Warning: Minor Spoilers ahead for "Westworld."
"Westworld" premiered October 2, and the hour-long introduction to HBO's new sci-fi/western drama may have raised more questions than it answered. But thanks to a new chat-bot created by the "Westworld" marketing team (ask a "host" anything at DiscoverWestworld.com) plus a round up of interviews given by co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, we might have some answers for you.
Scroll down to learn everything there is to know about the "Westworld" theme park and its rules.
Spending a single day in Westworld can cost up to $40,000.
The "Discover Westworld" chat bot, Aeden, told us about the logistics of booking a stay in the park. "The typical visit costs at least $40,000 per day," Aeden said. "Can’t afford it? We can set up a payment plan to get you there."
Guests can stay overnight in one of the hotels in Sweetwater, the small town where every guest begins their journey. A train drops you off in town, and then it's up to each person to decide what their vacation will be like.
Westworld is NOT virtual reality — the guests and hosts are actually living in a gigantic swath of land.
The control center has a giant, interactive digital rendering of the park, which may have confused some viewers into believing the park was all virtual reality. But showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have confirmed that it's a very real place.
We don't know where on Earth Westworld is supposed to be though, nor do we know what year in the future the park's creators are living. But we know it's a real (and enormous) place designed meticulously to looked like the Wild West of the late-1800s.
The park is designed like a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book, or a "Grand Theft Auto"-esque video game.
Everything the hosts do is written into their narrative, but they have a wide variety of possible paths. This enables the guests to interact with them at any given point during the day, and therefore trigger a different possible storyline.
We saw this with Teddy. On one day, he walked through the park uninterrupted until he saw Dolores, and then the two of them were set on a story loop that led back her ranch. But the next day Teddy was found by a guest, leaving Dolores to do her shopping and then go out and paint for awhile, where other guests found her.
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