That also meant more work, and Pearce adds that the script for the standalone is twice as long as the original. Matyszak and I exchanged well over 300 emails over the span of 20 months, and did video link-ups, just so we could add lots of little details for history fans to enjoy."
"We've worked closely with them to create the experience of traveling back in time to an ancient Roman city, and so we've included lots of little details like temples, shrines, roads, niches, mosaics, reliefs, and frescoes based on real-world examples from the time period," he says.
I decided to have a go at making my own." "But the itch to create never went away, it was just on the back burner, and it came back with a vengeance when I discovered that mods could be a vehicle for world-class storytelling. With opportunities in game development few and far between in '90s Australia, he became a lawyer instead. Pearce's day job might have been corporate law, but he'd had a passion for programming since his early teens. "The difference between making a mod and making a game is like the difference between doing some home improvement projects and building a house from scratch," he explains. We spoke to Nick James Pearce, the creator of the mod and standalone game, about turning a hobby into a career, how the game has evolved, and how on earth he kept track of The Forgotten City's nefarious narrative tricks. It's intriguing, tense, and incredibly smart. The only advantage you have is access to a portal that allows you to transport back to the moment you arrived with your memory and inventory intact, giving you an edge over the citizens and potential sinners, and a chance to experiment with actions and consequences.
Worse, the city is cursed in such a way that if any sin is committed by its residents, the whole place is doomed.
Transported there after agreeing to help a woman who tells you she's called Karen – typical – you end up trapped.
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