Task 2 - Writing Your Story

Story Drafts

Present

Puzzle

Dreaming – Exit behind locked door

Explore my dream world to find out how to unlock the titanium door and escape

Meet characters with distorted features

If challenge is failed, respawn at beginning of challenge

*Draft 1

• Sat in bedroom. Look at clock - May 19th, 10:00pm
• Lie down and fall asleep
• Open eyes to see a cloud-filled sky, sit up to find self in room with no ceiling
• Explore room – Find secret switch under a desk that reveals a door
• Walk through door into large open room
• Marble stairs leading up to large door made of titanium
• Unsuccessfully attempt to open the door
• Walk back down stairs to see 3 doors appear
• Writing on the floor – “Complete these 5 tasks to unlock your freedom
• Walk through door 1 – See 3 blurred humanoids and a glimmer on the floor at the far side of the room
• Humanoid's eyes turn red and they start moving around the room rapidly
• Move towards the far end of the room, dodging the humanoids as they speed around
• Reach far end of the room - humanoids freeze, large silver lever appears on the ground
• Pull lever - Teleported back to main room
• 1st chain on the titanium door glows and disappears, second door opens
• Walk through door 2 - See table with 3 weapons (cleaver, axe, khopesh) overlooking a large arena
• Pick weapon and step onto platform in front of table
• Platform sinks into ground
• Platform stops - Metal gate opens to arena
• Walk to centre of arena - Every gate opens, boars pour out
• Fight boars with chosen weapon
• All boars defeated - 3 levers appear in the middle of the arena, when a wrong lever is pulled, more boars appear
• Eventually pull correct lever - teleported back to main room
• 2nd chain on titanium door glows and disappears
• Walk through door 3 - See large room with high piles of rubble, explosives on the back wall, must find the detonator
• Sift through each pile until detonator is found - some piles have demonic hands inside them
• Find detonator - Stand up and every hand animates and crawls out of the rubble
• Press detonator and escape the blast zone before the explosives blow up
• Explosives blow up, every undead bursts into flames
• Run through exposed wall to find a room filled with broken mirrors, shattered glass covering the floor - lever in the center
• Must find a way to pull the lever
• Lever is pulled - teleported back to main room
• 3rd chain on titanium door glows and disappears
• Climb marble stairs to the door
• Titanium door opens to reveal a silver pathway out of the dream
• Dodge the humanoid and run through the door - humanoid can't get through
• Everything turns bright - unable to see
• Open eyes to see bedroom, look at clock - May 20th, 10:01pm

Draft 2

• Sat in bedroom. Look at clock - May 19th, 10:00pm
• Lie down and fall asleep
• Open eyes to see a dark orange sky with a fading sun, sit up to find self in room with no ceiling
• Explore room – destroy weak wooden door
• Walk through door into large open room
• Marble stairs leading up to dark blue barrier blocking the way
• Unsuccessfully attempt to pass through barrier
• Walk back down stairs to see 3 doors appear
• Writing on the floor – “Complete these 3 tasks to unlock your freedom"
• Walk through door 1 – See 3 humanoids made of flame and a glimmer on the floor at the far side of the room
• Humanoid's eyes turn black and they start shooting fireballs
• Move towards the far end of the room, dodging the humanoids' fireballs as they speed around the room
• Reach far end of the room - humanoids freeze, large silver lever appears on the ground
• Pull lever - Teleported back to main room
• 1st chain on the titanium door glows and disappears, second door opens
• Walk through door 2 - See table with 3 weapons (pistol, rifle, shotgun) overlooking a large arena
• Pick weapon and step onto platform in front of table
• Platform sinks into ground
• Platform stops - Metal gate opens to arena
• Walk to centre of arena - Every gate opens, skeletal horses pour out
• Fight skeletal horses with chosen weapon
• All horses defeated - 4 levers appear in the middle of the arena, when a wrong lever is pulled, more horses appear
• Eventually pull correct lever - teleported back to main room
• 2nd chain on titanium door glows and disappears
• Walk through door 3 - See large room with high piles of hay, explosives on the back wall, must find the detonator
• Sift through each pile until detonator is found - some piles have snakes inside them
• Find detonator - Stand up and snakes pour out of each pile
• Press detonator and escape the blast zone before the explosives blow up
• Explosives blow up, every pile in flames, snakes stop pouring out
• Run through exposed wall to find a pitch black room, must find lever and pull it
• Must find a way to light up room to find lever
• Grab burning hay from previous room to provide light
• Lever is pulled - teleported back to main room
• 3rd chain on titanium door glows and disappears
• Climb marble stairs to the door
• Put hand on the door - Giant lava elemental drops from the fading sun, lands at the bottom of the stairs
• Must open the titanium door to avoid being killed by the lava elemental
• 6 levers appear around the central room, dodges around the elemental while pulling all the levers
• Titanium door opens to reveal a concrete pathway out of the dream
• Dodge the elemental and run through the door - it can't get through
• Everything turns bright - unable to see
• Open eyes to see bedroom, look at clock - May 20th, 10:01pm