Trivia / Oxenfree

• Blooper: One of the Adler notes (#5) refers to the crewmen on the submarine as ‘soldiers’, when they are obviously ‘sailors’. With her background, she would never make that mistake.
• Missing Trailer Scene: The original trailer for the game included a scene where Alex and Jonas talk to a possessed Nona in the caves where Alex asks "Does it hurt?" only for Nona to let out a demonic screech as the screen glows red, as well as a scene of Jonas falling off a rock and mildly hurting himself while walking with Alex and Ren. Neither of these scenes appear in the final game, and it was confirmed that they were cut.
  • The original trailer also shows interactions between the characters at the beach that are also not present in the final game, including Alex taking pictures (instead of Nona, who does in the final release) and the characters all drinking.
• What Could Have Been
  • There would have been a dog (referring to the phrase "See a man about a dog" painted on the cave's walls early on), but was not included due to time constraints.
  • Nona being possessed (as seen in the trailer) was cut in favor of implementing Ren and Jonas arguing at the tower, which was thought to be a better scene to include.
  • Clarissa was a lot meaner during development, but was toned down and made more nuanced and sympathetic.
  • Alex would have carried and used a tape recorder (like the Sony Walkman), to record and play back sounds as well as a journal to detail stuff as the game went on (like with the Uncharted games). The former was cut because it was unworkable, while the latter was cut due to time constraints.
    • Another proposed mechanism was the usage of flashlights.
  • Another early proposal was to give the teens superpowers, akin to the series Misfits.
  • The crew tried giving the cast multi-colored skin tones akin to the cast of Doug. It was quickly disposed of.
  • The ending was going to be somewhat longer and wilder.
  • Alex had pink hair during development, but was changed to blue to complement her jacket. There was also supposed to be a flashback to when she dyed her hair, where the player can choose the color, but it was cut for time.