{"id":1380,"date":"2026-04-03T06:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/look-outsides-april-1-update-that-let-you-kiss-enemies-is-now-a-permanent-smooch-mode\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:37:46","slug":"look-outsides-april-1-update-that-let-you-kiss-enemies-is-now-a-permanent-smooch-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/look-outsides-april-1-update-that-let-you-kiss-enemies-is-now-a-permanent-smooch-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Outside&#8217;s April 1 update that let you kiss enemies is now a permanent &#8216;smooch mode&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For April Fools&#8217; Day, the developer of<em> <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3373660\/Look_Outside\/\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\"><em>Look Outside<\/em><\/a> released an update that added a new option to your interactions with NPCs: kissing. Instead of just fighting or talking to enemies and surviving neighbors in the cursed apartment building, you could give &#8217;em a smooch. Their dialogue and sprites were updated accordingly, too. Cue stammering eldritch horrors with bright red blushing cheeks. April Fools&#8217; Day is (thankfully) over now, but there&#8217;s good news for anyone who has been enjoying the lovefest or didn&#8217;t get a chance to try it. Developer Francis Coulombe has built in a way for players to access &#8220;smooch mode&#8221; going forward.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If you started a game on April 1st and kissed the wounded neighbor, that save file is now permanently in smooch mode!&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/frankiepixel.bsky.social\/post\/3mijxrng4yk2c\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">Coulombe<\/a> posted on social media. &#8220;You can also activate smooch mode on a new save file by naming Sam &#8216;Casanova&#8217;.&#8221; I immediately started a new save to confirm and, yes, doing this does indeed allow you to go on a kissing spree. While you can&#8217;t smooch every single person\/abomination you&#8217;ll run into, you sure can kiss a lot of them.<\/p>\n<p>Want to kiss the Rat King? Go wild. Pierre? Yup. That weird bug guy in the basement who eats bandages? Unfortunately yes, he&#8217;s kissable too. This truly is the game that keeps on giving. We&#8217;re apparently getting a real, non-silly update in the near-future as well, so<em> <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/look-outside-is-an-unexpected-cosmic-horror-masterpiece-that-shook-me-to-the-core-171542211.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\"><em>Look Outside<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>fans are eatin&#8217; good. Now, please excuse me while I get back to my Kiss Everyone (except Lyle) run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/look-outsides-april-1-update-that-let-you-kiss-enemies-is-now-a-permanent-smooch-mode-223746232.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/look-outsides-april-1-update-that-let-you-kiss-enemies-is-now-a-permanent-smooch-mode\/\">Look Outside&#8217;s April 1 update that let you kiss enemies is now a permanent &#8216;smooch mode&#8217;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For April Fools&#8217; Day, the developer of Look Outside released an update that added a new option to your interactions with NPCs: kissing. Instead of just fighting or talking to enemies and surviving neighbors in the cursed apartment building, you could give &#8217;em a smooch. Their dialogue and sprites were updated accordingly, too. Cue stammering eldritch horrors with bright red blushing cheeks. April Fools&#8217; Day is (thankfully) over now, but there&#8217;s good news for anyone who has been enjoying the lovefest or didn&#8217;t get a chance to try it. Developer Francis Coulombe has built in a way for players to access &#8220;smooch mode&#8221; going forward.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;If you started a game on April 1st and kissed the wounded neighbor, that save file is now permanently in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}