The Deranged Man: A multiple choice game using an avatar to help the player navigate.
Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's horror story "The Tell-Tale Heart".
Art, animation, UI: Felicia Engstrøm
Voices: Tanja Skjørbæk-Eriksen
Development: Martin Damborg Andersen, Christian Bo Asferg, Jacob Grønlund Dinesen
Storyline: Geir Bugge Søyland, Tanja Skjørbæk-Eriksen, Felicia Engstrøm
Sound Design: Geir Bugge Søyland, Felicia Engstrøm
"They say I'm mad..." a man speaks while the state prison sign appears.
You see the man and he continues his rant. "Prison is for losers.. I need to get away!"
An avatar appears and let the player know what to do. "Find the key, so he can escape".
Finally he is free again, but in the forest he is forced to make a choice.
Two avatars appear and both are trying to lure him their way. Who to believe?
On one of the paths he will be caught, on the other he will still be free.
If the man ends in the hands of the police, the roles switch and it's now up to the player to maintain the law. If he chooses the other path, he will find a getaway car and the player has to help him in his madness.
In the police car the player has to avoid hitting the people or you will lose. In the getaway car it's up to the player to hit as many pedestrians as possible. Hitting a car in both cases will cause the player to crash. The player only has three attempts to not fail.
Completing the car game takes the man to either a mental hospital or a cemetery.
In the hospital the player has to feed him valium to calm him down and make sure he doesn't escape. In the cemetery he believes for one second that he's actually free, but in his deranged state of mind he suddenly sees a ghost that tries to kill him.
If he kills the ghost before the time runs out, he will break his own curse and be free. If he fails, he will die. Either way, the game ends here.
Back in the mental hospital the story also has two endings. If the police fails in dpoing him, he will leave and be free. If they succeed, he will be locked up for good so he no longer can harm anyone again.
