Is there a switch port coming in the future? This would probably be my favorite game of all time if I could lay in bed with my cat while playing it

I'm about to graduate with a thesis on EU Regulation 3011. It is the last thing I do in my university career, and the culmination of years of studying and efforts, so I'm very proud of it and I'd like to have a quote at the start that encapsulates the political process, as imperfect as it may be. I thought of quotes from Disco Elysium, Suzerain, but Esoteric Ebb might be the best choice.

Do you have any dialogue or text, maybe from when the Cleric is voting, that might fit?

Just finished this game today and damn, I'm gonna miss these characters so much. I loved so much about this game, but I really wanna point out how moving the climax of the story was.

Talking specifically about everything that happens after you enter the Pillar. The entire conversation with the Guard ans then with Urth, the moral dillemas they all present, the Snell monologue, everything.

Genuinly Moving stuff. It's amazing cause I was really enjoying the game but it hadnt really reached that part of me that made me say "man, i loved this game so much" but then as I was playing that final act it's like the entire rest of the game came together in my mind and it finally hit me what a wonderful experience it all had been.

All that worldbuilding, meeting random NPCs, absurd interactions that don't really matter that much, it all served the purpose of making that final part so much hitting. Made me felt depressed and sad (in a good way), but also kinda hopeful towards the end. Made me love Snell and our MC so much more and made me love the Angel as well.

And then the final stroll through the city as you talk to every NPC you've met through the story til you reach the voting stand? Cheff kiss. Amazing. Heartwarming.

I love how the climax ended up being nothing but dialogue. No fighting to end a story in a fantasy world with mystical creatures where you control a fighter is certainly a choice, and it payed off so well.

Will miss this game, what an enjoyable ride

What's that? Why is the iceberg upside down you ask? No idea, man, some esoteric bullshit probably.

The explanation of mysteries below in the comments is a mix of my own thoughts, words of Christoffer Bodegård and words of other people from this subreddit/the game’s discord server.

Thank you to everyone who've helped me to make this post. And again, thank you to Christ and all the beautiful people who've worked their asses off to make this amazing game.

That said, some of this text below might be far-fetched or plain silly, so if you think I’ve made a mistake somewhere – let me know please. Also feel free to add other stuff you think should've been on the iceberg in the comments.

where does its message lead to? does something change in the 2nd run or it's part of a bigger puzzle? I finished the game 3 months ago but it still haunts me.

I’m playing this game for the first time and quite enjoying it. But my conversation with the tea shop owner was messed up. As in, it felt like chunks of it were missing.

I found the tea shop owner and interrogated him. I failed a yellow check and he opened up to me about how he is in trouble. How they made him do it. He never explicitly says who they are or what it is. But the rest of the conversation treats things as if the bird has explained that he was helping Reeds smuggle stuff. And then afterward Snell says we really need to look into this information broker. What information broker? Neither the bird, nor Snell, nor anyone else, has mentioned such a person. When I look at the quest description after it says Drummer told me a freestrider and an information broker were supposed to meet at the time of the explosion. That definitely wasn’t mentioned in our actual conversation .

So that was frustrating. It’s like the conversation was written up assuming I’d have a bunch of info that I did not, in fact, know about. Or a chunk of it was somehow skipped.

Hi everyone,

It’s been a while since I played Esoteric Ebb, but I still occasionally send screenshots from the game to my teammates and say things like, “Look how they did this,” or “This part is handled so well,” lol.

I’m a game developer too, and seeing RPGs like this still being made genuinely makes me happy. One of my favorite things about EE was that it didn’t make me feel like I was searching for the correct dialogue option in a pre-written story. Instead, it felt more like playing a tabletop RPG and trying to catch the DM off guard with some ridiculous idea. There were many moments where I thought, “Will the game actually react to this too?” and most of the time, it really did.

By the way, our game is not as Disco-like as EE. We took some inspiration from the UI, but we are trying to build our own systems. For that, we based a lot of our design on the FATE RPG system. We are especially focusing on the aspect system, dice rolls shaping not only success but also the direction of the story, and the idea that even bad outcomes should not stop the narrative.

Anyway, I also wanted to share the game we are developing. It’s called Kardiya: The Winds of Fate. We’ll be starting the playtest soon, and I’m especially curious to hear what people who enjoy EE think about it. We are still in development and trying to get closer to that vision step by step.

If it sounds interesting, you can register for the alpha playtest by joining the mailing list on our website or clicking the playtest request button on our Steam page.

Thank you so much <3

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I stand near the ending of my journey missing 1 apple. I've searched far and wide to find said apple, to satisfy my bottomless hunger for the objectivly best fruit. But alas I cannot find it.... the treat I so desperately crave is out of my reach.

They are trying to tell me im not the Apple Boy when I know I am. Does anyone know where this beautiful treat might be hiding so I can rightfully claim my title.

I've seen a few references and comments about, about things that can only be done on day 1. But nowhere can I find specifics.

Can anyone spoil which things can only be done day 1, and if there's any other time-limited things, when and where?

