OneShot (2016)

This page details pre-release information and/or media for OneShot (2016).

OneShot (2016) is a game and a remake which was remade again to make the World Machine Edition.

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Miscellaneous Concept Art/Multimedia#

All .gif were converted from .webp/.mp4 so the image quality is probably better in the respective sources.

New Niko's Theme WIP / Tiny Messiah#

Tune named "Tiny Messiah" on Nightmargin's Soundcloud that later got a new instrument layer and was reused as a bonus track in the Solstice OST album. Not to be confused with the old Niko theme.

RPG Maker XP and Starting House Screenshot#

Screenshot of a script editor and unfinished "Start" (renamed from "starting room") opened in the RPG Maker XP. The list of maps is mostly what it was in the 2014 release but map names are capitalized. The tileset is also WIP.

Lights Layer Teaser#

Subtle showcase of the lights layer that was used for starting/tower house bedroom windows, the light of the sun given to Maize and maybe even Niko's eyes.

Garfield Niko#

Considering the "DEBUG" map has a "@plight oneshot minus garfield" dialogue line this drawing is worth noting.

New Menu Teaser#

Showcase of the new UI. Pretty close to the final iteration. Items are included into the menu and item descriptions are below the inventory.

New Glen Fireflies Teaser#

Showcase of the new Glen fireflies particles system. In the 2014 version fireflies were all roaming NPC with no interactions or collisions. There also wasn't a single firefly at the village or at the city gate.

Kelvin Teaser#

Kelvin, a new Refuge NPC, shortly before being cursed to sit forever by a swarm of cats. And also Niko for scale.

Sparkle Hell#

New Barrens big pools (28 times bigger than they were) and sparkles inside and outside of them. There's also some kind of a palette thing that is absent from the final game in the top left corner.

Silver New Sprites Teaser#

Since the new OneShot was being made in RPG Maker XP and not RPG Maker 2003, the sprite size limit that kept Silver comically small in the 2014 release was gone. Also Niko for scale again.

"Green" Steam Trading Card Sketch#

Sketch of a drawing that was used in the steam trailer and also as a Steam trading card.

"debug2" Map Screenshot#

Screenshot of what is most likely this unused map. Generator texture was different, floor is void and they got Alula follower from somewhere.

Screenshot of the Bird Sibling House with Beta Dialogue#

Screenshot of the "birdhouse" map. Dialogue is different, fireflies jar and red book are missing.

Screenshot of an apartments map and Niko Refuge Indoors Skin#

Screenshot of one of the refuge apartments maps. Doors graphics are like what was used for the house tower section and all look the same. Also the small lights, floor details and the bathroom/communal area passage are missing and the autotile filling the out of bounds portion of the room is different.

Screenshot of the Main Debug Map#

Screenshot of the "DEBUG" map. It's changed a lot since then. Practically no NPC seen here remain.

Screenshot of the Bird Refuge Apartment Room#

Screenshot of one of the apartments rooms. There's a pool, 2 pots are missing and the plants are intact.

Screenshot of the New Refuge Elevator and Lamplighter#

Screenshot of the refuge elevator deck and of the new Lamplighter NPC. He used to be excessively precise with the amount of wasted minutes. There's also a lampbot and 2 arrow signs.

"Red" Steam Trading Card and WIP "Indoors"#

Higher pitch "Indoors" and its cover art, "Red" Steam Trading Card.

Batch of Screenshots#

Screenshots of the dormitories, "debug2" map and starting/tower house bedroom. The dorm building lacks numbers and it's hard to say which one is it because there's no landmarks yet.

Probably Tower Dream Sketches#

Niko holds arms like this only while holding wheat in the tower dream. If you look closely, there's a grey sketch under the sketch and Niko there is holding something long and thin like wheat straws.

Refuge Elevator Ride Teaser#

They ended up switching sides and changing sprites.

A Future Steam Badge#

Pixel art which ended up as the level 2 Steam Badge for OneShot after some changes.

OneShot at GDC 2016#

Watch on YouTube

From 0:31 to 0:35 (a tiniest bit of) OneShot refuge is teased. There was a special upper refuge-only build for GDC starting at the "tutorial" map (it's glen looking but still counts as refuge).

Teaser Trailer#

Watch on YouTube

Teaser trailer featuring a lot of teasers and things being different compared to the release. Like there was a bell near one of the apartment doors and the communal area room had fridges on the right side etc.

Another Apartment Screenshot on Top of Oneshot Steam Library Page#

Steam Library Page. Also the floor has details now.

Probably the "Green" Steam Trading Card Teaser#

Cropped part of the "Green" Steam Trading Card is in the bottom left. Image was posted before the Trailer/Steam page so its technically a teaser.

Logo Screen Niko Rejects#

Sketches of the Niko image used for the steam library game page/release trailer.

Niko Wheat Doodle#

Doodle of Niko holding wheat like in the tower dream.

PAX East Apartments Outdoors Screenshot#

Horizontally flipped and slightly "glitched" screenshot of apartments outdoors. Red/black squares in the banister gap are missing.

Fudge#

Probably the first ever usage of the word "fudge" as a "swear". Solstice spoiler.

Old Factory Screenshot with WIP Strange Journal#

Screenshot of the Old Factory Outdoors zone. Diagonal gravel tile and the note are missing. The selected item is a WIP Weird/Strange Journal the icon of which is the missing link between 2 unused journal icons that are based on the 2014 release design.

