Vielleicht habt ihr es auch schon im -don't cry jennifer forum- gelesen...
Die haben eine mail an die Clock Tower-Programmierer verfasst und sie haben tatsächlich geantwortet!
Mr.Gonzalo Varela,
Thank you so much for contacting our Information Desk. I am Hifumi Kouno, game designer and director of ClockTower and ClockTower2.
Please allow me to address your questions.
I was employed at Human Corporation until 1999, and was involved in the creation of various works, including the ClockTower Series. After the closure of Human Corporation, the main programmer of the Clock Tower Series and I established Nude Maker Company.
On our company’s website, under “Product Description (作品解説),” I have worked towards explaining the original works that were under my direction and gamedesign. And regarding ClockTower and ClockTower2, which were produced while I was employed at Human Corporation, I hope that you can understand their appearance in light of the aforementioned reason, with the authorization of current patent rights.
I am very happy to see your enthusiastic forum. Currently, I am working on a new horror game that will be the sequel to the ClockTower story. Announcement of this new game is still in the future, but please be in expectation of it.
Now and in the future, we ask for your continued patronage for the ClockTower series and other products from our company.
Nude Maker Company Representative Director, Hifumi Kouno
Der Direktor scheint echt cool zu sein. Er nimmt sich Zeit und beantwortet die Fragen der Fans!
Original Letter: Mr. Hifumi Kouno, the Clock Tower game series you developed when you were employed at Human Entertainment is quite amazing and innovative. I appreciate you and the Clock Tower team's efforts in making such an enjoyable and scary video game series. Sorry to have bothered you Mr. Kouno, but there have been a few questions I have about the Clock Tower series:
1. What did you think about the new plot and game elements added to Clock Tower 3? Do they fit the Clock Tower series you developed at Human? Can the new plot fit with the Burroughs family plot in Clock Tower: The First Fear and Clock Tower 2 for Playstation? Were you involved with Sunsoft's development on Clock Tower 3 in any way?
2. A new bedroom and a zombie enemy (can be killed with a knife) were added to the Playstation remake of Clock Tower: The First Fear. Besides the unused knife item, are there any programmed remains of these features in the original version? What are the meanings of this extra bedroom and zombie to the plot? Is the zombie another orphan lured into Mary and Simon Burroughs' mansion?
3. Why did you make a new plot for Clock Tower: Ghosthead instead of keeping with the Burroughs family plot formed in the past two games? I have read that you are going to make a sequel for the Clock Tower series; will it use a new plotline like Ghosthead did or use the Scissorman plotline? What system(s) will it be for?
4. When the Clock Tower team first developed Bobby Burroughs as Scissorman, what were inspirations for his scissors?
5. In Barton's prologue in Clock Tower 2, it is mentioned that there were more than 10 victims killed at Mary and Simon Burroughs' Clock Tower mansion. In the game, a website about your series could only find 9 possible victims: Rolla Harrington, Anne, Lotte, Dr. Walter Simpson, Bobby Burroughs, Mary Burroughs, Simon Burroughs, Dan Burroughs, and the zombie in the trophy room. Who would the other victims be? Were the human organs in the trophy room used to determine other victims?
6. Whose hand rises up in Helen's Ending B in Clock Tower 2? Could it be Barton, Edward, or somebody else?
7. How did Dan became larger until the events of Clock Tower: The First Fear? Were other orphans lured into the mansion to be eaten by Dan?
8. What happened to Jennifer Simpson's mother? Did she die before or after Walter's death?
9. Why was Simon kept in the courtyard shed jail in Clock Tower: The First Fear? Why did Mary let him live?
10. In Jennifer's Ending C in Clock Tower 2, why did Kay decide to assist Edward in his killings?
I am sorry I cannot read or write Japanese, so could you reply in English, if you can? Thank you, I would greatly appreciate a reply.
Reply: Thank you for contacting the company information department. I am the director of Clock Tower 1 and 2, Hifumi Kouno.
