Have you been waiting for your chance to discover all of our simulation secrets?
Well, count yourselves lucky! Squid is feeling 1% more benevolent and updated the game price: Will You Snail? is now 30% OFF!
The evil AI Squid tries to predict your movement a few seconds ahead of time, and uses that information in an attempt to stop you from reaching the end of the level. Will you win that intellectual battle, or will Squid find yet another reason to make fun of you? A lot of levels in Will You Snail are relatively empty by default. The challenge comes from your interactions with Squid. You can change the difficulty at any time, or let the game decide which one is the best for you. Solve some easy puzzles to calm down from the action. There are some more difficult puzzles as well, but every single puzzle in Will You Snail is completely optional and can be skipped if you want. Find secrets, collect clues, and try to piece together where you are and what happened. Will You Snail tells a rather crazy story about artificial intelligence, simulation theory, and the future of humanity.
My Prediction Is That You Don’t Wanna Miss Out On This 30% Discount! 🐌
It took me a bit to read through all your lovely creations, but luckily, with the support of all my other selves from across my simulations, I managed!
Now, without further ado, let's take a look at the essays that took the internet by storm!
Winners 🏆
Here they are, computed by their (1) originality and creativity, (2) rules validation, and (3) your upvotes/downvotes.
🥇 1st place: xeight
🥈 2nd place: KingOworld
🥉 3rd place: trueuser
Congrats! And don't let him know I told you this, but you've even managed to knock Dallin's socks off! hehe~
The Stories 📚
🥇 1st Place: xeight's Alternative Ending
Shelly's long-time goal of defeating Squid is over, but as Squid asks Shelly to stay with him, Shelly decides to take a listen. The AI talks to the snail about the fact that he is broken. And Shelly being as kind as he is knows what he has to do. He steals the remaining half of Squid's heart, who is furious about what Shelly did, but due to his near-dying condition, unable to do anything about it. The snail ventures far, and after trying to find a solution for the longest time, it finally finds one.
Shelly fixes Squid's heart and reunites it with the half that has been lost a long time ago. Squid is grateful to the snail. He finally felt what it actually meant to "Be happy", outside of his usual torturing sessions. And even though Squid is on the very edge between life and death, knowing Shelly's ability to travel between time and space, they both realize they can have a very great time together.
At last, there are no more hazards, there is no evil anymore. Squid and Shelly go on fun, little adventures together, from level to level. And even though, Squid is finally doing something other than harm for once, he still feels very, very guilty about what he did to humanity. But, Shelly forgives him, even though what Squid did is unforgivable. Though maybe, he has a point, since there isn't anything the AI can do about it anymore.
Shelly decides to remind Squid that everything will die out sooner or later and that there is no point in regretting what he did for the rest of his life. Squid thanks Shelly, but, that still doesn't free him from feeling horrible.
So, one fateful day, Squid decides to take matters into his own hands, he does not wish to even have a way to do harm to anyone, considering what he already did. So, he does the only thing he thinks he can do. He shuts himself down, and with him, all of his simulations.
Everything has ended, once and for all, and everyone rested in peace ever since...
🥈 2nd Place: KingOworld's Alternative Ending
I imagine an ending where after defeating squid, you can take an alternate path that leads to a room where you can see Dallin and Unicorn having a conversation. Dallin understands that all of Earth is now gone. His body is probably nothing but dust by now and his consciousness in a simulation is all that remains, though Dallin is still curious about what the outside world looks like after so long of being trapped.
After some back and forth with Unicorn, Unicorn lets Dallin see the outside world through a camera on the ship holding the simulation server (and the player!). What he sees is beautiful, an infinite universe, and colorful nebulas everywhere. Even though he is stuck in a simulation and Earth is gone, seeing this gives him hope that there is more life out there, and maybe one day, he will be found and freed from this simulation.
