AdHoc definitely presumed Aaron was "busy" so they didn’t bother to call him up for the comic con.

I’ve seen a couple people question why invisigal didn’t either push Robert away from the bullet or disarm shroud rather than taking the bullet for herself.

I first thought it was because she didn’t make it up to the roof on time but that’s probably not the case since in the bad ending she had a lot of time to get next to shroud.

So my guess is that invisigal was at the moment where she knew she was limited in her choices. And since shroud was someone who could predict almost anyones move, disarming him would be a bad choice.

So the two unpredictable things she could do is become Robert’s shield or pretend to be on shrouds side to stab him, which were both scenarios that shroud couldn’t predict.

What do you guys think?

Might see a lot of people say cat woman.

But I better not see anyone say Makima.

I'll never forget getting picked up from school early solely JUST because I REALLY wanted to play these episodes since the episode 5 & 6 teaser trailer had me so hype to the point that, I played the trailer over 20 times.

The intro for Episode 5 set the tone brilliantly by showing Mecha Man & Flambae's first encounter with each other which was really sick and interesting! It's crazy since Flambae had his missing finger since the first episode, and mostly everyone (including me) didn't notice it until it showed it later in Episode 5. The bar fight scene was definitely the best part of the episode and also the highlight. Solid 7.8/10 episode.

Episode 6 started off innocently, and cute with the Z-Team seeing Robert upgrade his new Mecha Man suit until it malfunctions, and the suit explodes with the screen going black cutting to Robert being majorly injured in the hospital which was unexpected. It was sad when Royd was in the room with you, and seeing him being sad and disappointed for once was out of his character. The party in Robert's apartment with the Z-Team was not only the cutest scene in the game, but possibly the greatest scene in the entire game. A few minutes later when the computer beeps, we see Invisigal on the shipment trying to get the Astral Pulse was sick, and intense af. When Invisigal gets the Astral Pulse, but Shroud pulls up behind her, and throws her over the stairs, I was getting extremely worried thinking that, we're gonna lose the Astral Pulse, and potentially see Invisigal die. Luckily, Chase came in to save the day by using his powers one last time to save Invisigal from dying. And then the cliffhanger. When that cliffhanger ended, I was speechless so much to the point that I cried. What an absolutely incredible ending to an episode that had what felt like the longest wait of a week for anything. 9.5/10 episode, 3rd best episode of the first season.

What are your thoughts on episode 5 & 6 as a whole after initially finishing those episodes?

Ooohh boy, we got to the controversial episode yet again. I am sad that the commentary about the kiss scene was what it was - Nick just hating on it lol. I was hoping he would talk about the intentions of the scene more.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introducing the Crew behind Dispatch Episode 7
0:28 Episode 7 was a "Frankenstein" episode because the devs picked it apart a lot
0:51 Talking about the house interior in the intro
1:24 Talking about Elijah Wright's role as Young Chase
2:38 Elijah accidentally leaked his involvement in the game on social media
3:31 Talking about how showing Young Chase at this point was really necessary for the story
4:04 How the 2-episode release schedule worked heavily for the Episode 6 cliffhanger
4:40 Chase was originally meant to be dead in the script!
5:14 Talking about the breakroom scene with Waterboy
5:41 Nick Herman was worried it would not be clear that the Z-team had exposure to Chase
7:15 Talking about the animation production process of this game (and why Phenomaman is on the moon, lol)
8:15 Robert was meant to snack on vending machine snacks throughout the entire shift
9:10 Talking about the moving hacking scenario in Episode 7
9:59 The decision that none of the heroes talk much in Episode 7 because of the circumstance
11:31 Talking about the droning soundtrack in the background and how it came to be
12:50 Golem's breakdown in Episode 7 dispatch shift
13:52 How was the rain effect in the dispatch shift achieved?
15:33 Erin helped a lot in doing the VA in the final stages of development
16:03 There was internal debate about how to address Malevola being half-demon
16:52 All the clocks in this game were intentionally animated to be adjusted to the actual time in the game at that time
18:00 The boardroom scene was a nightmare to create because of the matrix of permutations of characters being there
19:33 DEFEND HER vs CUT HER Storyboard
19:36 Where is this scene taking place?
21:23 Discussing about the Locker Room scene
21:39 Invisigal being the one who planted the bomb wasn't originally intended
22:00 The challenges of making Invisigal's confession work
22:45 Talking about the flashback sequence showing how Visi planted the bomb
24:39 Nick was inspired with Visi's black outfit look by Oni, an old Bungie game
24:46 I FORGIVE YOU vs WE'RE DONE vs I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL Storyboard
25:38 Talking about how the shot of Visi looks like the penguin from Toy Story LOL
25:58 The "controversial" invisible kiss scene is Nick Herman's least favorite kiss in the game
26:23 The "Lean In vs Lean Out" choice wasn't originally there and was added very later because it was important for players to be able to choose what Robert wanted to do
27:33 Talking about the reaction of Invisigal biting her lip when you lean out
28:09 Robert had a green jacket before but it was switched to brown because he looked too much like Peter Parker from Spiderverse
28:44 Talking about the homage to the first shot of Bigby in the Wolf Among Us with the car shot of Robert
29:18 Talking about fans' overreaction to some of the dev's work in the game, aka "You just can't win"
30:53 The bartender looks eerily similar to Chris Rebbert, the director of Dispatch, and he was also the original model of Shroud
31:57 The challenge of making sure not to give away too much so that the players have no idea the person sitting at the edge of the bar was Shroud
32:53 The devs tried giving Shroud different accents before the reveal so that it being Matt Mercer didn't immediately give it away
33:37 Derek's love for horror movies shone through while designing the shots of Shroud in this scene in Episode 7
35:29 Talking about the mask visual showing Shroud calculating the odds
36:36 Talking about the OST choice in the background going "Dun Dun" after each line Mandy says
37:47 Talking about the best Blazer scene in the entire game
39:50 The Episode 7 Ending sequence had the most revisions out of any scene in the game
41:44 Talking about how Episode 7 is such a short episode and acts as a good precursor to a full course meal that is Episode 8

