Is the EXP&upgrade thing actually fake?

[Neoreichkanzlei]

I had this feeling when playing through the plot the first time. I feel that characters just get a perk point at a specific time point, and the EXP progress bar was just made up. And after Zan's dream, when getting ready for the final counterheist, everyone got a lvl up and were maxed out. This strengthened my guessing.
Well, if it was fake, then it is a genius idea tbh

[Peter]

Well, in a way, the whole game is made up...
But yes, that's how it works

[OpportuniTea]

Yeah, it's mentioned in I think in one of Tom Francis's youtube videos that he had the programmer cook up a configurable procedural "experience" system

The devs input which missions produce character upgrades, and it automically generates the exp bars seen in-game

[Forblaze]

Originally posted by OpportuniTea:

Yeah, it's mentioned in I think in one of Tom Francis's youtube videos that he had the programmer cook up a configurable procedural "experience" system

The devs input which missions produce character upgrades, and it automically generates the exp bars seen in-game

That's actually really cool

[slimepuddle]

So the XP bars really are a smokescreen so the game doesn't just outright state "Tom Francis says you get ONE extra perk point for everyone except Zan." I figured that was the case, but I wasn't sure.

Can you find the video again, by any chance?

[Stoibs]

Arrggghhh my immersion!
Why did I click into this topic

Heh, that's actually pretty neat. I was wondering why they didn't make the optional dream maps provide XP but I guess this makes sense.

[Summersong]

You can't do anything to get any more XP. But, it's easy to rejig your build and the pacing on XP is really good, so don't worry about falling behind the curve, or hustling for extra, you'll be fine either way, and the game's not short on options for finishing levels.

[OpportuniTea]

Originally posted by slimepuddle:

So the XP bars really are a smokescreen so the game doesn't just outright state "Tom Francis says you get ONE extra perk point for everyone except Zan." I figured that was the case, but I wasn't sure.

Can you find the video again, by any chance?

I found it! It's the Hbomberguy stream, starting around the 1-hour 19-minute mark

https://youtu.be/vVJ0DtnQwlI?si=1cDjswBRUnM7IDYL&t=4740

He says the system is actually based on how many perks *aren't* unlocked at the end of the game.