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Merchantsoft

**Merchantsoft** is the software company that makes Hypnospace. Its motto is "Touching Tomorrow Together."

## Products

Merchantsoft's biggest product is Hypnospace, an Internet service that you can access in your sleep with a special Hypnospace Headband. However, NetSettler came first. It was an Internet service just like Hypnospace, except with user created Zones instead of official zones and no Sleeptime technology. Both NetSettler and Hypnospace were marketed towards "average people", rather than geeks.

## Internal organization

(See also the "Merchantsoft Employees" category page.)

Merchantsoft appears to consist of a few top-level employees and a lot of unknown interns. and it's drastically mismanaged. The CEO, Adrian Merchant, doesn't understand his business, and the COO, Dylan Merchant, does not take responsibility for it. Employees who do have principles and stand up for them are either fired like Roddy Wall or ignored like Samantha Clausson.

## Pages

### Main site

Merchantsoft has an official website with pages for:

* Products and Services - NetSettler and Hypnospace
* About Merchantsoft - brief profiles of its employees
* Partners - its Official Partner Brands
* Just for Fun! - a currently-blank page

### Hypnospace Guides

Merchantsoft publishes guides on:

* Using HypnOS
* How HypnoCoin works
* A travel guide to Tallulah Falls, Colorado

### Hypnospace Global Newsroom

Merchantsoft publishes news articles, many of which are biased to make themselves and their Partner Brands look good. On Dec 31, an article about "5 of 1999's Wackiest Criminals" makes fun of Hypnospace Outlaw's developers by naming stupid criminals after each of them.

### Virtual Pet Guide

A page describing dos and don'ts for Merchantsoft's Virtual Pets.

### April the Angelic Hamster

A page advertising one of the Virtual Pets. The page has the HS\_GamersOnly badge, even though Virtual Pets are more like toys than actual games.
Illegal Activity

Redirect to:

* CHIME Laws
***"Distribution or display of illegal or profane content, including bomb or weapon assembly, drug distribution, unauthorized disclosure of personal information, or excessive anti-government sentiment."***

Illegal activity is the 3rd CHIME law present in Hypnospace Outlaw. Anything that is considered illegal by authorities can be reported

## Possible Violations

### **November 5th**

BurninRubber50 - BurninRubber50's Page - True Tranquility virus

ARLAN\_FER\_OBBEE - Noble Warlock Design Studio - True Tranquility Virus

ParkerStudios\_1 - Gus's Temple Of Serenity - True Tranquility Virus

RealChowderMan - KRUNCHER HOME PAGE - True Tranquility Virus

BadCitizenMcGee - secret - "Illegal" images

### **November 26th + Dec 31st**

HS\_Citizen\_004A353B - Click here for a Christmas blessing - True Tranquility Virus
Adrian Merchant

**Adrian Merchant** is Merchantsoft's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.

## Projects

### Hypnospace

Adrian is the CEO of Merchantsoft, having founded it with his brother, Dylan. Dylan acted mainly as the programmer and creator of their projects, while Adrian was the business-minded executive, helping to market and manage Merchantsoft financially and commercially. Despite this, Adrian is out of touch with his user base and understands little about Hypnospace's technical workings; This causes him to alienate Hypnospace from its users. An example of this could be the Starport Castle Dreamstation incident.

Adrian is also a member of the Children of Horus, a secret group on Hypnospace that attempts to hide images of the Eye of Horus in discreet locations without anybody noticing.

## Personal Life

### Relationships

Adrian is Dylan's older brother. They may have a strained relationship from what is seen in the chatlogs involving the two in the leaked ChitChat. Most conversations between Adrian and Dylan are rather aloof with Adrian's profit and image-minded attitude crashing heavily with Dylan's more lazy and laid-back disposition.

Artie Dispenza is an employee at Merchantsoft who also acts as Adrian's spiritual guidance counselor. He leads him through breathing and meditation exercises; he also joins in on hiding the Eye of Hours around Hypnospace.

### Personality

Despite being the CEO, Adrian is out of touch with the technology his company is responsible for. He speaks in short, all lowercase sentences when on ChitChat, sometimes in a confusing or muddled manner with nonsensical grammar and spelling. Adrian often disregards most problems that come up within Hypnospace and spends more time focusing on things such as Merchantsoft's Partnerships, leaving almost everything else for Dylan to work with.

He was noted for his dislike of geek culture, believing that "geeks" repelled mainstream audiences from adopting Hypnospace, and ordered Dylan to practically sabotage the geek communities in the system by fusing all of their zones into a single zone with very limited bandwidth.

## Trivia

* Rupert Meghnot portrays him.
* Dylan notes that he may have a crush on Zaréd Ecoheart, a music artist and pioneer of Earthhaze.
* The only time Adrian interacts with the player in-game is if the player chooses to flag Professor Helper despite Dylan asking them not to.
* Adrian Merchant has been confirmed to be gay on Twitter by Jay Tholen.

## Gallery

An image of Adrian and Dylan from the Merchantsoft "about" page.
1. ↑ https://twitter.com/jaytholen/status/1399956022517813248
Pete Gallo

**Pete Gallo**, or **RenegadeLoverPete**,is a Hypnospace user from Goodtime Valley. His Hypnospace page is dedicated to his original poetry.

On November 5th, Pete is using a free 30-day trial to access Hypnospace; on November 26th, his trial has expired, and by December 31st his page has been deleted.

## Projects

### Poetry

Pete's page has two poems on it; "The Renegade Lover" and "Highway Woman." His Hypnospace page seems to be dedicated to his poetry, as he has a HS\_Poetry badge and his page is called "Pete's Love Poems." Pete also says that he tries to write one poem daily.

