Genre/Plot synopsis:
This is a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving cold revenge by a scion of one very ancient family against the scion of another very ancient family. An unspecified but apparently grave insult had passed between them and the protagonist lured his victim into his catacombs on the pretext of testing a barrel of alcohol to determine if it was amontillado as advertised. After getting the victim highly inebriated, the protagonist shackles him in an alcove and proceeds to wall it up.
This kinetic novel version has four tracks that all follow Poe's story, but which vary the artwork, music, placement, and transitions so there are four different user experiences in reading the story.
Two tracks feature two dimensional art and two feature three dimensional art. One soundtrack features straight-up 19th Century classical music while the other starts with electronic fractal music, goes through a few panels of Japanese water harp, and then goes to medieval and renaissance vocal music down in the catacombs.
Characters:
Montresor is a man rich enough to have a Palazzo and an extensive wine collection. His family is old enough to have vast catacombs and a coat of arms. He has pride to a very great degree and is cunning. His family has fallen upon hard times compared to the glory they once enjoyed.
Fortunato is also rich and also from a great and ancient family. His ego is off the charts. His family remains very influential and powerful. He can be a little insensitive to the feelings of others when it comes to his expressions of satisfaction concerning his position of relative privilege.
I'd say this one is PG-13 because the plot is pretty creepy and there are skeletons all over the place.
Each track takes about 15 minutes to play.
Progress:
script= done, 14,086 words (9012 words inside dialog boxes).
art= done.
story= done.
music= done.
sound effects= done.