Don’t Look Back Response

Leanne Liu

1 This game relates back to the Greek story of Orphesus because the basic concept overlap each other. In this game, the main character stands in front of a grave to begin, which is most likely a reference to Orphesus’s dead wife. Then the character moves through a field based on red color, connecting to the underworld in Greek mythology. The biggest connection is the fact the floating woman disappears when the main character turns back. In the Greek story, the wife disappeared after Orphesus looked back.

2 The game developer Terry remixed or modernized the story in his game by giving the main character a gun to fight the spiders, bats, and other monsters he faces along his journey. The original story takes place when guns did not exist, so the battle aspect modernized Terry’s game.