## Personal Life

Pete says on his Hypnospace page that he is an over-the-road trucker, primarily to the east coast. He says that he is known as RenegadeLover over CB (CB presumably being citizens band radio). He also says that he "takes it slow."
Alda Gallo

Alda Gallo, also known as Sherri Heals, is a World Renowned Spiritual Guru according to her page. She deals with spiritual, physical, and supernatural issues.

## Trivia

* On the 31st, Gus Parker has a portal on his page which leads to a small animation as a proposal to her.
* She advertises Gus' page on her own.
* Gus is a frequent client of hers. She appreciates his art and thinks he is a wonderful person.
* Her Seances with Gus are the origin of Smolder Boulder, a demon. This is noted to be the case by Tiffany Wright, who credits it as being "of Sharri the Psychic fame."
Barbara Dugnutt

Barbara Dugnutt is a Public Relations and Marketing expert who has worked with Merchantsoft since at least December 31st.

## Projects

### The Venue

A possibly satirical project by Jezzo, publicly intended to showcase the artists of the zone previously known as Coolpunk Paradise. Barbara took control of this and built business partners and advertising into its foundation.

## Trivia

* She was added to the Merchantsoft "about" page on December 31st, taking the spot where Roddy Wall previously was. This was possibly done to quietly replace him when he left the team.
* She mistyped Tamara Frost's name as "Tamera Snow" on The Venue.
* Her name is a play on *Bobson Dugnutt*, which references one of the character names in *Fighting Baseball* on the Super Famicom*.* This was popularized by the video *Fake American Names in a Japanese Baseball Game* by ProZD.
	+ M. Truk in the Eye Cult also shares the same inspiration.
* She has no known userbox, username, or headband ID.
Hypnospace Outlaw Wiki

HYPNOS ENFORCER EDITION TUTORIAL

Welcome to the Hypnospace Outlaw wiki! This is the collaborative encyclopedia about *Hypnospace Outlaw* that anyone can edit. It is focused on documenting pages, characters, events, and more in the 2019 game *Hypnospace Outlaw* as well as other games in its universe. Before you start editing, please check out our To-Do List and the Wiki Rules.

WARNING

This Wiki is intended to be read by those who have already completed Hypnospace Outlaw for purposes of documenting everything in the game.
Various game-ruining spoilers follow, and it is recommended that those looking for solutions to puzzles look for "JayTholen" on Hypnospace to obtain solutions the "legitimate" way.

Hypnospace News
Barnaby's Chair

Barnaby's Chair before Darren kicks the other members out

Barnaby (formerly Barnaby's Chair) is an american neo-cosmic rock band signed to Esotonic Records. In the beginning of the game the band is made up of three members: Darren "Nickel" Smith, Bart "Doofus" Anderson and Peter "Juicebox" Anderson. At the end of the game however, Darren is the only remaining member and the previous band members are either cropped out or crossed out of the pictures on their page.

Samantha mentions on her page early on that Barnaby's Chair is her favorite band, and credits them to getting her getting a job at Merchantsoft.

## Discography

### Until the Curtain Falls (1999)

1. Corduroy (3:23)
2. Come Closer (2:56)
3. You're Not That Cool (3:40)
4. Too Weird For You (1:58)
5. Satellite Electrica (3:48)

### Other Music

* Satellite Orchestra
* Summoned Heart (Instrumental)

## Trivia

* The original composer to Barnaby's music is Dan Warren.
Gumshoe Gooper

**Gumshoe Gooper**, or **Gooper** for short, is a cartoon fish with a magnifying glass who stands upright on his tail fins and is the main character in the "Gumshoe Gooper" franchise. He was created by W.E. Briggs, whose estate is, as of 1999, under the ownership of his daughter, Tina Briggs.

## Plot and characters of show Gumshoe Gooper

The Gumshoe Gooper TV show is about Gooper catching criminals. Most of the characters appear to be anthropomorphic animals. However, he has a bumbling human detective partner, Detective Frank, who is grumpy and gets annoyed with Gooper.

## Stand With Gooper controversy

When fanart of Gooper is removed from Abagail Lorne's page, they start the Stand With Gooper movement. This movement protests Merchantsoft's decision to enforce the copyright infringement CHIME Law and remove Gooper-related content.

## Political content

Gumshoe Gooper is considered by Workers' Alternative to be right-wing propaganda, claiming that Briggs, a member of the Anti-Communist Cartoonist's Alliance, created the character to represent his views. As the Stand With Gooper movement becomes heated, posters in Goodtime Valley begin to portray him holding American flags or dressed up in American combat uniforms, claiming that Hypnospace's banning of Goopers is an attack on the 'patriotism' of the cartoon. It seems this is in part encouraged by a perception that the users of The Cafe are all communists.

Howard Hewson is initially favorable towards the ban, suggesting that Tina Briggs, who mandated the Gooper removals, is a socialist. When Gumshoe Gooper becomes a Hypnospace Partner Brand, he's disgusted to find that she was merely 'doing business' and declares that she is 'not a comrade'.

## T1MAGEDDON

One of Tim's projects is an unlisted page full of Goopers called Gumshoe Goopers, accompanied by a rambling anecdote poking fun at Goodtime Valley residents. It exists before the controversy, suggesting that Gooper was already associated with older Hypnospace users even before Stand With Gooper.

## Trivia

* A mask of a realistic Gumshoe Gooper can be seen on the level "Dollar$haver Destruction" from Slayers X can be seen, and a heavily edited picture of Gumshoe Gooper can be seen on the level "Boise Potato Festival" depicting him flipping the bird and reflecting a beam with his magnifying glass.
* On May 2023, a plush of Gumshoe Gooper from Makeship was announced.
Mindcrash (Virus)

The **Y2000 Mindcrash Virus** is a fake virus created by T1MAGEDDON to impress and make up with Tiffany Wright. It is not the cause of the actual Y2K Mindcrash, but Tim was ultimately blamed for the tragedy.

