 Phantasmagoria was the first Sierra On @-@ Line game script to be written like a film screenplay . Williams was working on King 's Quest VII simultaneously as she was writing the Phantasmagoria script . Williams found it stressful working on two major games at once and said she had " some difficulty keeping both games in my head " , but felt each received her undivided attention during the most crucial times in their respective developments . Even during the writing stage , Williams was under pressure to ensure Phantasmagoria was a commercial success for Sierra . She also faced concerns from her husband Ken Williams , the company president and co @-@ founder of Sierra , who wanted the company to focus more on lower @-@ cost , combat @-@ oriented animated games , and was also concerned about the level of violence in the Phantasmagoria . Williams said she knew the rape scene in particular would be controversial , but she felt it was essential to the plot because it was a turning point that made Adrienne realize something was deeply wrong with Don . She felt the rest of the story " would make no sense " without the scene , but also knew there was a chance it would be cut from the game before production ended . 
