[WIP] "Don't Let Go" Full conversion with some neat features.

[Mooserider]

Hi. The other FC that I started didn't really go anywhere, but I've had a bunch of ideas for a new one:

"Don't Let Go"

Which follows Thomas Harriot, who has just recently bought a new home, only to find, of course, that something is up with it. I'm not saying a lot about the story as I want the player to find things out for themselves.

Now, bear with me, I know that premise is a little cliche but I'm making an effort to avoid being cliche in any other way. Regardless, the main thing I thought people would be interested in are the features I've planned.
Here's a list:

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Definite features:

-Permadeath. Upon dying your saves will be deleted (Not sure if this will be possible, if it is I'll do it.)

-No monsters. Scares and encounters are scripted sequences - but encounters are still just as
life-threatening as in the original ATDD.

-Sanity plays a strong role. Your sanity can affect how you interact with things, what you see,
and the story as a whole. Your sanity, along with your health, also regenerates very, very slowly. Since there are no sanity potions, the only way to really regain sanity is to progress or perhaps go to certain "calming" areas.

-Dying is a VERY significant thing. You don't die in the typical way for Amnesia - if you fail
certain things in certain ways you're killed, and a cutscene-esque thing is played unique
to how, where and when you died.

-Non linearity. The story and events will play out differently depending on what you do and when you do it.

-Many endings. After seven days in the house the end-game is triggered if the story hasn't already ended via you being killed or ending it in some other way. Your ending is influenced by your actions during the story. Will you solve the mystery of the house or will the house consume you?

-No momentos or hints. It's up to YOU to put the pieces together and act accordingly.

-Unique key system: The player starts off with a key to each door in the house, as well as
the front door key. From an in-character angle they are kept on the player's keyring.
There are no "tags", the description of each key reflects what it actually looks like. They are all
named "Key". The player is not told which key leads to what door; they need to figure it out
for themselves, get familiar with the house, and memorize which key leads to what door.

When the player uses the corresponding key on a door, the door unlocks or locks respectively. During
encounters - during which there are more than one way to survive/escape I might add - the player may
need to quickly get inside a room and lock the door behind them.

...Or the keys may be knocked out of the player's "hand", and they'll have to either scramble to pick them up or just get away and return for them later.

Potential features:

-No special glowy items. Players cannot single out items by their glow and pick-up-able-ness. If it's
possible for an item to be used, you can pick it up, even if it actually does nothing.
(I thought in ATDD - Why do I know to pick up the hammer when I could have picked up the brick,
or the knife, or the tongs, etc etc.)

Also I'll add that there is no "Cannot use item this way!" If you try to use two things together that
could work but don't, there'll be a message saying how you used it and the result etc.

-No protagonist voices apart from during cutscenes (which are only actually there in endings or the intro) to improve immersion. I think it may be better if the player was left to their own thoughts and reactions, rather than their character telling the player how they are feeling.
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I feel if all these things were able to be implemented it would make for an excellent FC. What's your opinion, particularly with the potential features? I'm really just after people's thoughts with this thread & the poll; so far the story is in pretty early stages. I'll upload a screenie when there's a completed scene done.