| Abandoned Grounds | |
|---|---|
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| Basic Info | |
| Original Name(s) |
荒野と集落 |
| Effects | None |
| Events | None |
| Notable NPCs | None |
| Other | |
| Connecting Areas |
Oriental Pub 🔐 |
| BGM | bgm-i_w (No. 082E) se018-0016 (Nighttime) |
| Map ID | 1447 |
| Version Added | 0.120 |
| Primary Author | sniperbob |
| Contributing Author(s) | Nakatsu |
Abandoned Grounds are a world accessible by interacting with the humanoid NPC in Oriental Pub when they appear tired, or through the Dungeon Maze segment in Test Facility.
Features
The Abandoned Grounds appear to be an abandoned settlement, possibly a cityscape or slum, in the midst of a barren landscape littered with garbage, mud patches, and winding streets. It is nearly devoid of plant life, aside from a few tiny grass sprouts. The buildings placed throughout the area are large and cubical with tiny, darkened windows, and only a few have been garnished with a satellite.
There is a small chance upon entering that the area will be set at nighttime, where the area is darkened and crickets may be heard. The Lantern effect does not function here, and cannot be used to brighten the area, whether or not it is night.
The Grounds themselves have very few signs of life in the area. The few living creatures to be found here are include a red creature that appears to be eating itself, a grinning red blob, a stick figure-like humanoid creature wearing a baseball cap and puffy pants, and meatball-like NPC that follows Urotsuki around. Despite its somewhat threatening appearance, it cannot hurt or trap Urotsuki. Arriving from Construction Sign World will place Urotsuki by this meatball-like NPC. A frightened-looking human face can also be found, propped against a longer building.
Other points of interest include a large, bloodied tooth on the ground, and an orange object sunken into the ground, located near a tiny parking lot. The parking lot has the same humanoid NPC from Oriental Pub, who appears green and shrugging, and will bring Urotsuki to Platformer World upon interaction.
Entering from Construction Sign World is somewhat broken, as the world's BGM will not play, and the screen will be bright rather than tinted slightly black. The tired NPC exit will lead to Test Facility, and Urotsuki will be stuck in the 6-world loop unable to enter Oriental pub (and thus the rest of the dream world). Additionally, when traveling in reverse through the loop, a softlock may occur when entering Platformer World from the surprised NPC where the custom pause menu of the world is open and invisible; navigating the menu from memory and waking up seems to fix it, but trying to equip an effect or close the menu breaks the game, making Urotsuki unable to move, jump, or toggle the menu, forcing the player to shut the game down and start over. When entering Platformer World from the confused NPC, this does not happen.
Directions
Nexus → Heart World → Valentine Land → Cyber Maze → Oriental Pub → Abandoned Grounds
- After visiting Cyber Maze Once:
Nexus → Urotsuki's Dream Apartments → Simple Street → Cyber Maze → Oriental Pub → Abandoned Grounds
Trivia
- The meatball NPC who follows Urotsuki is comprised of four separate sprites moving in unison. Because of its odd collision, it is possible to "break" the NPC into pieces by repeatedly colliding with it, creating an amusing graphical error.
- The connection to Platformer World used to be bugged in that Urotsuki would sink into the ground upon entry and go out of bounds, triggering the world's failsafe event that would cause Urotsuki to wake up. This was presumably fixed in 0.120 Patch 2.
Gallery
To Oriental Pub or Test Facility, depending on where you entered from.
One of many odd creatures here. This one appears to be eating itself.
To Platformer World.
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