IF - Siren Call

OMG THAT WAS SO GOOD. i loved it as short as it was it was really enjoyable keep up the good work :

i just now realized that this is a undertale fangame

I just played it and wow, there is no way out of Sans forcing us to listen to his singing- the amount of gore and murder you put in this is perfect. And it’s so funny how the ‘ba-thump’ you added matches my heartbeat, though mine is going faster cause of the fear and exhilaration I felt throughout the story. I like how your choices do actually matter throughout, for example the exercise one where you’re asked if you’re in shape or not. And then later when one of the scientists chase you out before dying by Sans. After those three died, Eliza, Field, and the other guy, it wasn’t hard for me to point out that it was Sans. Well done once again. Though I was really hoping to see a slow burn where Sans is actually nice but of course my man is just like the bitch in the Fanfiction I mentioned. You’re a such a great writer and game developer, dude- I also love the music aha and how it affected the mood of the story

bro- do you by any chance have read or heard of the fanfic ‘Lured By The Siren’s Charm’ on Quotev? Cause like this literally gives me vibes from it haha- btw I literally love your games- the writing of the stories are amazing 🫶🏽 keep doing cool things dude

I am a big fan of your writing! Every time I read your work I am pleasantly surprised and thank you for creating such great work!

This is so wholesome and bone-chilling at the same time. I just love it, omg. I honestly love how Sans got angry at the Director insulting the MC, such a protective mate. And how protective and caring Gaster is just so cute and wholesome. This is another masterpiece, my new favourite after Dusttale. Thank you for making such masterpieces!

Since Horrortale Green was canceled, maybe you really should do something for the AU. Because you write gore and horror like a master. This whole game just proved it. 

Enjoyed your interactive fiction! I love Sans and Gaster. The perspective story between Sans and Gaster was super interesting! Thank you for creating this!

Are you capable of carrying a child?

wdym by that🤨

petal your games are amazing

"But what can your magic do?"

"Make coffee taste like chocolate milk?"

YOU DON"T UNDERSTAND.
I NEED THIS ABILITY.

im gonna be honest when i saw that the drivers license scene was requested by van i almost yelled "MAMA YOURE MENTIONED IN ONE OF PETALS GAMES"

woulda destroyed my voice im already sick 😭

I love Papa Wingding so much!! 😭 ngl makes me tear up for what he's willing to do for his child.

sans is such a menace gosh. understandably traumatized by what happened with his pod. The difference in his character between only seeing it from MC perspective , and actually reading his inner monologue is.... hm. Yes, that is one obsessive dude! /positive

It's fun to see you expanding on more AUs for Undertale :D the way you write each character and the personalized UI for each AU is always wonderful ♡

Thank you for your work always ( *・ω・)ノ

Is it a bad sign that I kinda wanted to be a Spider/Naga hybrid, hypnotize those scientists and then melt all of 'em with acidic venom during the ship? =)

My god this was such a fun IF just like your other ones! This is actually my first time interacting with the Siren AU so I'm unsure how much is your idea and the original AU yet I love how everything was written. It's all so fun tbh ahahaha! Also I want to laugh, Gaster is over here begging us to have a rational thought when dealing with the deadly siren and I'm over here like "Gaster-- I know, man I tried to be smart but I gOT KILLED AT THE VERY START SO YEAH, MAYBE SIMPING IS THE WAY TO LIVE??" Seriously, I laughed at how quick I died.

But I also love how subtle the horror is. While Sans committing these murderous acts is pretty visceral, there were still many mysterious about the deaths and so on, especially regarding the email and the second deaths because man, I too wonder what happened there, or if Sans really was diverting MC's focus because Dr. Gaster did say sirens (orca sirens) were downright intelligent. I also liked how it wasn't just Sans who was a malevolent entity in MC's life (depending on your choices, his attitude can change but at the very start he is malevolent). The scientists were all downright hostile and the security forces were just apathetic. It didn't help that the director was... questionable. And how Gaster spoke up at the ending in the bonus scenes with Sans' perspectives, it truly feels like they lucked out with having MC visit.

