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Albert (a ghost) is unaware of his own state of mortality, that is, until Mya (a lively young teenager) comes along to ruin his day with the news. Together they crave for answers as to how Albert had died and why his life was cut so short. The problem? The Mansion in which Albert had once occupied, which should hold key to the answers he desperately craves, is due to be renovated. Albert and Mya must work together to get the workers out of the mansion any way possible.

Post news Report RSS Update 4: New Gameplay Features

After quite a few play test sessions of Haunted Emotions I realised that the game was too simplistic. There was little to no thought process for the player and in many cases the player failed to scare any workers out, due to difficulty, bugs etc. This article details the gameplay elements that have been added in order to rectify those issues.

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More Object Interactions

I wanted to make the player think when interacting with an object. As a result I have added multiple interactions for each object. Each interaction has different levels of stamina cost and fear (dealt to the AI). The more unexplainable an interaction is, the scarier it’ll be for the AI.

Example of multiple interactions on the lamp

Here is a video example of different interactions for the lamp, ceiling light and more:

Fears & Guards

To give the workers a bit more of a personality, I have given them some strength and weaknesses. In the case of the fear emotion, each worker have individual fears and guards (against fears). Some examples include:

  • Logician (afraid of unexplainable events e.g. chandelier spinning)
  • Multitasker (does not deal well with multiple events)
  • Object Fear (becomes afraid of individual objects overtime)

The workers also have general strengths and weaknesses. At the moment they only have sense strength/weaknesses. In this example below, the worker has great eyesight but terrible hearing (as seen in the vision cone/hearing radius). This affects how the worker spots an object that has been interacted with, which the player must take into consideration.

Worker's hearing radius and vision cone

Finally here is a video showcasing gameplay with the above features as well as many more.

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