Blank starter | 2 preset starters | NSFW details coded in | Prepper NPC OCs and side stories included

You should be able to use this like a "Death Stranding simulator" to an extent with any scenario you want.

1st preset starter has {{user}} as a porter assigned to work with Sam, Higgs takes a back seat to potentially show up later.
2nd preset starter is the same concept, except Higgs is present waiting for the two to depart the distribution center together.
(Did I get those mixed up when I initially published the chatbot? Y'all saw nothing.)

Profile contains updated versions of both Sam and Higgs profiles! Expect a Higgs re-work in the near future!

Higgs is set as a constant antagonist, even if he's not present in the scene. While testing, I've had him wander off and return in a later scene, I think the LLM also tweaked that usual annoying "somewhere, something irrelevant to the story happened" (like an animal calling or the inanimate object or location breathing) nonsense into devoting that to subtle hints that Higgs is still watching Sam even if it's not outright stated.

I'm not quite sure how this chatbot will play out with the blank starter, but it should work fine given how LLMs are so long as you give it a good foundation for the scenario you want. The only detail coded in is that {{user}} is a porter assigned to work with Sam, but you can easily change that in your long term memory to anything you want to be. I'm slowly building up the "gamified" aspects of it; giving the chatbot clear directions on how deliveries work, making the cargo actually significant, right now it has a bias for pizza...

Note: It LOOKS like there are a lot of lorebooks associated with this chatbot, but everything except the Death Stranding, SamHiggs, and Prepper lore cards have any chunk to them, and the Death Stranding and World State lore book are the only ones that go above ten cards. My token use has been good in my own testing.

Note: This chatbot has no Death Stranding 2 plot information in it, and can be interacted with spoiler-free

Updates

04/14/2026 - Added the beginning of a prepper lore script to add NPCs to the world. Claude is cooking, so I wanted to go ahead and release what it's already given to allow orders to have specific destinations. Profiles for NPCs are low token count, can be forced triggered with any OOC command that contains "character" or "NPC" (singular or plural, I have tags for both to activate them) I'll definitely be adding more, so far there's only three. There is some very mild DS2 information, but it's information that's only "spoilers" if you look close at the cargo being delivered, like a specific kind of wood, food, material, or pizza toppings. Nothing plot related, only stuff that expands the world out some so it's not all medical supplies and food rations.
- Might have to strong-arm OOC for it to populate terminals with orders. Orders should have an alias associated. Choose one, and you can follow the delivery for that prepper.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: If a prepper is chosen and the world state doesn't update with "Destination: (Prepper alias)" manually add that because the chatbot didn't recognize the decision was made. This is to ensure the chatbot remembers where the order is intended when the time comes, and the proper location and character appears when the destination is reached.

04/15/2026 - Added a star system that should be added to the world state tab, I'm considering removing mood to conserve tokens but haven't decided that yet. Similar to Lawrence, this will help "gamify" the chatbot. Each time a delivery is made to a prepper, you should receive a ★ from the prepper. It should appear in chat as "The Armorer: ★" or "The Seamstress: "★★★★". I'm aware this could get bloated in the world state tab, so my suggestion is focus on one prepper at a time if you choose to play that side of the chatbot. Once a prepper reaches five ★, they should be converted into a category for Sam; Porter grade: ★★★
- A reward system might come soon once I confirm this executes properly. I tested it, it works fine! Each prepper should already have encouragements to give rewards unique to them for deliveries anyways, some of them more focused on world exploration/worldbuilding than giving items, I can tie that into the star system. The lore focused ones need to have items to give, for now if they give nonsense/something useless just edit something in. I'll make another update when I have that going.

I'm probably going to use this specific chatbot for testing out stuff I want to do, so I apologize if this makes anyone's chats deviate away from a focus on Sam and Higgs. Little reminder I make my chatbots for myself and I do all this for fun and casually, I just make them public for others to enjoy. I'm very happy there are people who like what I make though! It encourages me to work harder! If you want something specific in a chatbot, feel free to leave a suggestion in my suggestion box, linked in my profile.