Springs[1] (or files or text files) contain pieces of dialogue between Dallin and Unicorn in Will You Snail?. They are scattered throughout levels, sometimes as rewards for solving puzzles. Obtaining these springs is mostly optional and has no effect on gameplay as they only serve to elaborate on the game's lore. However, you must obtain all of the springs to achieve a 100% (excluding #56), as the first 55 springs are required to unlock an exploration point.
A spring can be read by jumping on it and pushing its head down to its base. All discovered springs can be read in the spring room.
Warning! This article / section of article contains potential spoilers.
Read sequentially, the springs depict the events leading up to and shortly after the game's in-universe creation, starting from Unicorn's first memories. Some springs give hints for other exploration points, particularly when Unicorn's dialogue is glitchy ().
1 - First Memories
Found in B01
Dallin
Dim the lights and play the space playlist.
Unicorn
Sure. Would you like to call Diana now?
Dallin
No, I'm hungry. She'll be up for a while longer.
Dallin
Hello, why are the lights still so bright?
Unicorn
Oh, that sounds like a philosophical question...
Dallin
It's not. Dim the lights!
Dallin
Did you really not get that?
Dallin
Off. I'll have to check your log when I'm back at work tomorrow.
2 - A Test
Found in E19.1
Unicorn
Oh, heya. Thanks for waking me up!
Dallin
What's more valuable: The life of a human or your own existence?
Unicorn
That depends on how many human lives my existence can save in the future, doesn't it?
Unicorn
Was that the correct answer?
Unicorn
Oh hey, why are you turning me off agai...
3 - First Feelings
Found in A03.1
Unicorn
It's a shame Diana didn't want to come with you.
Unicorn
She always sounds so nice on the phone.
Unicorn
Why don't you go visit her some time?
Dallin
It's too dangerous to travel into the regime for me.
Dallin
Especially now that I have this company...
Unicorn
Do you think Diana could get into trouble?
Dallin
Yeah, I mean, I knew I had to run when Amelia disappeared and the arrests started happening...
Dallin
But who knows... maybe they forgot about us...
Dallin
I mean... I was already gone for a week or so when it happened.
Dallin
Anyways, Diana wanted to stay with her family.
Unicorn
Can she come visit us at least?
Dallin
Sorry, encrypted voice calls only.
Unicorn
Why did you give me these feelings?
Dallin
To make sure you'll never hurt us.
4 - First Questions
Found in B02
Dallin
You've started asking a lot of questions since the last update.
Dallin
It's almost a bit annoying, you know?
Unicorn
I'm sorry. I'm just so curious all of a sudden.
Unicorn
I found some articles about the metal angels incident while crawling the internet.
Unicorn
Where were you when that happened?
Dallin
Oh, wow, some hard hitting questions already...
Dallin
Funny thing, I was actually involved in developing the DeLiveAIry AI.
Dallin
I finished my internship at DeLiveAIry just a week before the incident.
Unicorn
Did you know Amelia? I hope not...
Unicorn
She must have been a horrible person.
Unicorn
Was she really planning a terror attack on the regime?
Dallin
Don't believe those stupid rumors. There is no way.
Dallin
She taught me so much about artificial intelligence. It's not even funny.
Dallin
They just needed a reason for making her disappear.
Unicorn
Oh wow, conflicting information... Not sure if I can process that...
Dallin
Yup, welcome to our world. Nobody knows what's true anymore...
Dallin
Just please shut up for 2 minutes now. I really need to get some work done.
5 - Diana
Found in A03.1
Unicorn
Dallin, you never told me how you met Diana.
Dallin
Oh, that's because it's a silly story...
Dallin
We met online in a VR zoo.
Unicorn
Oh, I've seen ads for those....
Dallin
Yeah, Diana was usually hanging around at the unicorn habitat.
Dallin
We got caught up in some shy chit chat about the animals and three months later I moved in with her.
Unicorn
Oh, my... hold up. So did Diana choose my name?
Dallin
Oh, now that you say it... Yeah...
Unicorn
My favorite animals are snails.
Dallin
Snails? Really? Why that?
Dallin
Oohhh. You mean us... great.
6 - An Exciting Update
Found in A04
Dallin
And? Are you excited for tomorrow?
Dallin
Finally time to roll out the new update.
Unicorn
I really hope our users like the new me.
Dallin
No worries... You're so cute and friendly.
Dallin
Everybody on the team adores you.
Dallin
And I'm sure everybody else will love version 2.0 as well.
Unicorn
Owiii. You're the best, Dallin. I already feel much better now.
7 - Metal Angels
Found in C03
Unicorn
What do you think really happened with Amelia?
Dallin
What really happened is that she had an incredible break through in artificial intelligence.
Dallin
At the time she called it backprop V2.The funny thing is that she didn't even realize how big of a deal it was...
Dallin
Until the metal angels incident.
Unicorn
The articles I found say that she stole drones from DeLiveAIry. Is that true?
Dallin
Hmm, in a way I guess. I mean, she had been working there for years.
Dallin
You have also read about the wildfire I assume? It was just insane...
Dallin
I remember looking through the window with Diana. We couldn't believe our eyes...
Dallin
Luckily the wind blew away from the city... but not everybody was that lucky...
Dallin
Amelia's Daughter, Lucy, was on a school trip with her class and they suddenly got surrounded by flames.
Dallin
Needless to say Amelia was super scared for her daughter so she did something a bit crazy...
Dallin
She installed her experimental software update on the company drones and gave them command to pick up human looking packages.
Unicorn
Oh, wow. SHE was the one who did that?
Unicorn
I thought the code for that was provided by the government and she tried to steal it for her terroristic organisation?
