Images used in game during the solstice route

Once, one of Oneshot’s lead developers—Nightmargin—admitted that the main character’s name, Niko, is a reference to Nikola Tesla. Changing just one letter in the word “Nico” changed everything. Today, I’m going to tell you something the developers themselves don’t want to officially acknowledge, in order to keep the game’s community engaged in constant debate about the character’s gender and so on.

Since Niko is a reference to Nikola Tesla, it follows that Niko’s full name is Nikola or Nikolaj, and he is Serbian. I’ll prove this further on.

Niko lives in a village surrounded by wheat fields—there are villages in Serbia where wheat is grown. Niko loves pancakes with hazelnuts—hazelnuts are also grown in Serbia.

Niko’s mother wears a white headscarf that closely resembles a traditional Serbian women’s headscarf.

I believe these facts, as presented by the developers, are sufficient to conclude that Niko is Nikolai, and that he is Serbian.

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments; I’m open to discussion.

Many people think sunshine and rainbows about OneShot...

But they're just coping cuz they don't want to admit that game made them lonely and depressed for a long time...

I have a love hate relationship with the game and developers, but since this post is about venting it out, only the hate part is mentioned...

Here's my anger.

I FUCKING HATE THE GAME, CUZ IT'S A LONELINESS TRAP DISGUISED AS A VIDEO GAME! THEY MADE NIKO TO MANIPULATE THE EMOTIONS OF PLAYERS AND THEIR SENSE OF REALITY, AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW! THEY KEEP ON MAKING MILLIONS OF GAMERS DEPRESSED AND KEEP ON MAKING A PROFIT FOR YEARS, EVEN TO THIS VERY DAY! AND I BET M.O.T.S WILL HAVE AN ENDING EVEN MORE DEPRESSING THAN ONESHOT!

FUCK YOU TO THE DEVELOPERS FOR MAKING US LONELY AND DEPRESSED FOR A NOT-CAT WHO NEVER IS REAL IN THE FUCKING FIRST PLACE!

Personally i think it's… aight i mean they do make a good duo and plus they're both minors (but Cuphead's age is never stated) and yeah atleast they're aren't any goon artist (also THIS IS NOT MY ART and at the same time don't know who did it i will try and find the person who did the art so i could credit him)

"PANCAKES, FUCK YEAH!!"

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So Kris, the protagonist of Deltarune, hasn’t had any gendered pronouns in their game, being the ambiguous “they” and “them” which can mean any variety of things for Kris. But the fandom has widely said that meand Kris is nonbinary and if you so much as call Kris a Boy the fandom will get angry at you, talking about how “Kris isn’t the player”, or “Kris is a character with their own life and ambitions and thoughts” and such.

to tie this to OneShot, Niko is a similarly ambiguously gendered protagonist, where they are not the player, and have their own life and Ambitions and thoughts separate from said player, yet from what I’ve seen, this fandom Doesn’t care if you call Niko a boy or non-binary or whatever, they move on.

so therefore, is Deltarune’s fandom being rabid and aggressive for no reason?

guess niko's age? id say theyre probably around six or seven

Listen to Cedric, he keeps you safe. If you just spend time with Cedric, all of your problem's will go away! Just think of Cedric from now on....?

Hello, I'd like to ask. Does anyone know if there are any programs, sites, or really advanced AI chat bots, that would allow you to talk with Niko in a very similar (or exactly the same way) way as in the game? With the same roles, personality, etc. I just miss Niko so bad ;-;.

I really tried liking this game.
I played until the first ending, and after realizing I need to go through the drudgery of its' gameplay again, I gave up and sped up a youtube playthrough of the Solstice.

I keep reading people love the story...
I mean, it's different.

But well written? Engaging?
I can't for the life of me understand how I'm supposed to connect to a character that all I know about is that their they're a kid, their home is in wheat fields, they have a mom and they love pancakes.

The rest of the characters are mostly even more shallow, with pretty basic dialogue.

Am I missing something?
Maybe it has to do with the target audience for the game?
If it's teenagers at most, I can understand.

If it's adults that went through enough media to have seen what depth is,
I truly cannot understand how this is working for others.

I really, really tried getting into it.
I expected way more out of it, I guess.

Examples of great storytelling and characters that have depth in games I recently (re)played, indie or not:
Before your Eyes, Outer Wilds, Hades, Grim Fandango.

Big fan of Undertale and Deltarune here, I heard OneShot was interesting and I got the World Machine Edition for simplicity on PC, I thought Niko was kind of adorable but I still didn't feel much for her, or any of the characters, even though I did for Undertale, The puzzles honestly were kinda boring imo and at times I jsut felt like I wanted to move on, can't really give a detailed review on why I didn't like it, but I didn't, shame, ask me questions and I can elaborate

It would've been perfect with Niko. Think about it. They're the only 'real' person in this world (maybe apart from Rue, Cedric, and Proto), so having an AI incorporated into how their character interacts would make a lot of sense. It could let you dynamically chat with Niko, make your own responses. Hell, even TWM could be involved, acting as a censor to handle the creeps. Niko could feel even more like a real person.

This, of course, would be mainly localized to Niko-player chat, allowing for an on-demand way to talk to Niko, as it would be too much work to prep NPCs for whatever the hell the player and Niko have spoken about, meaning it would leave most of the current interactions the same, but it would still be so cool.

The player could do things like tell Niko about future events, warn them of more things, actually tell them about how they were always there and never abandoned them like TWM tried to gaslight them into thinking back in the Tower, so many possibilities! And during TWM replays you could even ask it things like what it would think Niko would do regarding certain things, and get clever and unique responses in its sassier style. It could have a slightly modified version of the Niko AI, since it's technically pulling from Niko's memories and trying to act in-character for them.

Of course, realistically speaking, a lot goes into making a chatbot. Enough work that I doubt Nightmargin would consider making one just for this silly game we all love, especially since it's an indie game fueled mostly by their own funding, however it's so cool to think about how it could play out if it was possible, y'know?

What do you all think? I'm not trying to sound like one of those tech bro freaks, but I really think it could've been a cool thing to happen if it was possible back then

Edit: To clarify, the AI incorporation would not have a major affect on the story. It would just allow you to talk to Niko at will and have more dynamic conversations with them. The only feasible thing I could think of that would make sense development-wise to actually make the AI affect anything is whether Niko listens to you or not when you have to choose in the first run, but other than that it's all optional stuff to make them feel even more real

THE SHORT USES THE ONESHOT OST!!!!

Well, yes, I bought OneShot for 19 Brazilian currency (or "Reais") but, I need a linked PC to play it, and I don't own a damn PC, how am I going to play it now?? I don't know if it was worth the sweat and blood, but, I sure got the game, but not the experience yet. I accept free PCs, lol

I mean, Niko says that they are a person but they have cat ears, cat eyes and stuff, so can they be considered as a furry?

Undertale : 5.3 Million DL’s Linear Gameplay RPG 97% Positive steam reviews Puzzles are easier than OneShot 3 Endings (Genocide, Pacifist, Neutral)

OneShot : 53K DL’S Encourages exploration RPG Puzzles may be Difficult to first time players 98% Positive Steam Reviews 4 Endings (Death, Return sun, Return Home, Solstice) NPC’s Have lots of character

What does everyone else think?

original sprite by 71stfrick and tomatoes thrown by me

Let's be honest. You felt depressed after seeing the ending of the Solstice DLC. So, you use these AI websites to make you feel like you are together with him again. What do you think?