A special farewell

 

Hello! 

 

 Today's post will be a little fun fact about a certain game designer named Leila, her departure and an unusual way to say goodbye.

Leila Hallenberg is a game designer and has worked at Star Stable Entertainment (one example of her work being 2020 Halloween event). Have you ever tried to look into your ingame notebook with notes about important NPCs in SSO and try to add a drawing/sticker under the photo? This is also a project made by Leila, who once had 3 free hours on Friday and thought it would be funny to be able to do so. These are just two examples of what we have in the game thanks to Leila. Unfortunately, the designer no longer works for Star Stable, but she has found an interesting way to leave a visible sign of her presence!

A little signature of Leila is located at Doyle's Abbey, on this grave:

At first, you can't really see anything, but after clicking on the grave, the full name of the designer shows up on it.

You could say it's quite a dramatic goodbye ... some players have speculated that Leila might have died. However, the designer herself confirmed on her Tumblr blog that it was supposed to be an interesting way to leave a trace, a kind of signature.  

 

I’m not dead! I feel like that might be important for me to point out. 

I added that in secret as a hidden Easter egg before I left, so I’m actually credited somewhere in the game in proud “Adventure” tradition.

I was curious to see how long it would take until someone found it, as the fanbase tends to be very good at spotting the smallest details. Good work, whoever did!

 

However, this is not the end of the fun fact! After we click on the grave and Leila's name appears, we can use the applause emote in the chat (remember to dismount your horse, this won't work if you're in the saddle!). This will cause a ghost to go out of the grave and the designer will share an important message with us.

The ghost (although resembling a druid, probably representing Leila herself) asks us if we are enjoying ourselves. The dialogues vary depending on what we choose:

 

 

Yes

 

No

 

 

 

I also feel the need to warn you that if you plan to visit Leila's virtual 'grave' yourself, after completing the entire interaction you will not be able to move and you will need to turn the game off and on again to fix it.

 

However I definitely agree with what Leila has to say in this little easteregg. It's a great reminder to take care of ourselves, StarFam ♥

Hugs!