yeah who wants to add a horror substory to this? imagine, every time that the person goes back into stasis, the lights turn off, right? and then they catch a little glimpse of something watching them in a cutscene, the cutscene where they are going back to sleep, and they cant do anything about it because they're already paralyzed and falling asleep... in reality it's just a figment of their imagination, and it's basically a representation of their strained mental instability. how it would work is, the more depressed your character is, the closer and more ominous the thing gets (we never actually find out what it is, because that'd ruin the effect). and every time they wake up, depending on how close it got, the character is more terrified or less, and their hands shake as they work, they impulsively glance over their shoulder regularly, automatically lock doors when they go through them, and the character actually refuses to go into rooms when the lights are off. if it gets really, really bad (like dangerously) then the character might see it in dark corners of the ship, and reflections, even when they are awake. how the player can combat this is by having the character have conversations over the radio with other humans, ordering tasty foods and eating them, playing solitaire (and winning), spending time with the plants in the automated farm, and looking at the photos of their family that they brought with them (more ideas wanted). some things will make it worse, though, like near-death experiences and dangerous tasks. for example, the ship getting hit by enemy fire is bad, a breach in the hull is really bad, and having to go spacewalk to repair that breach is horrible. the more frequently that the character goes into stasis, its like a magnifier on the hallucinations. the stasis drugs are supposed to have a couple days to work their way out of the pilot's system, but it's stolen tech and they don't know that. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- just an idea. if anyone has concerns, please tell me! I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable with this, and value you guys' feelings more than my opinions where it comes to this game. and if anyone has something they want to add or change, please say! ideas are meant to be refined