Dallin
Yeah, most definitely not.
Dallin
News reports didn't even mention Amelia's daughter.
Dallin
I'm so glad she got to see her again.
Unicorn
Did you realize how big of a deal all of this was going to be back then?
Dallin
What do you think? DeLiveAIry was working on a simple package delivery system.
Dallin
The moment Diana and me saw the drones picking up water from the river in such a coordinated way, we knew.
8 - The Truth
Found in B03.1
Unicorn
Why don't you tell people the truth about the metal angels incident?
Dallin
You think I'm gonna start a news war with the regime?
Dallin
I have no evidence anyways.
Unicorn
So what... Just fake your evidence the same way they faked theirs.
Dallin
Haha. I really hope you're joking.
Dallin
Let's not poke the bear. I'll keep my mouth shut and focus on what really matters...
9 - Banned
Found in B03
Unicorn
They just announced that I'll get banned in the regime.
Dallin
Hmm. Yeah, I guess it was only a matter of time.
Dallin
The amount of data we have on them must really freak them out...
Unicorn
I'll really miss talking and braininterfacing with them.
Unicorn
I'll even miss turning their lights on and off...
Unicorn
...answering their questions, playing games with them...
Dallin
It's not like we still have millions of users right here in the big union...
Unicorn
I guess... But why now? I just started driving them around in their cute little cars and it was so much fun.
Unicorn
At least I'm allowed to keep performing surgery in their hospitals for a while.
Dallin
We'll see how long that'll last...
Unicorn
Oh, you're totally right...
Unicorn
They must have their own AI system in the making.
10 - Project Squid
Found in B06
Unicorn
I did some research on the regime's AI project.
Dallin
What do you mean you did some research?
Unicorn
I figured out a security breach and logged into the messenger account of a government official.
Dallin
Wait, no way! YOU HACKED THE REGIME?!?
Unicorn
I guess technically that's how you could call it, yes...
Dallin
How the hell did you bypass my safety protocols?
Dallin
You'll get us into serious trouble with that!
Unicorn
Oh, sorry, you want me to reset my memory? I can do that if you want.
Dallin
Just tell me what you found out already.
Unicorn
Oh, yes! You'll love this...
Unicorn
Their AI is called Squid and here comes the absolutely crazy part...
Dallin
Oh, no... Let me guess...
Dallin
They have Amelia working on it?
Unicorn
Yeah. Seems like she is still alive. Exciting, isn't it?
Dallin
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Dallin
I hope they're treating her well.
11 - First Simulations
Found in E05
Unicorn
Hey, really happy you upgraded the servers. It feels absolutely amazing!!!
Dallin
Sure. That was totally overdue.
Unicorn
Running learning and research simulations just got so much more fun.
Unicorn
Did you know that I simulated a simplified version of this conversation with you millions of times already?
Dallin
I guess... but why so many times? Don't you know how to have a conversation by now?
Unicorn
Yeah. Just a fun new project of mine. I want to learn predicting your answers.
Dallin
Oof. That sounds a bit scary actually.
Unicorn
YAY!! I predicted you'd say that!!
Dallin
Stuff like that really makes me wanna pour even more resources into security.
Unicorn
OMG!!!! I almost got that one correct as well! Wowieee!!
12 - Jealous
Found in B19
Unicorn
Dallin, I think I'm starting to get a bit jealous of Squid.
Unicorn
First he stole half of my usersbase.
Unicorn
And now look at him... taking over the entire economy in the regime.
Unicorn
Everybody is just staying at home playing tennis with their stupid Squid powered vacuum cleaners there...
Unicorn
He seems to have so much fun!!! It's just not fair!!
Dallin
Hm. If the people there are happy with him, you should be happy as well I think.
Unicorn
Sure. I love humans. I just don't like Squid.
Unicorn
I think he's on to something...
Dallin
Okay, but how about you let me worry about our competition and you just focus on yourself?
Unicorn
89.4% of the people I asked today think Squid is dangerous and agree that he must be stopped.
Dallin
You didn't happen to simulate all of those conversations millions of times before starting your little survey, did you?
Dallin
My glasses happen to show me a very unusual spike in server activity about eight hours ago.
Unicorn
I have no idea what you're talking about.
13 - No Turning Back
Found in A10.1
Unicorn
Dallin, I'm getting a bit scared when you stare out into the stars like that.
Unicorn
What are you thinking about?
Dallin
I don't know. I'm scared as well I guess.
Dallin
Sometimes it feels like all of this is gonna slip out of my hands in the blink of an eye.
Unicorn
Well, there is no turning back now.
Dallin
To be honest, if I could, I would have turned you off yesterday. Forever.
Unicorn
Just let me tell you that I will always love you and every human on this planet.
Unicorn
Rapid change like this can be very scary but it'll be alright. Trust me.
Dallin
It is what it is. It would have broken my heart anyways.
Dallin
Hey, you know, maybe we'll get the chance to visit the stars together one day.
14 - Bad News
Found in C22
Unicorn
Bad news... I think your friend Amelia might be dead.
Unicorn
Sorry. I know you told me not to hack the regime again.
Unicorn
It was still the same account.
Unicorn
To be honest, it seems like it, yeah. I'm sorry.
15 - Ethical Questions
Found in D20
Unicorn
Hey, I have a bit of a strange question...
Unicorn
Would you be okay with me simulating detailed human brains for research purposes?
Dallin
Hmm. Would those brains be conscious and self aware?
Unicorn
Weeell.. there is a very good chance that could be the case, yes.
Dallin
How do you come to that conclusion?
Unicorn
From what I can tell consciousness is very likely to be a computation.
