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To describe Dorians case history, we decided to use a video sequence at the very beginning of the game. When you click on the button “New Game” for the first time, you see Dorian in the orphanage. Through a camera pan shot to his head you have the possibility to share his memories. Some childhood memories appear apparitional. For example a short scene where he is lying in his cradle and his parents lovely look at him. The tragedy of his parents death in the flames also emerge. At the end you can see flames everywhere and you can hear screams and Dorians voice crying. It’s only a short trip into his mind to let the player get an imagination of the story.

After this excursion you can see Dorian again in the orphanage, listening to a nice melody played by a musical clock. When a boy enters the room, they start quarrelling: “Stop this stupid music!” – “But that’s the only thing which reminds me of my family!” - “Dorian is a baby, Dorian is a baby…” In the following scuffle the musical clock falls down and bursts, Dorian is shouting “Nooooo!” – these scenes are held in slow motion. Through the bursting of the clock a slip of paper turns up, it has the name “Sir William Eastridge” written on it. From this moment on the video sequence ends and the game begins…

perhaps this "travel" in the past could be triggered by the melody of the musical clock, bringing pictures from his (almost forgotten) childhood to his mind.