Jack accidentally spreads a genetic virus and becomes immune. As the world collapses, he struggles with his sanity as his friends Bruce and Sarah help him search for clues. Jack discovers the monsters are actually infected humans. In the climax, Jack must choose whether to follow Bruce's aggressive nature or Sarah's compassion in how to deal with the infected. The player's choices throughout the game determine which of two endings they receive.

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Created by Team Patient Zero
David Chase, Kaulin White
Zack Brendlen, Cristopher Palmer-Rojas

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“This inhuman place makes human monsters.”
― Stephen King

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This is the story of JACK’s survival, as the world
around him collapses he struggles to cling to his
last moments of sanity
Synopsis

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JACK accidentally spreads a genetic virus everyone
Jack is immune so the virus does not affect him
JACK searches for clues and plans a way to defeat the beasts
JACK finds a way to kill the beasts and accidentally kills his son
JACK must make a choice on what to do with the information
Long Story Short

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Short Story Long
ACT 1
Biogenetics Lab
Home, time with friends and family
Things go wrong
JACK gets arrested
Police Station, Private Investigator, Hospital

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A note on Monsters
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that
in the process he does not become a monster.
And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the
abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
The word “monster” is used as a placeholder for
the next evolutionary step humanity takes. In the
game we will take pains to not describe it, so it will
be your own fear that motivates you.

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ACT 2
All signs of human life have vanished
the monster that attacked you in act 1 is
following you
Conflict between JACK, BRUCE, and SARAH
Decision to kill the monster following you
JACK and BRUCE kill the monster, the monsters
turn out to be human

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ACT 2 Cont.
The one that was following JACK was his son
protecting him
JACK realizes that BRUCE, SARAH are not real
Psychotic break after car accident that killed his
wife
SARAH is a projection of his dead wife
Coat brought home from work and worn
through game is cause of the outbreak

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ACT 3
Jack coming to terms with his actions and his
past
Has to either deal with his demons or fall into
complete insanity
BRUCE will goad him into his fall
SARAH will try to lead him back
Player makes a choice to follow BRUCE or
SARAH

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Jack
Quiet
Indecisive
Introspective
Unstable
Smart

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How the Player Experiences Jack
Hallucinations
Auditory cues
Voice Attraction

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Bruce
Aggressive
Brash
Clumsy
Lazy
Darkly funny

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Sarah
Logical
Loving
Outspoken
Low Self-esteem
Artistic

14. BRUCE is a good friend of JACK and wants to protect him but not at
the cost of his own life. Is condescending to SARAH
Relationships
JACK is a good friend of BRUCE ands trusts him
Is wary of SARAH’s motivations
SARAH is out to help JACK overcome tragedy and save his humanity
Is quiet around BRUCE, distrusts him.

15. Set of 8 missions that span the first few days of the outbreak
The mission are linear with the final mission offering a choice
between two endings.
Missions

16. Player wakes up to find their family missing, needs to find them. Not
failable.
Searches for clues, interacts with objects and NPCs
Find information on missing family, teach player basic mechanics
No one is quite sure what happened to the family.
Players motivation to look for answers
Begins to become frightened and paranoid.
One moment that features the select a thought mechanic.
Mission 1

17. During his search the Police show up at the players home and take
him to the police station, that night something strange happens at
the station and the player must escape. If caught by the monsters it
must be repeated.
Player must run and hide from what is in the station
Escape the station and get home
The knowledge that something is not quite right
The end of the world is upon you!
Makes JACK more anxious to find his family
First big action scene of the game, the select a thought mechanic
comes into play more towards the end of the escape
Mission 2

18. The third morning the player is searching for clues in a world that is
going crazy, the few townspeople that are left are preparing to leave.
Not failable
Interacting with thoughts, objects, and NPCs
Looking for more information on his family’s disappearance
Learns that the towns is emptying, people are running scared
The virus is being spread by the fleeing citizens
Jacks paranoia deepens as people desert his home
Short mission that will more prominently feature the select a though
mechanic becoming the central mechanic now
Mission 3

19. The nest day the player finds that everyone is gone, the player is
directed to the hospital by SARAH, the player searches the hospital
for clues on what is going on. Failable.
Search for clues, interact with thoughts and objects, avoid monsters
Learns that most people were in the hospital yesterday with some
sort of sickness
Learns that JACK, BRUCE, and SARAH are the last people in town
JACK could not find any mention of his family in the hospital, with
everyone gone its tough to stay positive.
Select a thought mechanic is very prominent here, becoming “crazy
man thoughts” as the mission progresses.
Mission 4

20. Player is chased by a monster like those at the police station. Failable.
Run, hide
Escape from the monster
Learns that the monsters are following
Needs to hurry and find answers about his family before the
monsters get him
JACK is very shaken, relies more heavily on his friends.
Last character SARAH is now following you
Mission 5

21. This mission is a longer one, spanning several game days, it is mostly
searching for clues, hiding and dealing with JACK’s thoughts. Can be
failed.
Interacting with thoughts, BRUCE and SARAH, and objects.
Find out more about what is happening, and decide what to do about
the monster following you.
Learns that the monsters are actively searching for you now.
Jack need to figure out what to do with the monster following him.
Select a thought becomes harder to decipher.
Mission 6

22. Player needs to collect different means to kill the monster and kill it.
Can be failed.
Collect things, set up trap, ambush monster
Kill the monster following you
The player learns more about the monsters
New spin on the entire set of previous events
JACK discovers the truth about the monsters
Only violent sequence in the game
Mission 7

23. Player must make a choice following the revelations of the past day.
Cannot be failed.
Interact with NPCs
Choices are presented to a player based on actions in the game
Earns an ending to the game
Player sees the world in a different light
Effect on JACK differs with the players choice
Mission 8

32. The End