Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24841732-20140512185733/@comment-24841732-20140512190509

NathanLeachman wrote: You could probably make something scary out of it. The only thing I would say is that instead of making them go insane, try making a few mutations. Mutation doesn't work like that. The reason the radation makes him go insane is because it kills of some of his brains cells. Radiation kills cells and damages genes, so when an irradated animal reproduces, it passes on those damaged genes causing mutations. Not only that, but mutations are so overused in things like this I can't make myself use them and feel good about it.

However, I might ditch the family and just have the father be trapped, and play more on isolation. His family can't get the vault open because it jams, and he is stuck there until the radation and starvation slowly kills him.