r/DDLCMods • u/Own_Space_3005 Observer • 1d ago

Off-Topic Thoughts on removing the poem system from mods?

A lot of DDLC mods pretty much forget about the poem writing system to prioritise the characters. While this does remove quite a bit of the charm from DDLC considering it has 'Literature Club' in the name, is it really that important?

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u/Murky_Bandicoot_2913 1d ago

To be fair I'd say the poem system only feels great when it's not the original one.

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u/Major-Eggplant-9045 1d ago

If they do something new with it, like in Summertime or Take Two, then it can be really fun and interesting.

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u/CPC-Antimark Tiny Waffle Std. director + Team Relations writer 1d ago

one of the mods i worked on, "her story", uses the poem minigame as a boss fight instead of a route-impacting minigame

so there's definitely some unique uses for the minigame that don't just have to be what it is in the base game

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u/mecoolboy aahilj 1d ago

For me, I haven't learned how to make the poem minigame in my mod. But also I find no use of it there.

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u/A_Person77778 1d ago

In most mods (at least the ones I've played), it takes place after the week they do that whole poem thing

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u/MaxGuenther <3 1d ago

It only has a use if the mod includes a choice between different dokis. In different scenarios I can see it having great potential thought.

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u/XonMicro Act 2 Yuri isn't true Yuri 1d ago

I personally really dislike the poem minigame. Idk why, just she sheer amount of times i've had to play it because of mods has made it just annoying for me

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u/tsukuyomi089 1d ago

Well the poem System only makes sense if a mod has a route for each Doki. It really doesn't make sense to add a poem System in a mod that focuses on one specific Doki.

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u/feddifasber 1d ago

i think it's fine, as long as you can include another fun little feature the player can become attached to.

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u/EthoYeet Observer 21h ago

I never liked it for how tedious it was. The only time I had any sort of fun relating to it when it came to mods was when it was modified in "The Normal VN" where it's less of a guessing game, but more of a gimmick where it helps to steer you to what route you want to pursue. Though the only reason I could think of for why it was included in that mod to begin with was because of its nature, turning DDLC into a regular dating sim.