A question for those that have completed the Bone Flour side quest

[Kitty Cassandra]

Ok, I'm curious to hear how all of you think humans played into the world the game is set in. As the cook guy referred to humans as grandparents (or something along those lines lol, I don't remember) and Laika was understandably disgusted. I've finished the main story and most of the side quests, and there's no other mention of humans that I've found.

[Lucceri]

I think "humans" in this context is just any sentient being. Laika is human, the entire village is human, every Bird is also considered human.

The devs have gone on record saying that their characters are "just humans with animal heads" and are using the animal aesthetic as shorthand for traits and personalities.

[Kitty Cassandra]

Originally posted by Lucci:

I think "humans" in this context is just any sentient being. Laika is human, the entire village is human, every Bird is also considered human.

The devs have gone on record saying that their characters are "just humans with animal heads" and are using the animal aesthetic as shorthand for traits and personalities.

Ah, ok.

[sweet lemonade]

Originally posted by Lucci:

I think "humans" in this context is just any sentient being. Laika is human, the entire village is human, every Bird is also considered human.

The devs have gone on record saying that their characters are "just humans with animal heads" and are using the animal aesthetic as shorthand for traits and personalities.

this is so lazy lmao

[Broken Valkyrie]

I'm curious where the dev said that. Because late into the game any instance of bird being literal human becomes very questionable especially concerning the relationship between the religion, giant bird skeleton, one of the bird boss and the final boss.

However the animal in the game go through period, which is a more human trait. Very few specie of animal IRL have period.

But I did get a Maus vibe where the animal aspect is there to soften impact of the violence and cruelty.

The pope is a giant chicken that lays egg, when eggs are broken its splits in ball of chicken fetuses.

The final boss is the twin beak god. Seems to be a offshoot of those giant skeleton birds and have long neck which are actually used for attacks.

If they are literal humans that would be some extreme body horror we're dealing with as if it wasn't disturbing enough as they are.

Also to be that guy most animal are sentient but humans differ by having sapience in addition.

[Crow]

I think it's just bad English, the Devs are Spanish and there are a few examples of odd word choice and sentence structure here and there. I reacted to that human line too and I think a better way to look at it is "people bones". It's standard furry rules (think Zootopia), the animals are people like you and me, they just happen to be animals too. There's a reason the birds don't sing, there's Puppy howling in the beginning, etc.

It's definitely not Earth, with the magic, the colossal carcasses littering the background, and the complete lack of humans even in old places, this place has no humans, just people.