There's an interview of me talking to Phill Cameron up at Gamasutra, where Dear Esther is described as "a sleeper hit", which is nice!
The interview covers the music, story, initial ideas, the relationship between research and modding and a little bit of Korsakovia thrown in for good measure. It's up here:
(The concept art below is Ben Andrews' again - what a star...)
Great interview! Don't see the concept art though...
Did it not show - OK - go here to see it all:
Ben-andrews.deviantart.com
Holy ****, a Gamasutra interview... you're certainly moving up in the world.
Congrats!
cheers - I think that pretty much sums up my reaction to it as well...
Fascinating read at 1.30am when you can't sleep.
I would love to see something in a similar vein to Dear Esther or Korsakovia or a series of similar experiences worked into a 4-6 hour structure. Could definately see it as a series of 'chapters', exploring the minds and/or memories of patients in a mental hospital, using the hospital as a kind of hub. If I was doing it, I'd have to be forcibly restrained from inserting Psychonauts and Twelve Monkeys references.
'Existentially bludgeoning an invisible zombie with an identity crisis' - and there's the pull-out quote.
The hub idea is a really good one - i really like that. could be a way of bolting quite distinct shorter mods into a central structure. hmmm...that's got me thinking!