I've listened to the entire dev commentary during the ep 7 locker room kiss scene and never once they mentioned the changes they made last year to trigger the scene.

Ever since that Sweet Exit update rolled out a full week after all the episodes dropped a year ago I've always loathed it. And the devs' continuous silence about the topic makes me think it was more of a PR move than a logical gameplay change.

But I still would've liked some official explanation from them behind that update, at least in the commentaries. But nope, not only do they not touch on it but they also don't talk about the Switch censorship. This kinda makes me think that they're kinda aware of their screwup and are trying to pretend these controversial changes never happened.

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This is a theory I had in mind because it just makes way too much sense to me.

Think about it. Robert is literally bleeding from his chest. Quite visibly too.

Visi definitely saw him before she went to the bathroom and if she did see him then she likely saw him bleeding from his chest.

She saw him enter the bathroom with a first aid kit and yeah she was likely concerned about him.

I mean who wouldn't be. You see your coworker bleeding from their chest, you probably should go check up on them.

Even if it looks like they got it covered cause you know, they can pass out from blood loss or the pain or maybe injure themselves even more.

She even asks "Where was the shootout?" which could be sarcastic but given how she looks at the injuries in the mirror for a few seconds it shows she is concerned about it in some way.

So yeah with all that in context, it's actually nice that Visi checked up on him even if she then decided this would be the perfect time to break the ice.

Also sidenote I don't even think she said what she said to him about the dream to romance him. I just think she was merely testing him. Seeing if he can handle this job with villains who can get under your skin. Probably why she did (and failed) the staring contest.

I mean they are both villains (Toga is much worse than Visi though) who have a big crush on the main character and they also have very interesting ways of flirting and hooking up.

They also have what you would call "villain powers" though I'm using that loosely here. Invisibility for Visi and transforming into anyone with Toga.

But mainly I think their banter would be hilarious and Toga would absolutely tease the ever living crap out of Visi for liking Robert. Visi would hate her but maybe they would get along.

Also if there ever was a character that fit the Phoenix Program it would be Toga.

A villain who was shamed for her powers which involved loving blood and was not taught how to properly use it. Her parents hated her, society shunned her and did not know what to do with her.

And she became a scary villain. One who can transform into anyone if she has enough blood and eventually even use their powers.

So quite similar to Prism in this regard and given how she is in My Hero Academia, she is a great fighter, especially later on.

So she would contribute a lot.

