Before the combat level, the demo started with a brief section from the beginning of the game when Alan and his wife arrive in Bright Falls for their vacation. This offered a chance to see the daylight side of the game which tends more to the exploratory side of the game. Alan's wife dropped him off at a diner to pick up the key for their cottage. Inside he encountered exactly the expected slightly bizarre characters: the green uniform clad sheriff who loves his coffee, an eccentric old-timer with an eye-patch who wants Alan to play something for him on the jukebox, and eventually, a mysterious veiled woman who hands-off the key. It was a brief glimpse but the cast and scene looked good and captured the David Lynch style to a T.

Balance was the theme of the presentation and the last piece Myllyrinne brought up was how they want to keep players on the edge throughout each episode and the game overall. To do this they go back and forth between the sane, safe world of the day and the dangerous, nightmarish night in each episode. The cool-off, letting players catch their breath, helps maintain the dramatic tension by giving a hint of some security and then snatching it away again.