A draft for an imaginary fan-game!
A little AU taking place a bit after Desmond (temporarily) subdued The Shade and if Allen was the playable character. Thought I'd share some rough notes that I had!
🔥Characters
Main
Allen Shore + The Red Glow (takes Tonia's role)
Dave + The Heart (one of the scrapped Shadows 👀)
Elinor Cho + The Mimic (Another of the scrapped, but think should be another name)
Alice Nygaard + The Structeur (Can glide)
Desmond Wales + The White Star
Side
Jorge Avalos
Lucas Cole + The Flash
🪽 Entities
I don't really know what to collectively call them other than Entities lol
The Shade The agony of Thanatos' sailors echo from within the pools, followed by the bellow of a … trumpet? They act as a stand-in for the puddles of agent rainbow. They may move in some parts.
Smoke The stand-in for the Inkblots. Likewise, it comes in different forms:
Smoke stand in for the regular Inkblots. They're found in all levels.
Tsunamis are our Brutes. Though, calling it a tank would be more accurate. They're first encountered in Dave's level.
Still thinking of a name and mechanic, but one idea was having an enemy support in Elinor’s level.
Ashfall are a bit like the Spitters, but they can fly! Their first encounter is in Alice's level.
Thanatos A behemoth in the dark ocean. Takes Agent Rainbow's role.
The Red Glow was considered as the main threat earlier on!
🔦 Items
Handheld Items
Oil lamp - Flashlight replacement. The Red Glow rests in there. Flare gun - Pistol replacement. Received after doing his lighthouse keeper chores. Spare flash camera - Mirror Shard replacement received after encountering Jorge.
When Thomas was still considered as a sort of stand-in for Lucas, thinking there could be an additional level, I temporarily added the Marmalade as the Lure Pill replacement. Quite silly!
Other Items
Phone Scrambler/Descrambler - Both for story and some small character interactions. Let Jorge know if you've seen an alien.
🗺️ Locations
Point Icarus Lighthouse
The safe space in the game... for now. You do lighthouse maintenance chores that introduce you to the game's main form of 'puzzle'. They're more akin to the chips in Minos Quarry. Likewise, they can be used against entities. I'm not sure how it'd make sense, but I imagined some sort of lighthouse maintenance minigame as a little break from the main gameplay for the player.
At one point I imagined that there'd be a reversal of the agent rainbow flood rising. It instead starts out already engulfing the area and then the dark ocean sinks over time. Another version was that certain areas would open up Moses-style.
NLH Hospital
A possible hub world in the Collective Unconscious. Having them interconnected instead is also possible, with NLH Hospital being the starting point. That'd probably require a fast travel system.
??? Library
Dave's level. A part of it extends into the Maintenance East Wing and the Entrance Area in HomaMart.
Pandora Hotel
Elinor's level.
Milton Square
Desmond's level. A part of it extends into a version of Elysium State Park. Had an idea the the park was pretty fragmented as Allen and Lucas' connection isn't that strong in this moment in time.
