The End of Time - TrinianGames/Sapphory GitHub Wiki

The End of Time is a playtest area used by the developer to quickly access any part of the game or change any settings needed to test particular situations. All of the game's important variables and switches can be changed in it, making it game-breaking. It is not intended for players to see and is only normally accessible while in development mode, though it has accidentally been left open twice on release in early development.

Each of the characters in the End of Time controls something different, with some allowing access to any point in certain quests, and others allowing access to different times of the school day. These can also control which school day events appear, allowing for easy testing of these. Others still enable the tester to set a particular character's relationship score or other important variable.

Throughout the game, the developer has placed numerous invisible characters, called "debug babes" which are only visible when in development mode. Many of these also allow access to the End of Time, though their main purpose is debugging that particular screen.

Future Plans

When the game is completable, the End of Time may be converted to allow players to travel back and forth in the game, replaying any parts they wish, though this is currently only an idea.

Trivia

The End of Time is a fairly unsubtle reference to Chrono Trigger, with the area being laid out similarly to the part of that game of the same name. The End of Time in Missy, however, is much larger as there is more to fit in it.

The "Guru of Time," another direct reference, is a gender-swapped version of the same character in Chrono Trigger. She has a failsafe message for any player who somehow, through bug or hacking, strays into the End of Time, and will also reference the absence of the Epoch if the player goes over to the ledge looking for it.