Artbook

During the ten days before the 1.0 release, Blazing Bit Games released a **concept art book** on Twitter. It contains original artwork by Gaunt.

## Transcript

### Cover

> NIGHTMARE REAPER
> PATIENT NOTES
> The second session showed the patient has a penchant for all things bloody and violent.
> Concerns of her sinking deeper into psychosis were well founded.
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### Credits

> STAFF
> Bruno Beaudoin - Main Developer
> Andrew Hulshult - Music Composer, Sound Designer
> Brouzouf Jones - Enemy Artist, Concept Illustrator
> Naomi Savoie - Illustrator
> Marie-Claire Lavertu - Patient Voice Actor
> Richard James Cook - Video Producer
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### Session One Painting

> An angry, lost young woman.
> Hopefully this experiment can help her past all of the trauma and resentment.
> It may be unconventional, potentially damaging, but it appears no other options remain.
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### A Note of Caution

> The following is strictly confidential, regarding the “experiences” of the patient in her fugue/dream state. It appears as a form of bestiary, cataloguing some of her hostile manifestations.
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> The experiment intends to purge these “demons“ from her psyche, to allow healing and growth from her mental state, to give her a chance at a normal, healthy life.
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> This list will come as a shock or surprise to those who have not been party to the experiment, it may be worth your time to do your research first.
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> The naming conventions are not definite, they change every retelling; observers may substitute their own for personal clarity.
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### Bloater

> BLOATER
> "Fattie" or "Exploder"
> Walking tumor throwing cancer
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> Fear of illness or infection, possibly from environmental factors, may be influenced by horror films, games.
> Could factor in some overwhelming fear of diseases from other people, perhaps a manifestation of others hostile words and actions being thrown at her.
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### Scamper

> SCAMPER
> "Skitter" or "Puker"
> Teeth and scrabbling claws with you as the target
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> This little nightmare gives the impression of the thing under the bed, or that which runs outside your window in the dead of night, wanting to impart its terrible gift.
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### Cortex

> CORTEX
> "Brain Tank"
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> The brain may not be able to feel pain, but it sure can inflict it.
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> Looking like the result of invasive brain surgery, this entity is a shocking headache.
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> The continued perceived threats of lobotomy or other invasive corrective surgery may have some bearing on this.
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### Voidspawn

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> VOIDSPAWN
> "Floater" or "Caster"
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> Eldritch forms from the depths of insanity
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> She has been exposed to some Lovecraft, without a doubt.
> Could be a manifestation of medication side-effects.
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### Gunman

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> GUNMAN
> "Gunslinger" or "Stranger"
> Many variants of the "Dead With Guns" influences from the many stacks of VHS B-movies, "video nasties" and retro video games
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> Major concerns over the genesis for this one.
> Suspicions it may be based on parents’ "friends".
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> Patient was always in close proximity to firearms yet was never able to use them, could have something to do with her fixations on gunfights.
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### Acigon

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> ACIGON
> "Dragon" or "Gargoyle"
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> An ever-present menace, a threat in all its forms.
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> Taps into the primal fear of reptilian faces and flapping wings.
> Distorted face and unnatural physiology may be influenced by scary stories or old computer games.
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> Aggressive invasive behaviour could be related to the patient's view of outsiders; hostile and interfering, vomiting hate and spreading lies.
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### Hangman

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> HANGMAN
> "Summoner" or "Necromancer"
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> Wearing the noose and branches that ended his life, the desiccated robed corpse [that] summons more death as a crowd forms.
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> A suicide inference? Or a lynching? The ‘'crowding'’ seems to speak to a spectacle,
> she is definitely obsessed with death.
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### Monk

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> MONK
> "Fire Mage"
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> A floating humanoid carcass swathed in a filthy hooded cloak, an animal skull with burning eyes, glaring.
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> Probably a response to being burnt - cigarette burns are evident
> perhaps some pagan/druidic influence?
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> Was she interested in such?
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### Burner

> BURNER
> "Firewalker"
> A force of burning destruction, pure and simple.
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> Patient was exposed to arson, or at least attempted arson; would have to assume parents trying to burn the evidence and destroy anything that incriminates them in a laundry list of wrongdoing.
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### Chonker

> CHONKER
> "Spider Tank"
> Biomechanical horror, militarized. Heavyweight, heavy duty.
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> Appears to be influenced by war films and body horror movies. Could represent an intimidating family member/acquaintance.
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> It would be very illuminating to gather a list of all the films she has seen and which stuck with her the most.
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### Screamer

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> SCREAMER
> "Shockball"
> Mutilated upper torso forcefully merged into spherical hardware; the screaming visage of torture itself.
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> It would appear the patient has observed or been party to some extreme torture - potentially professional, there seems to be method to the madness.
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### Meatpuppet

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> MEATPUPPET
> "Ninja" or "Marionette"
> A marionette of cadaver parts, manipulated by unseen hands
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> A sense of no control or being manipulated seems to influence this.
> The bladed weapons and dissected corpse parts allude to a fear of surgery.
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### Doktor

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> DOKTOR
> "Empiric" or "Beakie"
> An insectoid walking upright, wearing classical plague doctor attire
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> Deep seated mistrust of the medical profession? Potentially a drug dealer acquaintance? Could be tied to the unsanitary conditions she was subject to - insects and vermin.
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### Pustule

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> PUSTULE
> "Boil" or "Globber"
> A shambling infected glob, spreading filth as it goes.
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> Grotesque and bloated, covered in sores and welts, seems to show either the conditions she was living in - or her impression of those she had to interact with; both parents and associates’.
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### Shrieker

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> SHRIEKER
> "Ghost" or "Bride"
> Torn carcass under a ripped sheet, vomiting hate
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> Appears to represent the Patient's feelings of hostility and frustration toward other people, them being nightmarish half-humans regurgitating hate and loathing toward her.
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> Elements of matronly malice are also apparent.
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### Session Three Sketch

> EXTRA ART
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> It remains to be seen what else will show up in further sessions.
> Many horrors are described, yet the descriptions are becoming vague and unreliable.
> We must move on with the experiment.
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1. ↑ https://twitter.com/NightmareReape4/status/1504874261638529029