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The neighbors so far don't feel like they're actually living a actual life. They just do the same couple of tasks over and over again, so I'd like to throw out a few ideas in here to help enhance their routine. Part of the fun of HN is being able to just watch the neighbors live their lives normally and it just doesn't feel that way in HN2 at the moment.
Officer Keith: Checks his car or radio on occasion and chats with his team, Reapplies police tape on occasion whenever he sees you cut it (outside, not on the stairs), investigates Mr. Peterson's house by looking at photos and inside cabinets, and can rest.
Gerda: Make it so she ACTUALLY bakes, making different types of treats to put into the display case like the croissants, donuts, and the pie (which can be thrown at ais or ais can even throw it at you to obscure your vision). That's not all however, if Gerda makes enough treats that her display case is full she will take a break from baking. Playing with Imbir with a cat toy, watering her plants (even turning back on the water valve if the player turns it off), going outside and sitting in the shade, and maybe just getting a well deserved rest. I got the image of like Quentin somehow asking for Gerda to make something and taking advantage of her being busy baking to go upstairs. This by extension will allow the food to get burned and possibly cause a fire, letting Gerda use her fire extinguisher again instead of it just being for show.
Otto: Re-enable his wood crafting and target practice task, if he has placed any traps, he'd go around the house and make sure occasionally that they're still there and working. Allow him to admire his taxidermy on occasion (and even notice if you've done something to one of the bears), maybe he'd watch a bit of TV or listen to the radio, and like other ais, let him rest (but have his rifle with him, cause of course he'd sleep with it in hand.)
Mayor: READD THE JUKEBOX, it was nice to get the option to make Mayor scared, dance, or even go to sleep. Mayor should be able to give Skipper a dog treat or even some water, it'd be cute to see him do so. He should be able to sit down and read from a few magazines, perhaps a boat show based one. Maybe he'd tend to the flowers in the greenhouse and let him sleep too.
Mr. Peterson: Allow him to work on his car and peer out windows and opened doors with his binoculars. A actually sad ai task I imagined is that if he still has his family photo in his room is that he'd sometimes come over and pick it up, looking it over and sighing sadly. Perhaps he'd go by the attic hatch and also try to shush Aaron as well. Another creative idea calling back to the old trailer is that he'd sometimes head outside to shoo away some crows.
Imbir: Let them wander around after the bakery chapter, occasionally stopping back by the bakery to rest. I like the idea of them jumping into windows and out of leaf bushes randomly as you go by (like a funny jumpscare)
That's all i can think of so far, please let me know what you all think and what ai tasks you'd add.
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