(spoiler alert) question about the story!

[inovade]

so, a new in town at the wrong time and place or is it?
at least that priest saying that, but he has nightmare way before going to the town (and there's also lilith in his nightmare)
the question is, who creates those nightmare? either dream and reality? is it lilith or the cult?

is lilith the original cultist (based on notebook in the shack), why is she accept player in the supposedly "good" ending while trying to kill him before player getting into well/shack?
is she become that whatever she does for the dark god? supposedly yes, but it doesnt look like she tries to make a cult either

we know that most if not all are cult members (why nick is killed at 2nd day. who knows? is he even a member?)
and then there's old woman who keeps looking at the old shack

there's alot of question unanswered unfortunately, so i hope there a sequel or at least a backstory somewhere
btw "good" ending isnt really good in a sense, more like "acceptance" (looks like player becomes a harbinger of death though)
and the secret ending IS the good ending, he is alive and well (i wonder if the town itself is already abandoned while he's there from day 1 or he's hiding for a long time unnoticed ie time dilation)

[WildArts]

There's a backstory, yes. I'll summarize it.
So, let's start with Lilith. She used to be a nun, but she got lured by evil forces called the Dark Ones. She lived the rest of her life isolated and devoted herself to the Dark Ones and their plan to bring forth Evil into the world. To that end, once she activated the Stone of Whispers (which acts as some kind of link between their realm and ours), she had to find willing sacrifices (the cultists). So she lured the Pastor and used him to lure in all the others. You, as the postman, can either fall victim to the Evil, accept fate (acceptance would have been a better term, you're right) or get stuck in the town.
This was our first attempt at telling a story in a video game and we were messy in our approach. We kinda shot ourselves in the foot by deciding to purposefully make the story vague and by trying to use a non-conventional storytelling method in our first game ever!
But hey, we learned a lot of stuff from it! :)

[inovade]

so that's how it goes, didnt know she was a nun
thanks a lot, it really helps. especially because devs rarely "explain" their game even after so long
but i still dont get when did he get stuck? i though he's out of town in secret ending (the other is dead and corrupted)

personally i prefer to "know" everything, even if it's a spoiler
it's enjoyable and not getting in my head

[WildArts]

Originally posted by Inovade:

so that's how it goes, didnt know she was a nun
thanks a lot, it really helps. especially because devs rarely "explain" their game even after so long
but i still dont get when did he get stuck? i though he's out of town in secret ending (the other is dead and corrupted)

personally i prefer to "know" everything, even if it's a spoiler
it's enjoyable and not getting in my head

To be honest, we aren't sure about that ending either :P It's unclear if he's stuck in a limbo of some sort or if he did escape the sacrificial night.

[inovade]

LOL
that's a mystery indeed