My suggestion for current bloat of content in Don't Starve Together

[Swiyss]

We have so much content added to the game, like the moon quay portal, the ancients, the shadow people, the pigmen, the archives, the lunar entities, the moon stone and who made it, the giants and their mutations, charlie and maxwell storyline, wagstaff and winona storyline, the daywalker whole mistery etc.. But all of this is a bit apart from each other.

What if Klei hires a very very great storyteller writer that has been playing the game and knows everything about the game's lore to actually tie everything together? Someone or a group of people solely focused on developing a lore that connects everything together. I'm honestly sick and tired of waiting for so long to get an explanation for the ancients and Methews, who knows what can happen in the future that we might not see what's at the end of the tunnel?

I think we as a community need to take Lore and Story more seriously. I know that at first the game's lore was made at the spot, but it can't be getting dragged like this for so long.

[Jakepeng99]

They probably know the lore they just don’t share it in full.

[Hungry French]

11 hours ago, astareus said:

We have so much content added to the game, like the moon quay portal, the ancients, the shadow people, the pigmen, the archives, the lunar entities, the moon stone and who made it, the giants and their mutations, charlie and maxwell storyline, wagstaff and winona storyline, the daywalker whole mistery etc.. But all of this is a bit apart from each other.

What if Klei hires a very very great storyteller writer that has been playing the game and knows everything about the game's lore to actually tie everything together? Someone or a group of people solely focused on developing a lore that connects everything together. I'm honestly sick and tired of waiting for so long to get an explanation for the ancients and Methews, who knows what can happen in the future that we might not see what's at the end of the tunnel?

I think we as a community need to take Lore and Story more seriously. I know that at first the game's lore was made at the spot, but it can't be getting dragged like this for so long.

If there is too much content, let's pass it on to the game, where there is too little

[gaymime]

15 hours ago, astareus said:

We have so much content added to the game, like the moon quay portal, the ancients, the shadow people, the pigmen, the archives, the lunar entities, the moon stone and who made it, the giants and their mutations, charlie and maxwell storyline, wagstaff and winona storyline, the daywalker whole mistery etc.. But all of this is a bit apart from each other.

What if Klei hires a very very great storyteller writer that has been playing the game and knows everything about the game's lore to actually tie everything together? Someone or a group of people solely focused on developing a lore that connects everything together. I'm honestly sick and tired of waiting for so long to get an explanation for the ancients and Methews, who knows what can happen in the future that we might not see what's at the end of the tunnel?

I think we as a community need to take Lore and Story more seriously. I know that at first the game's lore was made at the spot, but it can't be getting dragged like this for so long.

it is super weird that you assume the people who created and maintain the game somehow are ignorant and incapable of telling the game's story simply because it is not being told fast enough to satiate you personally.

[Uedo]

20 minutes ago, gaymime said:

it is super weird that you assume the people who created and maintain the game somehow are ignorant and incapable of telling the game's story simply because it is not being told fast enough to satiate you personally.

It's not weird.

So you're saying this will all be explained and wrapped up? Do think this side of the decade or no?

[hyoton123]

I’ve been in multiple games (video and CCG) where they brought a third party in to tell the story during the lifetime of the game. I do not recommend this At All.

[Jakepeng99]

51 minutes ago, hyoton123 said:

I’ve been in multiple games (video and CCG) where they brought a third party in to tell the story during the lifetime of the game. I do not recommend this At All.

Yes it would be a terrible idea.

 

i imagine a lot of stupid loopholes. Also Klei literally has writers who make their stories. They are professional.

Edited August 25, 2025 by Jakepeng99

[Mike23Ua]

Most of the time… Video Games are about great Gameplay, not Great Lore. And unless you have several talented people who can put Lore & Gameplay together without clashing with one or the other: most the time Gameplay is favored over lore accuracy.

Something else I should probably mention is that a few years back there were talks about Klei potentially getting a Netflix cartoon series green lit, and if that were to ever actually happen then the Lore of the TV series could cause serious lore inaccuracies with the game if the game is not being kept up to date with the Show. (Unless game, show, spin-off, Non-Canon etc..)

Klei heed my warning carefully: This is Exactly how the Sci-Fi TV series/Video Game “Defiance” Failed Miserably.

Edited August 25, 2025 by Mike23Ua

[Popian]

There may be something going on a meta level.

The lunar side represents the idea, which is hard to contain and needs complicit hosts to enact its "purification" of the world.

The shadow side represents doubt, which keeps things in place and "corrodes" their identity.

They are like two sides of the same coin with their corruption, loyal puppets, and hostility towards "dissenters".

[lowercase skye]

On 8/24/2025 at 9:26 PM, astareus said:

What if Klei hires a very very great storyteller writer that has been playing the game and knows everything about the game's lore to actually tie everything together? Someone or a group of people solely focused on developing a lore that connects everything together.

The writers at Klei already know everything about the games lore and what ties it all together. It's really, really rude to imply that the writers don't know what they're doing, and need fans to be brought onboard to show them how their own story should go.

