Team Salvato is doing something. DDLC is only the start.

[Malfunction]

We all went through the story.
(And if you haven't quit reading this and finish the damn game.)

And we have seen what happened. A girl named Monika had sentience and tried to be with you, doing various horrible things. She regretted what happened and tried to let you be with the other girls. Then Sayori started to ruin things, so Monika had to put an end to the club. And that's all she wrote.

Or is it?

As many of you know, the chr files can be renamed to other formats in order to find pictures, audio files, etc.

And through these, we can see that something is going on. Something much bigger. And Doki Doki Literature Club is only a small part of that plan.
I would explain, but the DDLC wiki does a better job than I could.

I would post links to the wiki's articles on the .chr files and about the Project, but steam deletes those links. Just search in google for the wiki and look around.

So Doki Doki Literature Club is a way of teasing this future project. Everything that happened in the story, with Monika, with Sayori, with the club... All of it barely even has to do with that the team is doing. But it served as a way to introduce something to us.

...

Something is happening. Doki Doki Literature Club was only an experiment. There is a much bigger story going on, something even larger than Monika and The Club. We need to figure out more about this Libitina girl, and what Team Salvato is planning.

This could be a story about a psychic weapon. A girl being experimented on with supernatural abilities. Just like Monika, if not worse. The picture from Natsuki.chr could be Libitina herself. it could be someone or something closely connected to her.

Plus, the "Third eye" is something prevalent throughout all of this. Whatever this third eye is, it's something bad.

Hell, if Yuri.chr's document ties into this, then this entire ordeal could be something much worse. If the document is talking about Libitina, than that could only mean one thing. She is dangerous.

And the book Yuri was reading: "Portrait of Markov". It has an eye symbol on the front, and refers to a human experimentation camp. Doesn't Project Libitina's document sound like a human experiment?

However, the only thing we can do is wait. "2018", said Monika.chr's document. We just have to wait for Team Salvato to release the next game. At least, I think it is a game.

From here on however, we do have things to watch out for. If Team Salvato or the members of said team post, release, or talk about ANYTHING... Analyse it. Look for more possible mentions of Libitina, or the Third Eye. Try to see if anything can be decoded further.

This is an ARG Team Salvato is starting, and we are going to see it through.

Perhaps the next thing they release will be another game. Hell, it may not even be an anime visual novel. It could be a pixelated RPG or something. Nevertheless, keep an eye out for anything with Team Salvato's name on it.

We need to solve this mystery.

...

(Ok this was something I needed to get off of my chest, and I likely did a pretty bad job here, but I felt like trying to spread the word. Anyway, that is all I have. Cheers.)

[xae-chan]

Mulder said, "Trust no one." It's still good advice.

[Mithost]

Hi there! Before I became a moderator on this steam forum, I wrote up that one reddit thread that is referenced in many threads here as well as in the Game Theory videos on the game. In terms of the video itself, it got a few small things wrong (no fault to them, some of the information and developer statements were hidden away from easy accesibility) that prevent the theory from being entirely stable. If you haven't already read the PSA on the top of this forum, I suggest you read it as well as the comment I have made in that thread (copy pasted below for convienence).

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While there are hints and secrets placed in the game that may point towards future Team Salvato projects, they are explicitly and intentionally vague. To help contain spectulation and to avoid the situations explained above, we have paired these easter eggs, hints, and secrets with the following statements:

There is no fully fledged ARG in DDLC, only minor easter eggs.

Team Salvato is working on a game unrelated to DDLC which has been developed separately from DDLC and has already been in development for longer than DDLC.

This project is not a sequel, prequel, or side story to DDLC.

At the time of DDLC's launch on itch.io and steam, there was no content planned for DDLC or any of it's characters.

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We love the speculation that occurs here, and we are glad you guys are excited in future projects from Team Salvato. We just want to ensure that we don't let people down or have people get too mislead if they are convinced X theory "HAS to be true", despite our best attempts to ensure that does not happen. Team Salvato is working on some interesting stuff, and may in the future do more with the DDLC universe, but in terms of what is already out there and what there is to find, pretty much all of it has already been 'solved'.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or send me a private message on Steam!

[DaRandomDude]

引用自 Mithost：

Hi there! Before I became a moderator on this steam forum, I wrote up that one reddit thread that is referenced in many threads here as well as in the Game Theory videos on the game. In terms of the video itself, it got a few small things wrong (no fault to them, some of the information and developer statements were hidden away from easy accesibility) that prevent the theory from being entirely stable. If you haven't already read the PSA on the top of this forum, I suggest you read it as well as the comment I have made in that thread (copy pasted below for convienence).

--

While there are hints and secrets placed in the game that may point towards future Team Salvato projects, they are explicitly and intentionally vague. To help contain spectulation and to avoid the situations explained above, we have paired these easter eggs, hints, and secrets with the following statements:

There is no fully fledged ARG in DDLC, only minor easter eggs.

Team Salvato is working on a game unrelated to DDLC which has been developed separately from DDLC and has already been in development for longer than DDLC.

