Over the past several weeks since announcing the freeze on development to reevaluate game content I have determined that the following three parts of the story can no longer go ahead as planned: A community decimated from within. In my original concept this was intended to address the prevalence of vaccination conspiracy theories, but due to the subject matter I can no longer continue with the development of this scenario as a result of the obvious comparison to actual, ongoing events related to the coronavirus. Deadly substance manufacturing. This was supposed to be a Breaking Bad reference involving a similar situation, but like the vaccination conspiracy arc it can no longer go ahead as planned. Material analysis lab. In the process of changing the opening act I initially considered using verbage held over from the original concept to make a substance analysis scene of it (similar to the scene in Half Life which sets off a similar chain of events). This is the only part of t
Coronavirus Impact Statement: Indefinite Project Delay for Content Review, Publicity Planning on Hold
As you all know by now, the COVID-19 coronavirus is impacting the entire world and creating a major health crisis for millions of people. Originally it was taken as an illegal form of public scare tactics (because Wuhan which is in China) but has since been exposed as a very real (and very deadly) public threat. Because of the unknowns relevant to the circumstances as of this update (and the lack of resolution to be confirmed anytime soon) I regret to announce that I am placing an indefinite and immediate hold on the development of Mystic Advent to address the following issues: Full and complete review of existing content: An extensive reevaluation of the entire dialogue script to date will be required to isolate anything that I no longer feel comfortable with out of respect for the situation; Alternative scenario designs: Building on the first point, if there's anything where I can replace content without adversely affecting the narrative as originally planned I will do so