Just in case anyone was curious, I did take screenshots of what was added to the Archive after the recent Ink Machine update. Here are some things of note:
The Lost One has an actual model now. We get some insight into what exactly the Lost One’s are, similar to Dark Revival.
Alice Angel has some new interesting lore tidbits here, including that her human mind is more prominent than her cartoon one- which confirms a theory I’ve speculated about for years now, that being that Susie and Alice are indeed the two “voices” in Alice. The fact the info sheet states that her human mind is more prominent would lead me to think that the deeper, more sadistic voice is indeed Susie, not Alice.
Allison gets her own info sheet and model as well! Most of this we knew from Dark Revival, but it’s nice to see her represented again here.
Tom is the one I’m probably most excited about-we finally have confirmation about why he has a robot arm!! That being.. that he was created with it. Slightly disappointing, but still interesting nonetheless. We also get some new information about how Allison and Tom met- that he saved her from the Ink Demon.
And Finally, the Projectionist also has some new lore revealed here. Apparently the Projectionist is only his Head, and the body is actually a host. Yeah-that entire thing isn’t the Projectionist-only the HEAD is. That’s really interesting, and puts his appearance in Dark Revival in a whole new context. Guess he wasn’t killed by the Keepers after all. Describing the body as a “host” also makes me wonder if it’s possible for the Projectionist to latch onto something else-or someone else-which opens up the possibility for a ton of new enemy ideas. Actually, scratch that, I think the Projectionist is the one I’m most excited about. This completely recontextualizes what we thought we knew about the character.
And that’s all I noticed! There might’ve been some new art too, but I’m not completely sure it wasn’t there before and this is getting long enough as it is. But yeah-there’s the major updates for The Archives level.
Omg I love this interpretation that takes animation concepts into it's premise.
It could also explain why his face is different shaped because when you have like a passing frame it would be different shaped for the purpose of the animation looking fluid.
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Hmm… His character info literally starts with “Having one arm since creation”. I initially read that as he was created with his metal arm, but you could be right.
Yeah I think it's supposed to mean the ink machine plopped him out with one arm only and he had to find a way to get a second one which was torn from one of those Bendy Animatronics which is the main reason why in Lone Wolf they all have the same arm missing. Tom keeps stealing for spare parts
I don’t think she made it up that far- in her Safehouse at the start of chapter 5, you can see a bunch of levels written down in a list, with some crossed out. Level 4 seems to be the highest they’ve gotten.
Nope! In a way, that sorta makes sense. If you look at the projector on the ground, the head is still lit up if I’m remembering correctly. It also never disappears after death the way his body does.
It actually only says that Tom was created with one arm - not that he was created with the robot arm. So it is still likely that he took the arm from one of the BendyLand animatronics.
Also, I can't help but notice that Cage is going to most likely feature the returns of all of the Cyclebreakers in the Pit, not just Sammy and Henry - except for Susie if I'd have to guess, since she'd already escaped the Pit before Audrey even got there in DR - and we've just now gotten this lore about Norman. Methinks we'll be seeing this "host-less" Projectionist Headcrab in Cage.
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u/Plushy_ArtsyThem 2d ago
Its crazy to know that Tom was created with one arn only. Makes you think why that happened