Chapter 32: Why Did It Suddenly Turn Spooky?
After the conversation between the male and female doctors, Jay was able to access the control interface. The dialogue was simple, but with touches of sarcasm, including a glimpse into their argument when approaching the squirrel.
"The details in this game are quite good. The dialogue is incredibly detailed, just like the previous Undertale; very detailed," Jay commented, controlling his character.
For example, when they saw a sign, they joked: "Won't they steal it in the mountains?" The conversation was a bit funny, and also a bit embarrassing for the streamer, considering he used to be in charge of that. Hey, after all, he had been venting about the game, what else could he do?
"A story-driven game? It seems a bit bland," Jay said, curious.
Aside from moving something resembling a rock in the center, the game generally seemed completely unremarkable, except for the simple conversations and walking. Remember, Undertale also had simple, unrestrained combat. The only good thing was the music. From Mirror to Undertale and To the Moon, the music is truly excellent.
As for the graphics, Alex's To the Moon, although improved compared to the pixel-perfect graphics of the previous RPG Maker, is simply mediocre, clearly far from exceptional.
While lamenting, the two doctors in the game, Neil and Eva, arrived at their destination: a large mansion. They knocked on the door and were greeted by a middle-aged woman. She introduced herself as Lily. She normally took care of the old man named Johnny, and the two children playing the piano in the room were her daughter and son.
With that said, Lily led the two doctors upstairs. On the first floor, the two children competed for control of the piano, sat side by side, and began to play. It was the same piano piece that played before the two doctors' car crash.
'Could it be the game's main theme song?' Jay speculated.
Amidst the discussions between Doctors Eva and Neil, Lily and the doctor explained the situation of Johnny, the game's protagonist. Johnny was bedridden, in a coma for a long time, and only his vital signs indicated he was still alive. According to the doctor, he only had two or three days left. As for Johnny's last wish before dying: to go to the moon. Lily, the caretaker, said she had no idea why he wanted to go. Although Johnny was her boss, he rarely spoke to anyone and was quite an eccentric person.
"Good boy, that old man is a bit wild! He wants to go to the moon. So the main goal of this game is to understand why he wants to go to the moon and then help him fulfill his wish?" "A puzzle game? This is great! Brain games are my forte!" Jay asked, slapping his thigh, based on the information he had gathered so far.
After talking to Lily, he received a clue: he needed to obtain key clues from Johnny to access his memories and alter them to fulfill his wish. Since human memory is very long throughout life, it's impossible to view all memories at a glance with the help of machines, so a medium is needed. The female doctor was chosen to work on the machine, while Jay controlled the male doctor to wander around the house.
"Wow, this old man is quite rich! The house is quite big!" "But, to be honest, the old man is lucky to have met me. Isn't it just going to the Moon? If you want to go to Mars, we can take you!"
Jay controlled the doctor to wander around while talking to the two children on the first floor. He wanted the two mischievous children to take him on a tour of the house to see if he could find any useful clues, but the two mischievous children asked for help getting a candy cane first.
"You say these two mischievous children are very annoying, forget it, adults don't argue with children."
Upon reaching the kitchen, the doctor saw a candy cane on the shelf. He was too short to reach it, so he had to move a nearby stool and climb up.
"Don't talk nonsense! How could I reach it? It's the game doctor who can't reach it, not me!" "I'm 1.92 meters tall! How can I not reach that cabinet? Just kidding!"
Jay grimaced at the live stream comments, but he couldn't let it go. If he said he was 1.92 meters tall, he was 1.92 meters tall. He could dunk a basketball if he jumped!
He gave the candy cane to the two children, and they gave him some clues. It seemed Johnny used to go to the basement when he could still move, and the piano music the two children played was the same as Johnny had always played when he was healthy. Guided by the children, Jay arrived at a small room in the basement.
It was completely dark, with a desk lamp nearby. But as soon as Jay turned on the light, the game's music suddenly changed.
Eerie, spooky, and unsettling, coupled with the dim lighting and the fact that the room was filled with unfolded colorful paper rabbits.
"What the heck? Why did it suddenly turn scary?"
Unprepared, the sudden atmosphere gave Jay goosebumps. The room wasn't very big; it looked like a storage room. The floor was covered with hand-folded rabbits, and on the table near the door was a stuffed platypus. It wasn't exactly scary, but it was psychologically stressful!
Even the comments on the live stream kept pouring in.
"This atmosphere suddenly became spooky!"
"Is it a horror game?"
"Brothers, post more comments, I'm scared!"
"Why are you so effeminate? You're afraid of a hammer in broad daylight!"
Seeing the overly dramatic comments, Jay composed himself and examined the room. The stuffed platypus could be removed; it seemed like an essential item. As for the game, although the atmosphere was quite spooky, he had seen it before and it wasn't categorized as a horror game. It's just adventure and marked plot.
'Calm down, calm down, even if it's a horror game, so what? I'm 1.92 meters tall and have a physique that allows me to dunk a basketball, can a game scare me?'
"Alright, look how timid you are!" he exclaimed. "Let's not talk too much, let's continue to see what this game is about, why the old man wants to go to the moon, and what secrets the paper rabbit holds. We'll reveal them later."
Jay chatted with the flood in the live broadcast room and continued to advance the plot.
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