#fernsfield

HIIIII! Thanks for asking! So, when I write characters in Minecraft, I tend to refer to them very gender neutrally, as even the Minecraft Devs have said gender is very ambiguous/not defined within the game.

However, this is what I sorta think for the Fernsfield folks:

Alex: They/He/She

Aster, Mabel, Moo, Diana: She/they

Sniff: Any! (Neos included if you would like!)

Bones: They/He/She Greg, Forrest, Tony - He/They

Eg your conversation with Bones was such a pivotal moment for c!sniff, but was your death to the skeleton purposeful? Did you just plan for ‘passes out in the mines’ and the skeleton happened to kill you and give you an excuse?

Absolutely loved the video, really excited for the behind the scenes!!

Hi this is a great question! *This will contain spoilers for the video*

Sooo I wanted to let the natural gameplay take the lead in the flow of the story as much as possible, however story beats were discussed as possibilities. My way of dealing with it, was letting my gameplay escalate with the storyline and kinda predicting what might happen as consquence. If that makes sense?

For example, the first time c!Bones and c!Sniff meet, Bones clearly warns c!Sniff that is it dangerous and that they should buddy up in the mines. c!Sniff doesn't immediately disregard this, they avoid caves at first, then go into areas that are less likely to have monsters (well lit lava rivers), until finally they start recklessly traversing dungeons and mineshafts. I had a feeling that just by gameplay choices alone I would die, I wasn't trying to still, but I mean, I did have 6 hearts even by the end of filming I think.

The addition of the stamina mechanic was added after. It wasn't super well explained in the video, but I legitimately couldn't sprint for more than maybe 10 seconds before needing a break? This made running around the farm extremely tedious. There are other small details as well - in the first 50 or so days I made it a point to have c!Sniff sleep every single night. This habit clearly starts to change when they are working through the list.

Along with this, when the ingredients of the list was made, it was an actual proper gamble on whether or not I could complete it. I had no idea if I was going to have access to tallow, or if I would be able to find hops.

OKAY LOL? Perhaps?

Unfortunately in my lore they were merely friends. I don't think Alex has ever seen room in their life for a romantic relationship, as they are just now accepting platonic ones again.

The fallout between c!Bones and Alex is pretty simple. Alex was consumed by his work, and their habits and values simply no longer matched. I don't think there was a fight or anything, rather just an agonizingly slow transition from friends to acquaintances.

As for everyone else, a lot of the coupling/friendships have to do simply with age. There's not a lot of people in town so, you hang out with who you can.

My guesses for the characters age would probably be,

c!Bones: 23-25

Alex, Mabel, Moo, and Sniff: 21-23

Aster: 19-20

Greg, Forrest, Diane: 25-30

Tony: ????