Noted Reality Game Lecture

Introduction

• Game Title: Noted Reality
• Concept: Simulating the life of a prisoner.

Initial Impressions

• **Cell Amenities: **
  • Bed
  • Sunlight
  • Letters from outside

Correspondence

• First Letter from Sam

  • Inquiry about prison life
  • Announces an adventure

• Response to Friend

  • Optimistic view on prison life
  • Sent a bug as a companion

Program Introduction

• Authority Message
  • Inmate Selection for a program
  • Virus outbreak: 97% mortality
  • Remaining population: 2.5% primarily inmates
  • Introduction of a “Smile Friend” to maintain happiness

Smile Friend Interaction

• First Gift: Teddy Bear
• Personal Notes: Feeling of insanity and need to escape
• Encouragements: Regular encouragement and gifts to keep the prisoner happy

Sam’s Journey Updates

• Travel and Experiences: Northern passage, meeting strangers, and swimming
• Personal Reflections: Growing despair and questioning reality

Mr. Money's Notifications

• Happiness Requirement: Lower inmate escapes for family reunion possibility

Miscellaneous Letters

• Letter Misplacement: Sent erroneously to the inmate. Emotionally impactful.
• Personal Reflection: Feeling of confinement, talking to a bug named Hans.

Elizabeth’s Letters

• Introduction: Neighbor running a pastry shop
• Isolation: Desire for company
• Periodic Updates: Descriptions of rivers, signs, and changing water directions
• Personal Works: Sends a poster to the inmate

Growing Despair among Characters

• Elizabeth’s Struggle: Increasing loneliness, descriptions of a dying city
• Smile Friend's Sacrifice: Selling organs to provide gifts, eventual death

Antidote Issues

• Mr. Money's Antidote: High price, causing organ failures
• Public Reaction: Trust issues and panic

Increasing Darkness and Isolation

• Electrification Failure: Prison lighting reduced, power issues
• Elizabeth's Ultimatum: Inmate must visit to prevent her despair
• Final Events: Destruction of generator, escape attempt, tragic death of Sam

Prison Break

• Final Escape: Inmate plans to leave despite warnings, final acknowledgment of friendship and loss