No one dies in pyre unless you make biiig mistake, so it's a lot cheerier than every other SGG game

[prime dirge]

Even then, the story it tells is a downer. I was a frail farmer (?) that got booted from the place I grew in. Which has been a place of unrest and illiteracy from some time.

5 mins in and it's a depressing setting already, but not a depressing story

[supple solar]

scratch five

two minutes in and youre like

oh thats me. and im dying.

[midnight hawk]

see i wouldnt call it a depressing story. if pyre was dark and colorless and devoid of humor, if call it a depressing story. but you stay in this beautiful bright world and are immediately greeted with hedwyn, who goes out of his way to care for you and save you. id call it serious rather than depressing

[timid silo]

My first pick of descriptor for Pyre is "solemn"

[karmic vector]

Ti'Zo is one of my favorites
I hate Jodariel because goddamnit she can't move
also she has like no stamina

[toxic python]

What does the withdrawn do in the lib rites?

The one i hated the most was the one that sets up the banishment respawn to ultra long

[supple solar]

cant remember tbh

there was a lot of dunking though

[vestal bluff]

I think their power is that whenever someone gets banished, it leaves a puddle of goop on the ground that’ll slow you down

Like the Howlers do in the Stowawae’s trial

[prime dirge]

This is a bit funny considering your latest Pyre fic . Maybe not funny. Ironic?

It's a story of hope, or with hope, in a dark world. I think this contrast is what makes the game's end and the lib rite moments so strong (especially lib against the Fate, NWs lose)

I didn't even get that particular outcome ||but reading about it broke me||

[midnight hawk]

my next fanfic was a lot happier i promise

[midnight hawk]

there's definitely that, the bright colors and the kindness only work with the background of despair

[prime dirge]

Bastion is another story of hope with a background of despair, don't know about Transistor, and Hades is...not really something in the same mold. A story of hope and abuse, but doesn't have the same...let's say...imposing (?) background

[prime dirge]

These can work on their own, but won't be as strong. Reminds me a bit of Samwise's climactic monologue about...people making the world a better place (see second-last quote on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers#Others )

Speaking of Almer, is there special dialog for using the talisman they give you during a rite against them?

[trail talon]

with jodi
you have to hopscotch

[trail talon]

don't think so, i carried his talisman for a while and never heard anything about it from the fate

[trail talon]

you could totally parallel Sam's monologue with the Reader's speech

[karmic vector]

Eh I just go for haha tag team 20+ speed characters

Imagine killing stuff

[trail talon]

all you speedy folks can't stop to banish all your adversaries smell the roses

[untold quartz]

Grasshopper of doom, gooooooo~ 💕

boom boom boom splattt

[supple solar]

bless the scribes for the ability of custom Rites

i might train up enough to best TN this way

[unborn copper]

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[vestal bluff]

Misread this as “it’s a story of hope […] in a dank world” and just agreed without thinking about it

[unborn copper]

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[orchid flicker]

Happy birthday Pyre!

🎉

[vague chasm]

wait it's Pyre's birthday?

or am I late

I hope I'm not late

🥳 happy birthday to that weird basketball game! 🥳

[midnight hawk]

nope! still the birthday of this lovely game

[vague chasm]

yaaaaaaaaay

I didn't miss it

[orchid flicker]

Four years of Religious Wizard Basketball

[spiral zealot]

PYRE BIRTHDAY?!?!

Wizard Basketball i love you

[toxic python]

we all love wizard basketball

[spiral zealot]

jodi i love you more

and Sandra, you are the best

[deep cedar]

https://twitter.com/gehns233rd/status/1419351930376278019

this next challenge is a standard wizard one (@gehns233rd)

#pyre by @SupergiantGames is four years old today! that's like a high schools' worth of time! congrats to these graduating nightwings <3

Twitter · Jul 25, 2021, 5:40 PM

"was there" LMAO

[orchid flicker]

I mean, he was

[deep cedar]

he stayed true to the end 😔✊

[spiral zealot]

these are amazing

[plush goblet]

Awesome

[orchid flicker]

https://urlane.tumblr.com/post/632537403635204096/if-supergiant-didnt-want-me-to-fall-in-love-w

This person gets it.