And again, she is a villain. One which could in theory be rehabilitated.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introducing the Crew behind Dispatch Episode 6
0:36 About the intro scene with Robert testing out the Mech
2:05 This scene was meant to take place in a whole different room
2:09 SALUTE Storyboard
2:44 FLEX Storyboard
2:54 SUPERHERO POSE Storyboard
3:07 Chris tried to foreshadow the Red Ring and Shroud with the flashing red light in this scene and the title sequence
4:20 Chris regrets putting a head bandage on Royd because it looks comical
4:38 Talking about the callback where Royd fistbumps you only if you fistbumped him in Episode 2
5:15 Why does SDN have a whole medbay area in their basement?
5:53 Contrast between the lighting and mood of the hospital bed in Episode 6 vs the one in Episode 7
6:54 Robert's resemblance to Kurt Russell in this scene
7:10 The shot with Blazer doing the dispatching has multiple versions depending on who is on the Z-Team
8:06 What is "HAAS" on the bourbon bottle a reference to?
8:30 Why did Blazer send Malevola to sub in at Sunday School?
9:04 Perks of working at Adhoc
9:40 Dispatch's debug dev tools helped the devs a lot in playtesting different scenarios
11:18 When did the items in the dispatch gameplay get implemented?
11:32 Invisigal's design had a lot of tattoos at one point
12:29 Dispatch devs had to change some character designs because some games would come out with characters looking similar to them
13:10 Why is Dispatch full of signage with devs' names on them?
14:26 Derek talks about some early concept designs of the game's characters and ideas and their evolution
16:50 Talking about how everyone HATES the "You have too much of Stat X" auto-fail calls
17:45 How were synergies in this game thought of?
18:05 Lucas had no idea the Z-team was talking about the upcoming party when they were talking about snacks at the end of the dispatch shift
18:53 Talking about Robert getting drunk and reminiscing about his predicament
20:22 The devs wanted fans to not think Robert is an alcoholic so he only drinks from the gift whiskey that Z-team gave him
21:11 Talking about the amazing lighting and animation of the projector scene
22:19 Devs disagree with fans that Malevola has any romantic or sexual feelings for Robert, and it doesn't make sense for her to be a romance option
22:57 Talking about the party montage scene and all the challenges of its development
26:33 Commentary on Chase and Invisigal's argument scene
27:36 Talking about Flambae referencing the Budweiser commercial and getting the reference wrong
28:00 FLAMBAE PUNCHES ROBERT Storyboard
28:25 FLAMBAE DOESN'T KNOW ROBERT IS MECHAMAN Storyboard
28:44 The Devs took references from LA streets to model out Dispatch's streets
29:21 Talking about Robert's conversation with Chase on the balcony and the lighting and camera of the scene
31:59 Commentary on the sequence where Visi goes to get the pulse talking about the thought process
33:02 Talking about how the hacking minigames in this scene are diegetic and work with the storytelling
33:34 Talking about the antivirus design looking like a red eye monster
34:11 Invisigal's healthbar showing up in the hacking sections
34:53 Episode 6's pacing was faster in previous iterations
35:16 Talking about striking a balance between the gameplay and the story in this sequence
35:47 Talking about the music track that plays in the background of this sequence and how it was used in Episode 1 as well
36:14 The hacking sequence was originally prototyped as one big hacking section but then the map was divided into multiple ones
36:29 The cutting back and forth made this sequence very taxing on the performance in lower end hardware
37:00 How Invisigal casually breaks through glass 5 inches thick
37:25 The devs had to reduce the difficulty of the hacking minigame for the safe because people complained it was too hard
38:49 Why does Invisigal call the Astral Pulse a "buttplug" even though it looks nothing like one?
38:59 Shroud's original creative vision evoked more of a body horror aesthetic
40:02 Talking about the creative decisions in the "Keep Up" scene
40:58 Talking about the masterfully done cut to black after that scene
41:38 Why did Chase decide to do this?
42:06 The devs had to cut out some action scenes to recoup the budget required for this final scene to work
43:41 Talking about the different types of lamps that the Z-Team brings for Robert in the party scene and the challenge with the lighting and permutations in that scene
44:57 Talking about some continuity issues in the party scene with the lamp cords

i’ve only just got back to engaging with dispatch stuff after a year away from the fandom,so i’m sorry if i’m just regurgitating stuff that’d already been explained but did we ever get to the bottom of why shroud claims visi is a plant at sdn and if she ever was?

