{"id":6801,"date":"2025-08-26T23:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-a25\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:07:19","slug":"lukas-gandras-game-concept-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-a25\/lhgandras\/lukas-gandras-game-concept-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukas Gandras – Game Concept Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People: You play as a deformed human-like creature whose body is covered in blocky impurities, making it difficult to move around. There are no other living characters in the world, although you may encounter the frozen statues of those who were not as fortunate as you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Places: The game takes place on a remote planet, far away from any natural source of light. A large prism in the center of the world used to be the source of energy for everything, but one day the prism’s light was extinguished by mysterious forces, plunging the planet into darkness. The environment will consist of grayscale, liminal environments, with splotches of color here and there from fragments of light that have persisted through the dark. There is no weather and the day\/night cycle is nonexistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things: As you explore the world, you’ll gather shards of pure light from various locations, gradually restoring your body’s original form and unlocking new movement abilities. These can be obtained by simply discovering them and walking over them, although some shards may be out of reach until you upgrade your movement later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Style: The game is abstract, blocky, dark, and surreal, with minor horror elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gameplay: The game is intended to be an exploration-based 3D platformer with minimal story, similar to something like LIMBO. The main objective is to return the shards of light to the prism, restoring its function and bringing back color to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a quick sketch I made of the world. You can see the main character, the blocky and monochrome terrain around them, and the prism in the distance, as well as the colorful patches of light scattered here and there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blocky crystals resembling the game’s terrain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dark vibe I’m going for.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The colorful patches of light scattered throughout the world might look something like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Representation of the game’s grayscale color scheme and surrealism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More surrealism and another representation of what the light zones could look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another dark environment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Some reference images to hopefully convey what I’m going for.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Game: Yume Nikki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Game: Limbo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Game: Inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Even more reference images from existing video games.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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People: You play as a deformed human-like creature whose body is covered in blocky impurities, making it difficult to move around. There are no other living characters in the world, although you may encounter the frozen statues of those who were not as fortunate as you. Places: The game takes place on a remote planet,… <\/p>\n

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