[timid silo]

Heh. He's so loveable

FANTASTIC choice for leader of the new Nightwings thank you very much

[deep cedar]

What is this emote

Is volfred just thinkin about Gay

like same but I thought it was kinda random lol

[midnight hawk]

it's based off of :gaythink: i think

[deep cedar]

Ooo i didn't know about this, ty!

[supple solar]

Hedwyn was my favourite character right away and remained the fave until the very end

contested only mildly by Volfred and Oralech later on

[untold quartz]

he is a Good Boy

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/342358465328578560/869477847125856286/goodboy.png

[karmic vector]

I freed him first. I used him way too much and was a severe blow to my build to lose him, but the man deserved it.

[native shard]

Ye, he's also the only one who has someone specific waiting for him up there.

[untold quartz]

this is Mama Greentail erasure and I shan't stand for it 😝

[real laurel]

Any resources for general tactics for the rites?

[timid silo]

An entire server for multiplayer and exploring various tactics! I don't know if anyone's ever written down the basics though

[real laurel]

Hmm m not looking for multiplayer or another community, though.

[supple solar]

Throw the orb at the enemy triumvirate and then banish them. Grab the orb. izi

jk i kind of suck at this game

but thats a viable tactic you can use

[untold quartz]

Zoom+plunge is the most popular new player tactic I think, but throwing the orb into the pyre is worth learning to do

2v3 is a setback for sure, especially if you tend to rely on a Speedy Boi or Pam

[supple solar]

i didnt ask to be called out this hard

also throwing instead of plunging is easier on your triumvirates lorewise

[timid silo]

I mean, it's still the same game, campaign or multiplayer. I think they've also been refining strategies and overall fancy play that go far beyond the difficulty requirements of the campaign but it's still the same game - which abilities and talismans function best, basic play styles for the various classes etc. Who are you using?

[untold quartz]

Oh my gosh, I took the car in for a safety check this morning and the mechanic reminded me so much of Jodariel

A large and mighty blonde woman of frowning mien and powerful muscles, who was very gentle with my two year old and let him help pull the lever to lower a car on a hydraulic jack, then solemnly fist-bumped him

Thank you for your assistance ma'am 😍

[real laurel]

I just do VS mode against the CPU (random teams), and my team is Sandra, Ti'zo, and one of the Nightwings depending on my mood at the time. Difficulty 3 has been pretty free wins for the most part, 4 I often feel like I don't really know what m doing and it's just tied for a long time with no one doing damage to the other's Pyre but I end up winning a small lead. The one time I did 5, I lost in like 30 seconds and did no damage to their Pyre lol.

I turn talismans on/off and do Mastery anything from 1-4.

[midnight hawk]

ive never thrown the orb in my life

[orchid flicker]

You can throw the orb??

📝

(taking notes for my playthrough)

[prime dirge]

You can, and most people would recommend it (it means your exile won't be banished for the next round). But it's a way to make your own difficulty. Which is clearly what Babs was going for

Banishing the rival triumvirate then zooming was enough for me to finish the game (on normal).
Passing the orb helps a lot too, but I never figured it out

Pyre's true charm is not in its gameplay IMO, so playing it with your heart rather than your brain is...actually a good idea in my book. It's the journey that gives Pyre its beauty

[stray rover]

just started my first Rite at Khaylmer...did I get tricked into playing soccer this whole time?

[vestal bluff]

By the Scribes…

[stray rover]

ok so this is some BS that I keep seeing the AI do. They'll fling the orb into the pyre, and seemingly while it's in the air they'll plunge into it...Like the orb hasn't even hit the ground.

what's that about? some mechanic I don't understand?