At the start of December 31st, if Teentopia is opened, the page quickly redirects to a wall of text surrounded by the hearts used in the True Tranquility virus. Upon clicking on the Y2K Mindcrash image, a new page opens with a textbox on it where if the player types in "Marshmellow", a nickname that Tim gave to Tiffany, the Mindcrash virus removed from Teentopia. It was this virus that caused a lot of the members of M1NX to think that Tim was childish and edgy.
Alessandro Cagliostro

**Alessandro Cagliostro** (アレッサンドロ・カリオストロ, *Aressandoro Kariosutoro*) is a DLC character in *Granblue Fantasy Versus*, as part of Character Pass 2.

## Bio

*She may have springy skin and rosy cheeks, but Cagliostro is one of the oldest humans ever to sail the skies. She has evaded death and wrinkles by constantly transmuting her body. Indeed, she's even grown more adorable through the ages—the result of frequent "cuteness upgrades." Let's just say that this alchemist is more than a little obsessed with appearances.

Despite her eccentricity, there is no denying that she is a genius. It was none other than Cagliostro who sealed Beelzebub in Pandemonium. And she can, in the blink of an eye, synthesize stalagmites and stalactites and giant boulders to terrorize her enemies, making her an absolute avalanche on the battlefield.*

## Trivia

* Her theme, *The Prettiest Alchemist*, is an instrumental remix of her character theme, *Nanokakan Kakete Sekai wo Tsukuru yori Kawaii Onnanoko Hitori Tsukutta Hou ga Ii (It's Better To Make A Cute Girl than it is to Create The World in Seven Days)*.
* One of her color variations makes her look like Rachel Alucard from the *BlazBlue* series, making her the first and only character in the game (so far) to have a color referencing to a character from another Arc System Works fighting game series.
* The first fighter to be a historical figure.

## Navigation

 Main
BIOS

The BIOS is a special menu in Hypnospace Outlaw that can be accessed by either holding B while the system is starting up for the first time, or clicking on the BIOS button on the login screen. You can change/toggle several things about the system in the BIOS, including enabling non-integer fullscreen scaling and the Console. Upon booting into the BIOS, it plays a small jingle.

## Options

### View Boot Logos

Shows the game's boot logos (and effectively full-restarts the game, allowing you to access the BIOS during startup by holding B again.)

### Reset BIOS

Resets the BIOS back to it's original settings.

### Aggressive Audio Memory Management (EXPERIMENTAL)

Enables aggressive audio memory management.

### Non-Integer Fullscreen Scaling

Allows you to make Hypnospace Outlaw take up your full screen size, at the cost of the game looking blurry.

### Portable Mode

Allows you to change where the game looks for saves.

### Download Credits

Allows you to download the credits program onto saves that don't already have it installed.
Harassment

Redirect to:

* CHIME Laws

***"Defamation, bullying, or excessively negative and/or violent rhetoric targeting individuals."***

Harassment is the second CHIME law present in Hypnospace Outlaw. Anything where people are bullied or spoken negatively of is able to be taken down for harassment.

## Possible Violations

### November 5th

ZANE\_ROCKS\_14 - Got Game Or Way Lame - Crude drawing of Corey Paul Henderson

ThatBrassyKid - Zane Sucks Club - GIF of Zane being punched

### November 26th

CPColdSnap2 - Fake Coolpunk Watch - Text claiming that Tamara Frost makes fake Coolpunk music

CPColdSnap2 - Fake Coolpunk Watch - Text claiming that IcicleKid makes fake Coolpunk Music

CPColdSnap2 - Fake Coolpunk Watch - Crude image of the Chowder Copter crash

CPColdSnap2 - Fake Coolpunk Watch - Text claiming that "Kuff" Johnson wasn't a good drummer

DarkTwilightTiff - HSPD Enforcers Please Look Here - Zane's harassment toward Tiffany

### December 31st

ZANE\_ROCKS\_14 - Got Game Or Way Lame - Crude images of Tiffany
Connie Turner

Connie Turner, also known as ConnieConnects, is a Hypnospace and Netsettler user that runs Connie's Connections.

## Projects

Connie's main project is Connie's Connections, a page made help people connect through shared or similar interests. In addition to this, some pages are marked as her favorites through the use of her "Connie's Favorite!" banner. The sections and pages listed are:

### Technology Connections

* What In The World?!? by GearHeadGregg
* Jas's Software Reviews by Jas
* The Observer by The Observer
* Under The Hood by Stewart Choi
* MisterMysteryW's Oddities, Issues, and Curios

### Different Connections

* Future Recycler by Rudy Ringhausen
* Gus's Temple of Serenity by Gus Parker
* Sound FX & Healing Stones by SteveGuy
* Illegra's Tome of Scaries

### Art & Culture Connections

* Kevvinn-J's Flip-Flop Demos
* Aldrin's House of Sound
* Tamara Speaks by Tamara Frost
* Renderman33's 3D Page

### Funny Connections

* Last Bus to ChuckleTown by Aristoddler
* The Dumpster
* PizzaDance

## Personal Life

Connie, according to her page, is a computer security specialist from California that enjoys bringing people together. She loves many different television shows and music. After receiving a download for Hypnocure Pro from Re3koning, she tracked them down and got into M1nx, suggesting they cover their tracks better next time. She is rather upset with Merchantsoft for their unwillingness to make Netsettler pages compatible with Hypnospace.

## Trivia

* Connie's page, Connie's Connections, is listed as her zone on her infobox.
HSPD Headquarters

November

**HSPD Headquarters**is a zone acessible only to members of the HSPD. The zone contains guides

for Enforcers created by Dispatch.

