Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4504826-20160419213859/@comment-5956954-20171121164135

In hardmode, I want the UNDERTALE application to behave like ransomware so it actually seems your actions really do have consequences as you try to use your computer. It would be the same as the normal "sell your SOUL" ordeal, but the system_file_63 will be deep within your computer, encrypted with AES-256, and have a filename longer than 50,000 characters so it can't be interacted with. You have actually sold your computer to the game at that point, and the effects are actually permanent and not revertable.

Not only does this spread the message saying "don't commit Genocide, dude, it's not worth it", but it would separate men from boys. People commit genocide because they can easily revert the changes. People tell and encourage others to kill themselves because they can easily forget about it after they vented their lungs out. What if they can't? What if they suffer very likely consequences? Now they'll be thinking before playing God.

If you're smart enough or Google enough, though, you'll probably find out you can just reinstall Windows and restore a backup from your harddrive and ruin the entire point once again because you're a teary-eyed little child, but the upgraded challenge in the metagame would definitely set UNDERTALE apart from video games. The developer foresight already proves to be evil. Why not go beyond? I'll love it.