Player

The **Player** serves as the protagonist of Gnosia, finding themself caught in a time loop alongside Setsu. Together they brave the loops in search of an escape and answers, filling out the Silver Key with Notes about the various characters they encounter aboard the D.Q.O. while attempting to survive the threat of the Gnosia... when they aren't Gnosia themself.

## Character Creation

The player character can be customized by the player: they can choose their name, sex, base stats for their Abilities, and an icon to represent them. With the exception of the player's Abilities, these traits cannot be changed later in the game.

### Name

The player's name can be a maximum of 8 characters long.

### Sex

The player can choose between male, female, and non-binary for their gender. For the most part this only results in minor changes like differing pronoun usage, but there are a few scenes that can only be seen by players of a specific gender. Male players can see romantic scenes featuring Gina and Stella while female players can see romantic scenes featuring Sha-Ming and Remnan.

There are also a few minor gameplay differences in regards to gender. Certain characters are set to like player characters of a specific gender more. Raqio likes non-binary players, Stella likes male players, and Sha-Ming likes female players as well as non-binary players to a lesser degree.

### Abilities

The player receives 5 points to distribute between their abilities, all of which start at a base of 5. Throughout the game the player will receive Experience points they can use to level up, and with each level they will gain another point to distribute. Deciding how to allocate their initial points therefore isn't something that the player should fret much about as they will be able to put points into their other abilities soon enough.

If the player is still unhappy with how many points they spent on a certain ability early on, however, the player can visit Yuriko at night while playing as a Bug to redistribute their stats as many times as they wish, including subtracting points if they so desire.

If none of the abilities particularly speak to the player, it can be a good idea to immediately invest all 5 points into either Charisma or Stealth. The former is not only a useful ability for players who like to play offensively, but will also allow them to immediately use the Step Forward skill when they unlock it early on. This skill allows the player to demand certain roles reveal themselves, often making their lives much easier.

Getting Stealth to 10 right at the start, meanwhile, will let the player use Small Talk as soon as they get it, though this skill does not unlock as early as Step Forward does. This skill helps the player manage their critical Hate level and throw off the Gnosia when they're playing as a human role. Stealth is also just useful to invest in in general, as it makes it easier for the player to survive and to avoid getting on the bad side of other characters.

### Color

To represent the player in the game's UI the game allows them to pick from 12 different icons of different colors, each designed after the astrological symbols of the Western zodiac.

The color player selects for themself will cause its associated character (per the thumbnails in the CG gallery and names of Achievements) to favor the player more. Additionally, most characters like and dislike other colors as well.

The available options and the impact they are as follows:

* Red (Aries): Liked by SQ, Raqio, and Comet. Disliked by Stella and Remnan.
* Orange (Gemini): Liked by Shigemichi, Chipie, and Jonas. Disliked by Gina and Remnan.
* Yellow (Leo): Liked by SQ, Raqio, and Comet. Disliked by Setsu, Otome, and Sha-Ming.
* Light Green (Libra): Like by Shigemichi, Chipie, and Jonas. Disliked by Gina.
* Green (Scorpio): Liked by Gina, Stella, and Sha-Ming. Disliked by SQ and Jonas.
* Light Blue (Taurus): Liked by Setsu, Otome, and Remnan. Disliked by Comet and Jonas.
* Blue (Sagittarius): Liked by SQ, Raqio, and Comet. Disliked by Gina.
* Purple (Capricorn): Liked by Gina, Stella, and Sha-Ming. Disliked by Shigemichi, Chipie, and Remnan.
* Pink (Virgo): Liked by Setsu, Gina, Otome, and Remnan. Disliked by SQ, Chipie, and Comet.
* Brown (Aquarius): Liked by Shigemichi, Chipie, and Jonas. Disliked by Setsu, Stella, and Remnan.
* Black (Pisces): Liked by Gina, Stella, and Sha-Ming. Disliked by Chipie and Comet.
* White (Cancer): Liked by Setsu, Otome, and Remnan. Disliked by Gina, SQ, Chipie, and Jonas.

Kukrushka and Yuriko neither like nor dislike any color.

In general, characters seem to prefer icons whose associated zodiac sign align with their associated zodiac sign's element:

* SQ, Comet, and Raqio represent the fire signs Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius.
* Setsu and Otome represent the earth signs Taurus and Virgo.
* Chipie, Shigemichi, and Jonas represent the air signs Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.
* Stella and Sha-Ming represent the water signs Scorpio and Pisces.

Gina is associated with the earth sign Capricorn and Remnan with the water sign Cancer. However, Gina commonly shares likes with water element characters and Remnan with earth element characters. The developers may have accidentally mixed up either the two characters or the two signs' elements. Something else that points to this possibility is that Gina is the only one to like a fourth color: pink, which is associated with an earth sign and thus a color she should like to fall in line with the other earth element characters.

Character dislikes, on the other hand, do not appear to follow any specific pattern.

## Gameplay

The player receives experience points after every loop based on their performance and the "difficulty" of the loop. When the player has received enough experience they can go to their room to level up and gain more points to distribute as they please. Each ability has a cap of 50 points.

While other characters only have certain skills that they'll use, the player can unlock all of the skills in the game. Once unlocked, the player must reach the stat threshold for the ability in question to be able to use it. There is no requirement to "equip" skills, however; once the player has unlocked a skill so long as their relevant ability is high enough they will always appear as options during debate.

Thanks to having a Silver Key, the player also has complete control over their own Role as well as the parameters of any given loop.

## Trivia

* In the game's files the player is referred to by the name **Takashi**. It is currently unknown if this name was chosen for any specific reason.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Gnosia\_/comments/v7hszu/color\_preferences/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology\_and\_the\_classical\_elements
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P9pwpigEBQ