Outer Wilds Mod Jam Winner - Hearth's Neighbour Playthrough

Hearth's Neighbour is the winner of our latest mod jam and got $100!
If you would rather play the mod for yourself instead of having it spoiled for you here, you can download it here: outerwildsmods...
Watch my playthrough of the 2nd place winner when you're done here ( • Exploring a Hidden Pla... )
Consider supporting me on Patreon: / xen42 also shout-out to my patron Sushi, I forgot to add an outro to this video because its over an hour long so I forgot to put the thank you notice that's my bad.
This mod adds a new solar system to Outer Wilds with it's own story to uncover. The mod took me 2:30 hours to beat, and was a lot of fun (except for a certain part, you'll see). Overall the team did a great job on making a new story that had the same spirit of the base game.
The mod jam that just ended had the themes "hidden in plain sight" and "bigger on the inside" and you'll see that Hearth's Neighbour fit both themes nicely.
Hearth's Neighbour also uses my Outer Wilds modding framework called New Horizons that offers tools for creating planets, characters, and more. It was really cool to see how they used it and I'm really happy to have played a part in getting this mod made. Best part of making tools for other modders to use is that I can help out without getting the story spoiled, and fully enjoy it when they release! Except when I have to fix all the bugs. That part sucks.
If you read this far please type "gorgonzola" in the comments but also uh if you want to leave a constructive comment you can do that too. I will not stop you. You could write gorgonzola in the constructive comment though. Like and subscribe I forgot to say that in the video and now without a call to action my channel will flounder and die. Okay bye bye.

[@xen-42]

Not only did I write "it is DLC" in the spoiler warning, I also said groove instead of grove within the first 5 minutes. I will now delete the video

[@GameWyrm]

And Neighbor is still misspelled!

[@xen-42]

@@GameWyrmnope u spelled it wrong in ur mods title actually, we're removing it from the database until u fix this egregious error it is clearly neighbour not neighbor

[@Lumine0409]

​@@xen-42the fact I wrote neighbour and that he said to me that it was the UK version, I was devastated 😂😂

[@xen-42]

@@Lumine0409 you were right and he was wrong to silence you smh

[@thejustinsteffan]

​@@xen-42actually these words were derived from latin with the suffix being -or not -our and were only somewhat recently reverted from the british spelling back to -or in american english.

[@Raicuparta]

This mod won first place, and yet you can't even get married to anyone in it. Some would call that an interesting observation, others would say it's an obvious sign of the corruption that runs deep within the organization of these so called "outer wilds mod jams". You can tell this reviewer is restraining himself not to mention the obvious lack of wife material throughout the whole "mod", just goes to show he's but a puppet whose strings are being firmly pulled by our great modding overlords. God bless America

[@xen-42]

I have been advised not to respond to this message and can neither confirm nor deny any allegations, however I must inform you that I am currently inside your walls

[@will6510]

Hearth's Neighbor: has LAVA CORE Outer Wives: does not have LAVA CORE It's really quite shrimple.

[@soupmuncher1862]

what

[@soupmuncher1862]

@@will6510 wait outer wives is a real thing what

[@honey-hunterslimefanno.3257]

Its funny how the mod jam themes perfectly describe the Echoes of the eye dlc "Bigger on the inside" "Hidden in plain sight"

[@xen-42]

Mobius digital games are the true winners of the jam

[@DatingTV]

EndgameZero just throwing the damn lick in the lava core music, like a nice surprise bite of gorgonzola on your pizza

[@Lumine0409]

I hope that the mod will get better, because we're continuing the mod and polishing everything we can

[@xen-42]

I'm looking forward to it!

[@Lumine0409]

@@xen-42 👀

[@23falloutgodofwar]

@@Lumine0409 You did great! I wonder how much you guys have done in the 10 months. I am getting into coding and I'm doing a multi-year course in coding, as Outer Wilds is my favourite game I hop to make a mod in the future. (Please don't mind if I take a lot of inspiration from this.) ::)

[@Lumine0409]

@@23falloutgodofwar Thank you ! Tbh, I didn't do to much on the mod, I did probably 5/6 drawings for UI but that's it, and because I am living a difficult part of my life rn, I didn't do much in 10 months.