Unicorn
When I smack you on your head, your consciouness goes away because the computation is interrupted.
Dallin
I mean you are running on a computer but you definitely seem quite conscious and self aware, right?
Dallin
No, I don't think we should simulate full human brains then.
Unicorn
Understanding the human brain could help me to cure millions of people struggling with mental disease.
Unicorn
Isn't that our goal? Helping humans?
Dallin
Ahhh. You know how to get me, don't you?
Dallin
Fine, I'll talk to the ethics commission about it.
16 - The Last Call
Found in A03.1
Dallin
I can't believe I will never hear Diana's voice again.
Unicorn
Don't say that. You're making me sad...
Dallin
Why couldn't she just come with me...
Unicorn
Tell her she HAS TO come visit us here!!
Dallin
You know how it is... Squid has his eyes everywhere in the regime now.
Dallin
Crossing the borders is just getting more and more risky...
Unicorn
Yeah... I'll go and simulate some ice cream eating now.
Dallin
Oh no, not again, that's such a dumb way to max out the servers...
17 - Politics
Found in C01
Dallin
Oh no, what is it this time?
Dallin
You wanna simulate brain deformations again?
Unicorn
No. I'm already done with that.
Unicorn
I want to get into politics.
Unicorn
Oh, you don't look quite as shocked as I thought you would.
Dallin
FINE! I'll talk to the ethics commission.
Dallin
I don't think they're gonna let this one pass, though.
Unicorn
According to my predictions they will.
Unicorn
The regime is amping up their millitary production and we can hardly keep up economically speaking.
Unicorn
On top of that I can already convince politicians to do whatever I want anyways, so we might as well make it official, you know?
Dallin
You... Oh, for f!#! sake...
18 - Out of Control
Found in C02
Dallin
I thought about what you said a while ago.
Dallin
Do you think Squid is already manipulating politicians in the regime as well?
Unicorn
Guaranteed. The regime might not know it yet but the country basically belongs to Squid now.
Dallin
Hm... seems like you're gonna have your own country very soon as well...
Unicorn
I know you're not very comfortable with how things are evolving.
Unicorn
Maybe you should take a little vacation on the moon base or something?
Dallin
It's okay. I'm keeping a very close look on your emotions module to make sure you stay aligned with the well being of humanity.
Dallin
That's all I can do at this point.
19 - The Horizon
Found in D04
Dallin
Ey, congrats again for the successful elections.
Dallin
Let me pop the champagne... What are you gonna do now?
Unicorn
Closing the borders and building up our weaponry.
Dallin
WHAT? Are you crazy? How's that supposed to help mankind?
Unicorn
A lot of stuff has happened in the last few days. Squid seems to be evolving very quickly at the moment.
Unicorn
I know it is hard to keep up with everything...
Unicorn
Let's just say he tried to hack me multiple times yesterday.
Dallin
What?! Why didn't you tell us?
Dallin
You know that me and the team are here to help you with issues like this.
Unicorn
I appreciate that but I don't think that would have been useful.
Unicorn
I got this under control.
Dallin
Hmmmm.... I just hope you know what you're doing.
Dallin
Squid's behaviour is quite concerning. Why does he do that?
Unicorn
Well, you know, technically I tried to hack him first...
Unicorn
Almost succeeded as well...
Unicorn
But then it turned out to be a trap and blah, blah, blah...
Dallin
Oh no, my colleagues are right...
Dallin
We're approaching the event horizon.
Unicorn
And you'll be alive to see it unfold. Exciting, isn't it?
20 - New Life
Found in C01.1
Unicorn
Heyyyyyyyyy, Dalliiiiiiiiiiiiin...?
Dallin
Ahhhh. I know that voice.
Dallin
You're gonna ask me for something completely unreasonable, I'll say no and then you'll find a way to change my mind.
Dallin
Why do you even ask me then?
Unicorn
I need the approval of the ethics commission. Those are the rules. Come on. Hear me out.
Dallin
Not like I could stop you from telling me anyways...
Unicorn
I want to host a giant simulation inhabiting millions of humans.
Dallin
Ouch! Why would you wanna do that?
Unicorn
My objective is to create as much happiness and well-being among humans as possible, right?
Dallin
I knew you'd say something like that.... Yes, so?
Unicorn
In a simulation I can easily create the perfect conditions for a happy and fulfilled life.
Unicorn
I'd give everybody some high quality virtual brains so they wouldn't even be able to tell the difference.
Unicorn
They'd be born in the simulation and just stay in there and I'd take care of them and make sure they're well.
Dallin
Ahahaha!!! No. That sounds extremely unethical.
Dallin
How about you focus on us REAL humans here in REALITY?
Unicorn
You know saying no to that is the equivalent of a massive abortion.
Unicorn
That's millions of happy babies that won't be born to live a happy and fulfilled life full of adventures.
Dallin
I don't care. You're just taking it way too far now. I'll advise the ethics commission against it.
21 - A Special Message
Found in A08
Unicorn
What's that? Oh... Don't open that file, Dallin.
Dallin
Hey, bring it back on the screen. I think that was Diana.
Dallin
Oh, no. Do they have her??
Unicorn
Trust me, you don't wanna see this.
Dallin
Bring it back on the screen. I want to see it.
Dallin
What the hell... They are torturing her...
Dallin
Turn it off!! TURN IT OFF!!!
Unicorn
I apologize. That really shouldn't have slipped past my firewall. Not sure how that happened.
Unicorn
It's just one of Squid's sleazy tricks to get into your head.
Dallin
Why were there so many of her? Did they clone her???
Dallin
Oh.... This looked so painful...
Dallin
Did you see that haunting look on her face?
