Almighty Game Designer

“Sha Sha Sha...”

After a snowflake, images appeared on vintage black and white TV screens.

Old P. can be sure, that's Mary, because she looks exactly like Maria, just wearing more traditional and conservative clothes and hairstyles.

“Are you recording again? Oops...”

Mary smiled at the camera, waved her hand, and sat down in the chair by the bed.

“I don't know why, I just love it here. ”

“Quiet. ”

“I told you this place used to be a sacred place...”

“Now I understand why. ”

“Unfortunately, we are leaving...”

“Promise me you'll bring me back, okay? Cough..."

Mary came to the camera with anticipation, but suddenly coughed.

Then, suddenly, the images on the TV became confused, and a fragment of it flashed quickly, not knowing whether it was a video or a memory in the male lead's mind.

Alternatively, the video and the memories in the male lead's mind are mixed, interwoven and indistinguishable...

In the disturbing clips, there are images of Mary looking out the window and concentrating on Mary lying in bed and the male lead taking care of her...

But there is also a very scary scene.

In front of Mary's bed, the hero stood up and blocked the shot.

In a messy image, there seemed to be a blurred figure, pulling over something at the end of the bed and pressing it up...

There is only one snowflake left on TV.

And the hero was like being sucked out of all his strength, sitting in front of the TV, his head dropping helplessly, looking at the floor.

Old P can't move, nor can he divert his perspective. He can only, like the male lead, stare at the floor stubbornly, listen to the sand sound of black and white TV, as if... a dead man.

The little girl, Laura, ran in and asked if the protagonist had found Mary. When she saw the protagonist immobilized, she gently pushed the protagonist's shoulder.

Old P. 's vision shook, but he still stared at the ground, motionless and deaf.

A long time later, the male lead raised his head.

“Laura, Mary is gone... dead. ”

Laura said out loud, "No, you're lying! She... she's dead? Sick to death?”

The male lead shook his head.

“No… I killed her. ”

……

……

At the end of the game, everything became more chaotic.

But old P. has come to understand a little bit of the truth.

Mary didn't die of illness, but the hero killed her himself.

Because Mary was incurable, she could not sleep for more than three years, was tortured and had to wait to die.

This desperate life has made Mary furious with everyone around her, especially the lead character James.

And James was tormented by life like this, even trying to escape, afraid to see Mary.

Until one day, Mary told James that she had had had enough of this pain and that she wanted to die.

James himself helped Mary end the pain, but the memory was too painful for him, so he was confined to the depths of his spiritual world, remembering only that Mary was ill and dead.

And Silent Hill, a terrible place to illuminate all the negative emotions in people's hearts, so James came to Silent Hill, the strange scenes he saw, the horrible monsters, the kinds of experiences...

In fact, it's all part of his inner darkness.

At the end of the game, Old P finally beat the horrible triangle and killed the monster Maria became.

Finally, James seemed to have traveled through time, returned to Mary's bed, and had a final conversation with Mary, who was already dead.

Mary was lying in her bed, naked, and had been tortured by her illness.

James: “Sorry...”

Mary coughed twice: "I said I wanted to die, James. I want to put an end to this pain. ”

“That's why I did it, I can't watch you suffer...”

Jameston shook his head: “No, that's not the whole truth, you said you didn't want to die... the truth is, part of me hates you, hates you for taking my life away...”

Mary interrupted his words: "You killed me and suffered for it. Enough, James...”

James took the dead Mary and left the room.

In the dark, James' voice echoed in old P. 's ear.

“Now I know the real reason I came to this town. ”

“What am I afraid of? ”

“Mary, without you, I have nothing...”

A fierce tire rubbing sound, coming from afar...

“Now we can finally be together forever...”

James' side face appeared in Old P's field of view, but his eyes closed and he walked quietly. Under a silent water, Mary's voice calmly finished the letter to James.

“I saw that town in endless dreams, Silent Hill. ”

……

“When I first knew I was dying, I refused to accept it. ”

“I'm furious with everyone around me, especially you, James. ”

“So if you really hate me, I understand. ”

“But I want you to know...”

“I'll always love you, James. ”

……

“You give so much, I can't repay it. ”

“So I want you to live for yourself. ”

“Think for yourself, James. ”

……

“James...”

“You make me feel so happy...”

In the final scene, it's dark. The background music Promise still echoes in the ears of old P., but this guitar seems to have other completely different meanings.

When I first heard this song, it was creepy and chilly. It's obviously a somewhat cheerful song, but there's something strange about it that can't be said.

But to hear it now, it seems that… there is yet another strong sense of sadness and condolence.

This time, in the dark, Old P didn't quit the game immediately, but quietly watched the whole producer table and finished listening to Promise.

And the audience of the projectiles, they were immersed in the drama of the game, and the projectiles throughout the broadcast room were surprisingly consistent.

“Ahhhhhhh! The plot! ”

“QAQ, tears! ”

“What the hell, isn't this a horror game? Why am I crying? ”

“Thanks to old P. for bringing us such a wonderful game. If I had to play it myself, I wouldn't have dared to play it. Thanks to old P. for taking us through customs! ”

“The tears broke, and the last song was called Promise? Listen carefully...”

……

After full clearance, Old P returned to the landing space of the VR Game Cabin.

At this point, a window pops up in front of him, as the first 10,000 players to clear Silent Hill, and he will be rewarded with six games of his choice across the platform.

However, Old P suddenly felt that the reward was less important.

Being able to open up games like Silent Hill, the experience itself seems to be the best reward, right?