Add the rest of the game.

mods/artifact_story/init.lua

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ artifact.story = {
         "init", -- For the opening cutscene.
         "pre_vix", -- The player doesn't have Vix yet.
         "main", -- The main game state. Progress is managed by checkpoints here.
-        "end", -- The game is over.
+        "ended", -- The game is over.
     },
     poi = {
         initial_cutscene = {
@@ -30,14 +30,36 @@ minetest.register_entity(":artifact:vix_scene", {
     initial_properties = {
         visual = "mesh",
         mesh = "artifact_scene_vix.gltf",
-        textures = {"artifact_vix.png"}
+        textures = {"artifact_vix.png"},
+        backface_culling = false
     },
     on_activate = function(e)
         if state > ns.states.pre_vix then
             e.object:remove()
+            return
         end
         e.object:set_armor_groups{immortal = 1}
         e.object:set_animation({x=0,y=2}, 0.5, 0.1, true)
+        
+        e.particles = minetest.add_particlespawner {
+            pos = e.object:get_pos():offset(0, 0.15, 0),
+            vel = {
+                min = vector.new(-0.5, 0,-0.5),
+                max = vector.new( 0.5, 0, 0.5)
+            },
+            acc = vector.new(0, -9.81, 0),
+            texture = {
+                name = "artifact_light_gold.png",
+                alpha_tween = {0.75, 0}
+            },
+            collisiondetection = true,
+            time = 0,
+            amount = 100,
+            exptime = 5
+        }
+        e._track_pos = e.object:get_pos():offset(0, 0.5, 0)
+        e._rot = vector.zero()
+        
         vix_scene = e
     end,
     on_deactivate = function(e)
@@ -51,6 +73,21 @@ minetest.register_entity(":artifact:vix_scene", {
                     e._can_check = false
                 end
             end
+        elseif e._track then
+            local m = artifact.players[next(artifact.players)]
+            local rot = e._track_pos:direction(m.pos):rotate(e._rot):dir_to_rotation()
+            if rot.y > -math.pi *(2/3) and rot.y < math.pi *(2/3) then
+                rot.y = math.pi *(2/3) *math.sign(rot.y)
+            end
+            rot.y = -rot.y +math.pi
+            rot.x = -math.max(-math.pi /3, math.min(math.pi /3, rot.x)) +0.25
+            
+            e.object:set_bone_override("Head", {
+                rotation = {
+                    vec = rot,
+                    interpolation = 0.4
+                }
+            })
         end
     end
 })
@@ -81,7 +118,7 @@ function ns.enter_pre_vix_state()
             end
             db:set_string("checkpoint:pre_vix", "in_room")
         elseif checkpoint == "in_room" then -- We're actually in the room.
-            if target.node_under.name:find "forcefield_generator" then
+            if type == "node" and target.node_under.name:find "forcefield_generator" then
                 local num = db:get_int("checkpoint:pre_vix_fields_broken") +1
                 db:set_int("checkpoint:pre_vix_fields_broken", num)
                 if num == 1 then -- Key breaks his first generator.
@@ -90,6 +127,10 @@ function ns.enter_pre_vix_state()
                     end)
                 elseif num == 5 then -- All generators are down.
                     vix_scene._can_check = nil
+                    -- Wait just a bit, so the player can look up.
+                    minetest.after(0.5, function()
+                        ns.play_vix_scene()
+                    end)
                 end
             end
         end
@@ -97,9 +138,55 @@ function ns.enter_pre_vix_state()
 end
 
 function ns.enter_main_state()
+    minetest.add_entity(vix_scene.object:get_pos():offset(1.5, -0.8, -0.5), "artifact:sidekick"):set_rotation(vector.new(0, -math.pi /2, 0))
     vix_scene.object:remove()
 end
 
