It's always the goal of an adapter to create something that complements the source and yet expands on it."
I'm not sure if I succeeded at that – it's kind of hard for a text adventure to be scary – but I think the story came across as interesting and compelling. "The biggest challenge was to make it scary. "I figured the main point of the game would be to escape the town and kill as many of the creatures as you could," says Raymond. The game instead introduces a clear goal – return home and rescue Billy (who sensibly didn't tag along to the supermarket). The novella paints an increasingly bleak picture in which Drayton's only hope is to somehow keep himself and his son alive. The game omits the ominous buildup and begins with just Drayton – or more specifically, 'you' – inside the supermarket at the precise moment when the mist rolls in and all hell breaks loose. It's only when Drayton and his young son Billy travel into town for supplies that the story shifts into high gear. Like a lot of King's tales, The Mist starts slowly, with Drayton and his family surveying the after effects of a freak storm that batters their lakeside home. He went to speak to his people then came back and told me there was actually one story available – The Mist." It turned out that every one of his books had already been optioned by movie studios, ruling them all out. "I called King and we chatted for a while," he says, "then I asked him what he could offer us. This reference gave Mercer the perfect icebreaker. During the ordeal, Donna wishes that Tad was back at home, tucked up in bed reading "one of his Mercer Mayer books". The story culminates with Donna Trenton and her young son Tad getting attacked in their car by a rabid St Bernard. Published in 1981, Cujo was Stephen King's grim tale of what happens when good pets go bad. The plan was in place, but they struggled to negotiate any suitable licences, so Mercer went to see a man about a dog. Their idea was to develop adventure game software for home computers based solely on licensed properties in the hope of attracting casual gamers. In 1984, American children's author Mercer Mayer and his business partner John Sansevere founded Angelsoft in White Plains, New York.
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