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[M3] Prologue: Dexter leads you into the pond #49
Description
Outcome
About three calm minutes in the Hidden Garden. A small black plush on a bench hops off like the White Rabbit; you follow him over hills, a log and the deck to the pond. He points at the ground, where the reflection shows a rusty girder maze that isn't there. When you lean in he shoves you. Damage sprite, freeze, THD.exe has stopped responding. [OK], cut, and you land in clean Rusty Creek as the damage sprite finishes. Nobody speaks.
Scope
| In this milestone | Not in this milestone |
|---|---|
| Hidden Garden as 2–3 layered chunks | Dialogue or thought bubbles (A14) |
| Its collision | A cutscene |
| The walk behind Dexter and the shove | Hidden Garden's own anomaly state |
| The reusable crossing | Heavy parkour or fantasy pieces |
| Dexter plush sheet |
Sequence
S1 chunks need the layer split (M0-S6), then S2 collision, then S3 the walk. S4 crossing needs the hurt sheet (M2-S12). S5 Dexter sheet starts now.
Completion criteria
- A first-time player reaches Rusty Creek without instructions
- The prologue takes 2–4 minutes
- The THD.exe window is real game text, not art
- All sub-issues closed.
References
Proposal · Game design · World and levels · Asset manifest · Jam plan · Decisions · Story – Prologue script
Activity
[-]Epic: Prologue and crossing[/-][+][M3] Prologue: Dexter leads you into the pond[/+]