Library Lobby Screenshot#

OneShot is properly capitalized, there are notes on the floor and the guest characters/a weird bag chair thing are missing. Also Niko's hair is weird.

The Tower Transition Cutscene WIP#

Sketch of one of the frames of the animation that plays after Niko is teleported into the Tower and is very confused.

New Barrens/Glen Water#

New non-autotile water graphics based on background/panorama pictures (not animated yet). On the left is the barrens dormitories map (the sparks are slightly different), on the right is the glen village (there's no grass shore outline). Niko's hair is still weird.

New Dialogue Face Graphics Comparison#

Comparison between the 2014 release Alula's and Silver's face graphics and the new ones.

New Animated Glen Water#

Showcase of glen water animation. The location is the dock, but there's more undamaged landmass and marimo moss balls/the giant entry structure are not there yet.

WIP Bathroom Mirror Reflection Reimplementation#

Pot, sink, (half of a) toilet and the tub have updated sprites while the tiles are still old.

WIP Barrens Mineshaft#

Silver is invisible and jagged rocks inside are slightly different.

Buff Niko#

A meme concept that was later reused for the cover art of the "IT'S TIME TO FIGHT CRIME" bonus track in the OneShot OST Album.

WIP Tower Water Level Footspeps#

Not purple yet. Comparing to the 2014 release water is no longer red and map is considerably larger.

Barrens Mineshaft Crab Walk#

Showcase of a bug that makes Niko walk sideways. There's a lot more sand on the other side of the pit and jagged rocks are still slightly different.

Library Lobby Update#

Screenshot looking like it was taken in the released version.

New Glen Dock Comparison#

Comparison between the 2014 release Glen Dock and the new one.

Watcher and Mason Drawing#

Drawing of 2 refuge npc added in the OneShot pax build.

Lamplighter Drawing#

Drawing of the Lamplighter who's also new.

Internal/External Screaming DEBUG Room Joke#

Cropped screenshots of the lampligher interaction at the right edge of "DEBUG" map that were posted mere hours before the release.

2016 Secret OneShot Webpage Solstice Teaser#

A letter from the Author, stylized like his other letters. Except the clover insignia is very colorful and fancy. It was on a hidden subpage of the OneShot webpage since April 27th 2016. Now the webpages redirect to the Steam page so the Internet Archive is needed to access them.

Lamplighter Saying Fudge#

Drawings that closely resemble how one of the Solstice cutscenes goes.

Solstice Credits Text Test#

Apparently an early test of the Solstice credits room text.¹

Solstice Teasers#

Three animated .gifs/.webp that were used to tease the solstice chapter. Two of them are too heavy for this site to play.
Burial grounds are missing clovers, animated shorelines and there's slightly more landmass.

WIP Solstice OST Album Cover Art#

Featuring the Penguin from Hello Penguin wearing Niko's scarf.

WIP My Burden Is Light#

WIP title screen theme, possibly older than the 2014 release of OneShot.

Prophetbot Old Design#

Drawing of Prophetbot with a bulging eye lens and a backpack.

Beta Solstice Placeholder Text#

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Screenshots of some placeholder Solstice text.

Shrimp Particles, WIP Water and Pixelated Transitions#

Three animated .gifs/.mp4 of some concepts that didn't make it. The first one is apparently the Entrance zone shore, but there are os14 tiles, Cliffs/Old Factory rubble and unused Shrimp particles. The second one is the same map but there's water effects and os14 tiles. The third one is fast travel from Cafe Outdoors to Elevator Deck but instead of fade the screen transition is mosaic like in some portions of Tower (Cafe Outdoors also has arrow sign below the player path and lit windows). Niko's hair and eyes look weird.

Scrapped Rue Cutscene#

Old Screenshot of Dormitories#

Screenshot of the Dormitories taken relatively late into the development. The inventory is half closed but 2014 release lightbulb icon can be seen. Niko eyes are also weird.

Stars in the Wind (Solstice Beta Track)#

Beta Solstice theme, named after a memoir of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Has different leitmotifs one of which is the "First Flight"

An Old Screenshot#

An old screenshot of the Barrens Entrance.

Old Screenshot of the Forest#

Old screenshot of the Forest. The shore animation npc are not ready. Niko eyes and sun shine through a tree because the lightmaps layer isn't set up right yet.

August 15 2016 Nightmargin Twitch Clips#

Check out the twitch clips in the sources. The full original stream is lost.
The first clip shows WIP dormitories. WIP eviction notice letter says #TODO dorm 110 letter, the mechanical drawing is placed lower. Both can be stood on.
The second clip is some barrens Docks footage and a glimpse at the mines map (far from completion) open in the rpg maker xp. There's less debug maps and Lookout point is called Quarry. Terminals/server room, the old pre-solstice Proto room, can be seen. Many dorms names are just numbers. Niko looks cursed in both clips.

November 2 2016 Nightmargin Twitch Clip#

Check out the twitch clip in the source. Sketch of the "George gives the die" picture can be seen. The full original stream is lost.

August 31 2020 Nightmargin Twitch Clip#

Check out the twitch clip in the source. Sketches of the few in game pictures can be seen. The full original stream is lost.

References#