Hello Stalkers!
Tatyana is not your typical damsel in distress. She is a fully independent character who haunts Igor in his dreams. But who she really is? An apparition? A hallucination? Igor's conscience? Or maybe a being from another dimension in human form? Whoever she is, we know one thing: she was one of the most fascinating characters we had to create.
Believe it or not, the concept of Tatyana as a mysterious ghost-lady in a red dress (colors changed over time) appeared in our heads much later than you might imagine. When we sat down to plan the game's plot and character development, we assumed at a very early stage that Tatyana had survived the Chernobyl disaster. Not only that, but she was also meant to establish cooperation with the NAR and conduct research for them on chernobylite and all phenomena produced after the explosion of the power plant. This was also intended to be the reason why Tatyana did not want to be found by Igor.
All of this, of course, had an impact on Tatyana's appearance. In the initial concept sketches, we depicted her as a woman in her 50s (assuming she survived the crash and was close in age to Igor) and dressed as a scientist.
The idea was... okay. Just okay. In the end, we gave up on it and decided to go in the direction of the concept of an apparition appearing in dreams. We found this idea much more enticing and appropriate for a horror game than any spy themes. There are also technical arguments: animating Tatyana's face during any dialogue would be more expensive than animating all the other characters and their animations combined. Not to mention that having her wear a face mask would completely undermine the emotional impact we wanted to deliver in the game.
Finally, one more curiosity. A demonic version of Tatyana, which was partly created by accident and partly by the graphic artist's creativity. It's a very cool effect that hasn't been used in the game. A real shame.
That's it for today!
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