[deep cedar]

yeah... Im doing my second playthrough on ||true nightwing difficulty and it is so frustrating I lowkey don't wanna continue 🤣🥴||

also why is he called Khaylmer Rope-Caller? What is the meaning of rope-caller

[stray rover]

ok I just played through the second liberation rite to the end, that's enough pyre

is there a different ending song verse for every possible fate of each character?

because if so, holy crap

[supple solar]

i was streaming Pyre on a friends server and not expecting peoole to watch and suddenly someone goes "DID THE DOG JUST ASK IF YOU CAN READ"

[supple solar]

there is!

i wonder if the pyre feels like normal fire. And for how long

like shucks i dont wanna incinerate hedwyn every time i score a goal

[mild falcon]

no one ever complains

[untold quartz]

I mean, they complain a little? But about stuff like nausea and disorientation

I feel like "horrible burning pain" world be included in that list if it was a thing, which gives me some peace of mind there 🤣

[supple solar]

FEAR NOT THE PURIFYING FLAME

can you imagine how it was figuring out what happens to you when you plunge into the pyre, though

"i dont know about this milithe"
"lol no worries gol just yeet yourself into the fire youll be fiiine"

[untold quartz]

Tangent but I love the event where Hedwyn gets seasick and Tariq trolls Jodi that something awful has happened to him

And then right when she's on the verge of a heart attack he pops up like "hello all, feeling much better, who wants dinner?" 😀

[haughty basalt]

Unless it actually hurts 👀
http://i.prntscr.com/qFkNbZdWQkSlu_OIDuJ0ww.png

[timid silo]

Don't they say something.. somewhere.. about the raiments protecting the participants from the flames?

[sturdy swallow]

Raiments - flameproof masks and orbs fashioned for the rites. - per the Book of Rites

[toxic python]

Hearing some of the ost again and forgot how awesome is sky dance

[supple solar]

if the raiments are flameproof then how do the triumvirates dissappear?

if they dont get like

consumed by the flames

what happens to their body

[young folio]

they get ~banished~

[native shard]

magic

[supple solar]

broke: banishment sickness
woke: wizard basketball hangover

[trail talon]

it seems like they go somewhere, especially since they have to find their way back by the light of their own pyre

Hope seems to influence how long it takes for them to find their way

[orchid flicker]

No wonder why rite sickness is a thing, being constantly disoriented and dizzy sounds awful

[wet olive]

replaying pyre recently, oh the feels are mighty but they are nothing compared to reuniting with the nightwings c:

[midnight hawk]

shambles in late throwing the orb just stresses me out, you're too vulnerable for too long when you're throwing it

just leap into the pyre

[quasi turret]

So I want to make a dnd character off of one of the pyre characters. What yall think is best?

[sturdy swallow]

this isn't super helpful bc its another system but im running a pathfinder 2e campaign in the downside so lmk if you wanna know specifics about that

[quasi turret]

Well still just what character would be fun to role play as

[wet olive]

oh you wanna legit be one of them in dnd

uhhh, thats tough honestly

pick one you have a good grasp of?

[trail talon]

human characters may be easiest to translate (goliath Jodi, though...)

Rhae as a cleric, perhaps

Or Jodi as a straight fighter

[quasi turret]

Damn Jodi has always been my fav but I has reservation playing Jodi being a dude...

[trail talon]

it’s ok to stick to what you’re comfortable with. are you limiting yourself to the Nightwings, or are you thinking of any pyre character?

and how accurate would you want to be regarding race class and personality?

[quasi turret]

Naw, but its been a minute so I don't remember everyone

I'm not set on race or class

I was going to do my best reading the story and play with it

[trail talon]

i don’t really have a lot of dnd experience myself, to be honest. i’d advise to reaquaint yourself with pyre’s story and characters and just choose the one you vibe with the most

then the details would work themselves out

[quasi turret]

That's why I asked. Im down with all characters, just wad thinking maybe someone would havr a favorite character. Maybe I'll do Jodi's sorry and make her more masculine

I mean more than she is hahaha

[trail talon]

i don’t think that would be hard. a hardened soldier with a soft spot for children and a fierce desire to protect those she cares about could work as a character of any gender

[quasi turret]

Aight I'll have to figure out how ot work this.

Thanks!!!

[unborn copper]

Pyre Community Rite Nite starts in 1 hour! Watch at https://www.twitch.tv/lidsvids and/or join the Rite Club (https://discord.gg/XHTtNGe) to get involved!

[unborn copper]

^Live now!