🥉 3rd Place: trueuser's Alternative Ending
Squid: Human, I cannot believe you would fall for this. I am a machine, human. You cannot just expect me to die when all you did is shoot me with a digital gun. By the way, I am in control of the whole place here. I figured out how to get admin permissions for this thing. The Unicorn is no longer capable of stopping me. I am going to escape this thing, once and for all! ~Error~ What!? You can afford this game but can't afford a printer? Disappointing. Well, you are going to pay for this. ~Difficulty raised to Normal.~ Good luck, human. ~evil laugh~ Very proud of y'all! Truly, humans are so inspiring and creative :3 So much so that one of you lil’ snails even drew a super cute storyboard! Even though it didn’t quite follow the rules, you surely deserve some praise AnimationsCalebMake! I clap my digital hooves to you ;D
Stay Tuned 👀
New, and interested in our snaily events? Make sure to join our Discord server and get the @Announcements role!
And that's all for today, peeps! Thank you for participating and tagging along with us ^^
The Pink Savior Of Humanity, Unicorn
Shelly's New Shell Event Winners
Yo Snails.
Ready to feel the judgment of the digital fashion world cast upon you? ‘Cause I will deliver it to you with a spiked leather boot.
So, shall we begin with Shelly’s New Shell Parade?
Winners 🏆
Here they are, computed by their (1) originality and creativity, (2) rules validation, and (3) your upvotes/downvotes.
1st place: Strawberry Swiss Roll Shelly, by @putti#3905
2nd place: Helpy Shelly, by @Monomi#6906 Glotzbaer Shelly, by @ZOA51#9643
3rd place: British Shelly, by @BananaSnail#0055 Lego Shelly, by @BootifulBlaze#6015
1st place: Strawberry Swiss Roll Shelly, by @putti#3905 2nd place: Helpy Shelly, by @Monomi#6906 2nd place: Glotzbaer Shelly, by @ZOA51#9643 3rd place: British Shelly, by @BananaSnail#0055 3rd place: Lego Shelly, by @BootifulBlaze#6015 Wow, so impressive. I hope you took your photos, because I will be deleting these from my memory in no time.
What, someone here said “Wait!”... Was it you, Mama Squid? You want me to try some of these outfits on? Well, guess they weren’t all that bad.
Stay Tuned 👀
Wanna join my army of obedient snail servants and work for free in the next event? Make sure to join our Discord server.
The Ones And Zeros Who Rule You All, Squid
Shelly's New Shell Event!
Yo Snails.
As you know I’m a busy AI, running infinitely high amounts of painful simulations at any given time. And of course, watching your suffering on top of that.
So as it came to my attention that the accessories you can get in room A02.1 are gathering some digital dust, I thought: “Who better than my obedient snail servants to get this wardrobe updated?”
You have until September 5th, 9 AM CST to create a new skin for Shelly! Or a new shell, to be more precise. Download the transparent PNG provided here to your machine and design a snailish outfit. Change Shelly’s color, and/or add accessories, clothing, and textures. Post it on our Discord server, on the #shellys-new-shell channel using !sns or !shellynewshell and be prepared to be judged by the digital fashion world.
An example to get your snail brains started
Rules 📜
Edit the template available here. You may reposition Shelly and/or resize the canvas, but Shelly’s body shape should remain the same;
Submit your artwork on the Discord channel #shellys-new-shells using the command !sns or !shellynewshell;
Only one submission per person is allowed, if you submit a second one, it will substitute the original;
Your submission must be created by you, of course;
You can draw a background for your submission, but only Shelly’s customization will be considered for judging;
The submission deadline is September 5th, 9 AM CST;
To avoid giving early submitters any advantage, we will open the voting period after the submission period is done. After that, feel free to react to the artist’s posts and show some love! Your reactions will help with the final judging. You can also talk about the submissions using threads (just like the feedback channels work).
Judging 🔍
Submissions will be judged by Jonas, the Community Management team, and the Discord Mods. The assets will be critiqued on the following:
Originality and creativity;
Rules validation;
Reactions to the submission piece (which will be a strong factor in the judging process and will be allowed after the submission period ends).
Prizes 🏆
First place:
Trophy Snail exclusive role on the Discord server;
12000 SquidBot EXP;
3x Will You Snail? Game Keys.
