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Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion)
"The keeper's out of its cage. Sort of."
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How do I install Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion) for Cellar Keeper in one click.
</>What does Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion) do?
Sorting a cellar this size means a lot of hours with nobody but the bottles. Chicken Buddy gives you someone to spend them with. Switch on Keeper Follows Me and a copy of the keeper appears at your side. It follows where you are, not where you look: walk off and it comes after you, stopping about a metre and a half away; stand still and it stays put and turns to watch you, so looking round finds it rather than chasing it. It's all for show. The real keeper stays wherever the story has it, and nothing about the copy is written into your save. Switch the option off and your buddy vanishes on the spot.
</>What is Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion)?
In Cellar Keeper the keeper is a chicken locked in a cage, and every bottle in the place is yours to sort alone. Chicken Buddy adds one switch, Keeper Follows Me, that lets a copy of the keeper out to tag along beside you from rack to rack. The copy can't get in your way and is never saved. Every run plays exactly as it would without it, in any mode.
</>Common questions about Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion)
What does Chicken Buddy do in Cellar Keeper?
It keeps you company. A copy of the keeper follows you while you sort, which makes the cellar feel a lot less empty over a long session. It's a small thing: a chicken at your heels for the hours between the first rack and the last.
Where does it stand while I'm sorting?
Beside you, a step and a half away, wherever it last arrived. It follows your position rather than your camera, so it never circles round behind your back: walk to the next rack and it trots after you and stops short, stand still and it turns to face you. It passes through racks and bottles, so it can't block a placement or move a bottle. The only time it jumps is when a lift or a flight with Ghost Steward leaves it more than about twelve metres behind, and then it reappears at your side.
Why is my buddy floating in mid-air?
You're probably flying with Ghost Steward, more than about three metres above the floor. Ten times a second the buddy looks down for solid ground, starting just above your feet and reaching a little over three metres below them, and stands on the first thing it finds, which can be the top of a rack. When nothing is in reach, it stays level with your feet and waits there until you come back down.
What happens if the keeper isn't in my cellar?
No buddy appears, because there's nothing to copy. You get a single note in the game instead: "The keeper isn't in this cellar, so there's no one to follow you here." It won't repeat until you restart the game, but Chicken Buddy keeps looking every couple of seconds, so your buddy turns up as soon as you're in a cellar that has the keeper.
Will Chicken Buddy keep my runs off the leaderboards?
No. It never marks a run, so your Speedrun and Hardcore times post as normal with Keeper Follows Me switched on. Only the mods that change how a run plays hold a time back, and they put a note on screen when they do.
What options does Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion) include?
Keeper Follows Me
A look-alike of the cellar's keeper follows you around the cellar.
Chicken Buddy is a ProjectMods mod for Cellar Keeper that has a copy of the keeper, the caged chicken, trail after you around the cellar for company, while the real keeper, the story and your save are left alone.
System Requirements
What features does Chicken Buddy (Keeper Companion) include?
- It follows your position, not your camera: it stops about a metre and a half from you and stays where it arrived when you stop, so a glance to the side finds it.
- Leave for the title screen and the copy is cleared away. Load back in with the switch on and a new one turns up within a couple of seconds.
- You can walk straight through it, it can't be picked up, and it never makes a sound.
Best For
- A long Cozy session with only the bottles for company. Switch on Keeper Follows Me and there's someone beside you every time you look up from a rack.
- A Hardcore run where one stray bottle ends everything. Bring the keeper along anyway, since the copy passes through glass without moving it.
- Touring the cellar from above with Ghost Steward. Leave Keeper Follows Me on and the keeper comes along for the flight.
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