[wet olive]

watchin the vods... thats a level of play i didn't realise existed

[thorny ocean]

hey all, i've tried googling for a bit but without much success; basically, pyre keeps crashing to the desktop every so often, making it virtually unplayable

i don't have a dedicated graphic card (using an uhd 750 right now)

could it be the reason?

sorry if this is the wrong #channel

[thorny ocean]

the crashing stopped. so weird, well hopefully it wont come back lol

[timid silo]

Fingers crossed!

[sullen nest]

Hello ! I am a big fan of Pyre music and would love to buy this merch (https://store.supergiantgames.com/products/pyre-original-soundtrack-vinyl). It's still in the store so I imagine it will be available again one day but do you know when it will be and especially in Europe ?
Thanks for your replies !

[spiral zealot]

most of the devs dont respond through these channels, you have a much larger chance of getting a response from their support / contact page: https://www.supergiantgames.com/contact/

[orchid flicker]

It's a "turn up to In the Flame" kinda night

[sullen nest]

Thanks, I will try this way

[onyx cipher]

It's also on Black Screen Records and is seems to come back in stock irregularly. I've not been able to get it, having missed the drop yesterday, but that might be your best bet

[prime dirge]

I was today years old when I realized that Knights of the Sea is very good. It could be the main theme of a tech-fantasy indie game

And yet it's "another one on the pile" in Pyre. Mad stuff

[trail talon]

Knights of the Sea is up there among Best Trimvirate Themes. it’s one of my motivation songs

[midnight hawk]

knights of the sea is an absolute bop

[prime dirge]

It's funny how this is Deluge's theme. Do I need to be a coward or troubled medic to get a theme song this good?

[timid silo]

I hope Tariq made it for the Pyrehearts long before Deluge came around Knights of the Sea, plural, good for wyrms in general but really not that one...

OTOH Grand Ceremony is very much Manley in particular and feels nothing like the Chastity's founding principles...

[native shard]

Knights of the Sea always felt more like Gilman's theme than the Deluge's

[untold quartz]

Yeah, Knights of the Sea is more Wyrm Culture(tm) than Deluge specifically imho

Which is funnier, the Pyrehearts being basically named "the Pirates" in English, or their Sahrian name translating to the Fire Fires

[midnight hawk]

fire fires

[timid silo]

Concept, Celestariq occasionally rewrite the triumvirates' themes based on how their attitudes evolve, and the Chastity were the most recent. Tariq saw Manley once and went "okay I have to rewrite this whole thing"

[untold quartz]

new triumvirate name: the Pretentious Glassbowls 🙃

hand me the harpsichord, Celeste, I am inspired

[orchid flicker]

It's Moon Moon all over again

[untold quartz]

the Moon Moon of triumvirates, RIP

[timid silo]

Truly

[prime dirge]

This makes sense considering the song's vibe. That said, what happened to

this?
Ah, you mentioned it's a theory but seems to be unconfirmed

[prime dirge]

I think this makes sense . Esp considering Dread Design, which feels very Udmildhe but not that much like Milithe

(Might be wrong on the Milithe part, so someone plz confirm)

[trail talon]

Milithe might fit that theme, it might just be very bog-crone-ish. it's a stretch, but even Bertrude might be able to fit the theme

Grand Ceremony has Manley's arrogance written all over it, in my opinion: doesn't seem like the original Chastity's theme

Path to Glory has always stumped me with what it's meant to represent

[prime dirge]

All three crones are dangerous in their own way, but I feel like Milithe and Bertrude are "I'll be dangerous for science!" whereas Udmildhe would curse you just for crossing her path.

And Dread Design feels like walking through a dangerous part of town, so it might be me but it feels much more like Udmildhe than the other two

[prime dirge]

Darren made a happy sportsy song for the first rite, then Greg backtracked and had the Accusers be the first opponent?
Can't explain it otherwise

[trail talon]

it's not really happy either: it has sort of a "the stars are watching you" feel to me

[untold quartz]

Yeah, I don't think it's functionally Lendel's theme any more than Knights of the Sea is Deluge's

It's just an amusing thing that both of these sad sacks happened to get such jams for "their" themes 😅

I get a sense of breathless excitement from Path to Glory - the chips are down and it's your first real Rite with real stakes 🌟

