Space out scares so the player does not get numb or overwhelmed

Too many scares in a row stop working, and too few make the quiet parts boring. Here is a small check you can run on a written script that finds the clumps, so the frights land where you intended and each one has room to breathe.

Why this works

A scare needs quiet around it to land, and a feeling repeated too soon is lost rather than doubled. Counting the beats between scares, and how many fit in a stretch, tells a writer exactly which one to move or soften.

When not to use it

Wrong for a story built on relentless pressure, like a survival sequence or a nightmare chase where the lack of rest is the point. Let the scares crowd together on purpose, then give a long quiet scene afterwards.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 21 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Space out scares so the player does not get numb or overwhelmed" (read_entry jump-scare-spacing-rules) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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