Edited August 26, 2025 by lowercase skye

[Hungry French]

5 hours ago, lowercase skye said:

Сценаристы из Klei уже знают всё об истории игр и о том, что их объединяет. Это очень, очень грубо — намекать на то, что сценаристы не знают, что делают, и что им нужны фанаты, которые покажут, как должна развиваться их собственная история.

Klei : I don't know what the word "lore" means

 

Edited August 26, 2025 by Hungry French

[Swiyss]

18 hours ago, gaymime said:

it is super weird that you assume the people who created and maintain the game somehow are ignorant and incapable of telling the game's story simply because it is not being told fast enough to satiate you personally.

not only me personally, but a lot of people are thinking that way. The lore is progressing way too slow, it's been like 10 years of development. Compare that to the Runeterra lore or the One piece and Naruto lore and what they did in 10 years of content. I think Klei could release a book or a movie series and profit of it and there's just nothing wrong with that.

I would 1 trillion % watch a full don't starve animated series.

8 hours ago, lowercase skye said:

The writers at Klei already know everything about the games lore and what ties it all together. It's really, really rude to imply that the writers don't know what they're doing, and need fans to be brought onboard to show them how their own story should go.

That's not what I meant. I implied that the lore is all over the place, and I have 0 idea how thing will tie together, but it's been too long, so my suggestion is to get someone from their team who knows the lore more than anyone and alongside a proffesional writer from outside to write a book or a movie series together so that can complement the existance of the game's lore. This would bring a bunch of people to the game and everyone has been asking for a dedicated novel or story/lore from this game since day 1 of the original don't starve trailer.

17 hours ago, hyoton123 said:

I’ve been in multiple games (video and CCG) where they brought a third party in to tell the story during the lifetime of the game. I do not recommend this At All.

16 hours ago, Jakepeng99 said:

i imagine a lot of stupid loopholes. Also Klei literally has writers who make their stories. They are professional.

What I actually think is weird is the fact that you guys are assuming that the writer will take over and ruin the game's lore. Please take in consideration that Klei would never allow this to happen. They are a concised and collected group of very talented artist, developers, game directors, musicians etc.. But my idea is that the writers (if they call themselves that) are not really focusing on one story, maybe they could make more side-stories like the pig and the merm lovers, that one at least gave me personally a very satisfying feeling, even tough the end was kind of tragic.

16 hours ago, Mike23Ua said:

Most of the time… Video Games are about great Gameplay, not Great Lore. And unless you have several talented people who can put Lore & Gameplay together without clashing with one or the other: most the time Gameplay is favored over lore accuracy.

The game Elden Ring for example has a very very great lore, but that does not ruin the gameplay, it actually makes the game even better because it was made from ground up.

Now take League of Legends for example, everyone that watched Arcane and got to play the game just realized how stupid hard, old, ugly and non-intuitive the game actually is, and Riot has an insane talented writers, musicians and artists, but the idea fumbled because the game couldn't hold the side of the scale and dissapointed a lot of people.

I known that don't starve is different because from the very start Kevin was very optimistic about making the experience interesting and unforgettable. The main idea of ds is to have complexity and deepness of content in all areas, so that could give an awe feeling to the player and add to the experience, which in contrast is the exact opposite of what Minecraft tries to do (you write the story yourself).

The original DS series has a satisfying end, as well as Shipwrecked and Hamlet. Even the Forge and Gorge stories also end up in either 2 great of bad endings. But DST could be different and have like 5 or 8 endings like they originally intended. Each ending based of how you played the game. And if they add replayability alongside that< with a way of having infinite gameplay loop in DST and add some more lore implications (through the scrapbook, characters quotes and world development), then the game would truly tied itself together.

[Edible Coal]

what about they hire more people to actually make the game

[Hungry French]

2 minutes ago, Edible Coal said:

what about they hire more people to actually make the game

More people = more skins

[gaymime]

6 hours ago, astareus said:

not only me personally, but a lot of people are thinking that way. The lore is progressing way too slow, it's been like 10 years of development. Compare that to the Runeterra lore or the One piece and Naruto lore and what they did in 10 years of content. I think Klei could release a book or a movie series and profit of it and there's just nothing wrong with that.

I would 1 trillion % watch a full don't starve animated series.

i read both in the 2000's(and the former into the 2010's) and one piece was sloppy meandering and often lacked forethought. both of them however was headed by one single man who had a very small staff who drew whatever they were told to satiate a weekly magazine update schedule until the property got popular then the same men delineated to several groups who did their own thing often in ways that were different from the source. they are also both written medias that are passively consumed not interacted with in complex ways. it is not a reasonable comparison it is like comparing water to veggie broth. both are drinkable but one is much MUCH more complicated to execute

 

that all being said though, it would be pretty horrible to be told parts of a story that will take months or years to actually -show- because there are still hundreds or thousands of hours of labour between the word and the execution of the word within the game itself. cult of the lamb is a lore-heavy game and they stagger the information to stay with the game's development too. it is a natural thing to do.

Edited August 26, 2025 by gaymime