Matters of Trust
A downloadable game
MATTERS OF TRUST
an Ending 2 story based on Cavemanon's Snoot Game by snoot_talk
CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
SINCE 30.09.2025
"What is this?"
Matters of Trust ("MOT") is an extension to Ending 2, exploring what happens to the cast after Fang's breakup.
The story takes place a year after prom night, with Anon stuck in the Navy and Fang attempting to continue her music career. With him out of the picture, the role of the main protagonist goes to Reed, who'll be trying to help Fang after their botched, unexpected "reunion". Along the way, he comes across Fang's family, some old friends and a couple new faces, all trying to aid Fang one way or another.
E2 leaves even more things unexplained than E1, makes huge time skips and, much like E1/E3, doesn't tell us much about the side cast. It all makes for a new, interesting scenario that I think is worth exploring.
Unlike in Last Second Save, this story does not have a happy ending. Ending 2 remains canon.
"Wait, so no Anon?"
Not this time. There was going to be one initially, but over time I realized I was hitting a brick wall.
E2 Anon is incredibly difficult to write a story about for many reasons, mostly the predictable, repetitive nature of his "redemption". To have him realize he needs to change would undermine his entire character arc. You're basically not writing E2 Anon anymore, but an Anon who didn't give up.
What HAS more potential is a character who didn't burn all of their bridges, still has ties to the main cast and the potential to turn their life around... Say, a hypothetical E2 Reed.
"What's up with the art style?"
In order to speed up production of new sprites, I decided to draw them a little differently this time. Every character sprite is a hand-drawn, scanned and then digitally corrected/colored artwork. Average time spent on a single sprite is 10-20 minutes compared to the half a day it'd take me normally.
The same treatment (but in greyscale) applies to all hand-drawn CGs. No more eye-scorching white backgrounds!
A few choice flashback sequences retain the original Snoot Game art style.
"What's in the bonus stories?"
Unlike in Snoot Game and its "bonus chapters", in MOT "bonus stories" unlock over time as you play through the game. You can play them from the moment they are unlocked and mainly act as supplement material for the main story, except for a few.
Beat the game to unlock the final two bonus stories!
The bonus stories can also all be unlocked via the debug menu in Chapter Select.
- Façade
- Morning after prom
- --- possibly more ---
- ???
- ???
"What is Streamer Mode?"
Streamer Mode replaces the game's licensed soundtrack with Wani/copyright free songs, allowing you to safely stream the game on Youtube/Twitch. You can toggle it at the start of the story or, at any time, in the options menu.
"Does MOT have multiple endings?"
Anon already made his choice. There's no turning back.
The story contains only a few cosmetic choices that don't affect the plot.
Cool features
- character development for Reed, Rosa, Naser, Naomi, Samantha and Ripley
- LJ is a prominent side character
- 250+ character sprites
- 50+ hand-drawn CGs
- Streamer Mode
Matters of Trust began production on 30th September 2025. Excluding bonus stories, the main plot is halfway done and in a playable state.
Thank you for your continued patience! I promise to deliver a solid game eventually.
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I don't wanna be that guy, but yeah, I also hoped for a "Cope/Hope" alternative story.
I do understand tho, it can be really generic and repetitive, specially when Anon really was conclusive with his destine in this Ending, leaving basically no room for any kind of redemption, but still, I thought "If Ending 1 had so beautiful of a redeeming story, why not with E2?"
I do really like tragic stories, as long as they have a happy ending/"clearly towards happyness" type of open ending. That's why I kinda hated the original ending 1 and 2 (Not in the sense of writing, but in how they made me feel fking terrible with no hope at all), but that's me.
I still respect your decision in taking a different path to a lot of other "alternative stories" out there, and I'll obviously will play this. Don't get affected by comments like mine who only wanted another cope story, your writing is peak, always good to see more from your work.
Honestly, I was really excited about the announcement of this mod and its title, inspired by Billy Joel's song. The name seemed perfect: a work that speaks about trust and healing wounds, which fit ideally to hint at a possible reconciliation between Fang and Anon.
That's why my disappointment was great when I discovered that the proposal doesn't revolve around that idea. Instead of exploring what happened to Fang after his breakup with Anon, the mod places Reed as the protagonist. This decision, far from exciting the fandom, will likely cause rejection, since what players most hope for is a reunion between Fang and Anon. By excluding Anon from the main role, the story loses much of the emotional weight it could have had and misses the opportunity to delve into one of the most significant conflicts of the original game
We shall see if I manage to deliver in spite of this handicap! Once the full game is available, I'll be gladdened to hear your thoughts on it.
Opinions are already turning negative, and it's understandable: the fandom is finding out that this mod isn't about reconciliation between Fang and Anon. In fact, Anon isn’t even the main character, but rather Reed, a character who doesn’t generate much interest within the community.
Moreover, the fact that the story does not offer a happy ending and is presented more as an extension of Ending 2 means that for much of the time we will see Fang in a state of unhappiness. This makes the proposal less appealing and makes it difficult for public perception to change, since what players are most hoping for is precisely a reunion between Fang and Anon, not an extension of the conflict.
I understand the point: this mod can provide context about what happened with Fang in E2 and cover one of the biggest gaps in that ending. However, I feel it would have had much more impact if Fang had been the protagonist instead of Reed. In the end, what most of the fandom wants is to dive deeper into Fang and her relationship with Anon, and focusing on Reed takes away emotional strength from the story.