I'm glad.
Between March 2019 and Aug 2020 I exchanged about 150 to 200 messages with
paperwork . A lot of it was just banter or about typos/corrections to the existing game, but we did discuss how Act I might end, what Act II and Act III would be about.
It was supposed to have three acts, and what the story was REALLY about wouldn't be revealed until the final release of Act I.
It was all building to something - especially the minor little scenes (like the subway) that were easily glossed over and forgotten.
It's been almost 4 years now.
If it was as simple as clicking a button to share those old messages I might do it.
However, I remember watching "Donnie Darko" with a friend of mine back when that film came out. For months we discussed different theories of what was
really going on in that film. Then the DVD came out or the website was updated or something and the director/writer (Richard Kelly) explained it.
His explanation sucked.
His explanation also killed all the different, interesting theories we had.
Also he released a Director's Cut on DVD which wasn't nearly as good as the theatrical cut ("PayBack" is the only other film I know of where the Director's Cut is worse than the theatrical. Oh, and "Heaven's Gate" and "Team America World Police". Anyway.)
I think if we had been able to see Paperwork's ending to Act I it would have made perfect sense.
I think if we had been able to experience Paperwork's Daz3D Act II it would have been amazing.
If it had made it to Act III... well, I can't even imagine how the game would have ended.
However, I think if I just told people where the game was going to go... without having Paperwork's talent and ability to craft the story so you understood it... I think most of you would go "Huh?" rather than "Oh!"
That said, if you're really interested in spoilers... I dunno. Maybe I could come up with some way to describe it in a "spoiler" and post it here. I'll think about how to do that.
ETA. I don't know what happened to paperwork or why they disappeared. I've tried contacting them in all the ways I could think of and haven't gotten any response since August 2020. I suspect the worst.