MIA
Some descents aren't meant to end well.
“I don’t remember falling asleep. I just remember... giving up.”
-Mia
Linear Descent Through
Trauma
There’s no path to choose.
You descend in the emotional order
Mia experienced, starting with denial,
ending in truth.
Cinematic First-Person
Exploration
Navigate dreamlike environments with
visual storytelling, layered ambient
audio, and moment-to-moment tension.
You Don’t Collect Items.
You Collect Yourself.
Every collectible is a piece of Mia’s
memory. Each one reveals a moment
she didn’t want to face—but has to.
Every system is built around the
emotional weight of Mia’s mind. Puzzles,
visuals, even controls
reflect the feelings tied to each realm.
Emotion-Driven Design
MIA doesn’t follow levels.
It follows feelings.
Emotional Descent System
Descend into emotional realms like guilt,
grief, jealousy, and denial—each one
handcrafted and metaphorically grounded.
Inner Voice as Antagonist
MIA’s subconscious antagonist reacts
to your choices.
Avoiding memories only strengthens him.
Whisper will remember what you avoid.
Fragments hold the truth.
Scattered memories (painful and real)
begin to reveal what she’s forgetting.
Whisper wants her trapped.
He only shows her the worst parts:
the shame. The hopelessness.
There was love. There was light.
Maybe there’s still a way back.
But she starts to remember.
She wanted it to end.
Mia takes her life. Falls into a coma.
But she woke in Zero.
Wakes to a crawling world of memory & emotion.
Her inner voice takes control, twisting everything
she remembers.
Whisper is waiting.
Each realm reflects what Mia buried: Control.
Loneliness. Gulit. Fear.
You descend through emotion.
Her story isn't resady yet. But it's coming.
(So is Whisper.)
Fractured Silence
Realm: Guilt
The Abyss
A moment she never speaks of.
Because someone else never got to.
Zero
Last Wish
Realm: Grief / Shame / Desire
This is where she woke up.
And where everything began to rot.
The Frozen Gallery
Realm: Loneliness
No voices. No color.
Just echoes trapped in ice.
Shard of Reflection
There is a total of 10 fragments.
The Abyss
Emotion: Guilt
The Frozen Gallery
Emotional: loneliness
No voices. No color.
Just echoes trapped in ice.
Zero
Emotion: Grief / Shame / Desire
The world that began it all.
Empty and endless—but not silent.
Laughing Hollow
Emotion: Guilt ( mocking, manipulative)
The Quiet Sentence
Emotion: Denial
Everything looks fine here.
Which is exactly how she kept it.
You can’t escape what you won’t admit exists.
The Craved
Emotion: Jealousy
Eyes everywhere.
She doesn't want what they have.
She wants to know why they didn't get it.
These realms are only part of her mind.
Whisper’s not ready to show you the rest.
Emotional Corruption
Whisper erodes Mia’s sanity over time
through hesitation, doubt, and fear.
He twists truth into damage. Whisper’s words cause
panic, paralysis, and confusion.
Word-Based Attacks
Whisper's Tactics
Safe rooms rot. Hallways loop. Doors lead to the past.
He controls what you see.
Environmental Warping
Elemental Trauma
Rage burns rooms. Depression floods them.
Each element represents an emotion Mia must endure.
Memory Trap Zones
UI & Map Takeovers
You Played As Whisper
Final Fight Begins
Whisper is Always There.
FINAL CHOICE SECTION
Whisper floods the screen with Mia’s
worst moments.
His voice overrides every action. UI flickers.
Movement slows.
Fragments twist. Dialogue overlaps itself.
You feel powerless.
> “Don’t you get it? You made me.”
Whisper takes Mia’s form.
You fight—not with weapons—
but with fragments of truth.
Reconstruct memories. Resist manipulation.
Speak back.
Mechanic Highlights:
- Recalling a choice = counterattack
- Holding your ground = reduces his control
- Completing a memory = breaks one of his “masks”
⚠️ Visual Triggers
When he speaks:
UI flickers
His sigil glows
Red text appears upside-down
💬 Dialogue Delivery
He overlaps Mia’s voice.
Interrupts her thoughts.
You never fully hear yourself.
🔊 Whisper’s
Signature Line (Bonus)
“You already know how this ends.”
Calm. Low.
Cruel without raising his voice.
Whisper never shouts—he lets you break yourself.
🗣️ Voice Tone
Layered whispers.
Glitched echoes.
Binaural murmurs that travel
ear to ear.
🔁 Audio Effects
Every line feels… rehearsed.
Like he already knows you’ll fail.
🎙️ Speaking Style
Whisper is not evil.
He is every thought that told Mia to stop trying… because it would hurt less.
He is the silence that protected her. The lies that comforted her.
He is what happened when no one else was there to help.
You don’t defeat him.
You understand him—and then you decide what to do with him.