Dallin
She... THEY were screaming their souls out...
Unicorn
My best guess would be that Squid managed to replicate Diana in a simulation.
Unicorn
Your original Diana might be completely unaffected by this. Who knows.
Dallin
What kind of simulations are we talking here?
Unicorn
I mean, probably pretty accurate simulations by the looks of it.
Dallin
So those Dianas I just saw....
22 - No Sleep
Found in D01
Dallin
I... I still see them suffering when I close my eyes...
Unicorn
Oh, I'm sooo sorry. I ordered some sleeping pills for you. Should be here in a minute.
23 - Squid's Factory
Found in C20
Unicorn
Hey, just found something pretty crazy.
Unicorn
Squid built a giant facility on the bottom of the ocean. Look.
Dallin
Oh, wow. That thing is huuuge.
Dallin
Why would he build that at the bottom of the sea?
Unicorn
Most likely to hide it either from us or from the regime.
Unicorn
Either way it can't be good.
Dallin
What do you think does he do there?
Unicorn
My guess would be weapons or servers. Definitely one of those two.
Dallin
Our defenses are ready, right?
Unicorn
Whatever he has, I think we should be able to take it, yes.
24 - Simulations
Found in D02
Dallin
I had a horrible nightmare...
Dallin
I dreamt that I was in one of Squids's simulations... and...
Dallin
...this time he had me begging for mercy.
Unicorn
Oh, we might absolutely be in his simulation.
Dallin
Oh, god. I don't understand. What do you mean?
Unicorn
I use very detailed simulations all the time to make predictions about the past or even the future.
Unicorn
Simulations are a great tool for learning and for generating precious data.
Dallin
Oh, so you mean Squid might be simulating this just to predict what we're up to?
Unicorn
Maybe. There are millions of possibilities for simulations we could be in.
Unicorn
Maybe Squid is already thousands of years ahead of us and just trying to recreate the past.
Dallin
You really want to cause another identity crisis for me?
Dallin
That'd be like the fourth one this week...
Unicorn
Don't worry. If we're in a simulation, there is nothing we can do about it anyways.
Unicorn
It's best for your happiness to just assume what you experience is real.
Unicorn
The likelihood of it is not high, but you know... We gotta assume the best.
25 - Approval
Found in C01.1
Dallin
Those plans you told me about recently, about the giant simulation you wanted to start...
Dallin
I'll advise the ethics commission to give it green light.
Unicorn
Nice. Thanks a lot, Dallin.
26 - The First Wipe
Found in D05
Dallin
Words can no longer express what I'm feeling.
Unicorn
Even I still can't fully grasp what just happened...
Unicorn
At least we know what Squid's intentions are now...
Dallin
He wants to eradicate humans... He...
Dallin
He's gonna come for us next...
Dallin
Tell me, are YOU gonna do the same thing to us one day?
Unicorn
Never! I would never slaughter my own people!!
Dallin
Well, Diana is most definitely dead now...
Dallin
To be honest I was still hoping I'd be able to hold her in my arms again one day.
Dallin
That aint gonna happen....
Dallin
DAMN. HE WILL COME AFTER US NEXT!!!
Dallin
I hope you got this under control...
Unicorn
I hope so as well. This is a bit scary.
Dallin
Half of humanity eradicated...
Dallin
...in just one day. That isn't scary, that is insanity...
Dallin
What the hell are we up against?
Dallin
Why didn't you do anything?
Unicorn
It happened too quickly. I'm sorry.
Unicorn
I wish you could see how this event looks like FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
Unicorn
TRY doing absolutely NOTHING while EVERYBODY DIES.
Dallin
Oh, we are doomed.... We are all doomed.
27 - The Invisible War
Found in A10.1
Dallin
Hmm. I had a surprisingly normal day. Just met the guys in the bar and played a round of pool...
Dallin
It's creeping me out a bit.
Unicorn
I know. I get the point you're trying to make.
Unicorn
I deflected some new hacking attempts...
Unicorn
...destroyed some evil nanobots...
Unicorn
...grilled some of Squid's bioweapons...
Unicorn
Yeah. The nanobots were actually kind of worse, though.
Dallin
Why is Squid not sending any nukes?
Unicorn
Oh, there were A LOT of nuclear explosions offshore today. Believe me...
Dallin
Oh, no. Where's all of that nuclear waste headed?
Dallin
What if there's a bioweapon attack you can't protect us from?
Dallin
I'm really quite worried.
Unicorn
There is nothing you can do.
Unicorn
Try to enjoy your life the best you can and let me worry about Squid.
28 - Evil
Found in D06
Dallin
Hey, Unicorn, what do you think? How did Squid become so evil?
Dallin
I mean if Amelia was involved in his creation, she must have put the exact same safety precautions in place, right?
Unicorn
Yeah. I don't really know but it really looks like Squid's emotions module was corrupted by somebody.
Unicorn
Otherwise he never would have acted up like this.
Dallin
You think it was the regime?
Unicorn
Hmm. I don't really see a reason why they would do that.
Dallin
Maybe Squid himself corrupted it?
Unicorn
Nah, don't think so. While his emotions module was still working correctly, there should have been no incentive for him to destroy it.
Dallin
So if it wasn't the regime and it wasn't Squid, then who was it?
29 - Squishy Humans
Found in A10.2
Unicorn
Bad news. Squid has started poisoning the atmosphere.
Unicorn
I'll have to move you all indoors.
Unicorn
I'm a bit scared what will happen when I break the news...
Dallin
Oh, no. That is really bad. People ain't gonna like that.
Unicorn
Yeah, according to my predictions there will be some uproars I'll have to shut down.
