Sneak Peek at First Battle Scene:
[Spoiler warnings for Episode 1]
Episode one opens with a scene between a freshly memory-wiped Zorlok + Tommy then (after a time jump) leads into a battle scene (against a being I refer to as the Lost One). There is a lot of customizability within this scene and I have been having so much fun writing these choices and the variation within the different routes. To showcase just a little bit of this variability, here are some different versions of the same few choices within this scene plus a sneak peek at the testing cheats screen that I currently have to use when playtesting by myself.
CHOICE ONE: You are sitting on a swingset and noticed a being watching you from the forest. You decided to slowly reach for a weapon.
The following passage (selected the knife, used to body, + Z wears glasses)
The following passage (selected the machete, not used to body, no glasses, + snake hellhound)
CHOICE TWO: You decided to call out to the Lost One while showing off with the weapon.
The following passage ("modern" Z, not used to body, snake hellhound, wielding machete)
The following passage ("old" Z, used to body, wolf hellhound, wielding knife)
Dialogue choice results
old Z, used to body, knife, wolf hound, "asshole" response VS. modern Z, used to body, machete, cat hound, "asshole" response:
old Z, used to body, crowbar, bat hound, glasses, "order" response VS. modern Z, used to body, machete, raccoon hound, no glasses, "order" response
old Z, used to body, machete, vulture hound, glasses, "lurk" response VS. modern Z, used to body, crowbar, snake hound, no glasses + no brimmed hat + long hair, "lurk" response
old Z, used to body, knife, wolf hound, glasses + wearing a brimmed hat, "guest" response VS. modern Z, used to body, machete, raccoon hound, no hat + long hair, "guest" response
And these are the choices around the bottom of this passage type:
BUT, if Zorlok isn't used to this body yet...
modern Z, not used to body, crowbar, cat hound, "lurk" response VS. old Z, not used to body, knife, bat hound, "order" response
And this is what the choices around the bottom of this passage type are like:
Bonus, my Testing Cheats Dialog Box:
TESTING CHEATS
USED TO BODY | NOT USED TO BODY
MODERN | TECHNOPHOBE
CROWBAR | MACHETE | KNIFE
CLAWS | SHARP NAILS | LONG NAILS | SHORT NAILS
GLASSES | NO GLASSES
COWBOY HAT | NO HAT
LONG HAIR | SHORT HAIR
THEY/THEM ZORLOK | HE/HIM ZORLOK | XE/XEM ZORLOK
GESTR (THEY/THEM) - WOLF
NADJA (SHE/HER) - BAT
CROWLEY (IT/ITS) - SNAKE
DARCY (HE/HIM) - CAT
TERROR (XE/XEM) - RACCOON
SOLAS (HE/HIM) - GOAT
MOROS (THEY/THEM) - VULTURE
PRETZEL (HE/HIM) - PUG
DIONYSUS (EY/EM) - HYENA
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