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Writing a script for a psychological horror game, is it game-worthy?

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  • Location: Twin’s bedroom

Task: Take a look around the room

Aletta’s Diary, log 1 - “This house holds many valuable treasures. Even some locked away where no one could find the key. Of course, though some secrets are better left untouched, curiosity may get even the best of us.”

(Cupboard) Alleyne - “All our clothes…” “Mom always buys us identical clothes for some reason.”

(Alleyne’s Bed) Alleyne - “My bed, the neater one.”

(Aletta’s Bed) Alleyne - “My sister never makes her bed. I’ll fix it up later.”

(Lock Box) Alleyne - “Lost the key to this box, but it should be around here somewhere.”

(After interacting with all the items) Alleyne - “I can’t leave without my coat.”

Task: Find your coat

(Cupboard) Alleyne - “Nice and warm.”

Task: Leave the room

  • Location: Empty Hall

Trigger side task

Reid - “Miss, good morning.”

Alleyne - “Morning, Reid.”

Reid - “Your father asked me to tell you to get him the newspapers.”

Alleyne - “Yep, got it, thanks!”

Task: Get the mail

(Interact kitchen) Alleyne - “The kitchen, where Madam Koko and my mother likes to be.”

(Interact office) Alleyne - “Always locked. I’ll need a really good reason to go in there.”

(Interact door at the end of the hall) Alleyne - “I hear something behind this door, but it’s locked.”

(Interact front door) Alleyne - “Dad will need this.” “There’s something else in here… Addressed to mom.”

Task: Deliver the mail

(Interact with office) Alleyne - “Here are the papers!”

Dad - “Thank you.”

(Enter kitchen) Alleyne - “Mom, you have mail.”

Mom - “Ah, I’ve been waiting for this.” She leaves the kitchen.

Side Task: Deliver the mail complete

Task: Continue exploring the house

(oven) Koko - “Careful, child, that’s hot.”

(fridge) Alleyne - “It’s empty, needs to be restocked soon.”

(cabinets) Alleyne - “Dishes, dishes… nothing interesting.”

(drawer by the stove) Alleyne - “It’s the only drawer that’s locked…”

(table) Koko - “Would you like to stay and have breakfast?”

(Didn’t interact w/ all the items in the kitchen) Alleyne - “I will in a bit.”

(Interacted with all the items in the kitchen) Alleyne - “I’m starving!”

  • Location: hall

(Interact painting) Alleyne - “Something feels off about this painting.”

(Interact drawer) Alleyne - “A key.” - (belongs to the drawer in the kitchen)

(Interact kitchen drawer after picking up key) - Trigger side task: Madam Koko - “Little girl, could you lend me a hand right quick? I have to stay here and watch this pot.”

Alleyne - “Of course, what do you need?”

Madam Koko - “Promise me you won’t tell anyone.”

Alleyne - “I won’t.”

Madam Koko - “I’m cooking this new recipe, could you get all the items in this list?”

Task: Onions Seaweed Flour

(Interact fridge) Alleyne - “Onions in the fridge.”

(Interact pantry outside kitchen) Alleyne - “There’s the flour.”

(Found the two items in the list) Alleyne - “I wonder where the seaweed could be. Must not be in the kitchen…”

Task: Search the house for the seaweed

(Interact with locked kitchen drawer) Koko - “You promised to find my ingredients.”

(Interact with papers outside office in hall) Alleyne - “These must be dad’s papers.”

(Interact office) Alleyne - “Dad, you left your papers outside.” “Huh, the door’s open.”

  • Location: Office

Alleyne - “His office is so tidy.”

(Interact bookshelf) Alleyne - “Dad always collects books. There has to be about a thousand books on this shelf.”

(Interact jar shelf) Alleyne - “I have no idea what’s in these jars… but it smells like medication.”

(Interact white board) Alleyne - “He used to be a high school teacher, he’s now instructing university students… psychology I think.”

(Interact plants) Alleyne - “Madam Koko said she replaced the flowers in this room. The are no flowers here anymore.”

(Interact papers on desk) Alleyne - “Medical papers… mental health related.” “They have my sister’s name all over.”

(Interact all items in office) Father - “Aletta, what are doing in here?”

Alleyne - “I’m Alleyne.”

Father - “…”

Alleyne - “I’m sorry, dad, I shouldn’t have entered without your permission. I was looking for seaweed.”

Father - “Seaweed? You’re not going to find any here.”

Alleyne - “But Madam Koko told me to find some.”

Father - “Koko…?”

  • Location: kitchen

Alleyne - “Madam Koko?”

(Interact locked kitchen drawer) Alleyne - “It’s a 6 digit code.”

Task complete: gather ingredients

Task: Explore the house

(Interact mysterious painting in hall) Alleyne - “It’s a safe.” “There’s a key in here.”

(Interact door at the end of the hall) Alleyne - “The key fits.”

Aletta - “You’ve found the key.”

Alleyne - “Aletta…”

Aletta - “I’m not Aletta. I’m Alleyne.”

Alleyne - “What?” “But I don’t understand…”

Aletta - “You know where the final key is.”

(Interact Aletta’s bed) Aletta - “I guess I have to make my bed now.” “What’s this?” “It’s the key to the lock box. It was here all along…”

(Interact lock box) Father’s journal - “Her condition is worsening. She doesn’t remember waking up anymore. She thinks she’s someone she’s not. She’s saying names that have been gone long ago…

I’m trying. I’m trying my best to help you, Aletta.

The doctors said there’s no cure for this and finding the cure will cost money. But I will try my best to find it myself. I even started looking for a better career to help fund this research.

I promise. I promise…

(the rest of the words are blurred up by an old stain)

Aletta - “… my diary…”

(Interact diary) Aletta - “I can’t take this anymore. It hurts so much. I don’t want to see my father suffer anymore.

It’s my fault. He shouldn’t suffer because of me. If only there is something I can do…”