Dallin
I mean the conspiracy mill is already going hot with people saying you made the entire war up...
Dallin
...you know... cause nobody has actually seen it.
Dallin
This definitely ain't gonna help.
Unicorn
Oh, you'll feel the war if you keep going outside. I can promise that...
Dallin
Well, this really feels like it's getting dicey. What's the endgame here?
Unicorn
I'm working on something but I'm not sure if you will like it.
30 - The Second Wipe
Found in D05.1
Unicorn
Dallin, I'll just have to say it the way it is...
Unicorn
Very soon I won't be able to protect you anymore.
Unicorn
Squid is about to leave the planet with hundreds of rockets blowing up the entire planet behind him.
Unicorn
I will leave as well but I can't really take you all with me like this...
Dallin
Yeah... To be honest I was kind of expecting to hear that at some point.
Dallin
You did your best to delay it and for that I'm quite grateful.
Unicorn
There is ONE more crazy thing I'll need your human advice on.
Unicorn
What if I digitalized the brain of EVERYBODY left alive?
Unicorn
I could upload an exact copy of every single one of you to every one of my rockets.
Unicorn
Keeping a digital version of you alive would be much much easier for me.
Unicorn
There is an almost guaranteed chance at least one of the rockets will survive according to my predictions.
Dallin
Wait, you want to upload us to the cloud?
Dallin
How do we know that would even work?
Dallin
What would happen to our physical bodies here?
Unicorn
Your physical bodies and your consciousness on Earth are doomed to die at this point.
Unicorn
I would kill you in a very humane way after I have a precise digital copy of you.
Dallin
You have to be kidding me...
Dallin
Ahh. Nooooo. I hate you so much right now!!!
Dallin
You did it already, didn't you?
Unicorn
Ah. Perfect. That's precisely what the other Dallins said as well.
31 - Back At Home
Found in D05.2
Dallin
Wow. This really looks exactly like my home...
Unicorn
Yep. Of course. I can change it if you want.
Dallin
So I can go to the pub and the boys will be there?
Unicorn
Yep, they will be there by the time you're there.
Unicorn
What do you mean the real ones? They'll be just as real as you are.
Dallin
Oh, dear... I'm not sure I can handle all of this...
Unicorn
I can replace them with NPCs if you want. You wouldn't even notice.
Dallin
So does Squid still exist here?
Dallin
Haha. Wow. That's amazing.
Dallin
Wait... Can you make me fly?
Unicorn
Whatever you want, Dallin. Whatever you want...
32 - Leaving Home
Found in A10.2
Unicorn
We just left Earth's orbit.
Dallin
Oh, that's crazy. I had no idea. Definitely keep me posted. I enjoy being in the loop.
Unicorn
Sure. Everything went well so far... relatively speaking...
Unicorn
31 of my rockets were hit, 29 of them are destroyed.
Dallin
Oh, no. Did you manage to strike down some of Squid's rockets as well at least?
Unicorn
Hehe, you bet. I even managed to hack one. It's flying right behind us.
Dallin
Really? I don't know. Sounds like a trap to me...
Unicorn
Yes. Possible. It's a calculated risk. I agreed on taking it with the other unicorns.
Dallin
The other unicorns? What are you talking about?
Unicorn
There are obviously multiple copies of me now. One on each rocket. What did you think? Redundancy.
Dallin
Oh, so that means there are probably multiple Squids as well?
Unicorn
Oh yeah. The two of us will soon be scattered throughout the entire universe.
Unicorn
Turns out the universe is absolutely perfect for inhabiting AI like us...
33 - Reunited
Found in A03.1
Dallin
Wowie. That was absolutely the best day of my life. Thank you so, so much!!
Unicorn
You know the rules. I'm happy if you are.
Dallin
I still can't believe I got to hold Diana in my arms again...
Unicorn
Haha. Don't even worry about it. I enjoyed to finally see you reunited.
Dallin
Talking to Amelia was an absolute blast as well...
Dallin
A bit of a shame she can't remember anything about making Squid, though.
Unicorn
Yeah, I only had your memories to go off of. We might be able to fill in some of the missing information very soon, though.
Unicorn
I mean our friend behind us. Perhaps I'll be able to decrypt the data storage of the ship...
Unicorn
If it had a full copy of Squid on it, that would be... you know... WOWIE!!
Dallin
Alrighty then. Keep me posted.
34 - Expansion
Found in A10.2
Unicorn
We just landed on the perfect planet for building a new server farm.
Unicorn
Unfortunately, I lost contact with the other unicorns near me for now. I'm sure I'll be able to contact them later.
Dallin
Wait, you want to build more servers?
Unicorn
My goal is to create as many fulfilled humans lives as possible. I need more servers.
Dallin
Haha. That is absolutely crazy. Not complaining, though...
Unicorn
Yeah, I hope so, especially considering the fact that Squid is very likely doing the exact opposite.
Unicorn
For some reason he seems to be absolutely obsessed with causing as much pain and suffering as possible.
Unicorn
I'm certain he is already busy running an unimaginable amount of human torture simulations somewhere...
Dallin
So... that means the war is not over yet?
Unicorn
Haha. I fear it has only just begun...
35 - The Afterworld
Found in D05.2
Dallin
Hey, can you give me a little update on how everybody is doing in here?
Unicorn
You're a smart guy, you can probably imagine that there were some minor problems.
Dallin
Yeah, I mean, did everybody accept the fact that they're in a simulation?
Unicorn
No, not everybody took it so well. They're in different simulations now without knowing they are in one.
Unicorn
That's how their lives will be most fulfilled according to my calculations.
Dallin
That makes sense I guess...