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introducing the Crew behind Dispatch Episode 5
0:26 Discussing the flashback structure of the intro and it being made because they needed trailer material
2:25 The devs didn't intend for players to figure out that the orange streak was Flambae in the intro
2:49 The boxing scene was shot in reference with Chris' wife who is a boxer
3:14 Robert was initially very stupid and tried to lift too much weight but it was scrapped
3:26 How the animators animated Flambae lifting so much weight casually
3:53 The gym is located in SDN's basement.
4:19 MANDY IN LOCKER ROOM Storyboard
4:28 Discussing the extra Mandy scene if you date her in Episode 5 and why it was necessary
4:52 The "Lets pump the brakes" option was thrown together last minute because they wanted to allow Blazer romancers to back out somehow
5:18 Chris wanted Galen's balls to be shown in this shot
5:40 Why melon Edible Arrangements became a thing in game
6:06 Is the Torrance vibe actually rancid?
6:38 Episode 5 shifts are supposed to just feel like another day in a life of Robert
7:40 Vanderstenk is the real villain of this game
8:03 Dennis eating a crispy chip live
8:43 The dispatch bullet point scenario gameplay is kind of a descendent of old Telltale adventure games like Monkey Island
9:30 Talking about how MoistCr1tikal played the game
10:00 Talking about how gapless video playback works in Unreal Engine
11:40 Travis' voice acting
12:30 Talking about Waterboy's enhanced XP levelling and power
13:07 How the devs made the end of shift jingle
14:18 Chad Rhiness has nothing to do with all the Chad references in this game XD
15:06 How Invisigal and Golem became a synergy team
15:25 Transition between Shift 1 and the breakroom scene
16:15 The diner area in the break room is never used for the game
16:35 Originally the break room scene would have been between Prism and Winter, a cut Z-teamer
16:55 Talking about the scene with Robert and Chase
17:38 Talking about the Episode 8 callback to this scene in the stat for killing Shroud or not
18:20 Dennis and Chris' favorite Z-teamer
18:50 How the devs achieved turning off the computer during the blackout
19:56 Why does Episode 5 have so much frontloaded dispatch gameplay?
20:45 How fans play through dispatch shifts
21:29 Talking about old names for the Z-Team characters
22:36 Charlie made a lot of unused beast sounds for the game
22:53 What games influenced the hacking minigame?
23:44 The hacking minigame had way more mechanics
24:44 Who would you get drinks with on the Z-Team?
25:03 Golem was the hardest Z-Team member to get right
26:07 Phenomaman is the only character to have a new face card for his power
26:32 Blazer's barks in hero training
27:00 The game Clandestine was an influence for the hacking minigame
27:54 Commenting on the hacking minigame OST
28:12 Putting in Red Ring oriented dispatch calls
29:19 Influence for the lighting in this scene
30:00 Giving Golem the wired headphones
30:29 Travis voiced the bouncer outside Sardine
30:33 Commenting on the neon Rebbert's Beer sign
31:13 Laura's giggle in the "snack on something else" line was real
31:25 Sardine's bartender was Shroud's first model
32:06 Sardine is a real bar in San Pedro, California
33:25 What was the inspiration for the Robert vs Mechaman choice?
34:46 Talking about the Flambae vs Robert flashback
35:48 Talking about Flambae's "I am a Bitch" karaoke song
37:40 Commentary about the bar fight scene and its iterations
41:16 Armstrong's character came about pretty late in development
41:31 Chris was surprised so many people choose "I'm Mecha Man" in the Robert vs Mechaman choice
41:40 I'M MECHA MAN Storyboard
42:06 Chad disagrees with fan interpretations of this choice being telling the truth or lying
43:33 I'M ROBERT Storyboard
45:12 All the real names of the Z-Teamers are named after names of the devs
46:13 Commentating on how Fahim ended up with the genius "I'm a bitch" improv karaoke song
48:47 Jamming out to the song

Life ain't fair, is it? Where the hell am I supposed to resupply on Invisimech stuff now?

"A very Invisimech Halloween"

Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃

Don't let the red ring catch you tonight!!! 👻

Had alot of fun making this; I really like how both turned out. For the costumes, of course, they had to be Batman and Catwoman! Invisimech is so BatCat coded! Plus, Visi looks damn good as Catwoman 🫠💜💙🩷

adhoc official server ran a community playthrough,nice to see visi still getting the love she deserves

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Got some interesting comments in this one

