Love the idea, but the answer was way too obvious
Reviews for "Devoured Intellect"
BoobMarley responds:
Could be you're just too smart for the game ;)
In playtesting, I had a few people justify their answers to me before making their final pick and I was really surprised at the different viewpoints and rationale they came up with for different characters.
Meh. LD theme kind of gave it away pronto. haha
Other than that, a short, pleasurable experience. Not a new concept, but for that little amount of time you guys got, the result is very good. Consider making another not as easy, with multiple endings or so.
BoobMarley responds:
As I've said before, you'd be amazed at the responses and choices some folks have made for the conclusion... But I hear ya; as I was making it I kept thinking about how neat it would be to have more and more options and have it be a longer game. Next game I make won't be under a time or prompt constraint, so I guess stay tuned. Thanks for playing and taking the time to leave a review :)
One sticking point- why would the creature respond in a manner devoid of lived experience if, in the process of consuming its host body's brain, consumed said brain's memories?
If, by that, you meant that it somehow literally cosumed said memories for sustenance, and therefore would not have access to them, then that could perhaps be made clearer, however otherwise, there's a touch of discrepancy therein.
I realise that the parallel which you might draw on in that regard would be Rachel, however keep in mind that she was an incredibly convincing example of her ilk within the relevant context.
BoobMarley responds:
Fantastic question! Here you go: memories can tell you the date of someone's birthday or the color of your favorite shirt, but only first-hand experience in the rich, chaotic arena of life could enable someone to articulate with any sustenance something abstract like the taste of a good steak, or the electric thrill of kissing someone for the first time.
I am not familiar with Rachel, so... ?
Anyways, thanks for playing and taking the time to ask such an important question.
Great, for what it is.
BoobMarley responds:
Thanks, dudenstein!
A good way of informing up & coming DnD players about one of the game's more sinister monsters with the bonus of a few questions you could use to test if someone you know has been replaced with an emotionless automaton.
The only problem is once you know the right answer there's not really much reason to play again, unless you want to get the secret medal, which I still don't know how to get.