LISA: The Hopeful - Alex & Joel party mod Part 1: Velvet-Fu decimates self-taught Karate

[@WastelandPizzaBoy]

Hey mod author here, thanks for playing my game. It was hard to make and was basicly one of my first works but I tried have as much fun as possible making it. Originally I made it for myself but eventually it evolved and grew more and more. I spent multiple nights working untill 3:00AM to make this thing possible. While Alex and Joel themselves don’t have dialogue I’ve found many people to enjoy the mod for how it is so far. With all the gear and fighting involving the pair it’s really put a new perspective on the whole game with all the changes and tweaks I’ve made. The game is planned to get even more updates so don’t worry about the game getting stale. In the meantime I’m always up to chat and answer any questions you may have. Alright now that’s been said, it comes straight from me. WPB~

[@NostalgicBlondeDude]

Oh, that is lovely to hear all that and if anything in particular comes to mind, I won't hesitate to ask. At the moment though, the only thing that would come to mind is a suggestion to potentially add my favorite baked fishman Cannabis into the mod, perhaps after killing that fishman slaver in the flooded orphanage area or something. But bear in mind that's just a stupid idea that I wanted to get off my chest and I get if it's not in the cards with the effort I'd imagine goes into modding LISA. Also wanted to say that all the newly included moves Alex and Joel are gaining and just their presence at the campfire is great even without dialogue. I could easily headcanon Joel naturally learning fingerbeam this time around coming from hanging around Beltboy and observing his own fingerbeam moves and inquiring about it. But yeah, sorry for the rambling, thanks again for all the effort put into this mod, and you can definitely count on another playthrough as it further updates.

[@WastelandPizzaBoy]

@ i actually wouldn’t mind adding cannabis in because I don’t have to add dialogue for him in, and making him join would be easy. So I might do that next update for fun. And I do like that people have head canons for my mod. It’s what I like most to be honest. Because it fills in the gaps of interpretation that mod leaves behind and more importantly makes the player feel more accomplished in figuring things out in their own way. So please thank you for responding. I like hearing people out on my work. The game will always be getting updates until I feel it’s been perfected. I have more people willing to help work on the game so stay tuned. You never know when something nice will be added in

[@NostalgicBlondeDude]

@@WastelandPizzaBoy Oh goodness _gracious_ hearing that very much makes my day :D. In terms of context, I can see Cannabis waiting just outside the area where that slaver guy is, maybe contemplating how to confront him and free his brethen before noticing Beltboy and co. and silently watching them move on before suddenly coming in from offscreen forcing his way into the party just before the fight with the slaver starts, complete with the *XXXX has forced his way into your party!* notification. Though like before, that's just me rambling/headcanoning a scenario I'd personally like to see. In terms of adding him in with minimal effort, I'd say the best route would be to find him in the flooded orphanage area and just repeating his recruitment method/scene from the UMP.

[@WastelandPizzaBoy]

@ I have a friend now working on the game with me. Expect dialogue and new interactions soon

[@Pudding404]

There's something very wrong when Alex is the fastest on the team (minus Joel of course) XD I live for the idea of Alex and Joel being like mentor figures for the hopeful boys. Heck, he even has experience with a woman, that would be interesting to hear when Beltboy mentioned Red at the campfire.

[@yexe9129]

Haven't watched yet, but the dialogue, though a tad wordy, does get things right. May feel a bit stiff since it's mostly benny, liam and clyde talking to each other, same with alex 'n joel. Makes sense, they don't know each other, but it would've helped to see a bit of the dynamic form between the five people. Other than that, see what the hopeful crew think of the two's presence, be it the trauma kit being used, period, to their thoughts on the gang. (mind's foggy on hopeful and non-UMP alex, but maybe Joel's not all in since he 'n alex don't care for the girl, or Cyclops is annoyed they have MORE people to deal with, maybe even leaving due to the fairly moral standing of four guys, not just the idiots he's used to.)

[@NostalgicBlondeDude]

Yeaaaah, that was just something I wanted to try briefly and on a whim. I'm _definitely_ not gonna bother with that going forward with each video. Either way though, thanks for your thoughts. It's definitely interesting imagining the premise for a proper 'Pointless in Hopeful' plot-wise.

[@homero2102]

Nice!