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Out of the Ink Machine was an ambitious Bendy and The Ink Machine mod that never saw full release. Its focus was Ollie, a figure who repeatedly calls out to the player, asking to be freed. His presence becomes more direct after release, as he either smashes through barriers or emerges from the ink to chase the player. Though the game ends without a full confrontation, Ollie’s silent appearance in the post-credits scene suggests his influence remains active even after the story stops.
Visually, Ollie imitates Bendy but with changes that grow more severe as the game progresses. His horns shift position, his eyes shrink, and his grin widens unnaturally. In the canceled Chapter 2, his appearance would have shifted again, revealing a thin, slug-like body hidden beneath layers of ink. Ollie’s true design was meant to show a fake surface hiding something more grotesque. This was supported by brief glimpses in cutscenes, giving the impression that nothing in the mod could be trusted at face value.
Ollie is more than a character; he is a statement. The developers revealed he was created as a symbol of nostalgia that distorts memory. His constant references to forgotten details, his taunts about the player’s identity, and his control over the game space position him as both a threat and a reflection of the player’s obsession with the past. Even in an unfinished state, Out of the Ink Machine used Ollie to suggest that clinging to old stories can create something dangerous and unpredictable.