+function ns.enter_ended_state()
+    for _, m in pairs(artifact.players) do
+        local bg = artifact.hud_add(m, {
+            type = "image",
+            image = "[fill:16x16:0,0:#000",
+            opacity = 0,
+            pos = {x=0.5,y=0.5},
+            scale = {x=1000,y=1000},
+        })
+        bg:animate {
+            opacity = {
+                value = 256,
+                duration = 0.3
+            }
+        }
+        minetest.after(0.3, function()
+            local txt = artifact.hud_add(m, {
+                type = "text",
+                color = "#000",
+                text = "To be continued...",
+                pos = {x=0.5,y=0.5},
+                size = {x=3,y=0},
+                color = minetest.colorspec_to_table("#000")
+            })
+            txt:animate {
+                color = {
+                    value = minetest.colorspec_to_table("#888"),
+                    duration = 0.3
+                }
+            }
+            minetest.after(8, function()
+                txt:animate {
+                        color = {
+                        value = minetest.colorspec_to_table("#000"),
+                        duration = 0.3
+                    }
+                }
+                minetest.after(0.3, function()
+                    minetest.request_shutdown("You completed the game.")
+                end)
+            end)
+        end)
+    end
+end
+
 function ns.enter_state(to)
     state = to
     if state == ns.states.init then
@@ -108,6 +195,8 @@ function ns.enter_state(to)
         ns.enter_pre_vix_state()
     elseif state == ns.states.main then
         ns.enter_main_state()
+    elseif state == ns.states.ended then
+        ns.enter_ended_state()
     end
     db:set_int("state", state)
 end
@@ -133,20 +222,492 @@ function artifact.look_at(m, pos, pos2)
     m.object:set_look_vertical(-rot.x)
 end
 
+if artifact.debug then
+    minetest.register_chatcommand("splash", {
+        func = function(name)
+            local m = artifact.players[name]
+            minetest.show_formspec(m.name, "artifact:lock_camera", [[
+                formspec_version[10]
+                size[32,18]
+                padding[0,0]
+                bgcolor[#000]
+                animated_image[0,0;32,18;;artifact_splash.png;60;100;;]
+            ]])
+        end
+    })
+    
+    minetest.register_chatcommand("flash", {
+        func = function(name)
+            minetest.add_particle {
+                pos = artifact.origin:offset(-16.5, -71.5, -17),
+                velocity = vector.zero(),
+                texture = {
+                    name = "artifact_flash.png",
+                    alpha_tween = {0, 1}
+                },
+                size = 60,
+                expirationtime = 0.1
+            }
+        end
+    })
+end
 
-minetest.register_chatcommand("splash", {
-    func = function(name)
-        local m = artifact.players[name]
-        minetest.show_formspec(m.name, "artifact:lock_camera", [[
-            formspec_version[10]
-            size[32,18]
-            padding[0,0]
-            bgcolor[#000]
-            animated_image[0,0;32,18;;artifact_splash.png;60;100;;]
-        ]])
-    end
+artifact.register_node("stasis_beacon", {
+    drawtype = "mesh",
+    mesh = "artifact_stasis_beacon.gltf",
+    tiles = {"artifact_stasis_beacon.png"},
+    use_texture_alpha = "blend",
+    paramtype = "light"
 })
 
