Task 8 – Kacie B.

Premise of Nyctophobia:

The player wakes up in a dark room after a horrible nightmare and finds themselves trapped in a loop that leaves them reliving the same nightmare, waking up in the same bed and encountering the same monsters after every failure.

Seven Steps:

Weakness and need:

The world the player finds themselves in is completely unknown to them, and frightening.  The player is unsure about the loop they find themselves in and is unsure why they are being punished.  Little do they know, they are fighting for their own inter peace as they struggle to wake up from a medically induced coma after burning their own house down.

Desire:

To escape the loop the player finds themselves in.

Opponent:

The environment around the player.

Plan:

1. Player wakes up and find candle
2. Escapes room
3. Wanders through a maze that is different each time they wake up
4. Encounters a different monster each time they wake up
5. Depending on how they interact with the creature they gain a point towards a different ending
6. Player falls asleep or is killed
7. Repeat.

Battle:

Player ‘battles’ with the creatures they encounter

Self-revelation:

Your life, as well as the lives of those around you, hold weight and matter.

New equilibrium, different endings:

1. The player moves on peacefully.
2. The player wakes up and has to make the needed changes in their life to prosper.
3. The player is trapped forever.