Burnt Alive

***Burnt Alive*** is an unreleased game by Puppet Combo. Unfinished version is available in Unfinished worlds vol. 3, on Puppet Combo's Patreon.

## Summary

The story follows a group of teenagers resting at an eerily vacant hotel. During their stay, they are attacked by a large person in a fireman's suit. As one of the surviving teenagers, Nancy must find her friends, and escape the hotel.

## Gameplay

*You play as one of the female teenagers.*

### **Basic Controls**

This game uses the *Puppet Combo victim standard control scheme,* using Unity's default "Third Person Controller" asset (with minor alterations). The camera can also be switched to a first person view.

### **Dialog & Decision Trees**

The player will sometimes be given to option to select from a list of sentences or actions. Depending on what the player chooses, NPC dialog *(and possibly environments and endings)* will vary.

### **When Chased**

Once The Fireman finds you, the game will enter it's chase state. Once this state is entered, a motion blur *(using the color accumulation technique)* effect will be activated. A slow motion effect will also be activated, causing the game to run significantly slower *(while remaining the same frame rate).* It is alike to the "Adrenaline" effect when the chase sequence is activated in The Night Ripper.

## Story

A group of teenagers find themselves at a vacant hotel. While talking with the hotel's front desk, Dolores, they discover that the hotel does not accept card payments, only cash. Unfortunately, the group does not have enough cash with them to pay. Dolores trusts the group with finding an ATM tomorrow and returning to pay. The group agrees, and are settled into their rooms. However, things go downhill, as they are slowly killed off. As one of the remaining teenagers, you find yourself lost in the confusingly large layout of the hotel.

## Characters

* **Nancy *(Protagonist)*** *-* A short, average teenager. She wears a colorful, striped, long sleeve shirt, and high waist shorts. Her hair is red, and wears it in a bun. She finds the hotel to be unsettling, though remains kind towards everyone.

* **Sybil *(Supporting Teenager)*** *-* An *"80's popular bitch"* stereotype. Looks similar to the protagonist of ***Nun Massacre***. Not much is known about this character.

* **Chris *(Supporting Teenager)*** *-* A short, nerdy teenager. His attire consists of a black and white long sleeve shirt, blue shorts and red sneakers similar to Megan's. He also dawns a big pair of red glasses. He had just inherited his parents old house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was driving there with all of his friends *(The Main Cast)* tagged along for a lil trip there.

* **Joe *(Side Teenager)***- A tall, athletic teenager. He wears a white track shirt with the number '19' printed on it, as well as teal shorts, brown shoes and wool socks. He also has a blond moustache and short blonde hair. He starts having a headache when they arrive at the hotel and asks Nancy to grab him a soda. When Nancy returns however, Joe cannot be found. He is most likely the first one to be killed off or captured in the story line.

* **Dolores *(Front Desk Woman/Caretaker)*** *-* An obese, southern woman with long dark hair. She wears a blue t-shirt, shorts and glossy, black slip-on shoes. Acts kind towards the teenagers, but most likely supports The Fireman.

* **The Fireman** ***(Killer)*** *-* A large male, wearing a full body fireman's suit, gas mask and headlamp. He wields a fire axe to slash his victims up.

## Trivia

* ***Burnt Alive*** is based on the true story of *H. H. Holmes' "Murder Castle"*
* ***Burnt Alive*** may also be based on the 2001 horror game ***Illbleed***, as ***Illbleed***'s first chapter *"The Home Run of Death"* has a somewhat similar theme.
* This game was one of the first Puppet Combo games to have full on Voice Acting.
* ***Burnt Alive*** was the first Puppet Combo game to include hair physics.
* Inverse Kinematics *(IK)* were applied to Nancy's arms so that she can push doors open. Since this was the first Puppet Combo game to use such feature it is very broken *(causing Nancy's arms to distort in an uncomfortable manner)*. Inverse Kinematics were later reapplied and fixed in Planet of Bloodthirsty Santa.
* Nancy appears to be voiced by Kelsey Puckett who has voiced acted in Murder House as Dana Turner.
* The alpha of Burnt Alive is included in Unfinished Worlds Vol. 3

## Gallery

"Chris and Sybil's room. Knock on the door?"The Fireman standing in a hallwayNancy - Shot 1Nancy - Shot 2The Restroom MirrorThe Main Cast.The FiremanSybilNancyJoeDolores (AKA Dolly)Chris