Talk:Rayman 4/@comment-36953494-20180919001207

Hi, everyone! I'm the author behind this story!

Rayman 4 was made at the request of a friend who was obsessed with both Rayman and Creepypasta. I hadn't played any Rayman games at that point, and it had been a while since I'd read a horror story, so I had to pull the entire plot out of thin air. Obviously, this did not work.

About the lackluster quality - back when I wrote this, the Creepypasta Wiki was riddled with some absolutely awful stories. This story actually got a lot of praise when I first posted it for being "one of the better stories!" But as a standalone piece, it doesn't really work. There's too many cliches, gaping plotholes, and some really bad character development. Also, the transformation sequence isn't nearly as terrifying on paper as it was in my head. (It's harder than it sounds to write a good transformation sequence!)

I was also severely depressed when I wrote this (skipping school on a regular basis) and I think I was averaging about four hours of sleep a night, so I wasn't in the best state of mind, either. I wrote the story in a single sitting, in about four hours. What you see here is, for all intents and purposes, a rough draft.

So that's the story behind Rayman 4, one of the most boring pieces I've ever written. I'd like to revisit a few parts of this idea one day, but I doubt it will include Rayman the next time around.