Virtual Characters-Rachel Moeller

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In this non-linear chapter based narrative, the player character changes at each chapter, not the characters the player interacts with. There are two chapters planned, each revolving around Irma and Iris-Jane, twin sisters, visiting the elderly leaders, Mr. and Mrs.Oseye, of their community of Mystic, Alabama (fictional.) The language of the game will follow the vernacular of it setting, and the Oseyes will change in appearance depending on who is approaching them. They are a manifestation of the force of death and guardians of the door of the afterlife.

In one chapter, the player character is Irma (the player never actually sees the visuals of Irma) and is dropped in to the scene as she approaches the Oseye house with her infant daughter Sarah. The elderly couple reveal to Irma that her sister is coming back into town, and Irma spends the rest of the chapter wrestling with her rocky relationship with Iris-Jane. In the end, Irma may decide to welcome her sister into her home or cast her out.

In the other chapter, Irma again approaches the Oseye house with the infant Sarah, but is met with hostility and disappointment. Through dialogue choices, the player may or may not learn that Iris-Jane has murdered her sister and assumed her life. In the end, Iris-Jane may admit her deed and turn herself in, or Irma may continue to live with the guilt forever.