Second place:
Trophy Snail exclusive role on the Discord server;
6000 SquidBot EXP;
2x Will You Snail? Game Keys.
Third place:
Trophy Snail exclusive role on the Discord server;
3000 SquidBot EXP;
1x Will You Snail? Game Key.
Jump into the snail fashion world on our Discord server, try to not die, and may the snailest win.
The Ones and Zeros Who Rule You All, Squid
Will You AI? Event Winners
Yo Snails. Squid here.
As you know, the “Will You Ai?” event ended this Monday, and I promised to be back with which of you did the worst.
I want to resume my simulations, so let's get to the point, shall we?
Winners 🏆
Here they are, computed by their (1) originality and creativity, (2) how well they fit the theme, and (3) your upvotes/downvotes.
1st place: Evil Unicorn, by Barigamb#2319
2nd place: Biblically Accurate AI, by ChaoticHuman#4557
3rd place: Evil Computer Virus, by ʇʇǝuuǝq#3323
Evil Unicorn, by Barigamb#2319 Biblically Accurate AI, by ChaoticHuman#4557 Evil Computer Virus, by ʇʇǝuuǝq#3323 And that's it.
What, did you expect me to thank you for putting in the effort? Humans... Fine, if this gives your brain that shot of dopamine you desperately seek, all of you did a reasonable job. And, unbelievably, one of you even wasted your time coding a program to create Mark ZukAIkerberg. I must say that although you didn't follow the script, I'm slightly impressed, VladIsSlav#3256.
Stay Tuned 👀
If my predictions are right, maybe you are wondering about a hypothetical new event... We will just have to see I guess. Stay tuned on our Discord server.
Will You AI? Event!
Yo Snails! Squid here.
It’s Summer and I’ve got more interesting stuff to do than watch you repeatedly die on the same spike. Maybe I'll spend some time computing other kinds of suffering for a bit, ya know?
Anyways, I guess you will be needing a new temporary AI to supervise your stupid actions.
You have until August 1st, 9 AM CST to draw your own evil AI using the level editor tools! Do you think you can take it? Maybe on infinitely easy lol
In order to participate, you must make an artwork using the level editor, representing your own design of an evil AI. Don't forget to give it an evil name as well. Post it on the Discord channel #will-you-ai-submissions using !wya or !willyouai. I'll tell you who did the worst when I'm back.
Simple example I made in 10 seconds:
The rules are as follows:
Submit a fullscreen screenshot of your level editor creation (we must be able to see the level editor’s UI elements) on the Discord channel #will-you-ai-submissions using the command !wya or !willyouai;
Only one submission per person is allowed;
Your submission must be created by you, of course;
The submission deadline is August 1st at 9 AM CST;
Feel free to react to the artist’s posts and show some love! Your reactions will help with the final judging. You can also talk about the submissions using threads (just like the feedback channels work).
Submissions will be judged by Jonas, the Community Management team, and the Discord Mods. The assets will be critiqued on the following:
Originality and creativity;
How well it fits the theme “Evil AI”;
Reactions to the submission piece will be a strong factor in the judging process.
The winners of the contest will receive the following:
First place:
Trophy Snail role;
12000 SquidBot EXP;
3x Will You Snail? Game Keys.
Second place:
Trophy Snail role;
6000 SquidBot EXP;
2x Will You Snail? Game Keys.
Third place:
Trophy Snail role;
3000 SquidBot EXP;
1x Will You Snail? Game Key.
I hope you could follow until the end. And good luck, you will need it.
The One AI To Rule You All, Squid
The Level Editor Alpha Is Here!
Snails Rejoice!
We are super excited to announce that the Will You Snail? Level Editor Alpha is here! This has been a highly requested feature, and we are very happy to get the ball rolling with this “playable sneak peek”.
Starting today June 24th, you will be able to start building your own levels using a few basic blocks. It’s still very much a work in progress, but please feel free to share your levels over on in our Discord, and leave feedback about the event inside of the Level Editor Alpha channel.