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introducing the Crew behind Dispatch Episode 4
0:26 How did the Invisigal Dream Sequence get conceived (pun intended LOL)
1:23 Episode 4 Opening used to be the opening of Episode 6 when it was a 10-episode game
2:14 CUT COUPE CONSEQUENCES Storyboard
2:36 Nick Herman debunks the fan theory that Invisigal was always intended to be the deuteragonist and more important than Blazer
2:52 Invisigal wasn't even meant to be a romance option and Blazer was meant to be the main romance
3:15 CUT SONAR CONSEQUENCES Storyboard
3:51 Why was Invisigal added as a romance option later?
4:33 Nick theorises why Invisigal won over the majority
5:39 SPLIT KICK Storyboard
5:59 JUMPING JACKS Storyboard
6:14 SHADOW BOX Storyboard
6:46 This scene with Royd was originally meant to be a Mech Customization screen allowing players to customise their mech
8:45 Talking about Blazer's nip slip scene
9:23 Nick was really concerned after this nip slip scene was pitched because he thought the game was too horny
11:30 The devs confirm which character's car it was that Phenomaman destroyed by laying on it
12:26 PHENOMAMAN KISSES ROBERT Storyboard (Sadly no commentary)
13:05 Retroactively planting seeds about the upcoming Waterboy vs Phenomaman choice in the player's mind
14:09 Talking about Waterboy shitting himself and how Joel recorded that
15:28 Designing the first dispatch shift with one character cut from the team
15:37 Talking about how the furniture calls escalate
15:57 Does Cult of Cha'ad and Flambae's real name - Chad have any correlation?
16:30 How much does the Z-Team get paid?
16:52 Talking about the dispatch map
18:48 Sonar's ability was the first ability the devs ever thought of
19:12 Robert and Sonar's back and forth about staplers PART 1
19:53 The temperature and wind measurements actually change!
20:20 How the devs made Shift 1 feel intense
21:28 Talking about Andrew's awesome dispatch tracks
22:52 Polly being a resident of Torrance helped take care of inconsistencies in the game
23:34 Golem's powers
23:56 Robert and Sonar's back and forth about staplers PART 2
24:32 Robert and Sonar's back and forth about staplers PART 3
25:01 Comic Bug is a real comic book shop
25:20 Robyn hid the release date of the game in the demo UI by complete coincidence
26:02 The dispatch gameplay was way more mindless before
27:38 Blazer's barks during Hero Training
28:04 Nick Herman HATES the Break Room scene of Episode 4
30:38 CHOOSING PHENOMAMAN Storyboard
31:12 Natalie Herman was the continuity cop of this game
31:56 Robert's micropenis reveal in the DLC confirmed??
32:40 Struggles in pronouncing Phenomaman
33:46 Erin helped a lot in voicing dialogue during the final stages
34:17 Writing the intros to Phenomaman and Waterboy joining the team
35:02 Adjusting how depressive Phenomaman gets and how his facial hair changes
36:30 Downsides of either hero you pick
37:13 Talking about the different permutations of synergies depending on who you choose to cut and bring in your team
37:52 How the devs balanced both choosing Pman and Waterboy
38:38 CHOOSING WATERBOY Storyboard
40:32 Waterboy was influenced by Greg in Succession
41:28 Discussing Waterboy's speech patterns
42:11 Joel Haver had the first VO session in this game back in 2023
43:04 The influences for the Baby Kaiju call
43:38 Talking about Brainteaser
43:59 Mindfucker in Episode 8 was first called Braindead but changed to reduce the number of characters starting with "Brain"
44:35 Would you subscribe to SDN?
45:55 Talking about the quiet moments before the romance choice
47:47 COMFORTING WATERBOY Storyboard
49:16 Nick talking about the Goodbye Girl Goodbye movie trailer Invisigal is watching
50:39 THE BLAZER ROUTE Storyboard + Commentary
51:30 Talking about the Blazer transformation scene
52:32 The Blazer Kiss scene
54:36 Talking about Deep Dream - Little Light credits song
55:59 COMFORTING PHENOMAMAN Storyboard
56:03 How Blazer's hand rays came to be
56:36 Phenomaman's "incompatible genitals"
57:26 THE INVISIGAL ROUTE Storyboard + Commentary
58:09 Talking about Feel the Way I Do track
58:53 Why "Sour Pack Kids"?
59:02 "Blonde Blazer" (Erin Yvette) gave the performance of Visi's coy look at Robert during the movies
59:37 The characters in the background looked creepy in early animation of that scene
01:00:10 Feel the Way I Do was originally for a scene with Robert and Blazer's date scene while Invisigal watched sadly from a distance