St Jude Souls

~ ST JUDE SOULS ~

~ Dark Souls overhaul created for LobosJr and St Jude PLAY LIVE ~

This mod is only compatible with Dark Souls: Remastered.

(I have no plans to port it to the original game and it likely would not even be able to run it.)

Obvious disclaimer: DO NOT PLAY THIS MOD ONLINE.

I volunteered my services to make this extremely off-beat mod for LobosJr (twitch.tv/LobosJr) for the end of his St Jude PLAY LIVE charity fundraiser in May 2019. It's basically an entirely new 'spin-off' of Dark Souls created using the original assets. I asked Lobos's community to come up with some designs for 'puzzles' set in individual levels, and ended up combining them and some ideas of my own into a brand new adventure set in Lordran.

I won't say much more, because it's very difficult to explain, you probably know what you're getting into here anyway. If you're not familiar with the mod, heed these warnings:

• []This mod contains quite a few references to Lobos's stream, particularly some highlights/memes that came out of 2019's fundraiser. You may not find these references very funny. I'm so sorry.

  []Some of those in-jokes come in the form of intentionally difficult and frustrating moments. You have my complete blessing to Cheat Engine yourself directly through such times. In general, this is not a 'balanced' mod, and has less emphasis on combat in any case.

  []I bug-tested this just enough to be confident that Lobos would not run into any issues on a single playthrough on his stream, but I'm sure you'll find some if you look hard enough. (I recommend you don't look hard, because I won't be releasing any bug fixes, sadly.)

  []NG+ is probably a bit broken because some key items carry over, but you're welcome to try it and see what happens.

• The mod contains exactly one (1) Shrek meme.

  Again, I won't be releasing bug fixes for this mod (aside from any mistakes on my end in uploading it to Nexus). You can watch Lobos's full playthrough here if you'd prefer - it's the kind of mod that's likely more entertaining with a few thousand people enjoying it together.

  INSTALLATION

  I haven't created an executable installer for this one. All the modded game files are contained in the zip. Extract these files directly into your DARK SOULS REMASTERED folder (you should get plenty of file overwrite warnings). You can use a mod manager to handle this. (If not, make sure you back up your original game files first, or be prepared to perform a Steam file validation to get them back.)

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Thank you to everyone who showed such generosity to St Jude during May, an