Dragon Fogel
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Right now, holds only allow for one ending text, even if there are multiple endings. This is obviously rather limiting - if you have a story with multiple endings, it means you have to resort to a more generic text rather than being able to reference the specific ending that happened.

Of course, since the ending text is closely tied to conquering status and that has effects of its own, this would take some thought. Perhaps each hold would have a "main" ending text, and other endings could be set to count as conquering or not at architect discretion? This would allow for bad endings or joke endings. (For instance, you could immediately take a stairway up at the start of a hold and get text that says "Beethro decided the whole thing was too much trouble and went home", and return to the title screen, but the hold doesn't count as conquered.)

bomber50
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This can actually already be done, though somewhat clumsily. Using string variables, you can change the ending text based on the player's actions.

Shendy
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Dragon Fogel wrote:
...other endings could be set to count as conquering or not at architect discretion.

But I don't think this can be scripted, though.

Dragon Fogel
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To be fair, technically you could simulate it by having it drop you back to the same room you get the "ending" in (or before that if you do cutscenes for the fake ending); the only difference is you wouldn't go back to the title screen, which would potentially be awkward anyways with how continuing works after completing a hold.

So I suppose this is all technically possible to do already and this is just a request to look into making it more convenient.

skell
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I don't see this being implemented - work-value ratio and there is sensible scripted solution for half of the solution.

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