Critical Miss: Dream Park on a Budget

Dream Park on a Budget

So What Is StoryScape?

Who Works There?
The full time staff consists of only three people: Danny, the owner and manager ; Lisa, his girlfriend ; and Pete, an old friend of Danny's.
Danny and Lisa handle all the main acting parts. They are on occasion boosted by unpaid volunteers, typically kids who are "monstering" in exchange for free game time, but generally only at weekends and school holidays.

All other "parts" are simply images generated by the computer. Although the computer is capable of generating highly realistic "people" they are for window dressing only. A player attempting to talk to them will find that they have an intelligence and wit of somewhere between a house cat and an ATM.

This imposes a severe restriction on the scenarios that Danny writes. They must all be written so that at any point there are only two major characters (other than the players) involved - preferably one man and one women.

The technical side of StoryScape is handled by Pete. He maintains the equipment, operates the Virtual Reality software and "directs" the scenarios whilst they are running from the control room. This involves giving instructions to the players and actors via the ear-pieces that they wear.

When Captain Harlon of the battle-cruiser Star Killer forgets his name, it's Pete's voice that speaks from his ear-piece to remind him.

What Is Its Layout?...

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