The Screecher-Inspired Journal

[JamesLaubachDesign]

Hello Klei Community!

 

I am a professional graphic designer and I created this hand-made journal. I was heavily inspired by The Screecher Mod for Don't Starve that was released a few years ago. I shared this with the Klei Team and they asked me to also share on here with the rest of the community.

 

The journal (as a whole) is supposed to be the only remnants recovered from a small group of campers that went missing in January, 1986, while on a vacation to a remote camping site known by the locals as Pillet Creek. After the countless search and rescue parties found nothing but abandoned camp sites and several dead bodies, a single journal was recovered by authorities. After close examination by forensic scientists the journal was linked to one of the campers that went missing and who's body was never recovered in the searches. (In theory) This journal would then go on to become a pop-culture icon, symbolizing the tragic story of the "Pillet Creek Campers."

 

This, in my mind, is how I connected my hand-made journal with The Screecher Game Mod. I imagined that if the journal was the only real life evidence of the "Pillet Creek Campers," then The Screecher Mod would have been created using the material from the hand-made journal (with the exception of using the actual camper's identities out of respect for the families of the deceased, this explains why the names differ between the two) as the inspiration for its simple yet graphic retelling of what could have caused the disappearance of the "Pillet Creek Campers."

 

I have attached photos for of the journal for you to enjoy. I would also love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this piece of my work and if you feel that it succeeds as a physical extension of The Screecher's lore.

 

Thanks!

 

- James

 

Edited July 8, 2016 by JamesLaubachDesign

[ImDaMisterL]

This... I have no words for this...

This is so fantastically well made... I am speechless.

Welcome to the forums, @JamesLaubachDesign! I hope to see more of your work here, because let me tell you, it's freaking amazing!

[Asparagus]

Welcome to the forums

[DragonMage156]

Wow, these are really good. I can so see this as a movie or even a horror short ^_^ (maybe one day I can make a short movie after a couple years in animation )

[Mobbstar]

This journal is deadly in itself.

 

It made my jaw drop to the floor.

[GuyNamedChris]

Shut up and take my like.

[minespatch]

Welp, I'm terrified. The details are astounding and the whole atmosphere scares me more than modern day horror films. This coming from stationary art. Well done, man.