Feeding the player backstory

[palistov]

Lots of great posts here, thanks for you thoughts guys.

Damascus brought up the point of loading screens -- that had totally slipped my mind. They can definitely provide bits of story that the player can mull over during the loading periods...

Yes pacing is critical. There are fundamental differences between the mod and the original differences, and without the player being aware of them, I doubt he/she will fully enjoy the experience. I guess I'll have to really work on ways to provide this foundation that won't involve long an unnecessary reading.

It dabbles in the supernatural, so perhaps I could do some sort of flashback that I could perhaps play off as magical essence or some pixie dust or whatever black magics are "in" nowadays.