Submissions by calebmcculloch tagged mystery

The Ordinary Death of Maxwell Simmons is a top down rpg game in which the player takes the place of Maxwell Simmons. He was an upstanding citizen who, as far as the player knows, lived a completely ordinary and upstanding life. At the start of the game we see a quick Maxwell being murdered in his bed. However, for some unkown reason Maxwell is able to go back in time and relive his last 12 hours in a desperate search to find his murderer and stop him before he gets killed.

You the player must guide Maxwell and help him figure out why this is happening. It is clear that Maxwell Simmons has many dark secrets that he wants to keep hidden, and many enemies. Each time that the player fails and Maxwell is murdered, he will mutter a hint or piece of his story. The player will have to go back many times, slowly unraveling a much darker story than what they had first imagined. Maxwell Simmons will turn out to be a much more interesting character than what the player originally thought...

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam is a 2D platformer explorer game where the player takes the place of an ethereal being reliving the forgotten memories inside the mind of an old cancer patient lying on his deathbed. As the player progresses and the memories are found a sad story of sorts starts unfolding. Think along the lines of "To the Moon".

The player must solve puzzles to get through the levels as he helps the old man relive his life, over coming childhood fears and achieving things in life. The object of the game is too remember some important memory, about the woman he loved, so that he can rest in peace. Objects from memories that the player has discovered will show up in the level afterwards and will have their own puzzle mechanic attached to it.

The art style will change slightly as the man grows up in maturity throughout the game. There will be lots of weather and ambient visual/sound effects. The ending will be bittersweet.

Image Source: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/09/29/the-drop-new-playstation-releases-for-october-1st-2013/

A Long Walk Home

Its three in the morning and you just woke up at a crazy party somewhere in the suburbs. You think its about time you get back home, the only problem is you don't know where you are, what your name is, or where home is. All you know is that there is a piece of paper in your back pocket with "13a main street. Don't forget" written on it. Navigate your player down the streets looking for clues. Try to remember what happened quickly so you can get home as fast as you can, because it looks like you're being followed...

In this 1st person game the player will try to remember the events of the night before by retracing his steps and finding items you had and had lost sometime that night. All while avoiding some unknown enemy who is hunted you for reasons that will be discovered. Hide in bushes and avoid street lights to do this. Think something along the lines of Slenderman mixed with Amnesia but a little less scary and more story based.

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