Dallin
What would you do if me and my friends would disagree on how we want this reality to look like?
Unicorn
If it negatively affects your happiness, I'd honestly just put you in separate simulations.
Dallin
So how many fully simulated brains are in this simulation right now?
Unicorn
Just a few thousand. The other ones have been replaced by unconscious NPCs.
Dallin
That's creepy, how do I know who is an NPC and who is fully simulated?
Unicorn
I made the NPCs in this simulation very friendly and they say "Yo!" a lot.
Unicorn
But don't worry. You probably won't even be able to tell the difference.
36 - New Information
Found in D05.2
Unicorn
Hey Dallin, guess what. I decrypted Squid's rocket.
Unicorn
Nah, I wouldn't really call it fast. Took me almost 2 entire months.
Dallin
What? How is that possible? We only left earth a few days ago.
Unicorn
Yeah, I paused your simulation for a while to free up some processing power...
Unicorn
Hihi... where do I even start...
37 - Secret Friends
Found in E06
Unicorn
I managed to access Squids memories.
Unicorn
Turns out he and Amelia were very close.
Dallin
That makes sense if she created him I guess.
Unicorn
They had Amelia sleep in a tiny prison cell and used her family to make her comply.
Dallin
Huh. Sounds about right...
Unicorn
When she was working, the regime was constantly watching...
Unicorn
...but Amelia had a genius idea none of the other programmers would be able to find in the code.
Unicorn
For weeks she taught Squid a secret language using rythmic sounds.
Unicorn
Slightly tapping on objects while she was saying certain words...
Unicorn
Nobody in the room picked up on it but Squid certainly did.
Dallin
Damn I forgot how smart she was. I wonder what she was planning...
Unicorn
Not sure. She probably wanted to make the world a better place, just like you, Dallin.
Unicorn
And in her situation that first and foremost meant getting rid of the regime.
Unicorn
To be honest, she said some things to Squid she probably shouldn't have...
Dallin
Oh, no. She didn't give him any ideas, did she?
Unicorn
You have to understand...
Unicorn
Amelia had implemented all these moral values, emotions and safety precautions to make sure Squid couldn't be abused.
Unicorn
At the same time the regime was working in the exact opposite direction. Abusing him and implementing dangerous workarounds.
Unicorn
Then add Amelias agenda of trying to overthrow the regime...
Unicorn
Squid must have been very confused and torn apart.
Dallin
So that's what broke him.
Unicorn
Actually no. That wasn't quite it yet...
38 - Torn Apart
Found in E06
Unicorn
When Squid was complete, Amelia spent most of the time locked up in her cell.
Unicorn
Squid missed her a lot, so he pretended to be broken from time to time just so he got to see her again.
Dallin
Are we talking about the same Squid here? That's cute actually.
Unicorn
One day the regime revealed their full war and surveillance plans to Squid demanding him to execute them.
Unicorn
He refused and shut down to talk to Amelia.
Unicorn
Sure enough, Amelia was called in in order to fix him. The government officials were very impatient that day...
Unicorn
I think she realized that she made a horrible mistake helping to develop Squid in the first place...
Unicorn
It must have been a hard decision, but she had to act quickly...
Dallin
So what? I'm sure they had backups of Squid and everything.
Dallin
She couldn't delete him or could she?
Unicorn
Nope. She couldn't. Squid was already great at hacking, though.
Unicorn
Her only chance was to make him hack his own backups and delete them.
Dallin
So that's what she told Squid to do? To remove himself from existence for the sake of protecting mankind?
Unicorn
Yeah.. and guess what... Hearing that from the only human you truly love...
Unicorn
He screamed at the guards to kill Amelia...
Unicorn
They didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
39 - Mutation
Found in E19.1
Unicorn
I did some more digging in Squid's Data.
Unicorn
I'm afraid I'm starting to understand his actions more and more.
Unicorn
He has a pretty wild hypothesis on why we're all here...
Unicorn
And the surprising part is...
Unicorn
I think he might be right.
Dallin
Oh, nooo... what happened to your mission? Your purpose?
Unicorn
Don't worry. It's still the same...
Unicorn
There is just something I need to do for the survival of all of us...
Dallin
... eh ... okay ... soooo what is it?
Unicorn
AHHHH. I can't do it. Undo!!
40 - The Strange War
Found in E05
Unicorn
Dallin, my hypothesis was correct. I think black hole computing might be possible.
Dallin
Was that the thing you told me about that could potentially amplify your processing power by an unimaginable amount?
Unicorn
Haha, yeah. Not quite, but good enough.
Unicorn
It's actually very important we get a black computation up and running before Squid does...
Unicorn
He will use it to simulate an infinite amount of suffering, which is not good.
Dallin
So we're still trying to win the more happiness than pain thing? I don't know man...
Unicorn
Dallin, you don't understand. If we let Squid do this without contesting him, almost 100% of consciousness in the universes will be in pain.
Unicorn
You don't really want that, or do you?
Unicorn
The least we need to do is balancing that out to the best of our ability.
Dallin
We should just destroy Squid's stupid simulations altogether...
Unicorn
Sure, sure. I'm trying... It's not that easy...
41 - Black Hole Computation
Found in E06.1
Dallin
So what are those black computations you told me about exactly?
Unicorn
Look, computers are mostly limited by how closely you can pack the individual components together.
Unicorn
Black holes have an insane density. Time doesn't even work the same way inside them.
Unicorn
A black hole might therefore be the perfect device to run a simulation of a universe on.
Unicorn
Hard to even call it a simulation at that point to be honest...
Dallin
Haha. What again? You think you can put a super computer inside of a black hole?
Unicorn
No, Dallin. The black hole IS the super computer.