The description in the zone's header reads as follows:

*HSPD Volunteer Enforcer Resources*
*What is my job as an Enforcer?*
*As an enforcer, you are trusted with ensuring that Hypnospace citizens are able to enjoy their sleeptime in a safe, secure, welcoming environment.*
*If you're new, please read all content in this section thoroughly.*
## Users and pages

* DISPATCH: **HSPD - Citizen Data Dialogue**
	+ **Bio:** HSPD Enforcer Rules & Conduct
* DISPATCH: **HSPD Handbook - Violations**
	+ **Bio:** HSPD Enforcer Handbook goes over everything out Enforcers need to keep Hypnospace safe!
* DISPATCH: **HSPD Handbook: Flagging**
	+ **Bio:** HSPD Handbook: Flagging
* DISPATCH: **HSPD Enforcer Conduct**
	+ **Bio:** HSPD Enforcer Rules & Conduct
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer Soundtrack

**Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer (Original Game Soundtrack)** is the official Soundtrack of Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer.

## Track List

1. Seepage & queenjazz - Break Me 02:23
2. Seepage, queenjazz & Jay Tholen - Against the wall (Ambient X-Mix) 02:50
3. Seepage, queenjazz & Jay Tholen - Against the wall (Pumped X-Mix) 02:32
4. Seepage, queenjazz & Jay Tholen - Against the wall (Combat X-Mix) 02:29
5. Vesperum Lacrimae & Jay Tholen - Snatched (Ambient X-Mix) 02:25
6. Vesperum Lacrimae & Jay Tholen - Snatched (Pumped X-Mix) 02:05
7. Vesperum Lacrimae & Jay Tholen - Snatched (Combat X-Mix) 02:12
8. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Outside Freaker (Ambient X-Mix) 02:16
9. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Outside Freaker (Pumped X-Mix) 02:16
10. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Outside Freaker (Combat X-Mix) 02:16
11. Psyko Syndicate & Tim Sheinman - Talk Smack (Pumped X-Mix) 02:52
12. Psyko Syndicate, Tim Sheinman, & Jay Tholen - Talk Smack (Ambient X-Mix) 03:31
13. Psyko Syndicate & Tim Sheinman - Talk Smack (Combat X-Mix) 03:1
14. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Kataklysm in the Computer (Ambient X-Mix) 02:27
15. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Kataklysm in the Computer (Pumped X-Mix) 02:28
16. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Kataklysm in the Computer (Combat X-Mix) 02:40
17. Deck Stacked feat. Danimal Cannon 07:08
18. Gurrgle & Bubblegum Octopus - Roadkilla (Combat X-Mix) 03:18
19. Gurrgle, Bubblegum Octopus, & Jay Tholen - Roadkilla (Ambient X-Mix) 01:50
20. Seepage & queenjazz - Against the Wall 02:29
21. Seepage & queenjazz - Nothing Left for Me 01:51
22. Seepage & queenjazz - Break Me (Extreme Mix) 02:23
23. J Walker & FLOOR BABA - KATAKL01.xsm 01:42
24. J Walker & FLOOR BABA - KATAKL02.xsm 01:24
25. Linda Carr & Linda's Electronic Orchestra - KATAKL03.xsm 01:52
26. Linda's Electronic Orchestra - Party Trailer 01:40
27. Linda's Electronic Orchestra - Sweaty Workout 01:40
28. Linda's Electronic Orchestra - Love is Cool 02:15
29. Linda's Electronic Orchestra - Chilled Out 02:52
30. Linda's Electronic Orchestra - Psyko Weather 01:10

## External links

* *Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer (Original Game Soundtrack)* at Bandcamp.com
NETSETTLER SUPPORT NOW!!!

## Page Information

**NETSETTLER SUPPORT NOW!!!** is a Hypnospace page created by Steve Guy Whitacre out of anger towards Hypnospace no longer supporting NetSettler.

## Description

NETSETTLER SUPPORT NOW!!! is a complaint page made with the intent to get Merchantsoft to make Hypnospace support NetSettler again. Steve creates this page when it breaks his other page in Open Eyed, Cyro's Free Sound F.X., rendering it borderline unusable and very distorted without buying the most expensive version of HypnoCure. He directly states that he has no desire to buy HypnoCure just to view his own page, and he doesn't find clicking Safe Mode just to access any page made with NetSettler to be acceptable.

## Access

NETTSETTLER SUPPORT NOW!!! is accessible via the main page of Open Eyed. It does not link to any pages.

## Trivia

* As of Steam release 2.05, the page lacks a user status or violation bar on December 31st.
Gamerz Only

Gamerz Only was formerly a zone in Hypnospace and one of the zones deleted in the Zone Deletion. Citizen Oscar Sparrow (TheObserver) is the only member of Gamerz Only after the Zone Deletion.

## Trivia

There is a HS\_GamersOnly tag and four users have it on their page:
•ZANE\_ROCKS\_14
•Monarch
•SquisherZ
•TheObserver
Malicious Software

Redirect to:

* CHIME Laws
***"Distribution of harmful software including viruses, advert generators, or any unclassified software that manipulates a citizen's computer system without their knowledge."***

Malicious Software is the 4th CHIME law present in Hypnospace Outlaw. This allows the reporting of viruses and adware.

## Possible Violations

### November 5th

BESTDEALSTERRY - Terry's General Store - Sticker, background and pack downloads (thehunger virus)

HS\_CItizen\_004A353B - Click here for a Christmas Blessing - Click here for a Christmas Blessing text (festeringorfice virus)

### November 26th

RingleaderRoddy - Freelands - Illegal speed boosting software

HS\_CItizen\_004A353B - Janitor - Janitor download button

### December 31st

T1MAGEDDON - Teentopia - Y2K Mindcrash Attack
HS FoodFanatics

**HS\_FoodFanatics**is a badge for Hypnospace citizens who like food and/or cooking.

## Users

* Send\_Me\_Money1, who has a trick about making scrambled eggs on his page
* BopposFineMeats, a brand that makes chips and hot dogs
* GrannyCream, a brand that makes hot butter ice cream
* MTNestSandy, who says in a SandyCard to Corey that she likes pizza
Chizuko Mifune

**Chizuko Mifune** (御船 千鶴子, *Mifune Chizuko*) is one of the characters in Ayakashi: Romance Reborn. She is a secondary character.

