Snowed In (Custom Story DEMO RELEASED)

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(05-22-2011 07:29 PM)Streetboat Wrote:  

Spoiler below!

As for the dagger, I was hoping that my subtle use of decals (bloody handprint over the heart) and the placement of ritualistic symbols would make it clear that the dagger was meant for that corpse. It worked in my mind, haha. In the final version I'll make it clearer, or perhaps even change that entire section. It is also part of the whole 'unanswered questions' part of the demo. Remember, this is just a teaser, meant to make you ask questions.

The problem wasn't that the dagger's intentions were hard to discover - when I picked it up the first thing I did was run back to Wilhelm's corpse. The problem is it isn't a believable action by the player's character. It breaks the game's story by forcing us to just be a player in a game as opposed to a character. For example, Daniel would have gotten the HELL out of Brennenburg once he saw a single monster, but he had a mission in mind. In this story, your character's only mission is escaping the cold. He has no reason to keep doing game-progressing things.

If you ever want some story help, send me a PM, as I am pretty good with them.