Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[palistov]

No sanity? Insanity!

[Kein]

b) Stop using the now highly predictable 'scary moment' whenever a player completes a task (whether it's a distant growl, a scream, whatever)

I don't remember Amnesia overusing these. There were few moments, but that is.

[DanteWilhelm]

b) Stop using the now highly predictable 'scary moment' whenever a player completes a task (whether it's a distant growl, a scream, whatever)

I don't remember Amnesia overusing these. There were few moments, but that is.

I recall it as a noise similar to the Zelda secret location theme, you know in ocarina of time when you ope up a secret passageway with a bomb or whathaveyou?

That's all it is in Amnesia, but I think what he's referring to is the wind and the doors opening, like at the beginning with the footsteps leading into one of the first rooms.

As far as I can remember anyway, I don't think I'm ready to give Amnesia another serious playthrough yet xD

[spukrian]

There are several times where, after Daniels picks something up or solves a puzzle, a grunt or a brute spawns, or the Shadow appears (or something else happens). But don't remove them! Instead, randomize them! That way you can replay the game several times...

[Mehis]

I don't think there were nothing wrong with TDD's scary moments after a puzzles. They were quite rare, in the end.
Guest Room key puzzle, you were introduced to a new gameplay mechanic, hiding. There were no Machine Room scare, for an example.

[spukrian]

There were no Machine Room scare, for an example.

Actually, when you're done in the machine room, it gets gradually overtaken by the Shadow.

[Mehis]

There were no Machine Room scare, for an example.

Actually, when you're done in the machine room, it gets gradually overtaken by the Shadow.

I didn't really find Shadow that scary. But that's the point, Shadow is hunting you and taking over the castle.

[Oink]

There are several times where, after Daniels picks something up or solves a puzzle, a grunt or a brute spawns, or the Shadow appears (or something else happens). But don't remove them! Instead, randomize them! That way you can replay the game several times...

Exactly.

[Paddy™]

Dan Pinchbeck sent a message to an artist named Lila Wilde via Twitter asking if he could use one of her photos in Amnesia; I wonder if one of these is the photo he had in mind:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=...5791596849

[Potato]

Wow! Nice to hear more about AMFP after the delay. I was kinda hoping something a little creepier for a pig, but maybe it's just in a background, as opposed to concept designs.