Where an When does this game take place

[LotusAegis]

Around what time does Don't Starve occur in the real world, and do the characters have a certain nationality?

[GuyNamedChris]

Time moves differently in the normal world from the Don't Starve world, but for the most part it takes place between the 1920's-30's as revealed during the William Carter puzzles. (That, and some of Winona's quotes hint at the Great Depression era.) 

As for nationality, we don't know about all the characters for the most part, but a post on Facebook revealed that, if I remember correctly, Wilson's British but lives in America.

[Zhuzha]

What we know from William Carter puzzles:

1) Maxwell is English, he immigrated to the US in 1901, he and Charlie got pulled into DS world in 1906.

2) Winona has a log cabin in British Columbia (unless Charlie has another sister, who's yet to be revealed), so she and Charlie might be Canadian. But then again, Winona might just own a property there without being Canadian herself.

3) Assuming Wendy and Abigail are indeed Maxwell's nieces, they're at least half-English, on their father's side.

What we know from the game itself:

1) Woodie is Canadian.

2) English is not Wolfgang's first language, but he's definitely European. Were exactly is he from - anybody's guess. I've seen Russian, Polish, German and French.

3) Webber's grandfather was Scottish, so he might be too.

I couldn't find the Facebook post @Chris1488 referred to, I don't remember if Wilson's nationality was ever specified, but it was said that before the events of the game he lived in New England.

Also this:

"Some other crazy stuff" from second-to-last point is the events of "Cyclum" puzzle.

[LotusAegis]

Thank you :3

[Toast1070]

2 minutes ago, Zhuzha said:

What we know from William Carter puzzles:

1) Maxwell is English, he immigrated to the US in 1901, he and Charlie got pulled into DS world in 1906.

2) Winona has a log cabin in British Columbia (unless Charlie has another sister, who's yet to be revealed), so she and Charlie might be Canadian. But then again, Winona might just own a property there without being Canadian herself.

3) Assuming Wendy and Abigail are indeed Maxwell's nieces, they're at least half-English, on their father's side.

What we know from the game itself:

1) Woodie is Canadian.

2) English is not Wolfgang's first language, but he's definitely European. Were exactly is he from - anybody's guess. I've seen Russian, Polish, German and French.

3) Webber's grandfather was Scottish, so he might be too.

I couldn't find the Facebook post @Chris1488 referred to, I don't remember if Wilson's nationality was ever specified, but it was said that before the events of the game he lived in New England.

Also this:

"Some other crazy stuff" from second-to-last point is the events of "Cyclum" puzzle.

I presumed Charlie was of Chinese descent, given that she resided in San Francisco. It would be cool to have a character who isn't European and it would somewhat give Year of the Gobbler some relevance lore-wise.

[roseate]

3 hours ago, Toast1070 said:

I presumed Charlie was of Chinese descent, given that she resided in San Francisco. It would be cool to have a character who isn't European and it would somewhat give Year of the Gobbler some relevance lore-wise.

But Winona seems to be fully American.

[CaptainChaotica]

Not sure about stuff like Wolfgang's nationality or whether or not Winona IS Canadian or just owned property there that she visited every now and again (I lean towards the latter), but I do know that the majority of the characters come from the 1920s.

 That matches up quite well with the outfits (aside from those characters wearing deliberate costumes, such as Wigfrid), the music (seriously, the spring work music.  THE SPRING WORK MUSIC), and the fact that the edges of the map screen have borders like those on a silent-movie title card.  And I personally really like all this 'cos it gives the game a consistent and distinctive flavour.  (It's also why I refuse to download/use any mods of characters from modern day or the future.  Well, that and they tend to be non-fitting/overpowered self-insert characters or anime ones whose names don't begin with W.)

...also, Chinese descent CAN also be American.  I think the confusion here is re:  Charlie herself being directly FROM China vs. Charlie being born in America and living there her whole life, but having Chinese parents, grandparents, etc.  (Immigrant vs. descendant of immigrants.)  That said, I never saw her that way myself...but the art style is really stylised and with everyone being as pale as they are, you _could_ make an argument that (in this game) it's hard to tell one lightish-skinned race from another...

(also also, there ARE two characters of non purely-European descent...it's just that neither of them is in Together.  : P)

...Notorious

[minespatch]

On 9/30/2017 at 3:54 PM, Toast1070 said:

3) Webber's grandfather was Scottish, so he might be too.

Does that mean Wallace might show up?

[landromat]

4 hours ago, minespatch said:

Does that mean Wallace might show up?

'Oh my god, Webber! what are you doing inside this spider??!?! Come out! NOW!'

Then Webber just comes out from a spider and grandpa kills it. 

Why webber thought he was one with the spider? because it was his  stupid child fantasy, But scary grandpa can help him to become human

[minespatch]

I'm torn: Webber's father or grandfather.
I'm familiar of Webber's father being a goat  farming scientist. First time I heard about his grandfather.

[roseate]

Yess webber's grandfather is Wallace confirmed

[PillsStealer]

As a Webber main, here's what I think about the spider boy.

In Reign of Giants, you can find Webber's skull. This shows that he entered the world and died.

Lol what a scrub, probably asked where was base and got killed by darkness

[Starlogy]

Also, unimportant, but Wickerbottom and Webber are british (or at the very least not American) since they use "mum" instead of "mom" whenever mentioning them.

[NeddoFreddo]

13 hours ago, StarmanNess said:

Also, unimportant, but Wickerbottom and Webber are british (or at the very least not American) since they use "mum" instead of "mom" whenever mentioning them.

Britain isn't the only country that uses 'mum.'

Australia, New Zealand, and African countries (when they speak English) use 'Mum.' However some European countries use 'mom' when speaking English, likely because they pick it up from America.

So, Wicker and Webber could be from anywhere except America, really. Then again, the pronunciation of 'mum' and 'mom' is fundamentally the same, it only appears different due to accents. So it probably doesn't mean much.

Webber's grandfather is Scottish however, so it could be intentional, idk. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[minespatch]

5 hours ago, NeddoFreddo said:

Webber's grandfather is Scottish however, so it could be intentional, idk. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The mystery is if this character is Wallace or not. We have no idea who Webber's father is except for the things Webber has described in his perspective.

[Zhuzha]

On 05.10.2017 at 1:57 AM, minespatch said:

I'm familiar of Webber's father being a goat  farming scientist. First time I heard about his grandfather.

Here are all mentions of Webber's grandfather in his speech file:

Rabbit Hatch - Just like grandpa said, "You live in what you eat."

Bishop - "You don't play by the chess rules grandpa taught me."

Catcoon - "A bit more feral than grandpa's cat."

Kittykit -  "You look like grandpa's cat!"

(Speaking of the cat, Webber sure was a little manure to it: COONTAIL = "I always liked pulling Whiskers' tail.")

Kingly Figure - "Reminds me of grandpa."  ^{Maxwell is Webber's grandfather CONFIRMED!!!111ONE}

Fishing Rod = "I miss grandpa's fishing trips."

Meatballs - "I used to make these with grandpa!"

Floral - "Grandpa's style, definitely."

Dentures - "Just like grandpa wears!"

Tam o' Shanter - "Reminds me of grandpa."

[minespatch]

1 hour ago, Zhuzha said:

Maxwell is Webber's grandfather CONFIRMED!!!111ONE

Well... That's concerning.

Also,  Wallace might be Webber's father while Woodlegs might be the grandfather. Since the mention of fishing trips.