One of the things I kinda hoped was elaborated was MC doing some scientist mumbo jumbo things, just to display that yes, they are competent in their work and that they are justified for feeling angry at being undermined by the other scientists. It could have been another fun bonding moment with Sans as they talk about things, maybe Sans explain to MC how he uses the stars as navigation tools and share mythological stories regarding the stars while MC gushes about magic readings and whatnot.

Yet despite all that, I was immediately enthralled at this bleak world, moments where my MC was just doing their best was just heartwarming, and their continuous interactions with Sans was just pure (well, as pure as it can be what with the hidden intentions going on). And also like, hehe, reading the courtship ritual of sirens from Gaster, I just realized that both Sans and MC were doing things backwards, and the subtle way it was interweaved in the story is just *chefs kiss* 

My god, this miscommunication is genuinely hilarious if it was not deadly at all.

I love the entire section of the bonus scenes, absolutely delightful to have them especially with the AU, it's so interesting to think about the multiple world building. I also would like it if you could include Gaster's point of view, especially with the progression of how he treats MC from a mere annoying stranger to someone so dear to him, as well as his reactions to the bad endings (where MC either gets killed or kidnapped) absolutely heart breaking. And also his view on MC and Sans' relationship, absolutely wonderful opinions ahhaha!

Errors I found:

• I think people mentioned it but the save files were wrongly sized and there was only space for 4 (including autosave) save files with the laptop/pc view in 100%.
• For me, when I selected a trait for my soul, there was a broken picture icon so I assumed there was art for the soul but it isn't loading (I chose the purple-grey devotion one).
• In one of the options where after you chat with Dr. Gaster about your relationship with Sans and end up meeting with him again, if you choose the option where you're flustered but don't stop him, you stop at "It's distracting" and nothing else, it abruptly cuts there so I'm unsure if it was a dead end or something?
• There were some typos and wrong pronoun uses, mostly in the bonus scenes (and the one with Sans' perspective of the story because the pronouns throughout his story are female).
• Also you kinda mispelled "Drabbles" into "Dabbles" in the Bonuses hehe.

Below will be spoilers!

Oh my god the reveal of everything. Downright terrifying! The one thing I was confused about was who sent the email of the Director dying because I initially thought it was James because of how he seemed eager to have MC all to himself and being all sleazy, but at the ending portion it looked like he really didn't have any idea of what happened to the Director, that or he's good at hiding it especially since his older brother is in charge of the security. Not only that, but goddamn I wanna sucker punch Director Greenberg and wanna be reluctant to thank Sans for what he did. The director knew what he was doing during the entire time he was with MC, most particularly with the infamous cafeteria scene where he was passive agressively setting MC for isolation as all the other scientists were already stewing their jealousy of having MC around, constantly probing for information for Gaster's actions, humbling himself to the point that it made like it was MC's fault, and going to either sabotage or steal MC's equipment.

I'm not sure if he purposively sabotaged the remaining equipment of MC's, most notably their defenses but I feel like it was Captain Sloane ordered for it to be done since only they could carry weapons and they didn't trust MC, because of course they couldn't, they were fucking poaching sirens like?? Sirens are established to be beasts, so why would you poke the hornet's nest? Or maybe beasts don't automatically fight, they just want to be left alone but since humans are greedy, they take and hurt too much to the point that beasts must have evolved with the ingrown hatred towards humans for survival reasons. I wonder if beasts are a bit more partial towards monster since they seem more connected to them (i.e., Dr. Gaster and Dr. Alphys relationship seem so).

Not only that, but I'm hella sure that the students of Director Greenberg must have known what was going through the director's mind. They probably went to the location where MC set up their equipment to see if there really was something worth stealing and got killed as a result. And the scientists began to feel justified over their hatred towards MC because of all the deaths, which fucking is annoying because if I was there I would have slammed their heads with a chair. I'm genuinely curious how Sans managed to sing his siren song inside the facility, but then I recall he was a moth hybrid so is it like a harpy? Because in greek mythology, sirens first started out as harpies with the same haunting alluring voices so maybe that's how Sans managed to get inside and force them to do things like this?

