The Walking Dead: Michonne

Episode 1: In Too DeepOriginally called "Landfall", and later "Demons and Liars". Episode 2: Give No ShelterOriginally simply called "Shelter". Episode 3: What We DeserveOriginally called "Dawn".

Rashid and Vanessa#

In the final game, Rashid and Vanessa are characters mentioned at the beginning, both of whom are missing, with the search for them driving the story forward. After meeting Samantha and her brother Greg, they are mentioned one last time in an optional dialogue, but never brought up again. Despite this, numerous unused files and assets still reference both characters.

According to Kent Mudle, a former director at Skybound Games and Telltale, Michonne got an almost total rewrite really late in development. Rashid and Vanessa were at one point the people Michonne had spooky visions of, instead of her daughters.

Leftover Animations#

Rashid has several leftover animations associated with him, though most are idle animations shared with other characters. The only unique animation, Rashid_sk54_idle_rashidShorelineReveal.anm, is actually used by Pete in Episode 2.

To do: Create gifs of the following animations using Rashid's model.

sk54_idle_rashid HandsHips.chore 
sk54_idle_rashid HandsUp.chore
sk54_idle_rashid HappyA.chore
sk54_idle_rashidHappyB.chore
sk54_idle_rashid HappyC.chore
sk54_idle_rashid HappyCX.chore
sk54_idle_rashid HappyD.chore
sk54_idle_rashidKneel.chore
sk54_idle_rashid LeanBack.chore
sk54_idle_rashid LeanRight.chore

Episode Screens#

In the menu archive which stores information about UI elements, there is a diorama file for Episode 3 titled ui_diorama_episode3Rashid.prop, which references the cut character Rashid. Concept art for this early menu exists, which features a screencap from the CW Arrow TV show with minor edits, likely used as a placeholder.

Concept Art