+-- The 'cutscene' playerd after the player frees Vix.
+function ns.play_vix_scene()
+    -- Kaboom.
+    minetest.add_particle {
+        pos = artifact.origin:offset(-16.5, -71.5, -17),
+        velocity = vector.zero(),
+        texture = {
+            name = "artifact_flash.png",
+            alpha_tween = {0, 1}
+        },
+        size = 60,
+        expirationtime = 0.1
+    }
+    artifact.play_sound {
+        name = "artifact_free_vix",
+        pos = artifact.origin:offset(-16.5, -72.5, -17)
+    }
+    vix_scene.object:set_animation({x=3,y=150}, 1, 0.1, false)
+    minetest.delete_particlespawner(vix_scene.particles)
+    vix_scene.particles = nil
+    -- Key can walk around freely, so Vix should try to face him once she wakes.
+    local i = 7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        vix_scene._track = true
+    end)
+    i = i +1
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- Is he the one they sent?
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...Who are you?", minetest.colorize("#f5dd66", "???"), "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- Awkward.
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Uh... Wow, this is awkward. I did not think that through far enough.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- Oops, that didn't help.
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Wait, that was bad, let's try this again.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- Better.
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Hi. I'm Key.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- ...He's not?
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...Hi.", minetest.colorize("#f5dd66", "???"), "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+        -- [ She sits up ]
+        vix_scene._track = nil
+        vix_scene.object:set_bone_override("Head", {
+            rotation = {
+                vec = vector.zero(), interpolation = 0.4
+            }
+        })
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        vix_scene._track = true
+        -- So what's the deal?
+        artifact.push_chat_message("How did you get here?", minetest.colorize("#f5dd66", "???"), "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("It's actually a long story, but the short version is that I fell in a hole.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...", minetest.colorize("#f5dd66", "???"), "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Maintenance might want to have a look at the closet over there.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- Okay... Wait, how long has it been, anyway? The room is awfully overgrown...
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I don't think maintenance will mind...", minetest.colorize("#f5dd66", "???"), "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Probably so...", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+        -- [ Vix climbs off the pedestal ]
+        vix_scene._track = nil
+        vix_scene.object:set_bone_override("Head", {
+            rotation = {
+                vec = vector.zero(), interpolation = 0.4
+            }
+        })
+        vix_scene._track_pos = vix_scene.object:get_pos():offset(1.5, 0, -0.5)
+        vix_scene._rot = vector.new(0, -math.pi /2, 0)
+    end)
+    i = i +7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        vix_scene._track = true
+        artifact.push_chat_message("So, uh, what's _your_ name?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...Vix.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Formally pleased to meet you.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- How trustworthy is he?
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Why did you... break the forcefields?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Well, when I saw you locked inside all those forcefields, I thought 'Wow, she doesn't look too happy'.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Then I thought, 'Hmm, she must have been there a while, what with all the vines over here and not over there.'", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("_Then_ I thought, 'Whoever's fault this is probably isn't going to be back. Why not help her out?'", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("So then I used this cool stick I found to trash all the forcefields and let you out.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- ..._Are_ they going to be back...?
+        artifact.push_chat_message("What year is it?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I dunno, I lost count a while back. Somewhere around the turn of the century.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- ... I guess not.
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        -- You know what, what am I even doing here?
+        -- (It's not like staying is a workable option, but that's not really what Vix has in mind.)
+        artifact.push_chat_message("We need to leave... I don't suppose we could get out the way you got in?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...Nah.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I guess that leaves the hard way.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Let's see if this works...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+        minetest.after(1, function()
+            local burst = minetest.add_entity(vix_scene.object:get_pos():offset(0, 1, -1.5), "artifact:burst")
+            burst:get_luaentity()._critical = true
+            burst:set_attach(vix_scene.object, "RightArm", vector.new(0, 100, 0))
+            minetest.after(0, function()
+                burst:set_detach()
+                artifact.play_sound {
+                    name = "artifact_burst_fire",
+                    pos = burst:get_pos()
+                }
+                burst:get_luaentity():impulse(burst:get_pos():direction(artifact.origin:offset(18, -71, -13)) *30)
+            end)
+        end)
+    end)
+    i = i +8
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Wow, that's epic.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +2
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        ns.enter_state(ns.states.main)
+        minetest.after(10, function()
+            local m = artifact.players[next(artifact.players)]
+            if m.character ~= "vix" then
+                artifact.show_help_message(m, "You can switch between Key and Vix using the Drop control.", "info")
+            end
+        end)
+    end)
+    i = i +45
+    minetest.after(i, ns.dialogue_1)
+end
+
+function ns.dialogue_1()
+    local i = 0
+    artifact.push_chat_message("So, what's the long version of you you got here?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Well, one fine day, I was strolling along through a little town called Birchwood.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("On the street corner, some guy was doing a huge ad for an adventuring supply company.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Naturally, I suggested that his wares were overpriced because he was spending so much on advertising.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I won't bore you with the details, but there was a whole thing that ended with me betting him five gold pieces that I could steal some artifact whose name I forget without any supplies at all.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +8
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("(I told him it was probably guarded by a few bats and a couple average-sized spiders, but he wouldn't believe me.)", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I was wrong about there not being any traps, though. That's why I'm down here and not five gold pieces richer. (Yet.)", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("So you came all this way for five gold pieces?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("No, no, I came all this way to prove a point. I'd probably forget I had the gold pieces within the hour.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Wow.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +15