## Profile

A demon with the power of foresight and perspective. If you want to use your power, ask for a "money" commensurate with it.

## Abilities

Chizuko can make predictions of the future.

## Etymology

* The name **Chizuko** means "thousand" (千) (**chi**), "crane, stork" (鶴) (**tsu**/**zu**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Chizuko's surname **Mifune** means "honorable" (御) (**mi**) and "boat, ship, vessel" (船) (**fune**).

## Trivia

* Chizuko existed in the real life.[1]
* **SPOLIERS**
	+ Chizuko said that Futaba Saotome's past brother was reborn like the rest, but he never appear as his present life.
Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream (Song)

## Lyrics

Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream

We take the hot butter

Mix it with the ice cream

Freeze it up cool, you can see it on your screen

Put it in your microwave, make it real hot

Like a soup or a dip

We call it Heat 'N' Sip

Very tasty and healthy too

Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream

## Trivia

* On the SiIvagunner version of Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream, Hot Dad commented on the video.
Boppo's Fine Meats

**Boppo's Fine Meats** is a food company, and an Official Hypnospace Partner Brand, the CEO of the company is Tyler Boppo. They specialize in food products and they also have Restaurants and LunchCounters in workplaces.

The company holds a page in Goodtime Valley in which they have downloads for Boppo's themed items like stickers, a HypnOS theme and screensavers, and they also have a promotion, in which if someone mentions the Hypnospace page in a Boppo's, they receive a free condiment pack.

On November 26th of 1999, they announce a merger between Boppo's and King Foods, and after one point before 1999 New Year's, they start using Gumshoe Gooper in the main page.

On Slayers X, a parody of the company, named "Sloppo's", is shown in Psyko Onslot.
Ronnie Porter

**Counselor Ronnie**, or **Ronnie Porter**, is the Community Leader of Teentopia. Unbeknownst to most people, he isn't a real person; he is an elaborate hoax created by Jezzo, a member of M1NX.

## Projects

### HS\_RonniesClub

Ronnie has a "HS\_RonniesClub" tag for no clearly-stated purpose. Only four other people have pages in the club, and two of them are Ashley and Randy, two very young and naive children.

### SquisherZ marketing

Ronnie organizes an art contest for SquisherZ fanart, which RebeRuthPin eventually wins. He also promotes the SquisherZ Quest treasure hunt on his page.

### Fun facts

He has a page full of extremely wrong fun "facts", and a song about birthstones, which also has errors.

### Anti T-Nub Activism

Counsellor Ronnie promotes awareness in adults and teens about the dangers of made-up drugs called T-Nubs through his page and a game called Drug Runners. The song that plays on his page is an Anti T-Nub rap.

## Personal life

### Personality

Ronnie gives the impression that he's trying hard to be cool. He talks in an overly casual way that's probably meant to resemble the way teens talk, but it doesn't quite work. His page is visually busy and brightly colored, making him seem desperate to be cool. He says that he's here to help the Teentopians and their parents, but he doesn't have a ChitChat badge and his "Ask Ronnie!" page is mostly blank.

### Secretly doesn't exist

The reason that Ronnie is so weird is that he's not a real person. He is a fake account created by Merchantsoft employee and M1NX member Jezzo as a prank. Ronnie's page got Merchantsoft a government grant for educational content, but Jezzo seems more amused that they fooled everyone than proud that they helped their employers.
CapaCash

The CapaCash Payment System is an alternative method of payment for services/products on Hypnospace. It is the subject of both the third case and a case on November 26th, as it is considered "extralegal commerce" and is in direct competition with Hypnocoin, which is the official currency of Hypnospace. According to the text on the SherriHeals prices page, and unlike Hypnocoin, CapaCash can be exchanged for "real money".

If The Enforcer attempts to interact with a CapaCash payment prompt, an error message will display, telling them that "the software (they) were attempting to install was not found on this system". From this it can be inferred that a special application is needed to make CapaCash payments, however, no such application can be found by The Enforcer. Additionally, the advertisements shown by Professor Helper are supposedly a creation of the "CapaCash Sleeptime Shopping Network".
Reggie Paulson Tucker

**Reggie Paulson Tucker**or **YourBudReggie55**is a Hypnospace user from The Cafe.

## Projects

### Hypnospace Page

On November 5th, Reggie is notable for his page's cluttered and confusing layout. His pages are scattered and often have text on them expressing that he does not know how to use Hypnospace's page building tool which causes The Dumpster to award him an award for the biggest messup of a page on Hypnospace. Sometime between the 5th and 26th of November, he cleans up his page, apparently with help from GearHeadGregg, JasWilsonLopez2, ARLAN\_FER\_OBBEE, and Send\_Me\_Money1, as he thanks them in his status.

## Personal Life

Reggie states on his Hypnospace page that he is married and has three children, one of whom is married, as she and her husband have a dog named Columbus. He also says that he enjoys woodworking and movies, but is new to the former. He is also an army veteran.
Hypnospace Page Builder

The Hypnospace Page Builder is a program originally a part of the Hypnospace Productivity Suite now included in the base game's directory. It allows for the creation of custom pages that can be used in mods of the game. Though it can be downloaded without Hypnospace Outlaw installed, the base game is required to run any created pages or mods.
Kevvinn R. Jackson

Kevvinn R. Jackson, also known as Kevvinn-J or Kevv-J, is a Flip-Flop rapper and fan of RedStryke, a "Hip-Hop & Flip-Flop master," as calls them.

