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Look Outside is the visual description of how COVID-19 was, but instead of COVID, it's God, and God forget to read his English (Canadian edition) dictionary. As a result, everyone who looks outside are turned into horrors beyond our comprehension.

You play as Sam, an unemployed gamer that, with the miracle of unemployment, managed to stay human. You must adventure into your apartment building, filled with monster, crazy humans, capitalist tactics, furries, soldiers, and other horrors capable of making even Edgar Allan Poe blush. Oh, and ensure that you have enough cash to pay rent.

To do:

  • Descriptions.
  • Document unused door encounters.
  • Document unused mirror reflections and corresponding text.
  • Document unused classes and combat moves.

Unused Graphics#

Cat Sam#

Cam looking at the window. Sam has 260 sprites, including variations where he's missing an arm. Now imagine reworking all those sprites for his cat form. "Your name is Mr. Snuggle Botton, and you really love fish"

These sprites were originally used as part of an Easter egg which was activated by a code. These were ultimately cut due to the added complexity of creating variations for every possible change in Sam's appearance.

Poker Players#

Laurent, Carlos, and Rana. They play poker in the main boiler room encampment. Their appearances were updated prior to being added to the game as interactable NPCs.

Flooded Apartment Placeholder Enemy#

Versions prior to 2.0 used this crab as a placeholder for various Flooded Apartment enemies, others use ? Walk instead.

With the exception of the Shrimp Knight, these enemies have overworld sprites.

LookOutside Lethargyalive.png LookOutside Lethargydead.png

LookOutside Floodedapartmentoverworldspritesversion1.01.png

Shark#

LookOutside unused megalodon.png LookOutside Megalodonalive.png LookOutside Megalodondead.png

Early graphics for the shark, which can be seen in early versions of the Flooded Apartments.

Tendril#

Look_Outside_Tendril.png Look_Outside_Tendril_overworld_sprites.png

Starting from version 1.5, sprites for the Tendril enemy can be found amongst the Flooded Basement's enemies. While a battle and overworld sprites exist, there is no associated enemy data.

Beryl#

Beryl as part of the Xin-Amon boss. In the final game, Beryl mutates beforehand and does not get assimilated by Xin-Amon.

Panopticon#

An unused sprite of Panopticon without a seat.

Stuart#

An unused recruit. Their actor and class name are Wretch and they cannot learn skills. As of the 2.0 update, Stuart has been added as a vendor in a small room adjoining the Parking Garage. If Audrey is in the party, he will offer to trade special gear that only she can use.

Kind#

LookOutside Kindoverworld.png LookOutside DoorEnc Faceguy Close.png LookOutside DoorEnc Faceguy Far.png

Another unused party member. They cannot learn skills. As of the 2.3 update, Jacob was added as a door encounter, but not as an actual party member.

Melt#

Another unused recruit. Their actor is named Melt and their class is named Afflicted. They also cannot learn skills. This video demonstrates how the combat encounter with them would have played out.

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Unused Endings#

Versions prior to 2.0 have three JSON entries for unused endings named "The New World", "Neighbourly", and "Friendship". Their associated ending files contain placeholder "Failed Ritual" ending data. There is otherwise no other data available pertaining to these endings.

{"id":165,"expanded":false,"name":"The New World","order":284,"parentId":166,"scrollX":904.8,"scrollY":519.2,"quick":false},
{"id":171,"expanded":false,"name":"Neighbourly","order":303,"parentId":166,"scrollX":904.8,"scrollY":519.2,"quick":false},
{"id":174,"expanded":false,"name":"Friendship","order":304,"parentId":166,"scrollX":670.2222222222222,"scrollY":387.25925925925924,"quick":false},

These endings were replaced in 2.0 update.

ID

1.0

2.0

165

The New World

Promise

171

Neighbourly

Unity

174

Friendship

Mask

Unused Text#

Sybil food dialogue#

Unused dialogue when leaving some food at Sybil's door.

Thank you so much for the \\C[3]\\V[503]\\C[0] you left at my door! I loved it.
By the way, thank you for the \\C[3]\\V[503]!\\C[0]
Before I forget, thank you for the \\C[3]\\V[503].\\C[0] It was delicious.
By the way, the \\C[3]\\V[503]\\C[0] you left for me was very good.
Thanks for the \\C[3]\\V[503]!\\C[0] That was very sweet of you!
Oh, I almost missed the\\C[3] \\V[503]\\C[0] you left at my door! But I got it. Thank you!

CSV files#

There are three CSV files named ``game_messages.csv``, ``game_messages_backup_2025-07-22T05-29-49-459Z.csv``, and ``game_messagesDuplicates.csv`` placed in the root folder of the game. They contain unfinished text for the game, along with some unused strings.

Unused names for corrupted astronomers:

ENM490NVVG4,ENEMY490NAME,,,,,"Aster, Fallen Herald of Peace",,,,
ENM491NLVGI,ENEMY491NAME,,,,,"Aurelius, Fallen Herald of Joy",,,,
ENM492NGQNT,ENEMY492NAME,,,,,"Beryl, Fallen Herald of Love",,,,
ENM493NL8QA,ENEMY493NAME,,,,,"Jasper, Fallen Herald of Bliss",,,,

These were likely intended for the Failed Ritual ending:

TRP190P0UJJ7,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,Is Aster here?,,,,
TRP190P006XC,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,Is Aurelius here?,,,,
TRP190P04W7R,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,Is Beryl here?,,,,
TRP190P0YW7H,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,Is Jasper here?,,,,
TRP190P0EGF6,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,Is the guinea pig here?,,,,
TRP190P045QL,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,"You stand in the circle alone, looking up to the sky.",,,,
TRP190P0J0KL,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,But there is no answer. The Visitor does not heed you.,,,,
TRP190P0TWR2,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,"Your friends succumb to the influence of the Visitor one by
one, their screaming voices joining the pandemonium.",,,,
TRP190P0I5V2,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,And you soon follow them.,,,,
TRP190P0JAXY,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,"Your friend succumbs to the influence of the Visitor. Soon,
their voice joins the chorus of screams all around you.",,,,
TRP190P0PXLA,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,"And soon, you succumb as well.",,,,
TRP190P00P67,TROOP190pg0|TX,,,,,"The influence of the Visitor finally takes you, and you
join the astronomers in the pandemonium.",,,,

Charan was originally called Robert:

TRP580P06RK6,TROOP580pg0|TX,,,,,"Are you okay? I think my back cushionned your fall.
I'm Robert, by the way.",,,,

Developer Tools#

Word Count Calculator#

An unused plugin named wordcountCalc.js that calculates the number of words in a map's events. This could've been to check for leftover text.

References#


  1. Steam↩︎