In 1983, Leonard groomed and molested Nicole's 16-year-old classmate Rachel Foster. Nicole's father, Leonard McGrath, was the owner of the Timberline Hotel, a mountain hotel in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, situated in the Helena National Forest. In December 1993, Nicole Wilson reads a letter from her dead mother Claire. The Suicide of Rachel Foster was nominated for various awards, winning Game of the Year at the 2021 DStars. Conversely, the game's plot and mystery received a more mixed reception, and critics were polarized by the depictions of child sexual abuse and suicide, the depiction of Leonard and Rachel's relationship, and the game's ending. Its setting and sound design were praised for creating the appropriate atmosphere, with Nicole and Irving's relationship and voice actors also being commended some gameplay aspects were criticized. The game was released in February 2020 for Windows, and in September 2020 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One it was ported to the Nintendo Switch in October 2021.
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The developers sought professional advice for the game's depiction of topics such as child sexual abuse and suicide, to portray them with sensitivity. The Overlook Hotel from The Shining (1980) as well as various real-life hotels were used as inspiration for the Timberline's architecture.
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The game was created as a walking simulator to allow real-life topics to be explored, given the genre's emphasis on narrative. The game's narrative and gameplay were developed simultaneously to ensure that one would complement the other. The studio aimed to create a horror game that emphasized suspense and fear instead of traditional horror monsters. The Suicide of Rachel Foster took around two years to develop.
With his help, Nicole decides to investigate the affair between Leonard and Rachel, as well as her mysterious suicide. Forced to stay there due to a heavy snowstorm, her only contact with the outside world is a Federal Emergency Management Agency agent named Irving. Having left ten years prior with her mother following the revelation that her father Leonard was having an affair with the teenaged Rachel Foster, Nicole plans on quickly inspecting the Timberline and selling it. The story follows Nicole Wilson in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, during December 1993 on a visit to her family's Timberline Hotel.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a 2020 adventure video game developed by One-O-One Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
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