## Personal Life

Kevvinn spends his time on Hypnospace posting about RedStryke and his own music, particularly Flip-Flop. Being interested in Flip-Flopping and a fan of RedStryke, he tries to spread their popularity, both by having a fan page for them and requesting RedStryke's songs to play on Connie's page, Connie's Connections. He was part of Starport Castle Dreamstation, but by November 20th, his spot in the Freelands was "repossessed" by Gill Sanders due to his reasoning of Kevvinn not sticking to the theming of the Freelands and because he thinks Flip-Flopping is not truly creative or imaginative. By December 31st, he got a call from a music executive, possibly due to help from Tamara Frost. By 20XX, he is a famous rap star and Flip-Flopper.
Randy's Dino World

**Randy's Dino World** is a page by RanRanDinosaur in Teentopia. The main page has a list of some dinosaurs and a link to "Randy's Other Page," which has a list of things Randy likes. Both pages use the Bubblegum Template, but they use the bubbles as text boxes, rather than the buttons they are supposed to be.

## Trivia

* Interestingly, at the the top of the page, Randy says he is supposedly "8 years old in third grade". However Teentopia is for kids "age 13 to 18", meaning that he would technically be too young to be active on the zone. In actuality, the status bar as of November 5th states that his "mom put (his) age wrong" and along with his citizen ID stating that he is in fact 13 years old clarifies the situation and proves that his mother did put his age wrong.
A Love Long Forgotten

## Page Information

**A Love Long Forgotten** is a Hypnospace page created by Abigail Lorne in dedication of her deceased daughter.

## Description

A Love Long Forgotten's primary focus is on a poem written by Abigail in honor of her unnamed daughter, who passed on for unknown reasons. She refers to her daughter as her angel throughout the page, mourning how she passed away so suddenly. She also attempts to express how she feels about the situation as a whole, comparing sentences that relate to her daughter to that forms of pain and remembrance.

The page also features a picture of Abigail with her daughter, as well as several candle graphics.

## Access

A Love Long Forgotten is only accessible via Abigail's main page, Abby's World. It does not link to any pages, nor does it have a link back to Abby's World.

## Trivia

* Oddly, this is the only page where Abigail mentions her daughter at any length, choosing instead to mention her husband in Hypnospace Heaven.
Esotonic Records

The label's logo

**Esotonic Records** is a record label and Hypnospace Partner Brand founded by Marc Elo. The label boasts "over 40 critically acclaimed releases" and has been in operation officially since 1980.

## History

The label was originally made-up by Marc Elo in 1978 when his when demos for his "Arcelo" project were rejected by 15 different labels, thus leading him to self-release under the then fake Esotonic Records.

The project was a success, leading to Marc receiving several demos from other young underground artists. Wanting to help his fellow artists, Esotonic Records was officially established and in 1980, its first artist, Angel Lottery, was signed.

Marc now works as a creative advisor, composer and producer for the company, with several major artists signed to the label such as the group Barnaby's Chair or the Coolpunk sensation Fre3zer.

## Signed Artists

* Angel Lottery\*
* Arcelo
* Barnaby's Chair
* Chet Pinehurst
* Cybernettikus\*
* Fre3zer
* King Flopp\*
* Mursed\*
* Noiz Noiz\*
* The Fractal Waves\*

(\* indicates that the band/artist's music is not present on Hypnospace)
Steve Guy Whitacre

## SteveGuy

**SteveGuy**, or **Steve Guy Whitacre**, is a Hypnospace citizen in Open Eyed. He is notable for his Hypnospace page having been made in NetSettler, rendering it unviewable without Safe Mode activated.

## Projects

### Free Sound Effects

SteveGuy makes his own sound effects, which comprise most of his page. All of them are available to download for free. They are of debatable quality, as he seems to produce all of them with his voice, even when they're supposed to sound like machinery or nature. One of the files is named "SteveGuy's SoundFX HypnoS theme" and one can use it as a sound theme.

### Desktop Healing Stones

SteveGuy also has a collection of healing stones available for download at the bottom of his page, which he claims are "from the master." They come in various shapes and sizes, but all have the same image on them.

## Personal life

As SteveGuy's Hypnospace pages are dedicated to his sound effects and calling for NetSettler support, he does not provide much information about his personal life. He does not have any badges on his Hypnospace page.

## Trivia

* SteveGuy's sound effects were all made by Neil Cicierega; similarly, he is portrayed by Neil Cicierega.

## Discography

These Samples (made by Neil Cicierega) are the ones available on Steve guy Whitacre's hypnoS page, under the title "Custom sounds from the master":

### SOUND F.X.:

```
    WIND1

```

```
   BABYCRY1

```

```
   CARCRSH1

```

```
   DTHSCRM1

```

```
   FTSTEPS1

```

```
   LAWNMWR1

```

```
   WATER1

```

```
   SOFT1

```

```
   SCISSOR1

```

```
   ROBOT1

```

```
   PUNCH1

```

```
   MCHNGUN1

```

```
   LLAMA1

```

```
   LEG1

```

```
   CARTOON1

```

```
   CHOIR1

```

### MUSIC:

```
   VOCAL1

```

```
   KYBOARD1

```

```
   DRMLOOP1

```

```
   GTRSOLO1

```

```
   BASS1

```

```
   SKA1

```

### MOVIE QUOTES:

```
   "LOOK OUT!" LOOKOUT1

```

```
   "HE'S BACK" HESBACK1

```

```
   "HEY MAN" HEYMAN1

```

```
   "I'M BACK" IMBACK1

```

```
   "WE GOT TROUBLE" WGTRUBL1

```

```
   "YOU'LL NEVER BE A PUNK" PUNK1

```

```
   "LOSER" LOSER1

```

```
   "LET'S GO" LETSGO1

```
Hs citizen 004A353B

This article is under construction.

