Library of Questions [2.0]

[Dav999]

My entry for the 2025 Original Character Contest on the VVVVVV Discord server!

Description

If you pick up a book, chances are you learn something... Or you might not.

Pick who you'd like to play as, and see how different characters respond to different situations!

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Version history

v1.0
Initial contest submission

v2.0
The post-contest version! This version contains a bunch of improvements, some new rooms, and more!

Full changelog:

• Added 3 new rooms in the boxes area (Storage, Leakage and Tap Water)
• Added 3 new rooms in the final area (Straws, Obstruction and Energy)
• Added (somewhat mysterious) room names to all rooms in the final area
• Nerfed some rooms in the top branch part of the Lab:
  • (17,6): Changed 5 adjacent long-time-on lasers to 4 lasers
  • (14,5): Reshaped the room somewhat so there's now a wider gap between the alternating lasers (also affected the room above, (14,4))
  • (15,4): Removed two lasers from the bottom "bars" part - even though it doesn't change how you need to do the room much, it might give you a higher chance of making it when you're not as deep into the challenge.
• Added an opening in the wall in Lockstep to look back into Singular
• Added a bit more dialogue to the ending cutscene and made small tweaks to the pre-final area cutscene to clarify everyone thought there were multiple baddies
• Improved the tileset in the final area
• Replaced the basic roomtext signs in the overworld with dedicated graphics
• Added fullscreen graphics to "I'll file this away for later" cutscene
• Did a little bit of audio finetuning:
  • Changed the sound effect when collecting a piece of info or the trophy, so it doesn't play three times in a row (the original jingle is now only used when you win the quiz)
  • Added a post-quiz song
  • The cutscenes after getting a piece of info now play the overworld music
  • New sound effect for really short box pushes
• Fixed the minimap showing the quiz area too big
• Fixed possible softlock in Workaround
• Found an oversight that allows you to purposefully go through one of the areas in a hugely wrong way, and it works so well as an easter egg that I completely rolled with the cutscene adaptations it requires...
• Fixed the lab keypad terminal script being repeatable once the door is open
• You can no longer "stand against the wall" next to the box in the final area room that's now called Bough
• Various other minor tweaks and improvements (if you're really curious, check the level notepad)

Download:
https://vsix.dev/level/library_of_questions/version/2.0/download