[supple solar]

Glorious Tradition always felt like a bit of both

first part definitely almer, the second more hopeful for Jomuer

[prime dirge]

It's subjective territory here, but I feel like Glorious Tradition is the "energetic variant" of A Step Closer. A bit like the allegro and moderate versions of Phoenix Wright songs

[trail talon]

still defending Deluge: in his position, i doubt i'd do things differently, and i freely admit it
would suck being quiet/introverted, & wanting a quiet life, only for your entire society to force you into the role of Battle Hero instead
he and Lendel aren't the same

but i think you're right: Path to Glory is more like the Theme of the First Rite than anything else

[trail talon]

there are similarities, and i think they have similar tempos & rhythms. interesting theory, to be sure

[timid silo]

Deluge defense squad rise up 😅

[timid silo]

Also a bit like Phoenix Wright songs, period, doesn't it! Fitting for Manley who's am Ace Attorney witness through and through..

[prime dirge]

Regarding Deluge, this explains his deep feel of betrayal by Gilman: what Deluge dreamed of his whole life Gilman did in a few seconds

Is Manley an AA witness though? The witnesses are forgetful, unclear or get lost in Edgeworth's eyes, whereas Manley is devious and scheming

[untold quartz]

Yeah, I don't fault Deluge at all for fleeing in battle or being squashed into an ill-fitting and traumatic warrior role, that's all legit

But I do fault him for being consistently horrid to Gilman, who has never been anything but kind and encouraging to him.

There was no need to take his distress out on an underling like that, and yet the scolding and screaming is incessant. Do better, Deluge.

[supple solar]

do better for lady seagrass and ur kids

[unborn copper]

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[unborn copper]

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[orchid flicker]

Okay, so lore question brought on by watching Rite Nite

The Nightwings have to be an opponent at the Liberation Rites? Like, if two other triumvirates wanted to face off against each other there it wouldn't work?

[native shard]

i think so

[mild falcon]

yeah that's the lore. the nightwings are the opponent that all other triumverates must test themselves against

[orchid flicker]

So, then, what happened when the Nightwings went defunct? Nobody got out?

[thick agate]

Yep! When the Nightwings disappeared, nobody went free until they came back

[timid silo]

For 5-6 years...

[prime dirge]

Lendel mentions this upon meeting him, says something like

Ah, so the rumors were true. You've finally returned, Nightwings. Let us finally fite rite.

[trail talon]

"do you even rite, bro"

terrible joke, i do apologize

[midnight hawk]

[prime dirge]

"Do you even lift, bro?" is something that other leaders could unironically say to each other

• Ah, yes, so I used to have the finest food in the Commonwealth

• That's neat Manley, but do you even lift (people at Soliam's Fall)?

• No, wretched Nightwings disappeared years ago

• Ah, that's true

I feel like that has potential for funny dialog but it won't be me who finds it

[stoic junco]

He is more of a criminal. Considering the nose, he might be compared with ||Luke Atmey. Also in terms of self-indulgence and arrogance combined with clever plotting||.

Anyhoo, I have an interesting question, to all people who possess intimate Pyre knowledge. One of my friends plans on running a one-shot (with high hopes for a campaign) on Pyre and wants to have maps. I have measured the Book of Rites map some time ago (somewhat accurately), but I was wondering if there was another way to know the layout of the game fields.

[prime dirge]

That might be in the game files somewhere. You could ask in the other servers

I don't think there's that big of a variability. The strangest example would be that field that gets smaller as the rite goes on

[prime dirge]

This makes so much sense. ||The smugness is right there. Hand gestures too. ||Nice find

Might want to spoilermark those T&T spoilers though

[stoic junco]

The less knowledgeable people might jump to more recent ||Florent L'Belle, but he is more of a fop than a planner, and his plans are too much over the top. Although I used the same voice for Manley as the one I used for L'Belle when playing Dual Destinies, because it fits much better with the vocalisations.||

[prime dirge]

Only played through T&T case 2, so I saw a weird name and stopped reading
But maybe someone else can tag in

[stoic junco]

It comes in Dual Destinies case 2.

