The Writer: A Change Of Identity
Alexandr Polutov · 2016 · Casual, Simulation, Indie, Horror, Story Rich
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About The Writer: A Change Of Identity
27.08.2014
What if I could invent a way to change identities, becoming a different person almost instantly, choosing a new self, as though from a catalogue? Just pop a pill—and new identities emerge in your memories, as though you were looking into the future rather than the past. They would stay on your mind, swapping and switching, until you make a choice. Then you pop one more pill, and the future you like, the future of your choice, becomes your present in a couple of nights. Another thing required would be a program capable of scanning the subconscious and recording everything that happens there. All you would have to do for it to work is lock yourself in a small room to produce a dense aura—required to transfer data from the subconscious to the program. Think about it: it only takes two things, a program to scan the subconscious and a pill to activate the identity changing process. Two things pave the way to my dream. What would happen if I did create such things…?
10.11.2014
Information about our future selves, our identities, and what life holds in store is hidden away in the depths of our subconscious mind. We have to spend our entire lives trying to drag just a single one of these up to the surface of our consciousness. Is this really fair? Ready-made identities—musicians, actors, athletes, writers—they’re all alive and well in our subconscious. All we have to do is play a little trick on nature so they pop up on command; so we can become the person we’ve been dreaming of. How much happier would we be? How much more could we manage to do and experience in our short lives? Aren’t we all just looking for the meaning of life?
13.04.2015
A thought is a living organism. It might at first seem disordered and absurd, but our mind organizes it and gives it meaning. But this process only happens in our conscience mind; we remain forever cut off from our subconscious thoughts. To read them we need the Writer. He converts thoughts into text, writes the story of the subconscious mind and helps people touch and interact with it.
When you destroy a living organism, the soul departs from it. With a thought, it is a sound. The death cries of thoughts tell us their story of what is happening in the subconscious.
26.12.2015
If you’re reading these words, I’m no longer alive. Everything changed when I invented the Writer—I could never have imagined what worlds would be revealed by my subconscious. In the blink of an eye I could decide my fate, choose who I would be today, tomorrow, in a week. If you’ve received this letter, then I’ve dared make this final step. I have no idea if you should be congratulating or pitying me. I can never know what has become of me, but you can.
The thoughts are locked away in the story and it is only you that can set them free, give them meaning. The story of the subconscious is in your hands.
What if I could invent a way to change identities, becoming a different person almost instantly, choosing a new self, as though from a catalogue? Just pop a pill—and new identities emerge in your memories, as though you were looking into the future rather than the past. They would stay on your mind, swapping and switching, until you make a choice. Then you pop one more pill, and the future you like, the future of your choice, becomes your present in a couple of nights. Another thing required would be a program capable of scanning the subconscious and recording everything that happens there. All you would have to do for it to work is lock yourself in a small room to produce a dense aura—required to transfer data from the subconscious to the program. Think about it: it only takes two things, a program to scan the subconscious and a pill to activate the identity changing process. Two things pave the way to my dream. What would happen if I did create such things…?
10.11.2014
Information about our future selves, our identities, and what life holds in store is hidden away in the depths of our subconscious mind. We have to spend our entire lives trying to drag just a single one of these up to the surface of our consciousness. Is this really fair? Ready-made identities—musicians, actors, athletes, writers—they’re all alive and well in our subconscious. All we have to do is play a little trick on nature so they pop up on command; so we can become the person we’ve been dreaming of. How much happier would we be? How much more could we manage to do and experience in our short lives? Aren’t we all just looking for the meaning of life?
13.04.2015
A thought is a living organism. It might at first seem disordered and absurd, but our mind organizes it and gives it meaning. But this process only happens in our conscience mind; we remain forever cut off from our subconscious thoughts. To read them we need the Writer. He converts thoughts into text, writes the story of the subconscious mind and helps people touch and interact with it.
When you destroy a living organism, the soul departs from it. With a thought, it is a sound. The death cries of thoughts tell us their story of what is happening in the subconscious.
26.12.2015
If you’re reading these words, I’m no longer alive. Everything changed when I invented the Writer—I could never have imagined what worlds would be revealed by my subconscious. In the blink of an eye I could decide my fate, choose who I would be today, tomorrow, in a week. If you’ve received this letter, then I’ve dared make this final step. I have no idea if you should be congratulating or pitying me. I can never know what has become of me, but you can.
- Use the Writer program to see what happened in the subconscious during the identity change.
- You collect the texts of stories, just the way you collect thoughts in your head.
- It is only when you have read all 4 stories, and compared them with the diary of the experiment, that you will understand what has happened to me.
The thoughts are locked away in the story and it is only you that can set them free, give them meaning. The story of the subconscious is in your hands.
What Steam players say
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I actually really appreciated this game and the sort of creepiness in the aura. It reminded me of Marble Hornets for those familiar with the series. There was a unique approach taken here that made ME feel like the experiment while simultaneous having this feeling that my choices were somehow consequential. It may not be for everybody, but for anyone who has an interest in Psychological Horror games with meta-elements, I highly recommend it. It was a refreshing break from the expected.6 found this helpful
UPDATE: I really appreciate the developer message that my primary problem with the game has been fixed. I've now managed to play through the entirety of the game and found it rather enjoyable. I do not believe I've really understood the entirety of the story the game tells but enjoyed the eerie feeling the game gave off made it interesting enough to complete. I recommend this game to anyone interested in playing an eerie short interactive story for about half an hour. I have left my original review bellow: I want to like this game and it has hints of being a rather interesting story, however it is just too repetitive. I'd love to see it all but with the story restarting every time you make a mistake (on certain choices) you have to start from the beginning. The story could be good but not good enough to read it three or four times in a row. It's made even more infuriating by the fact that if you make mistakes at any other moment it just takes you back a stage, not to the very beginning. Why must there be two mechanics? I actually only played half the game before I decided I do not want to read the same story for the third time. I was interested to see where this game goes but s…1 found this helpful
Hmm... Okay, I don't know. I have had a very low expectations for this game. I was aware that it was short, it had no complete story or anything like it. But I have read the "Diary" section and the game started making some sense for me. OK, I must admit that the controls in this game are just horrible. It was the weirdest control system and a gameplay process for a text-based game I have ever had. Not only you need to drag and drop every phrase to the center of the screen, but the game may restart completely if you chose the wrong sequence of words. But in spite of these drawbacks, I understand that only with this bizarre gameplay you will get maximum experience and you actually start believing in the text on the screen. With these boring things you need to do you start to understand the tempo of this game better. Sounds were so cheap too. I do not know about the psychological stuff on what sounds will make better effect for this game. But I think that some variety of sounds will make the game better. It's sad that two stories (that's a half of all stories in the game!) had the same sounds. Oh, and it has a plenty of errors in words. I have played in Russian, I don't know abou…1 found this helpful
Cool looking game, with interesting story. Looks to be the start of an ARG.1 found this helpful
[url=https://cthulhuscritiques.com/2018/10/11/video-game-review-the-writer-a-change-of-identity/]Link to Full Review[/url] [h1]Major Pros:[/h1] [list] [*]Soft musical sound effects [*]Easy repeats upon error [/list] [b]Minor Pros:[/b] [list] [*]Low level psychological horror story [/list] [h1]Major Cons:[/h1] [list] [*]Very short [*]Story left off incomplete [/list] [b]Minor Cons:[/b] [list] [*]I wanted more challenge from the gameplay [/list]
Short but sweet.
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