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[Shaoken]

Wait wait wait!

Looking at Markiplier's let's play channel it seems that there's a new level released in the latest version!

EDIT: Looking at the video it's just a remake of the original game, but when Slender Man cataches you he says "I have plans for you Kate."

It's also in the exact same text font as used in the "secret" level.

So....what plans does Slendy have for Kate? Personally I'm sticking with the "Kate = Proxy" theory as being Slendy's plan for her, which makes more sense than the "proxy is talking you in the secret level despite never appearing."

That this is a brand new level that has more work put into it than the "secret" level, and is selectable from the main menu, whilst still being a good tribute to the original game.

[Lithp]

Wait, is it a remake of the original, or brand new with a lot of work put in?

I'm just asking questions because it is going to take me forever to install the new version. But this could be the first legitimate evidence at the proxy's identity. Doesn't really explain WHY she is proxified, though. Does Slenderman just do that to everyone?

Though Slenderman talking does raise questions about canonicity.

[Shaoken]

It's a remake from what I've seen. Pretty much exactly the same layout but with new textures to make it look like the rest of the game.

[Lithp]

Just played it, & yeah, that more-or-less describes it. Pretty cool, but not much of a "finale" or "after credits" scene.

It is called "Genesis," which to me means one of 2 things:

>The Genesis of of the Proxy.
>The Genesis of a new story.

I think of the 2nd option only because it is positioned as the last level, but that could simply be because it was too much work to arrange the displayed order of the levels.

[censura_umbra]

[Shaoken]

[Lithp]

Still, they could make it clearer. Especially since this is all supposed to be shot from someone's camera.

Edit: I like how they make a level that most likely IS explaining the origin of the proxy, & there's no discussion of it.

[ComeauTheCanadian]

I have an incredible hate for Parsec Productions for both gaining money off a free idea and not giving proper thanks to the Granddaddy of Slendy, Victor Surge.

When you want to make a game or novel off an idea that's floated around the web or media for quite awhile, you give credit where credit is due, damnit

[Lumine]

You better hate this forum because we all helped beta test it.

Edit: They did give credit where credit is due.

[Slendery]

[MC_Loki]

Surge's name is plastered all over the game.

[ChildOfAtom]

Do you send ABC angry letters for using "free ideas" about fairy tales for Once Upon A Time? Do you picket every vampire or werewolf movie for using those "free ideas?" What about Dynamite Comics, or Alan Moore for using public domain characters in their comic books? Posting bad things on message boards about them?

The reality is that Surge had a germ of an idea, that looks very different from what SM is today (He had a face!) and he wisely put that idea into the public domain. If he had kept a stranglehold on it and insisted it was his property from the start it would have died in it's cradle. Instead, the other posters at SomethingAwful, and Troy and Alex and the EMH guys, and all the other hundreds of creators out there grew the seed and reshaped it.

Just because Parsec is one of the only people to figure out how to successfully monetize it doesn't make him evil.

[MDHDZN]

[SignerJ]

[TheOperator]

Finally played the secret level, as well as "Genesis". Yeah it took me that long to play the secret level. I think my game was just buggy until I updated it. Wouldn't have been the first time a bug screwed me over, this time it kept me from getting into the secret level for 5 months. Did I mention this game is way too buggy? I am slow on realising that Genesis was added though, I guess I let things like that slip off my radar when I think getting into a secret level requires extreme luck I don't have. I will talk about my thoughts on both levels in this post. First, the secret level.

Now just to fully clarify you don't need to walk by the swings or turn on the radio or any of that crap. Hell you don't even need the flashlight, though it may be useful for having any clue of what's in front of you while looking for the poster. Simply pick up the poster, go to the menu then back into the level again, then repeat picking up the poster two times. Before I updated the game, I never even had Lauren comment that she'd keep an eye out. It was a very good sign when I finally was seeing that.

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