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What are the keys to writing a mystery?

Tom · 2001-03-05T05:21:51

Hi people. Wavinator was complaining about the gratuitous lack of posts these days, so I thought I''d bring up something for us to discuss. Also, I can use your advice on my story, because I''d like to start it off with a gripping mystery. So, what makes a good mystery? In my opinion, it''s the simple process of revealing bits of information over a large amount of time, until the observer has enough to piece together a solution. Of course, some people will figure out the answers sooner than others, so I guess a bigger question would be: How much do you reveal, and how much do you keep hidden? Since this is a game writing forum, we should look at this from the perspective of game design, of course. So, we have to assume that each piece of evidence must be awarded after some amount of work. The cheese at the end of the maze, if you will. We want the player to feel as though s/he is solving the mystery her/himself. So, what kind of ideas do you have regarding mystery games? I''d like to hear about it, and I know you want to share it.

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Started by Tom January 13, 2001 06:06 AM

9 comments, last by Tom 23 years, 3 months ago

Run_The_Shadows

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March 05, 2001 05:21 AM

I''ve never found any pure mysteries very intriguing in the least. The closest thing I''ve found that was good is that Michael Douglas flick "The Game".....that movie rocks. Its just soooooo deep, I''ve watched it a ton and I still think I''m missing stuff.

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