Good Ending Doki Doki
To the special player who achieved this special ending. For years, I have been enamored by the ability of visual novels - and games in general - to tell stories in ways not possible using traditional media. Doki Doki Literature Club is my love letter to that. Games are an interactive art. Some let you explore new worlds. The free virtual novel Doki Doki Literature Club isn't what it appears. If you're as baffled as we are, here's how to get the best possible ending. Yes, you gotta throw away Monika to get the good ending. Now when you return to the game Monika will be broken and she will have some dialogue for you. After you get through this dialogue the game will bring you to the main menu, but Monika is missing from the game now. Red Embrace - Good Ending Guide; Doki Doki Literature Club - How to.
Posted byCurrent Version: 0.9.5b
ATTENTION: Right now, I'm looking for artists (character or background) for the mod, so if you're interested or know someone who is then let me know! The end of the current day will come soon! If your save is broken, please use custom start!
I have prepared an album of screenshots here containing some images from the mod. Some of them may be slight spoilers but nothing too crazy so feel free to browse if you're interested in what it includes.
Here is a link to my discord server if you need help or want to talk about it: https://discord.gg/bd6q3N2
Note: To get to the original content, you must write your poems for Monika in Act One. Otherwise the game will play out exactly the same as the normal DDLC.
Background:
It's been a while since my last post (if you even saw it) but I'm back with a progress update on my mod! What began as a simple Monika Route for Act One of the game has turned into something else with encouragement from people who liked my writing. Now I guess I call the mod Doki Doki True Route for lack of a better name.
The reason I've made this post is because I've recently renamed the mod to make it more accurate to what it is. Since it is no longer just a 'Monika Route' mod, but a lot more with my own story. It should be stated that this mod is meant to be played after the original game's good ending however actually achieving that yourself does not mater and you will not require a save from the base game to play this. You must have completed the original Doki Doki Literature Club before playing this mod.
Anyway, I hope you like it! Skip to the download and installation section if you don't want to be spoiled on the story.
Features:
Multiple endings for each arc
Several hours of new original content
New poems by every Doki
Your choices affect what happens to the Dokis and how they act (starting mainly from the new content)
Custom Start (once you reach part two of the mod you can start from any day in the new content though starting from a day you haven't played yet will spoil you!)
Some new original music tracks
Name your saves
How make itunes default music player. More save slots
Monika!
Mod Description:
Part One (Base Game)
This mod is a 'what-if' mod for the first act of Doki Doki Literature Club, which gives the player a chance to write poems for Monika! She will realize things are different when you write your poems for her. What she does is up to the choices you make..will she become a better person and try to help everyone or will your choices make her realize that nothing else, except the two of you, matters?
Part Two (New Content)
Successfully making Monika want to help everyone will unlock the new content the mod has to offer. She and Sayori work together to try to fix everyone else's problems but they soon realize things aren't as easy as they thought it would be. They need the help of the player to make sure that everyone ends up with a happy ending..but there's a looming presence that is affecting Monika..
Download links:
Installation:
I've made installation very simple for you. All you need to do is download the two files above and put them in your 'game' folder. Here is a screenshot of what your game folder should look like after a successful installation. You will know it is installed when you see a black starting scene and Monika in the poem mini-game.
These are questions that were asked in the previous thread a lot. I've posted them here with answers for your convenience. Minor spoilers ahead, so beware.
Q: Why does my game keep skipping Saturday?
A: Check if the filename has .txt.txt. If you have file extensions turned off then it should just be a text document called 'script-saturday'. I have actually included a check for this starting from patch 0.8.1!
Q: Why do I always end up with Just Monika?
A: You didn't pick the right choices. You may need to restart the mod by deleting the 'firstrun' file in your game directory.
Q: What are Monika's poem words?
A: They aren't very hard to find. They'll be quite obvious once you realize that they weren't there in the base DDLC game. However, sometimes words from Dokis may not show up. This is a known issue and will be fixed in the future.
Q: Help! What does this undefined variable something mean and why is it giving me errors?
A: It's probably an undefined variable. It might be my fault but I have done updates where I literally define a variable before a check on the value of that variable and it is apparently not defined. The best way to resolve this is by using the Custom Start on the main menu to start from the day you left off.