[prime dirge]

Now that we have an influx of (PS4) players, we could change our names and pfps to Pyre stuff, hoping to get people to play this masterpiece (of the lot)

Then again I might be delusional

[vague chasm]

I'd probably consider that if I could change my pfp for specific servers

[prime dirge]

Ah, fair point. We could still try some funny things with the nicknames like the mods did for April Fools'

Failer must be having a giggle reading this

[vague chasm]

I haven't played enough Pyre to make a pun out of Go Kart Man

:(

[midnight hawk]

go khaylmer man

[prime dirge]

I think it's Khalymer, Babs

But man. Coming up with the pun names is not easy at all. Coming up with something that time musta been between funny and frustrating

[midnight hawk]

thank u for the correction i actually thought it originally was spelled khalmer

[prime dirge]

Nope. My own voice and a wiki preview showed Khalymer. Then opening the wiki shows it's Khaylmer

gets exiled

Hold on. Can't read, so I shouldn't get exiled 👉 🧠

[vague chasm]

got it

thank you very much

[midnight hawk]

im glad to help :3

[prime dirge]

Let's see if this works

[midnight hawk]

hell yes

[prime dirge]

The change does, but the Plan doesn't look as solid as Volf's

Eh, we'll see

[midnight hawk]

speaking of Volfred

[thick agate]

I’ve got the perfect nickname for this haha

[prime dirge]

You can make the case for using eyeliner in sports I think. There's all that "athletes with dark eyes perform better in sunny places"

Volfred has green eyes, so...new headcanon? Volfred kept using eyeliner since || he hadn't given up fully on taking part in the rites||

[prime dirge]

Don't think anyone's going to have a smoother switch than this

I'm ambivalent about my "About me". I had it since before Hedwyn, but it's a bit of a spoiler

Then again, by the time someone gets it for the first time it's not a spoiler anymore

[untold quartz]

Pyre fans represent 💕

I swear it's turning into the FFIX of Supergiant Games

"That one that hardly anybody tries in the first place because they think it looks weird/silly, but most people who actually give it a decent try end up as ride-or-die fans" 🤣

[toxic python]

Relatable

[timid silo]

Good comparison... 🤔

[toxic python]

I want to play again but at the same time the first time doing the ending was so perfect
Help

[haughty basalt]

Same here

[trail talon]

i tend to wait until the memory of the story gets a bit foggy, but that doesn’t completely work for pyre because of how unforgettable it is

[untold quartz]

Personally, I think Pyre is definitely best experienced by playing it at least twice. 💕

That way you can try out story branches you didn't pursue the first time through, and have a chance to get to know any characters you sent up early in your first run, if you want.

[supple solar]

i would just like to say i keep reading hedwyns hedband as hedwyns husband

i think my own wishes are kinda seeping through from my subconscious

[stoic junco]

I kept my profile pic Pyre-related specifically because of this server.

Despite me not being here much anymore.

[unborn copper]

Pyre Community Rite Nite is live! Watch at https://www.twitch.tv/lidsvids and/or join the Rite Club (https://discord.gg/XHTtNGe) to get involved!

[prime dirge]

You can always play on TN or in meanie mode to spice up playthrough

[toxic python]

When my laptop doesnt goes into 10 fps i will try

[prime dirge]

Another way to play Pyre is to convince someone else to play it and then watch them experience all the twists and reveals

[toxic python]

...that doesnt sounds too bad actually

[prime dirge]

New player: gets to the credits
SomeNoobDying: hands some tissues

[spiral zealot]

Another way to play pyre is to get anxiety and crippling analysis paralysis by simply talking to the cool dude riding on his dad selling some jewellery

[toxic python]

Reminds me when ron asked me to help him only to be thrown a -2 hope (or was it worse? I dont remember)

[young folio]

i think its -5

[spiral zealot]

deep fry ron is the perfect emote to ever exist

[prime dirge]

Or saving money for the longest time for a talisman that looks like the best bang-for-the-buck, then not use it once you have it :deepfron

Is it wrong to think that we need deepfron on the server? Looks extra-ronny if that makes sense

[spiral zealot]

it looks more ronny then normal ron

[prime dirge]

🦅 Ron v. 🍋 Ron