Looking at the mail we received from you, and the questions that only a great enthusiast could ask, I was very happy. I will try to answer your questions as best as I can remember.
A1. I was not involved in Clock Tower 3 at all. So whether it is good or bad, I shouldn't judge. However, it is true that there are differences in it and what I have pictured for Clock Tower. Besides I think what makes Clock Tower special is that the main character is just an ordinary girl with no special powers to fight. Also, I admit that the newly assigned Burrows family set in 3 is different than that which I had envisioned.
A2. The newly added bedroom and zombies in The First Fear are probably remaining elements that weren't included in the original version.
A3. Regarding Ghost Head, don't ask me. When I was working at Human Corporation, another co-worker was appointed as the director. He respected me as the creator of the Clock Tower Series, and left out the story about the Burrows family and tried to select a different new story instead. I really appreciate the attitude he showed to me as a fellow creator.
Regarding the new production currently being designed, I cannot give you any details at this stage. However, as for the system, it is even more concentrated than the systems of Clock Tower 1 and 2, and will include being chased by more terrors.
A4. The idea of Scissorman's blades comes from watching the movie "The Burning" when I was a child. The scary backlit silhouette of a murderous demon, with his garden shears, sent shivers down my spine.
A5. Before Mary lured Jennifer and her friends into the mansion, she had been giving a sacrifice (toy) to her boys in the same manner. According to the police search, there are thought to be many undiscovered victims other than those in the stuffed body room, numbering not in the tens but many times that amount. (refer to A7)
A6. The hand that comes up at the end. who do you think it is? ?The name floating around in your mind right now, yes, that's right.
A7. The bodies of the two brothers were deformed so they could not naturally live on earth. By stopping time, they could successfully escape death. However, as a result, it means that they cannot get away from the reach of power from the other world (in other words the Burrows mansion) and it is that restriction that Dan tries to escape from. Thus, Dan created a "cocoon" with human flesh and blood, and transforms into a perfect body inside it. Of course to compose such a huge frame, it goes without saying that it is the flesh and blood of many victims.
A8. After her father's disappearance, Jennifer's mother becomes involved with another man and dumps Jennifer and forsakes her. Yes, Jennifer is "just" dumped by her mother. .
A9. After the birth of her brother, Mary becomes inordinately engrossed mentally in suspicious black magic. Simon anxiously watches Mary, and decides to murder her at the point when Mary along with her brother plans to commit murder for sacrifices for the black magic ritual. However Mary becomes enraged, and launches a counter attack, imprisoning Simon. Mary, is determined to keep him imprisoned rather that instantly killing him, so she can enjoy watching him breakdown and become mentally sick. In this hopelessness, just the continuance of life is crueler than instant death, and shows the strength of Mary's anger.
A10. Kei originally had pederasty tendencies. Of course this was usually buried deep in her psyche and never surfaced, but Edward could see that desire using demonic powers. Using that beautiful face and demonic sense, he drew out and fostered her desires. As a result, she becomes mentally and physically inseparable from him, and begins to willing assist him in his crimes. Due to the unique characteristics of this media as a consumer game, the settings stop just at the point of hinting of this.
Since a long time has passed since their release, there are some details that I don't clearly remember, but I have tried to answer as best as I could remember It has been a very pleasant experience to be contacted by such an enthusiastic fan from overseas. I hope to create another product that Clock Tower fans can enjoy in the future. Thank you for supporting Nude Maker.
Nude Maker Company Representative Director, Hifumi Kouno
Wahnsinn! Das beantwortet viele Frage, toll das er dir geantwortet hat und toll das er einige gheimnisse so offen gelüftet hat. Allein die Antwort warum Dan erst so ein Monster und dann ein kleiner Junge war Und was mir am meisten gefällt er hat auch tatsächlich fast schon logische Psychische Konsequenzen und Ursachen reingebracht nicht einfach nur "Er ist böse" und fertig