Brainstorm Web Adventure

I was thinking of doing something where your actions determine who you are when you finally look in the mirror. Like it starts out with a tea party, you can either pour the tea for your companion or pour your own tea first. Pouring the tea for your companion sends you into a small dialogue choice, something like “So, how are you?” or “I know about Sarah.” “I know about Sarah” leads to your tea being poisoned, and when you “look in the mirror,” you are the “beloved,” which will be a portrait by Egon Schiele. I think I want all of my characters to be works from Egon Schiele. This idea is inspired by Slay the Princess, which determines what “princess” you kill based on your actions.

I’m certain that I want to do the “which personality” idea, but I’m not confident which actions will lead to what. Maybe something about finding out a spouse is cheating, walking home alone as a woman, or getting dressed for the day. I do know that I want one of my easter eggs to be that when you determine what part is “most important” about a woman- when you pick her panty area, it immediately ends the game, giving you the personality “The Reduced.” I basically want to explore the idea of how people perceive women in their everyday lives and actions, how makeup, clothing, and manners all determine a woman’s gender. I’m excited to find artworks for each of these personalities and already have most of them assigned.