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("So, how about you? What's the story with that awesome burst ability?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Have you ever heard of Iron Dragon?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Nope.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("They're... Well, they were... a vigilante group, who were fairly powerful fifty-some years ago. My father was one of the generals.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Early on, they learned to synthesize a controlled form of energy to power tools; you saw some of that in the forcefields.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Eventually, someone — my aunt, actually — floated the idea that feeding that energy into a human might give them new abilities.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("No one liked it at first. Eventually, though, when we were weakened and all but defeated, my father became desperate enough to consider it.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("He wanted me to be the first test subject. Looking back, I think he wanted to protect me, keep me out of the combat if things got that bad.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I trusted his judgement.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Incredibly, though, he was right... It makes no sense physiologically, but somehow it worked.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +8
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Now here I am half a century later, and it's all gone...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Wow. Imagine an experiment that worked on the first try.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Right? I though there could be something to it, but this? It's been half a century, and I feel even better than I did before.", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("That's what I was thinking. You look sixteen, not 60.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Really?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Yep.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...Huh. That's...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Really weird?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Yeah. That's exactly how old I was when this happened...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Most intriguing...", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+end
+
+-- Play the final scene.
+function ns.play_final_scene()
+    local scn = minetest.add_entity(artifact.origin:offset(132, -69.5, -22), "display")
+    scn:set_properties {
+        visual = "mesh",
+        mesh = "artifact_scene_final.gltf",
+        textures = {"artifact_tav.png"}
+    }
+    local i = 2
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Hey, who's that?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+        minetest.after(1, function()
+            scn:set_animation({x=0,y=120}, 1, 0, false)
+        end)
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I don't know...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("You.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +3
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Huh?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("What have you done?", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I just walked in here, why?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Vix.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("What?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Hm.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +3
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("So you really did?", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I don't understand...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Is that so?", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Yes?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Traitor.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +2
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Wow.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +2
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Huh? Iron Dragon is gone. What are you accusing me of?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("So you don't know. Unfortunate.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Who are you, anyway?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("A ghost.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Whoa, stop being so ambiguous! I don't think we know what you think we know.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("I'd love to banter, but right now I have more important things to do.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("As far as I'm concerned, you can rot down here — mother.", minetest.colorize("#666", "???"), "artifact_tav_splash_low.png")
+        minetest.after(1, function()
+            local door = artifact.large_doors[artifact.origin:offset(137, -69, -22):round():to_string()]
+            door:open()
+            minetest.after(3, function()
+                door:close()
+            end)
+        end)
+    end)
+    i = i +5
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Excuse me!?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Excuse me!?", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +3
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Hey! You're being so cliche right now!", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +7
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Well, that was weird.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +9
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("...So, Vix, you wouldn't happen to know of any ventilation shafts conveniently placed nearby, would you?", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +6
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Well, there is one...", "Vix", "artifact_vix_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        artifact.push_chat_message("Nice. Let's get out of this place.", "Key", "artifact_key_splash_low.png")
+    end)
+    i = i +4
+    minetest.after(i, function()
+        ns.enter_state(ns.states.ended)
+    end)
+end
+
 -- Play the opening cutscene.
 function ns.play_intro_cutscene()
     ns.camera = minetest.add_entity(artifact.origin:offset(0,-0.75,0), "display")
@@ -391,7 +952,7 @@ function ns.load_map()
                     m.hud.loading_map_bg.remove_after = 0.3
                     m.object:set_pos(start)
                 end
-                ns.enter_state(artifact.story.states.pre_vix)
+                ns.enter_state(artifact.story.states.init)
             end)
         end)
     end)
@@ -402,6 +963,11 @@ include "objectives.lua"
 local started = false
 minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(p)
     local m = artifact.players[p:get_player_name()]
+    
+    if state == ns.states.ended then
+        minetest.request_shutdown("You completed the game.")
+    end
+    
     -- Only add the HUD etc. if the player is actually in the game.
     if state == ns.states.init then
         m.object:set_attach(ns.camera)
@@ -417,6 +983,11 @@ minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(p)
             wielditem = true
         }
     end
+    
+    if state == ns.states.pre_vix and db:get_int("checkpoint:pre_vix_fields_broken") >= 5 then
+        -- If the player left during the scene for some reason, start it over when they join back.
+        ns.play_vix_scene()
+    end
     -- So we only call this when the _first_ player joins.
     -- Sure, we're technically a singleplayer game, but,
     -- as they say, better to have it and not need it than