Trivia / Night in the Woods

• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: An article◊ from Game Informer incorrectly says Gregg is a wolf (he is a fox).
• Missing Trailer Scene:
  • Mae telling Gregg that "Everything sucks forever", as mentioned in the quote. In the game proper, Lori M. says this line in the epilogue.
  • One of the pre-release screenshots had the red-furred mouse girl who hangs out with the other teens in the tunnel saying, "Our parents told us not to talk to you." As with the above, this line was given to Lori M. instead, another mouse, at the statue near the Ol' Pickaxe.
• Troubled Production: Scott Benson would relate in 2019 that working on the game with Alec Holowka had been rather difficult and taxing on both his and Bethany Hockenberry's mental health, due to Holowka's general mental instability — which meant that he at times wasn't working on the game — and tendency towards abusive behavior — which made it very hard and exhausting to work with him. He even said that the project had been at high risk for completely falling through around the end of 2015, because he was pretty worn out both mentally and physically by that point from managing the project pretty much solo and trying to motivate Holowka to pick up his part of the slack. Holowka, however, seemingly turned over a new leaf in 2016 (Benson attributed this change to a combination of pressure from the publisher company, Finji, and Hockenberry accidentally calling him publicly out on his behavior), and became a much more active participant in the development and easier to work with, which allowed the game to be finished.
• What Could Have Been:
  • One last outing with Germ and his family was planned, but cut for unknown reasons. It's still in the files, but with a lot of graphics missing. Oddly enough, the description for the achievement associated with Germ's relationship line references a trampoline, which is present in this scene, albeit without any graphics. With the Weird Autumn update, this scene has been fully introduced.
  • There was originally a scene about Jackie's transition, but it was cut and forgot to be moved somewhere else. The dev has expressed interest in implementing it in a patch when he can find somewhere he can put it naturally. While not gone into in any great detail, the Weird Autumn update now has Mae and Bea briefly mention Jackie being trans during their last hangout.
  • The whole game, really. Looking at the Kickstarter description, it talks about how Mae starts to acquire "mysterious abilities", like astral projection that would allow her to explore different areas of the town. In the game proper, however, Mae only has the ability to jump, with the different parts of town being unlocked progressively during the game. These astral projections were most likely recycled into the dreams that Mae has.
  • Bruce and Pastor K's story arc could have originally ended with Bruce taking up residence in a room behind the unusable door in Mallard's Tomb. A hidden room in the same map can be entered with noclip, and it turns out to be in pretty good condition compared to the rest of the tomb with a bed, a dresser, and a refrigerator; the religious iconography above the bed suggests that Pastor K might have had a hand in setting up the room. Mae also uses the opportunity to discuss her otherwise-unmentioned grandmother. The room is accessible in the Weird Autumn update, but doesn't elaborate on the Bruce and Pastor K situation at all.
    Mae: Pour one out for grandmama.
  • There's a few scenes and conversations still left in the game's files from demo versions, such as Mae extending her monologue about burning her room around her to imitate an estate agent attempting to sell the house afterwards (and mentioning the shrieking ghost of the girl that haunts the house), to Mae's mom discussing a movie she's planning on watching with Mae. Mae would also meet Bruce and Pastor K in town instead of outside the church, with the latter trying to persuade Bruce to eat in the Clik Clak. Lori M. also reveals that the other mouse that hangs around with the teenagers in the tunnel is actually her sister and also readily accuses Steve Scriggins of vandalizing the tunnel mural when questioned about it.
  • According to Scott Benson, a small epilogue game was in development shortly before Alec Holowka committed suicide.
• Word of Gay:
  • Mae would identify as pansexual, if she were familiar with the term.
  • Jackie is a trans woman. This was later implemented into the game itself, though more details were originally planned.
• Word of God:
  • The Borowski parents are named Stan and Candy.
  • Gregg and Angus's last names are Lee and Delaney respectively.
  • The game's art style was inspired by Richard Scarry, whose anthropomorphic animal cast had large eyes with creepy stares.
  • Lori M. is based on a child Scott Benson once saw "climb out onto the roof of his house and read a book in order to escape screaming adults inside."
  • Possum Springs is based on several different locations in Pennsylvania where developer Scott Benson was living.

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