Jamie's design (Main character, blonde dude) was actually heavily inspired by Kurt Cobain! Daron Dimebag's design was inspired by Dimebag Darrel of Pantera, although he didn't die by suicide, I really wanted to capture the horrors of celebrity deaths, that gone too soon and media frenzy that uproars over every, in particular musical legend death. The song that plays on the radio is a midi cover we made of the infamous Gloomy Sunday song that has a bunch of urban legends surrounding it. (Also really glad that radio jumpscare got a good reaction lol!)
And you're spot on in your interpretation, I'm really glad that the meaning got across, I was worried it'd get lost because the game doesn't really force you to sit through any of the lore, kinda have to look for it.
After some of the feedback we've gotten, we're really interested in making this a fuller experience in the future. Thank you so much for playing and leaving some really invaluable feedback here!
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Thats awesome, glad to have gotten some of the references and meaning, shame I didn't get the Dimebag one since I love Pantera.
Also, I didnt know about that urban legend and song, they are really cool, so thanks for showing me them! Really good choice for the theme.
Looking forward to this being a larger experience, good luck!