Devlog 007 - Finished Morgue

Hi all!

Happy Sunday, here’s what got done since the prev log:

-Finished up the morgue section; This took me a little bit since I struggled with settling on Doctor Reyes’ reaction to seeing the player character for the first time in 20 years. Reyes is someone who’s direct when it comes to speaking on behalf of other people, but let so when it comes to expressing her own hurt. In the morgue section, you get to learn a bit more about 2/4 bodies and a little bit more about Douglas,Reyes, and Silverport. The information varies based on which bodies you choose to examine as they have varying degrees of connection to the town and the people living there. -Finished the day wrap-up section; You and the sheriff drive back to town hall after examining the bodies and have a short personal conversation now that neither of you are acting as sheriff and detective.

I got a chance to add a bunch of flavor text that builds on everyone’s feelings as well as the medical detail in regards to evaluating the bodies. I think an important aspect to me of writing all these characters is that it’s very clear that time has went on for everyone even though these horrifying things are happening.

Next up:

-Revising the Motel Night 1 section; Most of this is blocked out already, but since it’s been a while, I’m planning on going back over everything and adding text that aligns with investigation details. Night one has a couple places you can opt to visit without Sheriff Douglas’ knowledge in order to gain some additional information. You could also opt to rest for the night, allowing you to further investigate during the following day.

I think what I’m going to end up doing is allowing the player more time to investigate with the sheriff if they opt to rest at night, allowing for more backstory to be developed, but it’d TBD.

Since I got stuck on the morgue section, I don’t have much to update, but hopefully now that it’s down, I’ll be making more headway. :3c

Anyways, that’s it for now, happy playing!

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