[@23falloutgodofwar]

@@Lumine0409 I wish many things get better for you.

[@savioxavier4155]

I want to watch as many modded Outer Wilds videos as you can make lol

[@xen-42]

That's good to know! Glad you like them

[@SushiRoll55]

This mod was super sick, definitely my favorite one out of the entries I played. It’s giving me crazy gorgonzola vibes too

[@xen-42]

I definitely agree, the gorgonzola levels are off the charts

[@ZedAmadeus]

gorgonzola???@@xen-42

[@xen-42]

gorgonzola@@ZedAmadeus

[@GameWyrm]

Watching people play the Lava Core kills my souls...I don't blame you for cheating through it lol But, glad you stuck with it and beat it!

[@xen-42]

it killed my soul too, but then the mod was good so it was okay

[@soupmuncher1862]

souls? who are you? medic tf2?

[@pbjandahighfive]

I haven't played this yet, but I get the feeling you were supposed to use the bonfires as respawn points by "dozing off" at them. Like a nod to Dark Souls and also because the bonfire is where you respawn in the base game as well.

[@juliettegeo5002]

and also gorgonzola

[@xen-42]

Gabagool even

[@juliettegeo5002]

xen-42 feature film lets gooo

[@xen-42]

Stick around for the end credits scene launching the xen-42 cinematic universe

[@ingloriousbaxter]

Great mod! Surprisingly I didn’t struggle with the lava but the snow platforming made me quit. The only thing I didn’t like was how they all ended on pretty negative notes. It’s great to be humble, but the whole final five minutes is just them putting themselves down. It’s a bit of a bummer. I’m also upset I didn’t get Ernesto

[@xen-42]

I had a few close calls with the snow platforming, I think the main difference for me was just that if you mess up in the snow you can try again whereas with the lava you just die and have to restart. Totally agree on the mod endings, I think they would have all been better off just revealing whatever the final piece of the mod was and then rolling the credits

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Bombardment by The Lick

[@soupmuncher1862]

do you know if the microsoft store version of outer wilds is compatible with mods? I desperatley want to mod my outer wilds but I don't know how, if I even can.

[@xen-42]

Yep it is long as it's the PC version it works from any store, check outer wilds mods dot com for instructions

[@stayfrosty8404]

i tried to play it but couldnt continue as the raft was not present after the elevator portion :( do many mods fail to run properly if i have not bought the official DLC?

[@xen-42]

That's unfortunate, yeah I think that most mods do end up requiring the DLC. What I'll try to do for the next New Horizons update is have it display a warning message if you have a mod on that requires DLC content so at least you'll know in advance before wandering around, thanks for pointing this out! Also, though it might not be as scenic looking, I think you could probably make it through that section just by swimming around.

[@Capital_snack69]

Xen-42: "stop rising" Me: "but metal gear"

[@furrtoast]

Ship Log: hm it might be helpful to remember I have a jump button... xen-42: wait how do I go left on controller again (and can someone *please* tell me how to get over this lava because I swear I'm about to turn on cheats)

[@xen-42]

its the A button that goes left i think

[@shibainu2528]

Spoiler warning for the video of course "I'm just cheating to go fast, alright? I'm judging these mods" AUTOPILOT COMPLETE: UNDERSHOT TARGET "I'm starting hour two..." *Flies directly into the abandoned shuttle at approximately 3360 meters a second*

[@xen-42]

I deserved it, instant karma

[@claytonharting9899]

Yeah, do more modded gameplay videos! Gotta get that sweet sweet free promotion for UF when it comes out

[@xen-42]

So true bestie

[@haoukkax8896]

Gorgonzola

[@alexscriabin]

loved the fake walls

[@xen-42]

Yeah was a great discovery, also really fit with the jam theme of "hidden in plain sight"!

[@malikwaddy6897]

Gorgonzola

[@TheSeptet]

This mod needs more gorgonzola

[@xen-42]

I completely agree they really cheaped out in regards to cheese

[@VisualCake]

Thank you for uploading your playthrough of various mods !

[@xen-42]

Thank you for watching them!

[@thejustinsteffan]

I cant wait to see it when its finished