The isolation, hostility-- man was that palpable and suffocating, I don't even know how MC handled it, actually they didn't handle it well, I'm sure if Sans wasn't there MC would have broke. And if MC broke I'm sure Gaster would have raised hell and back for that.

Speaking of Gaster, I am genuinely sure that if MC didn't go to the facility and Sans wasn't in the area, the scientists would be doomed either way. Gaster would have used that place as a hunting ground, a perfect place to feast on especially with how much everyone bends their back for him. I'm genuinely curious about Gaster's point of view of the story, not his opinion over what MC went through (seriously, traumatizing shit especially with the interrogation and abuse they went through, scums, all of them) but what he was doing while he stayed at the main lab. I dunno, I just want more scary dad Gaster whose OP as fuck and hates everyone and everything except for his sunshine of a child whom he would burn the world down for.

I would like to once again, apologize at how long this damn comment became, absolutely adore it-- In fact I love everything you make omg, thank you so much for creating this and the many others! I eagerly wait for any new updates of projects you're interested in!

Are you capable of carrying a child?

Me: I- oh no.

I didn't think the story would playout like that- then again I didn't read the description but I must say that is the best story I've read in a while there were a decent amount of plot twists

can you make a part 2?

Darkpetal your games never let me down. I'm obsessed with Wingding's character in this, him as a dad is 10/10 definitely my favorite version so far. This game was a perfect mix of cute and fucked up. All the bonus moments were great and did an amazing job at painting what Sans and MCs future looks like. Super excited for the updates and whatever you release next! :]

Awh i love Sans so much, I know he's creepy but I can't help it the heart wants what it wants lol my fav is the bonus story from sans pov it's adorable. Overall i have no critique, I am in love with this game. You did an amazing job, and I am looking forward to any other projects from you! 💖

How long does it take to complete?

Love you Darkpetal

Cool honestly. Some bugs like the soul not appearing or errors when you run away from sans when he kills everyone but other than those. This is great!

Just finished playing the game and I absolutely LOVED IT. The ending was so good and I really like the extra scenes as it gave a bit more interesting things about the characters.

Thank you so much for the game and I'm so excited for your other works! 💗

This was great! In a world where all of my favorite/most anticipated IFs seem to either be stuck on hiatus or quietly die (I understand life happening, just makes me sad), here you are consistently churning out lil gems. 

Also I will never tire of whatever iteration of sans you adapt or come up with lmao. 

*Edit: At the part where you choose to kiss sans, tell him to slow down, or hesistantly accept his affections - the hesistant option cuts off and becomes a dead end where you can't progress.

Darkpetal16: posts new update or game
Me: everyone get out of the way, this is now the most important thing in my life

for real though I loved this so much ldkgjlkjdlfkg AHHHHHH heart eyes heart eyes HEART EYES!!!!!!!!!

Wow. I have no words to describe how much I love this.

Hihi!! Here are the typos I found!!

- "He pulls away to take out something from the pocket of his pants. He holds it out to you.", "You have no doub that Dr. Gaster successfully made the capsule and that it will work."

- "Neither of you are certain.", "His expressoin is dubious, but quickly clears as he puts on a cheerful smile again."

- ""Sop" Sans tells you." On the same page (bad ending #5) I got an error too D:

- "When you awake, you're on a familiar scratchy couch.", "I am sponsoring San's integration into society as a moth."

- "You must have known something like this would happen.", "You reach for San's hand and grasp it."

- "Sans sniffs loudly and steps further in.", ""A beard bubble?" Sans' smile strethces."

- "With only legs, Sans is surprisingly light weight.", "...he was hit in the face with a jelly filled donutthat splattered across him and your back."

- "Sans tastes something sweet on the morning wind.", " He stays hiddden and quiet under the ice as he..."

- The link from Sans' perspective about Doctor Greenberg also has a San's typo.

Dunno if this is a general issue or just my computer, but, when choosing the color of MC's soul, the image doesn't pop up. I chose the purple-grey one. D:

I absolutely love the visual effect of Wingding's siren song. Also omg omg the little orca cursor is so cute

So excited i absolutely loved this so much also the bad endings included XD You were right about how much i was going to love this one. Also, Gaster is best papa so freaking adorable.