Jirard the Constructionist

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> "*Interesting! Let's get to work!*"
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>      ― *Jirard the Constructionist*
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**Jirard the Constructionist**, known simply as **Jirard**, was a character in *Sea of Stars*. He built additional facilities for Mirth via the building plans the party handed to him.

Jirard the Constructionist is based on Jirard "The Completionist" Khalil, a YouTuber whose brand recognition is playing video games to 100% completion and creating video reviews of them. On December 15, 2023, following a controversy surrounding The Completionist, Jirard the Contructionist was patched out of the game and replaced with Bob, an NPC with a generic sprite and an identical function.

## Profile

### Background

Jirard the Completionist first met Thierry Boulanger at PAX South 2018, held in January of that year, where he played the demo for Sabotage Studio's first video game, *The Messenger*. Two days after *The Messenger*'s release on August 30, 2018, Jirard gave the game general praise in his completionist video review. From that point onward until December 2023, Sabotage Studio and Jirard maintained a positive relationship.

Jirard hosted IndieLand, an annual charity event streamed online from 2018 to 2023 which showcased gameplay from independent video games. Typically during IndieLand events, Jirard chatted with the game's developers while playing their games. Jirard reserved a gameplay slot for Sabotage Studio multiple years, where he had shown off gameplay from both *The Messenger* and *Sea of Stars* while chatting with Thierry.

IndieLand 2019 showcased gameplay from Picnic Panic, DLC for *The Messenger*; mini-IndieLand 2020 showcased gameplay from *The Messenger*; while IndieLand 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 showcased gameplay from various *Sea of Stars* demos. The latter three demos contained specially-tailored content; in the 2021 and 2022 demos, Jirard could complete in-game bounties for Sabotage to donate money to the charity event. Additionally, the 2022 and 2023 demo "storylines" ended with Sabotage donating additional sums, and the 2023 demo had free *Sea of Stars* Steam game codes that viewers could redeem, which were revealed by signposts that Jirard interacted with in-game.

In the special *Sea of Stars* demo made for IndieLand 2021, showcasing gameplay from the Moorlands, Jirard defeated a special mini-boss version of the Mangler Fish enemy. As a nod to this, Mangler Fish's official Compendium entry states that "Jirard the Completionist" achieved its first kill. The year after, the special *Sea of Stars* demo made for IndieLand 2022 showcased gameplay from the Port Town of Brisk and the Abandoned Wizard's Lab. It was tailored with the narrative for Jirard to "find himself" in order to save IndieLand. When he reached the final room of the Abandoned Wizard's Lab at the end of the demo, he literally found himself, encountering his in-game character with custom assets based on his real-life appearance, officially making him a character in *Sea of Stars*. He reacted to this event very positively.

Jirard the Constructionist officially appeared in *Sea of Stars* when the game released on August 29, 2023, appearing as an NPC in Mirth. On September 3, 2023, Jirard released his video review of *Sea of Stars*. Around that point in time, Jirard changed his Twitter nickname to "Jirard The Constructionist" and used a screenshot of his *Sea of Stars* dialogue portrait as his Twitter avatar. He continued to use this Twitter avatar until around November 13, 2023, and the Twitter nickname until around December 13, 2023, reverting it back to "Jirard The Completionist."

In his *Sea of Stars* video, Jirard explained that he backed the highest Kickstarter tier for *Sea of Stars* that he could afford, but a couple of months before the release of the game, in an absentminded fashion that is typical of him, he realized he failed to fill out his Kickstarter rewards. He felt guilty about this, because he cared a lot about *Sea of Stars* as a project. Jirard messaged Thierry about this mistake, and Thierry reassured him that he had nothing to worry about, as long as he had Jirard's permission and trust, which Jirard agreed to. In the video, Jirard implied that the Jirard the Constructionist NPC is the replacement for the Kickstarter reward, a surprise gift for him.

During IndieLand 2023 on October 27 of said year, Jirard played a special demo version of *Sea of Stars*, which involved a unique non-canon plotline where Jirard the Constructionist had to rescue SaboTeam from the evil clutches of Romaya.

From November 13 to December 12, 2023, ongoing controversial developments occurred around the Open Hand Foundation. On December 15, 2023, Sabotage Studio patched Jirard out of the game, replacing him with Bob.

### Personality

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### Appearance

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## Main Story

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## Trivia

* Jirard the Constructionist is referred to as "Completionist" in the picture files.

## References

> "*Jirard says we'll have a nice shop as soon as he gets the building plans!*"
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>      ― *Merchant*
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2. ↑ https://sabotagestudio.com/story/
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcHRf5jhq48
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLQOwxXqYI
5. ↑ https://compendium.seaofstarsgame.co/manglerfish
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMLWLLPL4g
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9mBsmiXR0I
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230923201434/https://twitter.com/Completionist
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-p6IQf8Zc
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0dMF1zHyA;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QItBdql\_8FI;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKcdaIz46-M;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp95Kk8PeNE;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ6tYkStri4;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUKxnUXW06w;
https://www.theaftd.org/posts/front-page/open-hand-foundation-provides-aftd-600k-for-ftd-research/;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3C6qYSZaro;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giaoY2DlVr8;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMzjxizna\_g;
https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast/status/1734753880628760835;
https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcast/status/1734753882071527478;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFYCYwvRbEU