Update #79 - New Shards and Graphical Updates

Pure Miriam mourningxsun Nezuto

Modding so you can play a whole castle with (NPC) Bloodless would go against some aspects and internal design-rules, and inflict more harm and confusement than actually being a positive thing in the long-run. It would be better if Bloodstained as an IP got enough recognition so Bloodless could be added officially as either a DLC or a spin-off character in other future games. It would make her justice and to IGA's vision.

Everything else mentioned is... Maybe?

We still are waiting on official information about modding. During a podcast we asked about modding, and Angel-Corlux, whom was interviewed at the time, did say he liked the idea and while he didn't promise anything he did explain our interest of modding to IGA-san and the development-team.

Cross fingers guys!

Enkeria It would only be a real issue if we assume that Bloodless isn't playable via Boss Revenge mode. Given how hard this seemingly non-story relavent humanoid boss is being pushed/advertised, it's probably a safe bet to assume that she will be available in that mode.

Assuming so, it wouldn't be the most difficult task in the world to flag her as an alternate character for the main game and just plop her in there.

warthecheese Looks like a Mega Man 2 / Rock Man 2 reference to me. I could be wrong

Instead of vertically beaming up to begin the adventure after pressing start, she instead gets up from her blood bath then giggles.
Pretty much one-to-one like her intro sequence in Curse of the Moon

You know, I think it must have been due to watching a bunch of back-to-back MM2/RM2 speedrun races recently 

Thanks purify! Now war's pic makes more sense, though my initial guess wasn't too off the mark

Enkeria I agree with you on the topic of making NPCs playable. Characters as DLC indeed should be thoroughly tested first before becoming available to the market. It's not just adding a character with the appropriate moveset and then call it a day. A few good game testers at the very least would be required to test if it is at all possible to complete the game AND able to access and interact with each and every screen. That all requires a lot of work and isn't just a simple hack. A possible scenario is changing up the platforms at a particular level or screen or removing walls/obstacles that normally wouldn't be an issue for the main characters like Miriam, Zangetsu, etc., but can potentially be an issue for, say, Bloodless.

Maybe she always has her umbrella open and in doing so prevents her from entering tight spaces?

I need to be clear on a few things here before you guys expect Bloodless being playable.

No, making an NPC playable through modding isn't the best choice to a new game, a game still being supported by development team(s).

Making Bloodless playable would be a whole lot of issues for the development. Having her running around in the castle would mean more time to design. I highly doubtful she will be playable, or becoming an playable character in B:RotN. But you never know! Too many details goes again her being playable.

Boss Revenge is the best way to explore her, but even with the in mind she would be limited to one room, and a set numbers of animations (jumping, attacking, running etc.)

Options to play as her:
1. Boss Revenge mode, cool feature.

2A. Modding: Skin for Miriam. This would just have Miriam look like her and wouldn't be satisfying for most people.

2B. Add in patreon, years of development and a whole lot of cash to even make her as a stand-alone character made by fans. If there was any crazy enough to do it. This would likely go against some rules and copyright issues too.

3. Playable in her own game is a possibility. But B:RotN needs to be successful enough to even make this happen. She could either

3A. Be a young hero in a prequel before eventually die and becoming Bloodless. This would make aton of paperwork and features to make her interesting, and even that would just leave us with a version of ner not true to what you've seen in B:RotN.

3B. Play as her moments before meeting Miriam, or after, perhaps she somehow survived and are now looking to spread fear and drain victims. Again, ton of work to make her likeable and fun to play as.

Verdict: Boss Revenge or just a skin/costume for Miriam is most likely.

Enkeria "Boss Revenge is the best way to explore her, but even with the in mind she would be limited to one room"

Huh. We know nothing about Boss Revenge, but the kickstarter implied that there would be some exploring/world to go through to an extent. I highly doubt we'll be locked to one room in some kind of reversed boss rush mode.

I believe Boss Revenge Mode will NOT feature ALL bosses. Just human-sized bosses that you can actually control like a normal character and the mode itself will be just a small map with some enemies and paths to reach heroes of the game as bosses (probably the playable characters). Nothing more than that.

So you run around, trying to find the 3 bosses (playable characters)? Seems a bit boring actually. Killing of Morte and minions seems strange to me, if you are on that side.