And so it begins... Again... But earlier?

So since we didn't want to be say down twiddling our thumbs, we thought it best to get started ok our third year game early, since the more time the better. As a group we were edging between two main ideas for our next project, firstly a side-scrolling-esc hack-n-slash ninja based game, focuses on a more artistic and story based game with simply and easy to play mechanics, with a similar art style to games such as Zelda: Wind Waker and Ōkami. 

Ōkami

Wind Waker

Our second idea was a horror/thriller based game, this is because our last project was a more toon based game and we feel a more realistic challenge would be more fun and challenging to take on this year, we'd like to create a game focused around the Silent Hill games with a sense of hammer horror and subtle plays on fear as this is something that has really interested us, we've also looked into games such as Condemned, Alan Wake, Fatal Frame, Dead Space, BioShock, Alone in the Dark, Slender: The Arrival. We love aspects of plot twists and variation of play dependant on the player such as Silent Hill 2 portrays and the use of lighting in Alan Wake. Also the small events of random frights that Condemned 2 gives purely to scare the player and have no relevance in game. We want this to be a very strong story that will leave the player questioning and wanting to play more to find out more. 

Condemned 2

Silent Hill 2

Alan Wake

Alone in the Dark

Fatal Frame

BioShock

Dead Space 

Slender: The Arrival