Blind play - Caught at border for breathing

[Horror Pigeon]

I spent money to be driven mostly, walked the rest. I stole money and stayed ignorant of peoples' opinions. My graffiti was 'only trust yourself'.

My skills are
Hacking
Cleverness
Stealing (?)

I went into this blind and hesitate to do what I think devs want me to do. Can I continue this way, or is the only way to be successful is to pick a side?

All that I think that I understand is 'get all the skills and win'.

[Sphinx of Black Quartz]

Like a lot of procedurally-generated games with a die-improve-repeat gameplay loop, sometimes the pseudorandom number generator will put you in an unwinnable situation. You have my sympathies.

Further playthroughs will get easier, as you gain new abilities and come to understand the game mechanics better.

[Magus]

You can continue the way you have been playing.

You also did not need to get caught for breathing, it is possible to cross the border hiding in the truck with no additional unlocked skills.


You must successfully hide
You must pick up the food on the ground in the truck
You must NOT eat the food you picked up
You must throw the food at the dog
You must NOT move during the "checking for movement" portion of the trip
You must hold your breath the entire time, and not let go before the end

Failing to feed the dog, failing to stay still, both cause the "breath" timer to extend.

If you don't want to support either side during your playthrough, that is entirely possible. The "bag on a stick" options are for you.

You don't have to look up spoilers or learn a bunch to play this game. Going in blind was how I did it, and it was great fun for it.

The game has a lot of replayability too, so don't stress too much if your first playthrough isn't perfect.

I hope you enjoy taking your next teen to their fate, best of luck on the road.

(P.s. The devs don't "want" you to do anything specific. There are multiple endings and ending variants for all playstyles.)

[Kittenpox]

Originally posted by CaBaNa:

You can continue the way you have been playing.

You also did not need to get caught for breathing, it is possible to cross the border hiding in the truck with no additional unlocked skills.

It's worth mentioning that you can pass the breath scanner even without feeding the dog; but when I did it (in ep1, first playthrough) I had only a single bar of energy remaining afterwards - so keeping energy high is vitally important. The sleeping box in the cave with the cairn stones, before the checkpoint area, can help a little.