Recently something has crossed my mind while review the chapters of Restless Dreams. “Is this what I want it to be?” With that, I may or may not decide whether to rewrite the entire main story mode (Renn’s story) into one of the early concepts or not.

The early concepts for Restless Dreams are that it is going to be a Psychological Horror mixed with Lovecraftian elements (not the horror genre of Lovecraftian) mixed with classic Survival Horror gameplay. These concepts was scrapped because I didn’t want the game to be short and look similar to the games that were released at the time I planned the concepts.

Combat is still prominent in the early concepts. Hunger-thirst system along with . There are only 4 ~ 6 chapters as opposed to the planned 8 chapters of the current version. There’ll be no difficulty setting as the game’s even more story-focused and combats are definitely less challenging while also providing as obstacles.

Basically the major changes are Renn’s character and the story mode, which will be entirely rewritten while Ryuu and Kayako’s story mode remain untouched. It’ll be gloomier, more serious to the point where there’s barely any joke at all and most importantly, the story is told in an even more first-person-ish style than the current one.

But of course, I’m not gonna make this decision in a short time. It just happened to cross my mind and made me rather worried since the current RD is completely different than what I want it to be.