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The Ssum – Quick Walkthrough [Update on 2024/12/21 Updating Teo's Phonecall table + Epilogue]

Updates:

2024/12/21 Start to update Teo’s Phone Call Table and Private Account (The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable)
2024/09/12 Complete Henri’s Phone Call Table and Private Account (The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable), add about “Epilogue”
2024/08/18 Continue June’s Phone Call Table and Private Account (The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable)
2024/04/18 Henri’s Phone Call Table and Private Account (The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable)
2023/10/19 June’s Phone Call Table and Private Account (The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable)
2023/09/24 Completed both Teo and Harry’s 200 Day Phone Call Timetable
2023/03/17 Harry’s Phone Call Table and Private Account (The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable)
2023/01/02 Earn batteries on Planet Momint + Harry’s route
2022/09/17 Game process and seasonal planets
2022/09/09 How to get batteries, tips on daily routine, add link: Tips on Day 24 (No Spoilers)
2022/08/22 Teo’s Post, Don’t Buy The Typing Expert Licence
2022/08/20 To-Do List Everyday
2022/08/18 Suggestions for People Who Haven’t Sign-Up

Overall Posts Related to The Ssum:
The Ssum – Quick Walkthrough
The Ssum – CENTER homescreen: Interact with Teo
The Ssum – How to Unlock Trivial Features
The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable
The Ssum – Chat Choice and Private Account
The Ssum – Infinite Universe and Planets
The Ssum – Tips on Day 24 (No Spoilers)

Table Of Contents

  1. Updates:
  2. About The Ssum
  3. Suggestions for People Who Haven’t Sign-up
  4. The Ssum – Three Main Homescreen and Functions
  5. The Ssum – Different Ways to Enjoy the Game
  6. The Ssum – Terms
  7. The Ssum – To-Do List Every Day
  8. The Ssum – Game Process and Seasonal Planet
  9. The Ssum – How to get batteries?
  10. The Ssum – Aurora LAB
  11. Change routes! – Teo, Harry, June, and Henri
  12. Epilogue

About The Ssum

The Ssum is a mobile game made by Cheritz. If you want to learn more about The Ssum, please read the page: [TBD]

Official websites and SNS: Website, Instagram, Twitter, Tumbler
Download: Android, iOS

The Ssum finally launched on 2022/08/17!
I downloaded the game in the early morning and tried to figure out how to play it.
Indeed, the features are much more complex than Mystic Messenger, but I try to explain what I know right now. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong 🙂

Suggestions for People Who Haven’t Sign-up

Daily Pattern

If you haven’t sign-up The Ssum, here is a quick reminder for you: Please think carefully about your Daily Pattern!
Here is why.

The conversations with Teo are actually based on your Daily Pattern (see more).
Therefore, there are 5 time periods that Teo will chat with you, which are:

Since you cannot edit the Daily Pattern unless you buy a ticket for it; therefore, you need to make sure the time period is long enough for you to complete the conversation. Otherwise, there might be chances that you will miss out on the chatroom.

I would suggest to have at least 2-3 hours for each time period.

For instance, I was a little bit regretful that I put the Wake Time and Breakfast too close, and the Bedtime too late.
So make sure the Daily Pattern fits with your personal life but also remember to make it more flexible.

(but the good thing is… at least I don’t have to wake up at the midnight lol)

Also, you can start a conversation 1 hour before the time period without using any batteries.
And if you haven’t finished the chat but the next chat is about to start (probably after 30 – 45 mins), then the system will immediately end up the current chat and count it as not finished.

What if I cannot join the games on specific days?

If you cannot play games for a while, PLEASE DON’T OPEN THE GAME and the process will freeze on the last chat.
Please refer to the following official answers by The Ssum help center.

Once you log in during the time slot following your last chat, you will be able to continue the chats without missing any content.
(Example: If your last chat was during lunchtime, you will get to continue your dinner chat from the same Day, given that you log in at dinnertime.)