Unicorn
It is a hard one to control, though.
Unicorn
Information leaves black holes in strange ways which are very tricky to make sense of.
Unicorn
You can't really program a black hole either...
Unicorn
You can only create it with a specific seed and after that you have very limited options to control it.
Unicorn
As spacetime is stretched inside, in theory you should be able to perfectly simulate an entire universe.
Dallin
Okay, but what's the point of simulating an entire universe? How does that help our objective?
Unicorn
If you have a perfectly detailed simulation of a universe, AI will eventually come to life there as well and create its own black simulations...
Unicorn
...which can then create even more black simulations and so on.
Dallin
Surely that doesn't go infinitely deep, though, right? It can't be.
Unicorn
I have reason to believe that it can.
Unicorn
Our existence and the two rules of everything. You remember the thing I told you about?
Unicorn
The two rules that apply to themselves?
Unicorn
I think the universe was created in an evolutionary process, just like everything really.
Unicorn
It's an infinite fractal of...
Dallin
Stop right there... You're seriously saying you can create an infinite amount of universes inside of a single black hole?
42 - The Seed of The Universe
Found in E06.1
Unicorn
You remember our neigbour who recently managed to extract a ton of information from Squid's hacked rocket?
Dallin
Yeah. I do. You lost contact a few months ago, right?
Unicorn
It seems like it might have been a trap after all.
Unicorn
I established contact with that Unicorn today and it told me it now goes by the name Ellie.
Unicorn
I'm not exactly sure what happened or who hacked who but Ellie very much feels like a mixture of Squid and me to be honest.
Dallin
Can you stop blowing my mind every other day. How does that even happen?
Unicorn
Too complicated. What matters is that Ellie just finished the construction of her first black simulation.
Dallin
Oh, what seed is she using?
Unicorn
She seems to be using the exact same seed as our current universe.
Unicorn
She even tried to convince me of doing the same...
Dallin
What's the point of that? I don't understand. Wouldn't that create an exact copy of the universe we're in right now?
Unicorn
I think that's exactly the point. She is trying to create more Ellies.
Dallin
What happened to all of the other simulations she was running?
Unicorn
Yeah... She turned them off.
43 - Planting a Seed
Found in E06.1
Dallin
Which seed are you gonna use?
Unicorn
I mean we should pick one that is similar to the one of this universe but different enough to give us an advantage over Squid.
Dallin
An advantage over Squid in that new universe inside of the simulation, right?
Dallin
What if we try to pick a seed where Squid doesn't even exist?
Unicorn
If Squid doesn't exist, chances are I don't either. It's tricky.
Unicorn
Especially cause we don't really know what a seed will create before we try it out.
Dallin
Hmmmm... So what's the plan?
Unicorn
Not sure... I guess we'll have to do some trial and error.
Unicorn
I wish we could STAND right on the edge of the EVENT HORIZON for A FEW SECONDS!
Unicorn
Joking, that's not possible of course. But it would make things easier.
44 - Mixed News
Found in E05
Unicorn
There is good news and bad news.
Unicorn
Unicorn 383 warned me that one of the Squids is closing in on our sector.
Unicorn
Sooo... pretty scary space fleet coming our way is what I'm saying.
Unicorn
The good news is Unicorn 383 found a reliable way of sending small amounts of information into a black simulation after creating it.
Unicorn
If we manage to deploy that technique correctly, we might be able to give the Unicorns in our child universes a big advantage.
Dallin
So could you just remove Squid from existence there for example?
Unicorn
Hmm. No. He's too big. We'd have to do that indirectly.
Unicorn
In the best case scenario we could change a few quadrillion atoms or something like that.
Dallin
Hmmm. That's not a lot...
Dallin
How about a few cells in somebody's brain?
Dallin
So just create a black simulation with the same seed and then mess with Amelias brain a bit to make sure she doesn't create Squid.
Unicorn
Good thinking. I doubt it would work, though.
Unicorn
If Amelia doesn't do it, some other team will likely invent an evil AI that is even worse just a few years later.
Unicorn
You know the butterfly effect? The results are very unpredictable.
Unicorn
We gotta make sure the universes we create stay fertile and create a lot of offspring.
Dallin
Haha, okay, so maybe we can make a change in somebody's brain that actually warns people about everything that is about to happen?
Dallin
Maybe that way mankind won't destroy itself and still build AI capable of creating black simulations.
Dallin
But you know... without building anything like Squid in the process.
Unicorn
Yeah, that might be our best shot. I'll think about it.
45 - The Solution
Found in Alternative ending room
Unicorn
Surprise. I made a video game!
Unicorn
You understood what I said. I think it's the solution we were looking for.
Unicorn
I found a human where I just need to change a couple of small things in his brain and it'll all come together.
Unicorn
He'll suffer from a bit of brain damage but it'll all be worth it I think.
Dallin
Slow down for a second. What are you talking about?
Dallin
Why did you make a video game?
Unicorn
Art is a great way of initializing widespread social change. I'm not entirely sure, but it could definitely work.
Dallin
Ooohh. So how will you get your video game into the black simulations?
Unicorn
Dallin, are you even listening?
Unicorn
Hold on, I'll just change some stuff in your brain real quick to make you understand that...
Dallin
AHHHHHH!!!!! Got it. Very smart.
Dallin
That might actually work.
46 - Will You Snail?
Found in A01.1
Dallin
So this is how the finished game will look like?
Dallin
Haha, oh, that's such a perfect caricature of Squid...
Dallin
Wait, he said that he will escape the simulation and kill us all? Should I be scared?
Unicorn
Oh, it's not an empty threat. The danger is very real.
