“You don’t have to be an expert,” Pi said. The subreddit is full of writers, coders and artists learning together. Phathom said that he got his start by playing DDLC mod, taking apart the code for it, and deciding he wanted to make a mod of his own. While there are only a few mods that are completed so far, there are dozens that are still in progress, and users kick around new ideas every day.
… The DDLC community is actually quite caring.” Phathom, the modder behind Brand New Day, said over Reddit private messages that “people have been messaging me that has been providing them some closure to the real game.
There are mods that help players save all the girls from their fates, as in mods Doki Doki Literature Club 1.1.0 and the work in progress A Brand New Day. The upcoming Doki Doki Literature Club: Purist Mod aims to bring the game closer to a traditional, non-horrifying dating sim, which always seemed like a game that would be popular in its own right. While Monika After Story gives players a chance to make Monika happy, players have also made mods giving that treatment to the other doomed characters.
