Trying to understand saving/time loop

[GoulactiX]

So I see how it works : you play for 22 minutes . Something...... happends and you start all over again but data logs save . However I have two questions : why soesnt time reset if you spend your 22 minutes or more at the vilage ? Does the loop only happen on outer space ? Also do the logs save upon exiting the game because the player stands idle and eventually the time loop consumes him off screen ?

[Bobywan]

Yes logs save upon exiting the game.
As for the initial time is the village, the loop actually start when the statue looks at you, saying more about that would be a spoiler. It gives you enough time to learn how the signalscope works playing hide and seek with the children and how to navigate in space doing the satelite repair in the zero cave, that way the tutorial is not time limited.

[Nert]

The very start of the game is non-canonically timed, purely for a better new-player experience, think of everything before the statue as being a tutorial. Until then, the timer is disabled, sand doesn't flow, no meteors, etc etc.

Once you've witnessed your first loop the game takes away those training wheels (and finally allows saving), you can stay in the village all you want but at 22 minutes that something will still happen

To the latter, yep, exiting to menu will warn you that you'll be resetting this loop so you basically just lie down and die in your sleep. Autosave happens every "Ship Log Updated" anyway, even if you quit instantly you'll still have learned it

[GoulactiX]

Alright...I have only two more questions : How come the data logs /object placements save up after every loop if everything else doesn't and....why does the main character remember what he went through before the loop but the npcs forget everyhing ? If the answers are all spoilers then tell before hand haha

[Nert]

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Alright...I have only two more questions : How come the data logs /object placements save up after every loop if everything else doesn't and....why does the main character remember what he went through before the loop but the npcs forget everyhing ? If the answers are all spoilers then tell before hand haha

Absolutely part of the story, you'll find out! (Objects don't save btw)

Totally, completely unrelated fun fact, did you know they made your ship's computer out of a chunk of that statue in the museum?

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by Nert:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Alright...I have only two more questions : How come the data logs /object placements save up after every loop if everything else doesn't and....why does the main character remember what he went through before the loop but the npcs forget everyhing ? If the answers are all spoilers then tell before hand haha

Absolutely part of the story, you'll find out! (Objects don't save btw)

Totally, completely unrelated fun fact, did you know they made your ship's computer out of a chunk of that statue in the museum?

Thanks for the info ...yeah I think I read about the computer

[H'Sishi]

Oh, I missed that info bit about the computer ... now it makes sense why the ship's computer has all informations from previous loops.