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Locate and destroy her original creator, Dr. Jay Buccanan, while surpassing the imperfections that led to her "birth"

A is the first successful human created and able for cellular manipulation. After an accident during her debut, A develops a consciousness. With her new mindset, she learns of Dr. Jays' plan to use her controlled cells to manipulate and weaponize the cells to transfer worldwide through his next creations. A sets out to defeat Dr. Jay before his plan is put into action while also battling the imperfections that led to her own creation.

Mostly mute. A learns fast due to her genetic creation, but when in the process of learning information she tends to break her perfect posture and tilt or lean. Pre-consciousness, A's genetic and biological design insisted upon her muscle's perfect posture and movements. Post-consciousness, this form in her posture, walk, and fighting remain stiff due to muscle memory, but as the game develops she loosens up and becomes more "natural". Despite her genetic upbringing, A's body is as fragile as a normal human's - in danger of sickness, injury, or death.

A is the player's character seen through a 3rd person perspective. Because of the emotional and mental effectiveness of the story, A acts as a sort of connector between the game's emotions and the player - the 3rd person perspective acting as a sympathy/empathy producer.

A's fighting technique is perfected, yet ridged. Her idle stance becomes more leaned and more natural over game-time. A, again, retains her past muscle memory but with her new consciousness she will loosen up and act more natural. She has normal human strength and agility, yet can climb and act more stealthily than the average human.

A is a female with an average-athletic body type. Her hair is short due to her recent "birth" and parted down the middle to expose her face. She wears a one- piece body suit for easy and flowing movements that is connected by a triangle badge on her left chest/shoulder to also protect her "heart".

A is to be viewed in 3rd person, mostly from the side or back. This relates to how she is to be this "public figure" to the world as the first created human (to be seen from the front), yet the past, tragic imperfections holds her, in her consciousness, from being that figure. A knows she is a product of past failures and would rather expose the evil of Dr. Jay and his plans than be a star of hope in the eyes of the human race.

This character is to be played throughout the entirety of the game. The player will play as Project A.

The character's name is, scientifically, PROJECT A. Simply, "A".*

*SPOILER: A changes her name, in acceptance to her human life, to Ambrose.

ENVIRONMENT:

Eerie feeling. The atmosphere of my game is not so much "dark", but shadowy. In a place where everything casts a looming shadow, it will look dark while also giving a feeling of claustrophobia. Mostly isolated, the only company to the player in this environment are the bugs, destroyed toys and dolls, and main "monsters" of the game. Even the monsters themselves act stealthily and without much noise. The sound of the environment includes the wind, clacking together toys, and the occasional monster growl or hiss.

The building this map takes place in was an old toy store/warehouse. After the infestation of "the monster", the building was shut down and the toys left to rot and decompose. In fear of releasing whatever-it-is in the building, it was left closed off to the rest of the world.

This map takes place in the fall of 1845. The store/warehouse itself is located just beyond the city of "Lourdes". ((similar to London, England. ))

The map takes the player through the warehouse as they are tormented by the monster and forced to face the horrific, decomposed dolls and "toys" of the 1800's. Some toys will suddenly move or play their own music, causing the player to lose sanity while the beast within the game will cause hallucinations through the use of mirrors and noise.

Since the beginning of gaming history many different genres within the industry have been created, advanced, or even completely changed. Many of those genres consist of puzzles, action based missions, and open-world adventures. However, the most consistent of these genres comes from the loathing addiction that is horror. Horror based games are not meant to only scare the player, but also to immerse them in an environment that will challenge their courage, sanity, and quick thinking through the use of fear. Some of the most famous games that have used fear in this way are "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and "Amnesia: The Dark Descent".

Released in October of 1995, the point-and-click horror game "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" is based upon a short story, with the same name, created by Harlan Ellison. The story follows five different characters, each with their own specific flaw, being tortured by an evil computer named AM who has destroyed the rest of humanity. AM controls the world they live in, sending them each into a different environment based upon their flaws and weaknesses. The player must interact with each character and their environment to try and redeem the character's past actions. The game is "won" if the player can redeem each character through their own morality  and choices, proving themselves to be better than the machine (AM).

Fifteen years later, in September of 2010, the game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" was released. In a similar way, Amnesia forces the player to reveal the horrific past of their character, Daniel, while attempting to redeem him in his current state. The game begins with Daniel trying to remember as much as he can about himself and the secrets hidden in Brennenburg Castle, the game's setting. Daniel discovers a note from his past self, revealing that he has taken an amnesia potion to deliberately make himself forget the things he's done. It is later revealed that Daniel came upon the castle, and it's baron Alexander, when he discovered The Orb, an ancient artifact that contains a "shadow" which protects the Orb's powers, often killing it's handler. Alexander promised Daniel safety from the shadow, manipulating him into torturing and sacrificing the "criminals" that he held captive in the castle in order to banish the shadow. Daniel's past self urges the player, and the new Daniel, to descend into the darkness of the castle and kill the man who manipulated him. The player must descend into the castle's underbelly while escaping the dangerous creatures and the ever-looming shadow of The Orb while maintaining Daniel's sanity and courage. The game is "won" once the player is able to survive the horrors within the castle and find Alexander. Once found, the player must make the choice to destroy the Orb and it's powers, sacrificing both Alexander and themselves. The game has different outcomes based upon the player's final decision, though each "end" reveals the extent of Daniel's redemption.

While both games rely on the player to find redemption for their character(s) past action, the two are very different in the way they drive player to do so. In "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", the player is constantly challenged by AM, creating tension and the need to defeat AM. However, because AM is not a physical character to be overcome, the player can only satisfy the feeling of defeating AM by redeeming the characters AM has tortured. In this way, the player does not so much focus on the character's redemption itself as much as they focus on using that redemption as a tool to "win" the game. In "Amnesia: The Dark Descent", the player learns to sympathize with the character, Daniel, because they know only as much as Daniel does throughout the game and is able to focus on redeeming him by the choice to destroy the Orb, and even himself, to ensure that Alexander's reign of terror is stopped.

Between the two games, it is easier to sympathize and find redemption with Daniel rather than the other five character because his past actions were an outcome of being manipulated by Alexander whereas the characters in "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" are only being tortured because of the way they acted willingly throughout their lives. Because of this, the redemption theme in "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" is more driven out of spite of AM rather than the true forgiveness that the player feels for Daniel in "Amnesia".

Regardless, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" was one of the most popular horror games of it's time. While in the game, the player is aware that each action will have a consequence and acts cautiously while being immersed in the unpleasant environments of each character's world. The point-and-click style of the game seems only appropriate with the low, pixilated graphics that the game contains. The mixture of uncomfortable scenery along with the ever-looming AM created a true feeling of fear for what was in store for each character. Years later, the game still upholds it's place as one of the best horror-scenario games in the way that it uses fear and graphic images to challenge the actions and morality of the player themselves; even if the graphics seem less terrifying in comparison to newer horror games like "Amnesia".

For many horror scenario based games, the "success" of the game is based upon the reactions of it's players, i.e., the amount of fear they experience. Throughout the years, however, the horror genre has changed from building tension and stories to create fear to raw jumpscares that force the player to experience fear. This change in the genre's strategy is clear even between "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" and "Amnesia". In many early horror games, like "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", the game plays upon the scenery and immersion of the plot to create fear in the player. In more current games, like that of "Amnesia: The Dark Descent", the game builds tension through the eerie scenery and music to be followed by a jumpscare or chase sequence which forces fear and panic out of the player . Although the genuine terror is present in both, the methods of scaring the player are quite different.