Chertiz Help Center

The Ssum – Three Main Homescreen and Functions

Until now, I have three main screens on The Ssum and each of them have different functions.

Click the homescreen if you want to check more information.

[LEFT homescreen]

Features with Communities

To communicate with users worldwide, and pet your Creatures.

[CENTER homescreen]

Features with Teo/Harry

For people who just want to talk with hot dudes lol You can also change route in Profile

[RIGHT homescreen]

Incubator

Transfer the Energy to unlock more Planet (for community usage)

The Ssum – Different Ways to Enjoy the Game

Casual Player: I just want to chat with Teo/Harry/June/Henri

If you just want to chat with the hot dude (lol), you can only use the CENTER homescreen to chat and interact with Teo/Harry.
From the present stage, it seems that there is less relevance between the CENTER homescreen and the communities. So you can just simply chat and call Teo/Harry/June/Henri, as playing Mystic Messenger.

Basically, Teo will start a conversation according to your Daily Pattern (you can change it on the Profile).
Therefore, unlike Mystic Messenger dudes who will tell you to go to bed earlier but still chat during midnight, your chat with Teo/Harry will be more routine. You can also check when is the next chatroom from the Message icon.
Before an hour of the scheduled Daily Pattern, you can start the conversation with him. But remember to chat with Teo during the periods!
When chatting with him, sometimes will unlock his Private Account. Here is the overall chat choice and his response in the Private Account: The Ssum – Chat Choice and Private Account

As for Calls, you need to spend [battery] to make an outgoing call. If you want to call him anytime you want, you should subscribe (can subscribe from Aurora Lab).
Sometimes Teo will also call you. Remember to pick it up 😉
To check he will call you or you can call him, please check: The Ssum – Phone Call Timetable

By the way, it seems the game’s contents, phone calls, choices, photos, etc. would be different based on your choices.
So for example, if you want to get the full contents of the Day 24, you might need to play it at least 3 times (see more: The Ssum – Tips on Day 24 (No Spoilers))
So.. be prepared 😉

Explorer: I want to learn more about The Ssum

If you want to explore more about The Ssum then you should know about the [energy].
When you talk with Teo, sometimes there would have a pop-up banner showing you get some [energy]. These [energy] can be used to incubate [frequency], [emotion], [gift], and [creature].

How to do it?

You can click on the RIGHT homescreen, put the [energy] and it might take some time to convert it.
Unless you buy a [flake] from the market, otherwise you can proceed with 3 conversions at once.
You can foresee what kind of [emotion] is producing.

For example, in the figure below, the left flake has a green line beside it, which indicates you can have multiple [emotion] at once (aka overmanufactured). If there is no green line besides, then it is a normal [emotion], which is the Freedom to Be Board. If the flake has a color background (as the second and the third flakes), it means the [emotion] is more special.
Overall, if the converting time is longer, it means it is more special.

If you unlock a certain amount of [emotion] (usually more than 20), it would unlock a new universe so that you can have more chats.

Communicator: Having fun in the community

The community feature of The Ssum is quite impressive. In the community (universe) you can chat and interact with others all over the world.
Every day you can have 10 (subscribers have 15) chances to interact with the post. Feel free to just interact with the posts you feel is good, so that can help them to win energy.

When you get a certain amount of [emotion], the game will unlock a universe.
For example, [emotion] Freedom to be Bored is the most common emotion in the Incubator, and it can unlock the City of Free Men.
To interact in the City of Free Men, you should spend Freedom to be Bored to make an interaction. E.g.,

Therefore, it is quite necessary to convert [energy] to [emotion] in Incubator.

Btw, Teo also participates in the daily discussion in the Free Emotion Study of the Day!
If you want to check his post, you can find the tip in here: The Ssum – Infinite Universe and Planets

The Ssum – Terms

Energy

Energy can be converted to [frequency], [emotion], [gift], and [creature] via Incubator.
You can earn energy via:

Emotion

Converted by [emotion] via Incubator.
It can be used to unlock a new planet or interact with the post on a specific planet.

