You are a worker in a VHS store located in a small, eerie town. The store holds more than just movies—it harbors dark secrets. While performing your regular tasks, you uncover hidden tapes that contain disturbing, supernatural footage. You must work through your daily responsibilities in the store while also discovering the mysteries behind these tapes and the strange occurrences that happen at night.
Missions: You will complete tasks during the day (e.g., meeting people, solving puzzles) to earn information, keys, or tools necessary to progress through the dark areas.
Daily Task Interaction (Restocking Tapes):
- The player interacts with the VHS shelves to restock tapes or help customers find tapes. This is a basic task the player performs to progress. coBlocks
When player is near (VHS shelf)
Show "Pick a tape to restock"
Set restock counter to +1
Play sound "shelving tapes"Hidden Tapes Discovery:
- Hidden or mysterious tapes appear randomly. The player can interact with them to unlock new horror sequences. coBlocks
When player is near (hidden tape)
Show "You found a hidden tape. Do you want to play it?"
If player selects "Yes"
Set background to "TV static"
Show "The tape plays a disturbing scene."
Play video or sequence showing supernatural events.Customer Interaction (Finding Specific Tapes):
- The player helps customers by finding specific tapes, which sometimes leads to discovering hidden ones. coBlocks
When player is near (customer)
Show "Hello, I’m looking for a tape titled 'Midnight Shadows'. Can you help me find it?"
If player finds the tape
Show "Here it is!"
Add item to customer’s list
Show "Customer is happy!"Supernatural Event (Nighttime):
- As the night progresses, paranormal events start to occur. Items on shelves fall over, and the lights flicker. coBlocks
When night begins
Set background to dark, eerie store
Play sound "flickering lights"
Show "Something's not right…"
Add effect "flickering lights"
Move random object on the shelfStore Tasks at Night (Horror Challenge):
- Players will need to complete their tasks despite paranormal events occurring around them. The challenge increases as the supernatural events get more intense. coBlocks
When player is near (task location) at night
Show "The lights flicker. It’s hard to see."
Add eerie sound effect (creaking, whispers)
Show "Finish the task to continue!"