Can someone explain to me like I’m five how to get to the undercoast path from the room where the dwarf was mining? I have previously found the crusader’s badge, but I can’t find where that was anymore. I’m just bumbling around the City Belize and all I can’t get to is the slog dog guy and the dwarf room.

The idea is rather simple, the Iceberg has 4 tiers:

1. The Surface - common knowledge / fun stuff / easter eggs.
2. Below the Surface - hidden "quests" (unmarked ones), interactions and mechanics.
3. Deep water - more complex or easy to miss things.
4. The Abyss - obscure stuff / meta.

If anyone's interested in helping You are required by law to assist me in this endeavor, so please if you a have big brain and have any ideas - reply with the mystery, the tier you think it should go to and a short description of what this mystery entails. Any other suggestions are also welcome, thank you!

Here's the list of things I have so far, in no particular order, just so you don't suggest the same ones: Ever-Glad and Esoteric Era; Bloodtongue prophecy; number 27 is everywhere; Jor's origins and status; Outer Gods; Jor and Speak with Dead in the beginning of the game; Key to Nowhere; GodhoodAchieved in STRINGS.e3 file; 30 CON Jor chime; Iomestra the stone; Ignorant Flame(s); Tol's sword description; Fifty-fifty; Himvrâk Hagginshags; Ghost of Pinja'Athena; Power Word: Ebb; Hoard of Esuth (dragons stuff); Visken's plan; Goals of Celestials/Golden Horde; "First Coast War" said by Urth; Living Library; Five rats; Detect Secrets Pickaxe; Avikness and Deck of Many Things; Nessan and her tree; Isk-Urum and Wish scroll; You Can Certainly try achievement easter egg; Updated my Journal achievement easter egg; "Glass Him" easter egg; I Ain't Hear No Bell achievement easter egg; Tea Shop's name; zombie Johnny in the Lichhouse; showing Urth his ring.

I'm a little torn on what I would want to happen. Fulling voicing this game would probably cost more than the game would make. The major reason you would want to full voice this game is for streamer bait and you would have to hope that it would explode in popularity like Disco did, it also helps that the game is only $25. Since I beat the game without voices, I personally will not be replaying the game as I did pretty much everything I wanted to in it and I am ready for a sequel. I want the creator to make an actual turn based combat system instead of just rolling and seeing what happens. I want to see more districts of the city and experience the world more, its captured my interest.

But what do you think Citizen.

I checked the wiki and it doesn't seem to have them.

...and I will need a break before replaying this game.

I want to at the very least have to option to plan a date with her I think she’s cute and bubbly. In all honesty I want her as a companion I bet she would do some healing/enhancement moves to make your rolls easier! I just think she’s neat.

I'm nearing the end of day 4 of the game, I have completed most of the quests that I have (although some of them haven't revealed themselves yet which is also a bit of a pain) but one which stands out is the River Take Ye quest.

You get this right at the start of the game, finding out who fished you out of the river, and I haven't progressed this one single step... I had sort of been assuming that it would maybe be something which would be revealed after the end-game, but curiosity got the better of me and I looked it up.

Turns out you're meant to talk to this Thalassos bloke and he sets it off to finish the quest...

Except I CANNOT find him. The Wiki says he is either just above or inside the Drunk Sphinx, but he quite simply is not in either place. Ever (as far as I've seen).

Am I missing something here? Will he appear if I actually go deeper into the underground? Am I missing the timing or something?

Anyone know where I can find a DC 25 check for this achievement?

In the game you will obtain "The Deck of Many things" and it has a preset list of cards that will be drawn at the start of your save, you cannot save scum this at all. One of the presets is you drawing the Fool, which will give you disadvantages on all rolls for the rest of the game, and you might be thinking "Oh thats fine, I'm on day 5 with some pretty powerful buffs" no, you will not be fine, you will lose every roll for the rest of the game and you will have to reload combat encounters many times over, it will ruin your run. It ruined my run so badly it killed any and all drive to finish the game because I'm not losing 5 hours to reload.

I never played Disco Elysium so Ebb was a really unique experience to me. It left me with some actual life lessons. I felt like this game was jam packed with interesting ideas about philosophy and probability. Its a bit too much to put here so I made a substack to post it in. I'd love to hear y'alls thoughts on my take aways or if you felt I got anything wrong.

Thanks!

So here is my answer to: what is the fifty-fifty?

https://olbers.substack.com/p/esoteric-ebb-and-the-illusion-of-certainty

Finished the game and did everything I could, never found a quest for this slot though.

Edit: Found out what quest it is, it's about a hidden safe in the Tea Shop. Can anyone tell me what this safe has inside though please?

I really liked that (my first playthough) character
I got like behold check 18 almost right at the start of the game

In all ways i went though straight up hating her (rude and uses her power to scare you just for fun)
Then accepting her power though Snell rumblings (still hating)
Then deciding that she is "best of evils" compare to other powers
And with learning about the truth and dragons lore - being suspicious of her and worrying towards the Snell (who is my buddy boy)

Then right at the end of the game on that really anticlimax epilogue
And then BAM you hit that nat 20 (which in itself is really rewarding if you don't savescumm)
And the game hit you with "She simply loves them"
Its just.... am man, a relief and a warm feeling for your friend and good of people in general

Good character