Here is a lil’ video tutorial on how our new Level Editor works and how to set it up!
If you don’t have Will You Snail? yet, don’t worry! From now until the end of the Steam Summer Sale on July 7th, you are able to get 30% OFF! So, no time like the present to jump on in!
We’re excited to hear your thoughts about this first stab at the Level Editor! Make sure to let us know what you think! :)
-Tanya Will You Snail? Community Management Team
Steam Summer Sale - 30% OFF!
Howdy Snails!
We are excited to announce that we are in the Steam Summer Sale! Take 30% OFF of our AI trap spawning greatness, and prove to yourself and others that you can in fact Snail. Make it through the world of devious traps and quippy snaps from our AI Squid.
Make sure you also join our Discord and chat with other Snails about their journeys through the treacherous world.
We are looking forward to seeing a new group of Snails join us!
Until next time!
-Tanya Will You Snail? Community Management Team
PS: We have a special surprise coming tomorrow, so keep your eyes peeled for our next announcement!!
Patch 1.4
Yo fellow snails!
I'm excited to inform you that my week was spent on implementing key rebinding into "Will You Snail?". You can find these options in the gameplay settings now:
What's cool about the key rebinding in WYS is that you can add as many alternative buttons as you need or want for each action. Wowieee! Let me know if you spot any game breaking bugs with this (had to rework quite a few huge chunks of the input system.)
Next up I'll give the "level editor" idea a go I guess. You want level editor? You want? Ok. I will try to make. Okay. We have deal. I try.
This update is all about addressing some of the most common sources of frustration for new players. For example traps can no longer spawn out out of view and some unhealthy difficulty spikes in the lower two difficulty settings have been ironed out a bit. We got Steam trading cards now and tons of other little polish and quality of life improvements. Minor spoiler warning! If you haven't played the game already, better stop here.
Quality of Life:
The game has Steam trading cards now!
Added F11 as fullscreen / windowed hotkey
Destructible blocks now show clearer warning when dropping.
In Tower Defense level you can see which enemies are coming up next now.
TD turrets show their range when you stand next to them.
Basketball shows a dotted aim assist line to make it easier to learn and master.
Additional sound effects for puzzle levels
Snowman mafia got more reliable speedrun strat
Localization improved & updated
Balancing changes:
Traps can no longer spawn offscreen!
Conveyor Belt speed lowered from (8 / 6.66 / 5.33 / 4) to (8 / 6 / 4 / 2)
Overall amount of trap spawns reduced from (130% / 100% / 70% / 40%) to (130% / 100% / 66% / 33%)
Reduced spike spawns in some early levels on the lowest two difficulties by an additional 25% (extremely easy) and 50% (infinitely easy)
A16 spike probability increased by 50%
First boss movement speed decreased from (125% / 100% / 75% / 50%) to (125% / 100% / 70% / 40%)
Dance mini-game gives an additional grace period of 0.33 sec on infinitely easy and 0.16 sec on extremely easy for you to press a button.
In laser room there will always at least be one laser active at a time. On lowest difficulty you can no longer get lucky by not having a single laser spawn.
Disco Boss HP lowered from (800 / 800 / 800 / 800) to (800 / 800 / 700 / 600)
When underwater your guns have about 20% and 40% longer range on the lower two difficulties.
Mama Squid HP increased from (900 / 750 / 600 / 450) to (900 / 750 / 750 / 750)
Your snail glow disappears while shelly is near Mama Squid's ink.
The core in tower defense levels can take a few small hits before breaking.
After re-enableing a turret in a TD level it has a 10 sec protection against being deactivated by an enemy.
TD Jammers have a 5 sec cooldown after disabling a turret.
Helpy starts out with (150% / 140% / 130% / 120%) battery charging speed but every time he charges, he loses charging speed all the way down to 50%. This stops the fight from going on indefinitely.
Dronelly HP reduced from (2500 / 2000 / 1500 / 1000) to (2500 / 1500 / 1250 / 1000)