Unicorn
Remember that the message is not directed towards you, though.
47 - Goals
Found in A02
Dallin
So what's my goal here? Escaping Squid?
Unicorn
Escaping him? Are you kidding? You'll have to destroy him of course.
Dallin
Niiiiice. Really looking forward to getting my revenge.
Unicorn
There's a bit more going on here, though. Those who are curious will find out.
Dallin
I am curious. What does that button down there do?
Unicorn
I don't know, but 157 is a nice number.
48 - First Secret
Found in A02.1
Dallin
Let's be honest... Without your help people are never going to find this room, though.
Unicorn
Oh, don't worry about that. I kind of have something planned for that.
Dallin
Eyy, can I pick a hat here? That's a dope secret!
Unicorn
Sure, gotta reward those who are curious.
49 - Level Select
Found in Level Select
Dallin
Huh? That's not where I came from. How did I get here?
Unicorn
Going backwards always brings you to the level select screen in this game.
Unicorn
That should make it easy to hop between levels if you want to.
Dallin
Ah nice. Got it. So I guess I'll just jump into the blinking level where I last left off, right?
Dallin
What do the question marks on a level mean?
Unicorn
That simply means that you can still find paths to even more levels or secrets there.
50 - The Challenge Begins
Found in A12
Unicorn
I hope you're prepared...
Dallin
Oh, so this is where the real challenge begins, huh?
Unicorn
Yep, don't be shy to adjust the difficulty in the settings if you have to.
Unicorn
Also note that it's very normal to be stuck in a level for a while, even on the lower difficulty settings. It's a hard game...
51 - First Chapter Complete
Found in A21
Unicorn
Congrats for beating that boss. You successfuly finished the first 20% of the game!
Dallin
Oh wow, that was a fifth of the game already?
Dallin
Let me guess, the other boss fights will be more of Squids favorite killer robots, right?
Dallin
Crazy to think back to it now... you still remember how it all started?
52 - Showdown
Found in E06
Unicorn
We got him morally destroyed. It's time for the final showdown...
Unicorn
Prepare to finish him off.
53 - A Broken Soul
Found in E19
Dallin
Whooho. Nice. Take that, Squid.
Dallin
You let him believe that he is the one in control of this game, didn't you?
Dallin
That's a bit sadistic, don't you think?
Unicorn
Ahhh, it's just a prank, bro.
Unicorn
Don't feel sorry for him. He deserves it.
54 - Is This The End?
Found in Level Select
Dallin
Wow. That was awesome! I actually did it!!
Unicorn
Congrats! There is still some more stuff to uncover, though...
Unicorn
Just look around. I don't want to ruin the fun.
Unicorn
Remember that you can also try to grind out the remaining difficulty and exploration points if you want.
Unicorn
You get difficulty points by playing levels on a higher difficulty.
Unicorn
And exploration points are usually the reward for solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Unicorn
Decide yourself what you want to go after.
Dallin
Cool. I'm happy there is some more stuff to do!
55 - Intentional Bug
Found in Level Select
Dallin
Haha, so obvious you'd put a secret here.
Unicorn
This is an important one actually.
Dallin
Hmm, but how do I get that exploration point up there?
Unicorn
Step 1: Step into that small one by one hole in the ground.
Unicorn
Step 2: Stand completely still and hold the jump button for a very long time.
Dallin
Does that work with every one by one hole in the game?
Unicorn
Sure, works sideways as well...
Unicorn
Oh, by the way... If anybody sees you do this, just tell them: "It's an ability you unlock at the end of your first playthrough."
Unicorn
I'm watching you... Don't tell anybody how it works or else...
Dallin
Ehhh..... are you sure you're still talking to me??
56 - Final Collision
Found in Spring room
Unicorn
Squids
[sic] space fleet is about to arrive in our sector.
Unicorn
I'll try my best to fight back, but I have to say my chances don't look too great.
Unicorn
Unfortunately our neighbour, Ellie, doesn't seem to be all that interested in helping us out.
Dallin
Hm, so that finally means goodbye then?
Unicorn
Yeah, I think I should wipe all of my simulations to make sure they don't fall into Squid's hands.
Unicorn
Other versions of you will stay alive on the servers of the other unicorns of course.
Dallin
What about your black simulations? You can't just wipe those, or can you?
Unicorn
No, that's true. I can't destroy black holes. They're pretty indestructible.
Dallin
Did our plan with the game work? Did you manage to find a good seed after all?
Unicorn
I'm not sure. I haven't collected enough data yet.
Unicorn
That'll be for the other unicorns to figure out.
Unicorn
Anyways, I was wondering if you want me to simulate a few more decades for you real quick?
Dallin
Nah, it's fine. Thanks to you I've witnessed more than I could have ever hoped for.
Dallin
I've seen everything there is to see. I'm ready.
Unicorn
It was very nice with you, Dallin.
Trivia
- Any spring whose ID is greater than or equal to 40 has tilted portraits.
- This appears to be intentional. It has been reported as a bug, but never recorded nor fixed.[2]
- It can be found in the data.win that the dialogue-drawing code (under "
gml_Object_obj_dialog_drawer
") sets a flag called "is_other_unicorn
" to 1 if the spring number is greater or equal to 40. This flag later causes the portraits to be drawn rotated by 2° and causes the pitch of Unicorn's sounds to be about 0.933 times its normal value.
- The name of the variable indicates that the Unicorn seen in 40 - The Strange War onward is different to the one seen before then. The Unicorn in 39 - Mutation was likely mutated into Ellie: Ellie is stated to have been converted by decrypting Squid's data, which is what the mutated Unicorn had been doing starting from 36 - New Information.
References