0.9.5b
Added custom start to the latest day. Fixed some errors with the previous day. There is now a limited event in the mod that can only be accessed within 1 week of the DDLC anniversary. To get to it, use custom start and select 'special day' from the arc list.
0.9.5a
You can now name your saves (and have way more save slots)! Custom start to the very latest day not available yet but it will come soon. Most of the (previously) latest day has been finished too (it's just Natsuki's part once again). Also in the poem minigame, one word for each girl is guaranteed to spawn so no longer will you be stuck appealing for someone else for one choice! Fixed a bunch of typos and mistakes as well and redid the definitions for some sprites.
0.9.4k
Added facial expressions to the Natsuki's parts in chapter 13. Made her give the correct poem response on the latest day. You now go firstly to Monika's room in chapter 13 to talk to her and I fixed the main menu theme changing if you go to the main menu from in-game.
0.9.4j
Added all of the outcomes for Natsuki's day in chapter 13. It's over 2000 lines of additions. They don't have facial expressions yet, they will be added over the week but now I can focus on the latest day!
0.9.4i
Pretty much finished Natsuki's date sequence. It's over 1000 lines!
0.9.4h
Added new music to the main menu if you did a certain task. The meeting of the current day is over and more to come soon.
0.9.4g
Completed the Haruki ending outcome for Natsuki's arc and added some parts for even an voting situation on the current day.
0.9.4f
The QR code in the die is cast file should now be readable and corrected the music file included in 0.9.4e. No new content today, sorry.
0.9.4e
Added a missing music file to the mod (FINALLY). Added more content to the latest day and fixed some stuff in Natsuki's playday.
0.9.4d
Fixed a bug related to voting on the latest day. Added up to the date in the good outcome of Natsuki's arc.
0.9.4c
Fixed some old grammar and spelling mistakes. Fixed some more stuff on the latest day. Added content to the latest day.
0.9.4b
Corrected some mistakes introduced with 0.9.4a. Added some more dialogue to Natsuki's best ending when you're at her house.
0.9.4a
Corrected some mistakes in the previous day and fixed some poem related stuff on the latest day. Added more content to the latest day and added some more Natsuki scenes.
0.9.3
Added some new assets to mod_assets. The day now goes up to the end of poem responses (even contains Natsuki's poem response after a certain something which is currently unobtainable).
0.9.2
Small update to the latest day. Adding more to two routes of Natsuki's route in the previous day.
0.9.1
Started the latest day. Started writing Natsuki's after school scene for the first preparation day. Fixed custom start and poem responses not working properly. Fixed custom start giving wrong variable settings for a certain choice. Added the latest day to custom start. Fixed some music issues during Yuri's play day. A bunch of mistakes in spelling and grammar fixed once again.
0.8.8
I skipped 0.8.6 and 0.8.7 patch notes because they will all be under here. Changed Monika hair down sprite. Added the end of the day for the Monika, Sayori and Yuri route. (Natsuki still in progress). Added some new music to the game. Fixed a lot of typos, grammar mistakes and some missing sprites. (In a certain Monika route, you may get a missing file error, this is normal as that file does not yet exist in the game files).
0.8.5
Fixed another issue with old saves and some issues.
0.8.4
More corrections. Fixed the bad poem error.
0.8.3
Fixed a mismatched Monika sprite and dialogue on the latest day. Changed 'did you think' to 'do you think' on some parts.
0.8.2
Fixed a bunch of errors relating to the latest day. Added a screen before entering custom start. Saves from this point forward will not be broken. (If using a save from 0.7.12 or higher, it will continue to work for this and future updates)
0.8.1
script-saturday.txt.txt now gets detected. First part of the latest day has been added. New play music has been added to the mod! Custom start updated to the latest day!
0.7.12
Fixed an issue with Custom Start with the latest two days. Fixed Natsuki appearing behind people on the latest day. Fixed an issue with one of the sounds in the latest day.
0.7.11
Fixed an issue where you would get a pure red screen during some parts.