Creatures

You can adopt Creatures via Anti-Gravity Chamber (on the top screen, the hexagon icon).
You can get Creaturs from Incubator or unlock some features. If you want more, then you can buy the Aurora Creature Box Bundle from the Aurora LAB.

Then you use the Sunshine Shelter on the LEFT homescreen to put your Creature under the sunshine! Therefore they can give you gifts from time to time!

The Ssum – To-Do List Every Day

There is a To-Do List you can do every day when you play Ths Ssum.

The Ssum – Game Process and Seasonal Planet

According to different stages of the game, the Seasonal Planet would be different (see more: The Ssum – Infinite Universe and Planets)
You will see a different Teo/Harry, and Teo/Harry’s situation would be also in different stages.

Please remember, the seasonal planets periods of Teo and Harry are different.

Teo’s Seasonal Planet

Harry’s Seasonal Planet

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The Ssum – How to get batteries?

If you are a F2P player, you might be wondering how to get batteries.

First of all, there are two types of batteries

Generally, the secondary battery’s usage is the same as the main battery. You can use it to shorten the waiting time while chatting with Teo/Harry, or waiting his phone call.
But it cannot be used to transfer to energy (and I also don’t recommend you to do it) or to read the previous unfinished chat.

So, the main battery is very very important.

Then, how to get the main batteries?

The blue planet above Study Calendar is the blue bird. Click it and release it, sometimes you can get battery.

The Ssum – Aurora LAB

F2P? Subscription?

As Cheritz did with Mystic Messenger, I believe we can play The Ssum freely.
However, to have a better playing experience, making a subscription would definitely shorten the time of hassles.

The current mode of The Ssum is a monthly subscription.
There are two types of subscriptions. I chose the premium one, Aurora Evolution Package.
I quite enjoy the following features:

However, if you don’t have that much money, don’t worry! I believe you can still have lots of fun playing it freely!

Don’t Buy the Typing Expert Licence!!!

After the 4th day, Teo’s replies will become slower and slower. Sometimes it even takes 20 minutes to reply.
I think it’s fine. It’s like really chatting with a real person, we don’t always wait in front of the phone and might be busy with something else.
So as long as the time is enough for us to finish the chat especially if you plan your Daily Pattern well, that would not be a problem.

However, if you think the Typing Expert Licence can help you save the waiting time, you’d be wrong! ;_;
I bought it already but it just makes Teo’s reply in the chat bubble quicker, but I still need to wait for him to reply……

So remember, if you want to shorten the waiting time, the only method is using batteries….

Change routes! – Teo, Harry, June, and Henri

Now Cheritz already release four routes!
You can play with both of them very simply!

Teo – Now have 200 days, still waiting for updates
Harry – 270 days, completed.
June – 60 days, completed.
Henri – 30 days, completed

How to change route?

Go to the CENTER homescreen, click profile, and on the top right corner of their profile photo, you can change the route.
But here are some reminders:

Epilogue

While launching the June and Henri’s route, there is a new content – Epilogue, after the Day 999’s chat.
The Epilogue is very similar to the good ending and bad ending, and it seems that there are four endings for each person.

Be Prepared! Many Epilogue are very… sad

For the June’s epilogue, I am quite unsatisfied, but it’s okay because I’m not that into June (he is cute but not my type LOL)
But when I got Henri’s epilogue of LT (To prevent spoilers, let me use abbreviation for this) I was quite upset…

To get a new epilogue – REPLAY THE LAST CHAT

As we will got the time travel ticket, I directly go back to the previous dinner chat (I heard it’s also worked if go to the bedtime chat), replay the game, and get the other Epilogue, which is WAY MUCH BETTER than the LT one (when I got LT, I almost want to delete the game ;_;)
I also recorded my options on the Phone Call Timetable, if you want to try it feel free to do it. But I’m not guarantee it would definitely work as I didn’t record all of the options.

Thank you for reading! 😀

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