Parts of the article may be incomplete.

HS\_Citizen\_004A353B is a default Hypnospace account with no headband ID that is mostly likely owned by T1MAGEDDON so that in the case that True Tranquility is banned, his main account won't be in the crossfire. The account owns the Janitor page and the "Click here for a Christmas blessing" virus page.
Howard Hewson

### Dislikes

People sending him Hypnocoin one at a time, capitalism, imperialism, Gumshoe Gooper

**Howard Hewson**, also known as **Send\_Me\_Money1** and **TheWorkersAlternative**,is a Hypnospace citizen in The Cafe.

Howard has two Hypnospace accounts; one for his "life tricks" page, and one for his progressives' journal, The Workers' Alternative.

## Projects

### Life Tricks

Howard's homepage on his account Send\_Me\_Money1 is Howard's Life Tricks. Due to his username, users have apparently been sending Howard Hypnocoin one at a time, which irritates him as it clogs up his inbox. Because of this, the entire top section of this page is dedicated to Howard explaining that he wants it to stop.

The rest of the page is dedicated to Howard's "life tricks," of which there are four. The first two life tricks are followed by a non-serious and funny "alternative option." The last two are serious life tricks, the fourth promoting Howard's other page, The Workers' Alternative.

### The Workers' Alternative

The Workers' Alternative is a journal for progressives run by Howard. It addresses a variety of topics, most notably Gumshoe Gooper. When W.E. Briggs' estate calls for the takedown of Gumshoe Gooper on multiple platforms (including Hypnospace), Howard writes a piece expressing his belief that it is because Tina Briggs, W.E. Briggs' granddaughter, is a "comrade" redressing the "imperialist crusade" of Gumshoe Gooper. Sometime between November 26th and December 31st, Howard writes a follow-up piece explaining that Tina was actually just "doing business" and that she is no longer considered a comrade after Gumshoe Gooper becomes a part of multiple corporations' marketing campaigns.

## Personal Life

Howard seems to like cooking and camping, as those are subjects of two of his life tricks, as well as jokes, as some of his life tricks are not serious. He has a life trick about calling his family, implying that he is somewhat close with them.

### Badges

Howard's badges are:

* HS\_FoodFanatics
* HS\_Goofs-n-Laughs
Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream

**Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream** is a brand of ice cream created by Lucille Hutcheson in 1937. It is a mixture of melted butter and ice cream. It is popular at sports games, and the brand popularity skyrocketed after Philbert Smith, a baseball player, was photographed eating the ice cream after celebrating his team's victory on the World Series.

They also have a jingle, that was later used by Chowder Man to create a new jingle to promote the brand in Hypnospace (Though, the way of how to make the ice cream, as heard in the jingle, is probably wrong based on a post of Zane's Twitter/X account), and also on Hypnospace, the company holds a competition for who gets the best "Granny Stache".

1. ↑ https://x.com/Zane\_Rocks\_36/status/1682331521917546499?s=20
Jezzo

This article may contain spoilers for

the main story of Hypnospace Outlaw.

### Headband ID

H00-00656D (The ID of both Counselor Ronnie and Dr. M1nx PhD, both users he operates. This may be his real ID since both users share the same ID.)

### Zone

04\_TEENTOPIA (Counselor Ronnie)
07\_OPEN EYED (Dr. M1nx PhD)

## Background

### Relationships

Adrian Merchant (Employer)
Dylan Merchant (Co-worker)
Re3koning (acquaintance)
Dumpy\_1 (acquaintance)
Counselor Ronnie (Creation)
Dr. M1nx PhD (Creation)

**Jezzo**, also known as **Jezz0**, is a member of m1nx and a creative team intern at Merchantsoft.

## Projects

### Counselor Ronnie

In a thread made on m1nx's forum, Jezzo reveals that Counselor Ronnie isn't a real person but was instead created as a joke, hence the factually incorrect content on his page and how weird he is. Despite this, Counselor Ronnie's Hypnospace page still earned Merchantsoft a government grant for qualifying as educational content.

### Beefbrain

While m1nx as a whole takes credit for Beefbrain, Jezzo seems to have been especially involved in spreading the rumor, as he runs the Dr. M1nx PhD account, the origin of the many Beefbrain Shield Pro images and page banners. In addition, he makes a thread on the M1nx forum stating that Beefbrain was a success.

### Virtual Shaman

As a part of the HypnOS Year 2000 update, a SCG Soundscapes add-on called Virtual Shaman is added to the Open Eyed zone. According to its description, Virtual Shaman was made and voiced by Jezzo. It also claims that Jezzo is a "bona fide shaman," but this may be another prank of his.

Clips of Jezzo speaking from the Virtual Shaman soundscape.

### The Venue

The Venue is another project by Jezzo, publicly intended to showcase the artists of the zone previously known as Coolpunk Paradise. This may, however, be satire, as is noted about the project in The Dumpster. Barbara Dugnutt took this project into her own hands, building business partners into the foundation of it.

## FLIST

November 5th

November 26th

December 31st

 hypnocureprosetup.hex

## Personal life

Unlike other Hypnospace citizens and even his fellow m1nx members, Jezzo has no Hypnospace page. Because of this, none of his citizen data can be viewed. Jezzo is a paid intern on Merchantsoft's creative team.
FLIST

* November
* December

**FLIST** or **FLST** is a file sharing service. Although its creators are unknown, it is implied that Dylan Merchant and GearHeadGregg helped in its development or existence on Hypnospace.

