GREY MATTER FAQ v.2
(some information is not confirmed and based on interviews and previews of project Jane-J.)


WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
Grey Matter Gray Matter is a point-and-click adventure game with supernatural themes that
will have a mystery premise to  it. It will be filled with paranormal events and contain an investigative
style of gameplay. The new game(series?) will move in a metaphysical and philosophical direction 
and deal with questions of human potential, the power of the mind, and the nature of reality. 
Jensen expects that these heady topics could easily provide enough material for a decade-long 
series of games, if the first one is a hit. 


WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS?
Jt will introduce two main characters, have them meet, and establish the long-term themes she's 
developing. The first central character is Dr. David Styles, a neurobiologist who has isolated himself 
from the rest of the world after he was involved in a car accident, in which he lost his wife and was 
badly burned. He's a sort of the Sherlock Holmes of neurobiology, investigating phantom limbs, 
people who were born blind but use a kind of radar vision, and other examples of extraordinary 
human potential.  He will have to come out of his shell to deal with the challenges that the game 
presents him with. 
The other character is a talented graduate student named Samantha Everett, who is hired by Dr. Styles
as an assistant. Sam has something of a problem with authority though, that stems from growing up in 
foster care. She also happens to be a street magician--she's quite talented at sleight of hand,
this will play a part in the game, as some puzzles will require Sam to use her magic tricks. 


WHAT WILL THE STORY BE ABOUT?
Gray Matter tells the story of neurobiologist Dr. David Styles. Since the death of his wife in a horrible accident 
several years earlier, Styles has adopted a reclusive lifestyle, spending his days inside his English country estate, 
Dread Hill House. Things take a turn for the interesting when American Samantha Everett, student and part-time 
street performer, arrives unexpectedly at the estate. Having spend time travelling Europe, performing magic tricks 
to make ends meet (as you do), Everett decides a change of pace is in order, becoming Styles' assistant. 
As the game's official press release ponders though, "Is the meeting of Sam and Styles really as coincidental as it seems?"
Everett starts her role as Styles' lacky by hunting out six test subjects at Oxford University for the doctor's latest experiment. 
After an innocent start where subjects are tasked with imaging different forms of physical exercise, inexplicable events 
start to occur. Following visitations by Styles' dead wife, the quest to uncover the mysteries of Dread Hill House begins.


WHERE IS THE GAME SET?
A large part of the game will take place in an English country estate, Dread Hill House near Oxford, England.
One of the key locations in the game is going to be the Oxford university campus.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY?
Players will control both Dr. David Styles and Samantha Everett throughout the game, with 
Styles' investigations into Dread Hill House concentrating on the workings of the human mind while 
Everett solves puzzles using street magic.
The gameplay style will be a combination of 3rd person investigative Myst-style logic puzzles
and mild arcade sequences (basically, it’s the perfect description of Gabriel Knight 3)
There will be absolutely no pure action such as jumping or shooting. There are different kinds 
of puzzles in a conscious attempt to mix up the gameplay a bit. There's sort of a big riddle, 
but in much smaller chunks.The game is said to feature optional sidetracks that provide more 
things to do, but aren’t essential to complete the game. The primary gameplay will however be
investigative in nature.


HOW BIG WILL THE GAME BE?
The games might be a little bit shorter than Gabriel Knight, maybe twenty hours or something—
like the length of Syberia. The first game is definitely going to be pretty big. 
future games in the series may be shorter and released on a more regular basis.


HOW DIFFICULT WILL THE GAME BE?
the game would probably have a difficulty level somewhere in between Gabriel Knight 2
and Gabriel Knight 3.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE GRAPHICS/ENGINE?
According to the publisher, the visuals in Gray Matter consist of 3D characters against 2D backgrounds. 
One of the concept images shows a detailed and seemingly innocuous bedroom of Samantha. 
In another concept render you can see a high level of detail in the facial structure and texturing of one 
of the male characters in the game.

WHO IS DOING THE MUSIC?
Jane would like to have her husband Robert Holmes do the music. Robert Holmes is the same 
person who did the music for the Gabriel Knight Series.


WHO'S MAKING IT?
Jane Jensen wrote and designed it, it is being develloped by Hungarian studio Tonuzaba Entertainment
and published by ANACONDA. Gameproduction itself seems to be happening in Hungary under Jane’s direction.


WHAT'S THE RELEASE DATE?
Q4 2007