Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[Tesseract]

I have a bunch of theories surrounding this game, which I thought I might post here.

What we know for sure is that Mandus became ill in Mexico, and lost his memory of the time during which he was sick. It is also implied in the last trailer that while he was sick, he built this "machine." So here are my ideas:

Mandus created the pig-men, and feed them to the machine in order to harvest something from them. He kidnaps people and does something to initiate the transformation, possibly infect them with whatever he was sick with.

These theories go even further out on a limb: Something about the virus he was sick with creates something very valuable inside a person's body. He tried to experiment with pigs first, but failed, then transferred the virus to humans. Because of that transferrence though, his subjects now mutate into pig-men, but are capable of creating this "something" that he wants.

My guess is that Mandus puts a pig-man through the machine and harvests the virus from them, along with this valuable "thing." He then feeds the virus to his next victim, which then turns into a pig-man and repeats the process. Eventually, though, his continued exposure to the virus makes him develop an immunity. He eventually fights off the virus, and awakens from the fever, with no memories of what he has done.

Your theories are too good, I feel like I've spoiled the game for myself now. -_-