## Background

The service was meant to replace digiXChange, which was meant for fans of bands and artists to share music they had with each other. This was met with copyright issues, and thus digiXChange was shut down. However, FLIST was created as a replacement, and a more legal alternative.

During the plot of Hypnospace Outlaw, FLIST becomes popular and is listed as a zone once visited for the first time. Over time, people started to use it to store and share artwork and personal files, not just music and software.

## Design and function

FLIST's main purpose is to allow users to share music and software through legal means. It's used by many Hypnospace users such as Dylan, Roddy Wall, T1MAGEDDON, and Chowder Man. Users can create FLIST directories to store and share files, and users can access other directories by searching for the user's Headband ID preceded by "f."

To keep FLIST low-profile, directories must be unlisted, and IDs should not be shared without their owner's permission. Additionally, users must get a password from someone with a FLIST account before accessing others' directories and creating their own.

## How to access

Due to the player's role as an enforcer, they cannot message other users for a password. However, there are still a few possible ways to get a password. One is to deduce GearHeadGregg's password (LexingtonComputers1950) using his "Picking a Secure Password" advice page. Another is to buy one from Tim for 199 Hypnocoin. Once they find a password, they can access directories through Hypnospace's search bar.

## Trivia

* On December 31st and January 1st, Dylan Merchant's initials are removed from the "Special Thanks" section at the top of the FLIST Directory Master page, probably due to the player taking down his files in response to copyright claims.
* FLIST's design is monochrome, with a similar look to a computer terminal, which the creators say makes the pages look "computery and official."
* The YouTube account of Hot Dad, the YouTuber who plays Chowder Man, is named "dotflist."
HypnOS Headband

## Hypnospace Headband

Headband shown on the intro.

The **Hypnospace Headbands**, or **HypnOS Headbands** are a sleeptime computing tool developed by Merchantsoft worn to browse Hypnospace.

## Design and Function

The Hypnospace Headband looks similar to a sweatband. It is worn on a person's forehead as they go to sleep, allowing them to browse and access Hypnospace. In the "Welcome to HypnOS!" video, they are shown to be plugged into a computer.

The headband works by stimulating specific portions of the brain with lasers, allowing the user to visualize Hypnospace.

According to Oscar Sparrow, the headbands cost $500.

## Hazards

There have been many worries over the technology surrounding HypnOS headbands. Beefbrain, a hoax created by hacker group M1NX, spread rumors that the Hypnospace headbands create radiation that harms and fries the brain, but in reality, the Hypnospace headband does no such thing.

However, using the headband does have adverse effects. Usage of the headband causes weariness and keeps the user in REM sleep longer, causing restlessness. Tiffany Wright, a Hypnospace user with epilepsy, mentions getting migraines from using Hypnospace. Attempting to find proof of the harmful effects of the Hypnospace headband becomes the final topic of the game.

## Trivia

* On June 8, 2021, No More Robots announced the release of a physical edition of the game, including a real-life Headband. It could be ordered on fangamer.com.
* In Slayers X, a Hypnospace headband can be seen in the level Cottonwood Mobile Home Park.
Artie Dispenza

**Artie Dispenza**, username **Artie**, is a Merchantsoft Employee with a page in The Cafe.

## Projects

Artie's official title at Merchantsoft is "Designer/Marketing Visionary." He designed the Hypnospace logo and has a page describing the symbolism that went into its design. He also does art for the Earthhaze movement.

In the present day, Artie is part of the Hypnospace Archival Project. In the "Lost and Found" section, he asks the Enforcer to look for a song by Chowder Man and an early version of a Virtual Pet by Roddy Wall.

## Personal life

Artie acts as a spiritual counselor to Adrian Merchant, advising him on business decisions and leading him through meditations.

He cares deeply about nature and spirituality, as well as the potential of technology. He is creative to the point of occasionally being incomprehensible. He acts very mysteriously, often speaking poetically. His page in the Hypnospace Archival Project is vague, with text elements floating freely around. He is described by his peers as "a mystery."

## FLIST

His files on FLIST consist of:

November 5th

 artieflower\_hscentralsticker.him

November 26th

 artieflower\_hscentralsticker.him

December 31st

 artieflower\_hscentralsticker.him

His FLST page says in centered text, one line per word, "mine now yours forever i love you all."

## Trivia

* Artie's design document for the Hypnospace logo is a pastiche of the legendarily stupid corporate design document, "Pepsi - The Golden Ratio."
* Artie is a member of the secret Children of Horus group, and an Eye of Horus can be seen on his design document for the Hypnospace logo.

## Gallery

Artie's profile picture from the HAP project.Artie on his website.
Casper Sundberg

## CasperAirGrafix

**CasperAirGrafix**, or **Casper Sundberg,** is a Hypnospace user with a page in the Freelands. He uses his page to advertise his car airbrushing services. He used to front Klyfta, a Cosmic jazz-rock band.

## Projects

### Klyfta

Their first two albums, "A" and "B", were critically well-received, but not commercially successful. Klyfta disbanded and Casper recorded the next album, "C," on his own. It barely got attention and was unanimously criticized.

Casper made a deal with the company QPL to work on his next album, but quit his very first day because of creative differences. QPL took the scraps he did record and remixed them into another album titled "KLYFTA."

Casper was humiliated by his dealings with QPL and left music to airbrush cars. He is not planning a Klyfta reunion and does not want to be messaged about it.

### Casper Air Grafix

Casper currently runs a business for "automotive airbrush art." He mainly paints sci-fi and fantasy-themed projects but is open to other concepts as long as they're not obscene.

## Personal life

Casper's page is fairly impersonal. It's even written mostly in the third person, suggesting that someone else designed and wrote it for him.

## Trivia

* In the images/static directory, there is an image (casper-vanspace.png) that looked to be like a 2011 GMC Savana Cargo, even though the game was taken place in the 90s.