This project is not a sequel, prequel, or side story to DDLC.

At the time of DDLC's launch on itch.io and steam, there was no content planned for DDLC or any of it's characters.

--

We love the speculation that occurs here, and we are glad you guys are excited in future projects from Team Salvato. We just want to ensure that we don't let people down or have people get too mislead if they are convinced X theory "HAS to be true", despite our best attempts to ensure that does not happen. Team Salvato is working on some interesting stuff, and may in the future do more with the DDLC universe, but in terms of what is already out there and what there is to find, pretty much all of it has already been 'solved'.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or send me a private message on Steam!

So you are telling me DDLC is just a big PR stunt?

[Mithost]

引用自 DaRandomDude：

So you are telling me DDLC is just a big PR stunt?

I'm actually telling you quite the opposite my friend! Team Salvato made DDLC because it was a game they wanted to make and released it for free because 1) It wouldn't be fair to charge for a game that isn't what it seems and 2) visual novels are a fairly niche genre, and if people had to pay to try it out a lot less people would have gotten to play it!

[DaRandomDude]

引用自 Mithost：

引用自 DaRandomDude：

So you are telling me DDLC is just a big PR stunt?

I'm actually telling you quite the opposite my friend! Team Salvato made DDLC because it was a game they wanted to make and released it for free because 1) It wouldn't be fair to charge for a game that isn't what it seems and 2) visual novels are a fairly niche genre, and if people had to pay to try it out a lot less people would have gotten to play it!

So they started developing a game and just decided to make a second game that has nothing to do with the first one because they always wanted to do something like that...?

[sol4rpow3r]

I definatly think that this new game is going to be released on January 5, 2018. It is the first of January today and I am super hyped if anything new comes out this year!

[milwafer23]

引用自 lizzionia：

I definatly think that this new game is going to be released on January 5, 2018. It is the first of January today and I am super hyped if anything new comes out this year!

I also assumed as such, though, if there are no new releases, I recommend playing through DDLC on that date to see if anything changes.

[ToastySpaghetti]

i hope dis is true

[Saint Pablo]

引用自 mclyfe101：

I definatly think that this new game is going to be released on January 5, 2018. It is the first of January today and I am super hyped if anything new comes out this year!

That early? That'd be insane, man. I wouldn't be THAT optimistic. I think it'll probably be a small update with a tid bit of info, or maybe nothing at all.

[xae-chan]

引用自 Yuri (アダム)：

引用自 lizzionia：

I definatly think that this new game is going to be released on January 5, 2018. It is the first of January today and I am super hyped if anything new comes out this year!

I also assumed as such, though, if there are no new releases, I recommend playing through DDLC on that date to see if anything changes.

That is a very good suggestion. Well in keeping with DS's devious mind.

[Austino]

I'm honestly excited for what Team Salvato has in store for us with Project Libitina [if that even is this 'mysterious project' that they're working on], even if it's unrelated to DDLC! Dan did a really good job hiding these secrets. I don't think tomorrow would be a stretch, since they've apparently been working on this game longer than DDLC, but I wouldn't 100% count on it.

[Dragu]

引用自 「D I O」：

I'm honestly excited for what Team Salvato has in store for us with Project Libitina [if that even is this 'mysterious project' that they're working on], even if it's unrelated to DDLC! Dan did a really good job hiding these secrets. I don't think tomorrow would be a stretch, since they've apparently been working on this game longer than DDLC, but I wouldn't 100% count on it.

Maybe they were like working on a lot of games (perhaps related to DDLC) for a very long time now, just to release them one by one in short delays?
Anyway, I'm very hyped for the Libitina thing aswell. I can't wait to find out more about the lore.

[Austino]

引用自 SCG | TheDragΩ：

引用自 「D I O」：

I'm honestly excited for what Team Salvato has in store for us with Project Libitina [if that even is this 'mysterious project' that they're working on], even if it's unrelated to DDLC! Dan did a really good job hiding these secrets. I don't think tomorrow would be a stretch, since they've apparently been working on this game longer than DDLC, but I wouldn't 100% count on it.

Maybe they were like working on a lot of games (perhaps related to DDLC) for a very long time now, just to release them one by one in short delays?
Anyway, I'm very hyped for the Libitina thing aswell. I can't wait to find out more about the lore.

Maybe the Project Libitina website could update/change tomorrow or something [January 5th is a recurring date on the examination report, as both the Examination report date and Libitina's birthday]. To be honest I'm not expecting a full-on release tomorrow.

[Saint Pablo]

Guys,I think it's way too optimistic to think they'll release things THAT fast. I do think something will happen tomorrow but just a confirmation of some sorts,but not any huge release.

[Austino]

引用自 The Skeleton：

Guys,I think it's way too optimistic to think they'll release things THAT fast. I do think something will happen tomorrow but just a confirmation of some sorts,but not any huge release.

Yeah me too. I think it's a stretch to say that it'll be a full-fledged release though.