Momento mori
,or,
On taking myself to seriously
A treatise on The Consumed. A video game in development.
Making this horror game has been a ton of fun. It’s weird how much horror shows you. I was talking with the other game designer on this project and we agreed that horror comedy has got to be the most powerful instrument of breaking people out of their bullshit. The roles we take, the lies we tell ourselves. Nothing quite jostles us awake as hard as a horrifying joke.
I’ve spent probably too long just trying to get the architecture of this looping level just right. It seems like I’m still far away from where I want to be, but getting closer. Sometimes it feels like embracing the mistakes is getting me closer to a game I’d like to play.
I got the Between Two Fires book as well and have been reading a few pages over the last few days. I find it inspiring but not sure how I’ll fit in any of the inspiration. Scary religion, probably. But religion is scary in almost every good piece of horror media.