0.7.10
Fixed an issue relating to the Reading Portrait of Markov/Writing a Poem saving. Added more dialogue to the end of the latest day. Renamed the custom music tracks.
0.7.9
Fixed an issue relating to the v1.1.1 update (if you are already in the True Route you would not have encountered this issue). You can now only custom start from arcs that you've finished the previous arc for (i.e. you cannot start from Natsuki's arc if you haven't completed Yuri's arc before).
0.7.8
Updated the scripts so that the newest release of the original DDLC (v1.1.1) is compatible with the mod. This includes the new interactions, typo fixes and disabling auto mode when viewing poems. This does mean that if you have an older version of DDLC, you may need to update. Furthermore, I have cleaned up some of the scripts in the previous days. If you have an old save, you may want to start again using custom start to avoid errors.
0.7.7
Some people still had trouble with a certain file on the latest day so hopefully that is addressed now. I've also made some corrections to some dialogue.
0.7.6
Fixed some errors on the latest day. Hopefully fixed a certain file check. Added the latest day to custom start.
0.7.5
Finished the latest day. Some spelling and grammar corrections in previous days. Changed a certain Yuri sprite on a certain day. Added more Yasuhiro and Haruki sprites for the latest update.
0.7.4
Hopefully all the bugs have been ironed out. To make sure that is the case, please load a save from before the day ends (if you didn't have dinner with Monika) or from before you chose to read the manga or write a poem.
0.7.3
Fixed some weird jumping happening and another sprite overlap.
0.7.2
Fixed several bugs on the latest day including missing textures, sprites, overlapping Dokis etc. Fixed some grammatical errors too!
0.7.1
Added the latest day. Fixed some grammar errors and added a slightly different CG to Sunday.
0.6.2
Added the latest day to custom start and fixed several grammatical errors.
For older patch notes visit my old thread here.
Proofreaders: the people of my discord server
Background Art: petan, mugenjohncel, BIGLOBE, Nuxill
Character Art: Monika After Story Team (particularly: Ryuse [for the new Monika leaning sprite], TheAloofPotato, NotSoGiantDad, Daydreamer, Danymations, Yuro Foxclaw, Therationalpi), Reddit users /u/SovietSpartan, /u/singusasongpianoman, /u/Drealengo, /u/NormallyAverage, Discord users Erni_Editions™, Malukah Maker, bman and finally MUGかぶり and wingzofdarkness from lemmasoft forums
Music: G-RiNe Project, ScubDomino and Reddit users: /u/Zerorurariro and /u/-ShInIgAmIsAmA-
Special Thanks: truesonic53, Chronos, /r/DDLCMods Discord server, Creativetacos
Some Sprite edits: AskillZ and Miko
As required for using a certain sprite set: Artwork by SovietSpartan (https://twitter.com/TsukiZuramaru), originally created for the Doki Doki Literature Club mod 'Doki Doki Rewind/Replay', by Chronos (Discord: Chronos#1609)
If you have any disputes with the assets I've used then please contact me and we'll sort it out!
If you made it through your first playthrough of Doki Doki Literature Club, you may be relieved to find out that the game has multiple endings for players to discover. This guide will explain how to get the good ending in Doki Doki Literature Club, which is sometimes called the “fulfilling” ending in DDLC.
Players must complete the game at least once in order to get the good ending in Doki Doki Literature Club, so be sure to finish the game first before continuing with this guide, as there are huge story spoilers ahead.
How to get the good ending in Doki Doki Literature Club
Before you can get the good ending in Doki Doki Literature club, you must first have a clean, non-broken save file. This may sound scary if you haven’t played through the game already, but trust us, it’s all part of the DDLC experience.
If you have played through DDLC at least once, there’s a good chance you ended up with the Monika ending. This ending is sometimes called the “bad” ending or the “Just Monika” ending, as she is the only one left at the end of the game. This is the most common ending for most players on their first playthrough of DDLC. If you have not played the game at all yet, then you can skip this section and continue on below to get the best ending in Doki Doki Literature Club.
How to Fix Your Game File After the Monika Ending
After earning the Just Monika ending, your game will be ostensibly broken. You will need to fix your broken game files in order to access the menu and start another play through.
