Haaan that's nice thanks.

Online and story?
You've outdone yourselves.
Good luck!

Deadmaze’s lore!


So as I confirmed previously there will be a storyline you will be able to play via your character. However, that story will not focus on what happened, but rather, on what is happening for the survivors, how they organized themselves, and the constant struggles they are facing. I will develop more on this in a later post.


Now I would like to develop the “world lore” system. You will be able to find, loot, and store lore-collectibles. Each of these is a part of a bigger story. For example “Letters to Mary” contains 5 parts, you will need to loot them all in order to complete the full story contained within the “Letters to Mary”.


95% of the time, those items will indirectly tell you more about the apocalypse through the eyes of every day folks that have seen interesting facts and things. Those stories may have taken place during or (way) before the first Tsunami wave. The characters are likely to develop their own theories about what happened and what’s the origin of the earthquake/tsunami/infecteds. They may also talk about something completely random but somewhere somehow, there will be something to learn from it.


The truth about Deadmaze’s backstory is unique, there is only one theory that is “right”. Everything else is rubbish. The problem? No one will ever tell you what to believe or not, not the game, not the lore items, not me, not Atelier 801. If you want the truth, you will have to work for it, together.


The truth is out there, but it’s up to you and the community to gather as many pieces of the puzzle as possible, to compare, develop, make parallels, valid and invalid storylines, and eventually choose which theory appears to you as the most likely based on the different information you have found.


I want it to be a game within the game, something that you want to investigate in order to share with others (or keep to yourself!!).


Addendum : some theories will purposely lead you off road, but I will always let clues that you might find in order to see you are being mislead. Details matter.


Anyhow! That’s the plan! Now what do you think? Would you play along? Would you read lore items? Would you create your own theories? Would you go as far as engaging in hot debates on the forum or in game about what may or may not have happened? Tell me what you think!

Cheers folks!

Oh DM will have a short of big enigma !

I like the idea, only remains to see how big (and maybe weird) the mystery will be ^^

If I give you some cookies, could I have the solution ?

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Nowadays there are some games very popular in Internet, they got the popularity because of their theories that users have made along the years, months, or even weeks (as "Hello Neighbor"), hence, I think this could be a great idea to have some users playing it everyday and collaborating through forums to get the right story.

I can't wait to see how this world lore develops! This reminds me of games like cosmopax, with a subtle but rich history, building their world along the community. I can only imagine being able to develop technologies to better communicate, move and find items, for instance, buid/fix radio towers (multiplayer quests/raids!) to communicate with another region or getting along together to find a new way to travel faster from zone A to B.

Talking about zones, in the lore, how are they separated?

I wouldn't be too concerned about how obvious the right theory will be. It's going to be a web of stories that will constantly either reinforce or parasite core "structured" theories. Facts will remain facts, but those facts will be told by human beings, and hence, this adds a layer of blur/human error/bias that should warrant caution/doubt in every reader. Ask a detective : facts don't lie, people do.

To me, the right balance is having a spread in the community between 2-3-4 core theories. Among those "core theories" one will probably be the right one tho, and that theory should be slightly more solid than others, enought for the most astute/rigorous minds to spot it, and not enought for those that are right, to convince those that are wrong ... but like groups of scientists bickering around a hot topic, there is no godlike being that can/will come down from heaven and offcially state : "you were right all along!".

I love this idea.
The Atelier 801 community already collaborated on some things such as enigmas and it was really funny to read and search crazy theories with the little clues what we had.

It was actually very nice to see all the different communities stand together to find the truth in the little riddles what we had in some Transformice's events but I'm sure it will be even better with a big thing such as the theory of DeadMaze.

It's always surprising to see people find crazy and great theories with little and insignificant clues.

I would definitely read the lore items! The idea of a game within a game is very intriguing, and while I may not be the best at solving things, I love seeing the community come together and solve enigmas (such as the Transformice Halloween 2013 enigma).

I love the idea of the lore. The puzzle-solving concept pulled my attention. There are so many crazy theories that the Atelier801 community can come up with, and I haven't seen much collaboration in a while.

It's kinda like overwatch, they have been giving hints/making fake website, hidden videos and all this crazy stuff for a new character. These thing really interests me.

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How to play the game?

I have a small question. How the code will be sent?