Trivia / Transistor

• Art Imitates Art/Expy: The art style of Transistor takes a lot of visual cues from the work of Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862 – 1918). The character Red may in fact be a reference to "Red Hilda", a model who has appeared in so many of Klimt's works that the choice to use her image as the protagonist would be very fitting.
• Dummied Out:
  • Version 4.0 versions of most enemies exist, but they both aren't used and that much of an improvement, Weeds only get 20 more Hit Points, for instance. It's been speculated it's some kind of Fridge Brilliance, that Red wasn't even facing the Process's final form.
  • Weeds have a dummied out upgrade path, as seen in SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Transistor\Content\Game\Units\Priest.xml: "Old, Pretty Broken Priest Upgrades": Level 2 would go invulnerable or something when hit by all weapons, and Level 3 would probably just clone itself indefinitely, instead of only when damaged like in the released game.
    <Upgrade Name="PriestLevel2">
    <Rank>
    <Change HelpTextId="PriestLevel2"/>
    <Change ValueChangeType="ADD"/>
    <Change OnHitWeapon="PriestHide"/>
    <Change ApplyToAllWeapons="true"/>
    </Rank>
    </Upgrade>
    
    <Upgrade Name="Priest Level 3">
    <Rank>
    <Change Help Text Id="Priest Level 3"/>
    <Change ValueChangeType="REPLACE_IF_NULL" ContinuousWeapon="PriestDuplicate"/>
    <Change ApplyToAllWeapons="true"/>
    </Rank>
    </Upgrade>
• Referenced by...:
  • League of Legends: Ekko's Classic skin references two Supergiant Games's games: The Kid of Bastion (note the red scarves, the hand wraps, and the utilitarian armour, as well as the white hair), while his weapon is reminiscent of the Transistor, with its green edges being similar color and glowy.
  • In Supergiant Games's fourth game Hades, Christopher Saphire, voices Thanatos, and previously voiced Asher Kendrell, where they're both reserved, (mostly) unemotional character, Asher is in a loving relationship with Grant, who prioritizes duty and loyalty. Fortunately, Thanatos's story turns out a lot better than Asher's.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In early gameplay footage and concept art, the Camerata had five members. In the final product, this was reduced to four. Of the entire group, only Royce still looks like he did in the early concepts. All of them dressed in white and had black hair. The fifth member resembled a Mad Scientist with a bulky body and crimson shades and was either their leader or The Man Behind the Man. Presumably, Royce and the fifth member's roles were merged in the final version, while Grant took the role as the Camerata's leader instead.
  • According to the Transistor documentary (around the 11-minute mark), the first concept for the game was that the man inside the Transistor was originally the main character with the roles reversed - he was trying to revive Red, his singer love. Art Director Jen Zee's Concept Art of Red wielding the Transistor was so impressive that the team made a 180 on the story. Red's Superuser form is a remnant of that version.
• Working Title: Auden.

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