Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[the dark side]

i remember the picture (dont shoot me mods!)

oh jeez, i could never play that "deep sea" one, i H-A-T-E having Anything touch my face! (its an autism thing) sounds bloomin scary though!

well, i did say the game should have near-total darkness segments, if you forget to charge the gas jets fuel pressure and the flashlight is broken. having total darkness wouldnt work, as the player would just keep slamming into walls, it would be more frustrating than scary.

what would work, i think, is "near total" darkness, say there is still one, small, faint lightsource, say light filtering through an air system grille, wich means you can just about see the outlines of items in the room at very close range, but they are very heavilly distorted, with the howls and screams eminating around the factory, combined with the whooshing of steam and the hearbeat like thumping of the steam engines, it would totally terrify the player, "is that black outline a Table or a monster?" youd be scared to even move because by the time you see the outline, two more steps and youll be in the monsters strike range, if it is one, it will be up to the player to discern via the sounds if the outline is machine or scenery by seeing how close the monster sounds are. sort of an "audio puzzle". I think that would work. of course, once you reach that little light source, youll have just enough light to repump the lamp, but in the equipmentless section, that would be properly scary i think.

err...what is with the fansqueal? (confused!)