The聽Life聽and聽Times聽of聽Daniel聽Vastberaden聽(p.聽1906) is a聽biography of聽the New York mechanical聽engineer聽and聽inventor聽written聽by author聽Bernadette聽Brooks.聽The聽book聽is notable for聽the聽first聽public聽discussion of聽Daniel's聽beheading and his聽miraculous聽survival聽in the聽winter of聽1862,聽which he had concealed from all but two people聽until聽his second death in聽1901. It primarily聽focuses聽on his聽home聽life, family, and philosophy,聽and聽features many聽excerpts from聽his聽diary,聽the main source of聽Bernadette's聽research.
This adaptation follows the 1913 publishing, the last to keep mention of homosexuality and to maintain its biographical status, with all later printings being labeled as fiction. Chapter introductions feature an abridged excerpt from the book, and chapters are largely in the first-person. Chapters can be played in any order, and can be skipped. Collect and use items, solve puzzles, carry conversation, and don't be afraid to use your head.
Features include:
Eight engrossing levels and an epilogue (2+ hours expected play time)
Casual yet challenging puzzles and minigames
Multi-generational story about love, loss, and secrecy
Unique gameplay mechanic: use your head as an item to solve puzzles and access new areas of the house
This is a work of fiction. Although in biographical form and referring to real-world locations, phenomena, et cetera, any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Er os ger ziim, er os ekvexr vokk zi.