Follow these steps to fix your broken Doki Doki Literature Club game files and get the fulfilling ending:
- Access the Doki Doki Literature Club game folder on your PC.
- Open the “game” folder and locate the “firstrun” file.
- Delete the “firstrun” file.
- Restart Doki Doki Literature Club and start a new game.
After deleting your “firstrun” file, you should now be able to start a new, fresh playthrough and earn the best ending in Doki Doki Literature Club.
Doki Doki Literature Club - How to Get All Cutscenes
To get the best ending in Doki Doki Literature Club, you must unlock all the cutscenes for each character in the game before the end of Act 1. To save time, you should enter the game settings and opt to skip all unseen dialogue. If you played a blind playthrough and followed the steps above, the game will think you are playing for the first time and will show you dialogue you’ve already seen.
Now, your goal from here is to try to earn every character’s cutscenes before the end of Act 1. You’ll essentially be doing three separate playthroughs of the game, then exiting before reaching the end in certain circumstances.
Unlocking each girl’s cutscenes involves similar steps each time: appeal to a girl, write her poetry that she likes, and confess your love for her. You will then need to quit the game and start over before witnessing any deaths (for the most part). Each girl reacts a bit differently of course, so you’ll have to make some adjustments depending on the girl you are wooing.
Sayori Cutscenes
- Start a new game and appeal to Sayori.
- Use solemn or bittersweet words when writing poetry for Sayori to unlock two special cutscenes.
- Confess your love for Sayori at the end to get her third cutscene.
Don’t worry about who you selected to help prepare for the festival in this playthrough, as Sayori will come to you regardless. However, make sure to exit to the main menu before witnessing Sayori’s death in this and the following playthrough, or else you won’t be able to get the best ending in DDLC.
Natsuki Cutscenes
- Start a new game (prior to Sayori’s death) and appeal to Natsuki this time.
- Use cute or fluffy words when writing poetry for Natsuki to unlock two special cutscenes.
- Select Natsuki to help with festival preparation at the end to get her third cutscene.
- When Sayori arrives, make sure to exit to the main menu before witnessing her death.
Again, when you reach the point where you are supposed to check on Sayori, make sure to quit the game here and begin the next playthrough. If you check on her to find her dead, this will ruin your chances of earning the best ending in Doki Doki Literature Club. The choices she presents you with do not matter here.
Doki Doki Literature Club Good Ending Route
Yuri Cutscenes
- Start a new game (prior to Sayori’s death) and appeal to Yuri this time.
- Use words that appeal to Yuri when writing her poetry to unlock two special cutscenes.
- Select Yuri to help with festival preparation at the end to get her third cutscene.
- Don’t exit to the main menu to start a new game. This time, you must witness Sayori’s death.
Now it’s time to prepare for the game’s unsettling ending. Once you unlock Yuri’s cutscenes and witness Sayori’s death, the game will glitch and Sayori will be gone from the game. Continue playing the game rather than restarting. Things get a bit hectic, as the girls go crazy and Monika comes to delete the remaining characters.
The game will play out as it usually does with the Monika ending, only this time you’ve collected all nine of the girls’ cutscenes (three scenes each for Sayori, Natsuki, and Yuri).
Delete Monika
Don’t delete Monika when prompted. Instead, play through the game with Monika in the void, write her a poem, and continue with her dialogue until she sits and stares at you. Then, open up the game’s installation files. There should only be Monika’s folder within the character files, as she “removed” the others. The only thing you have to do now to achieve the good ending in DDLC is delete the ‘monika.chr’ file.
When you return to the game, a glitched version of Monika will remain, with some dialogue. You'll eventually be sent back to the main menu, where Monika should now be missing. Start another game, and continue through the dialogue and cutscene with Sayori. The game will begin to glitch, and you will get a special message from the developer at the end after the credits. Congrats, you've just earned the best ending in Doki Doki LIterature Club!
There you have it. By following these steps, you will have unlocked the good ending in Doki Doki Literature Club. The game will be beyond broken from here, so you will have to either delete the ‘firstrun’ file as we mentioned above or reinstall the game to do another playthrough.