Exit Music: Redux

**Exit Music: Redux** is a complete overhaul of the original Exit Music mod, released in 2018.

Despite its popularity, the original mod used Radiohead covers without the original author's permission. Exit Music was also notorious for its poorly made scenes and mischaracterization of all the girls, especially Yuri.

Exit Music: Redux aims to fix those mistakes by implementing a brand-new soundtrack, new scenes and completely rewriting the story. It also features bonus content, including alternative scenes, parallel stories, a gallery and a soundtrack listener.

Exit Music: Redux was first released as a demo in August 26th, 2021. The full release occurred on October 8th, 2021.

## Synopsis

The mod starts on Monday, the day of the festival in the original game. Instead of going straight to school, MC decides to check on Sayori's house. There, he finds her about to commit suicide, but convinces her to seek professional help. This causes both of them to miss the festival.

They later explain the situation, and Monika and Yuri wonder why Natsuki was also absent from the festival. Afterwards, Natsuki tells MC about her abusive father. MC lets Natsuki stay in his house until her 18th birthday and the mod follows their lives, with them constantly on the lookout to avoid Natsuki's father until she is of age and is no longer legally required to live with him.

Exit Music: Redux contains 28 tracks, with the overwhelming majority of them being covers of the English rock band Radiohead. Its main visual style is also based on the band's "A Moon Shaped Pool" album.

## Characters

* **MC**: The main character, whose name is up to the player's choice. Unlike the main game, this MC is not a vessel to the player, instead being his own character with a unique personality. As the mod goes on, he becomes more and more mentally unstable due to the immense trauma he has to endure.
* **Natsuki**: The second main character. She is portrayed in the classic "tsundere" archetype, being aggressive and grumpy to outsiders to hide the pain and insecurity she faces in her abusive home life, controlled by her father. She's also a big fan of manga, especially the Parfait Girls series, one she's deeply attached to due to being the first manga she ever bought. Lives with MC after the first act.
* **Yuri**: Unlike the original Exit Music or the base DDLC, Yuri does not display obsessive and disturbing behavior. She is very intelligent and eloquent, but is extremely shy and finds it very difficult to socially interact with the outside world. Has a big collection of knives that she often uses to cut herself.
* **Sayori**: Unlike the original game, Sayori's mental state is a lot better thanks to her seeking out professional help and medication. She is also much more mature than in the base game, acting as MC's best friend and giving very helpful advice as the story unfolds.
* **Monika**: The president of the Literature Club. Isn't self-aware like in DDLC. Exit Music: Redux portrays her as a smart but troubled soul. She tries to do everything with the utmost perfection, but becomes overwhelmed in all the events that transpire during the main story. Is stressed and burned out, to the point she can barely sleep.
* **Natsuki's father**: The unseen main antagonist of the story. He is an abusive father to Natsuki, and has a very violent personality, whom he often displays against his daughter. Beats up Natsuki in specific spots to make sure nobody notices.

## Wretched Team/Contributors

#### Coders

* Oliver Norton
* Sven Weisserfuchs
* Jiao Dai Dev
* Sam Kujo
* Lonesome Dev
* DatBlackScientist
* Pseurae
* Null1fy
* Rose Crothers
* ItsZekrom

#### Writers

* Jiao Dai Dev
* StackerTheEOD
* Oliver Norton
* Lonesome Dev
* Sven Weisserfuchs
* Cade Bedlam
* bobcat
* Rose Crothers

#### Artists

* sayphonic
* Oliver Norton
* BootyCrusader
* Satchely
* Malukah
* Cyrke
* F i T

#### Musicians

* Tsyolin
* StackerTheEOD
* Sven
* Josh Cohen