Devlog #6 —— Trust Is Optional

When we first started building Desserted, we thought we were making a co-op survival game.

However, we discovered some even more fun things:

• Players started arguing.

• Players started making “questionable” decisions.

• Players started… feeding each other a little too enthusiastically.

We also hope that players will gradually realize:

This isn’t just a co-op game. It’s a game about what happens between players under pressure.

Cooperation Is Not Guaranteed

In most co-op games, the goal is simple: work together, survive together.

In Desserted, that’s… mostly true.

But systems like God’s Command sometimes push players into situations where:

• Helping others might be the wrong choice

• Following your objective might hurt your team

• And doing “the right thing”… isn’t always clear

So the question becomes:

Are you playing with your team — or against them?

Feeding, Sacrificing, and Blaming

Some mechanics are intentionally… uncomfortable.

You might have to:

• Feed someone when they don’t want it

• Take more resources than you should

• Or decide who gets to survive when things go wrong

And when everything falls apart, there’s always that moment:

“Wait… who caused this?”

Chaos Between Players

Monsters create pressure. Systems create constraints.

But the real chaos?

We deliberately made this chaos originate from the players themselves, from hesitation, from panic.

From one decision that changes everything.

And sometimes… from a friend who says

“Trust me.”

So… Do You Trust Your Team?

We’re not trying to force players to betray each other.

We’re just building a space where:

• Cooperation is powerful

• But never guaranteed

• And always… a little fragile

Because in the end,

Surviving together is easy. Trusting each other is the hard part.

We’ll see you in the next loop.