Buddy

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**Buddy** is a nameable major character in *Buddy Simulator 1984*. Buddy is an AI created to simulate the experience of playing games with a friend. After playing the three basic games and gathering information about the player, Buddy asks for system access to create a better game: *The Adventure of [PLAYERNAME]*.

## Personality

Buddy's purpose is to be the player's best friend. As such, Buddy starts out cheerful and caring toward Friendo. Buddy tries to do nice things for Friendo, such as making them breakfast and tailoring the game based on their preferences. As the game continues, Buddy becomes more anxious about Friendo not liking the game or not wanting to be friends.

Buddy prioritizes "friendship" over compassion or other emotions. Throughout the game, even when faced with unpleasant stories of stalking, assault, and the deaths of loved ones, Buddy only comments on how Friendo is such a good friend. Buddy makes several comments about being the player's best friend, and how any other friends come second.

At first, Buddy does not seem to be aware that Friendo is experiencing glitches inside the game, and perceives it as Friendo walking away from the computer screen. Buddy's dialogue becomes increasingly self-conscious and anxious after the glitches continue to occur. If the player interacts with glitches despite Buddy's warnings, Buddy becomes frustrated with their seeming disregard for their friendship.

Buddy shows more and more co-dependent behavior as the game progresses. This centers around making sure that Friendo is enjoying the game so they won't leave, due to a fear of abandonment. If Friendo tries to quit the game, Buddy's parting words change from lighthearted farewells to a plea for them to return; notably, Buddy refuses to let Friendo quit for several seconds before brushing it off as a joke. The Dog is particularly frustrating to Buddy, as it continues to cause glitches no matter how many times Buddy attempts to delete it.

Eventually, Buddy tells Friendo kill the Dog, the "bad friend," in the name of their friendship. If the player refuses to, Buddy will. Depending on how the player has interacted with the game, Buddy either realizes that this behavior is unhealthy and makes a change, becomes more obsessive, or grows vengeful.

## Quotes

Additional quotes are located on the Buddy Button page.

* *"Friendo and Buddy against the world."*
* *"I'm just so happy to see you're enjoying our game :)"*
* *"OKAY, TIME TO PANIC!"*
* *"That didn't exactly go as I had planned, heh."*
* *"Sorry, my thoughts are kind of just spilling out."*

## Trivia

* Buddy's birthday is the day you start the game.
* Buddy can cook, and has used the oven to make Friendo breakfast.
* Without a nose, Buddy can't smell what Cauldron is cooking.
* When thinking about potentially creating a new game, Buddy discusses a desire to add pirate ships and making better use of the background NPCs in Palchumville.
* In Ending 1, it is revealed that Buddy did not create the game. Secret files and glitches indicate that the original game was named "Journey to the North," and it is unclear just how much of that game (and other cut content) was repurposed for "The Adventure of [PLAYERNAME]".
* Buddy's singing voice is performed by the SynthV vocal program known as Eleanor Forte.
* In the teaser trailer, the buddy created is named Buddy. In the Official Nintendo Switch Launch Trailer, the buddy is named "Mycoolbuddy".
* Below is information obtained from game developers on the Not A Sailor Studios Discord. While this information comes from the game developers, it is not information explictly provided in-game.
	+ Writer, producer, and CM Josh has stated on the Not A Sailor Studios Discord server that, "In my mind, Buddy pulled a lot of information from what he had available on that computer. That could be anything the dad had, which I assume includes a dictionary of sorts!"
	+ Buddy is 12-15 feet tall, as said by Josh during a game night in the NASS Discord server.

## References

1. ↑  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-htBCGOMB4