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[Aristocatt]

Things Always Open

a game where you open doors that lead to nowhere


you kind of have to admit it sounds addicting

I have had a reoccurring dream for a long time now, where you start off in a big empty room. Inside the room are a bunch of doors with very broad topics above them. Science, Society, History, Entertainment, etc. As I pick rooms I have, the rooms themselves are like surreal representations of the name above the room. Each room has a series of puzzles/obstacles/enemies that I can complete/defeat to enter new rooms, which are like sub genres of the previous rooms(E.g. Science might have Chemistry, Physics, Technology). After you make it through about three or four tiers of rooms, the names of the rooms become more and more detailed, and there is a lot of overlap between the child rooms and the parent rooms(E.g. Social media might be reached from entering the society room, or the Science Room originally). So far I have never managed to finish w/e it is that I have been trying to do in this dream. It seems like there is supposed to be an end point, but after getting through a few doors, it becomes impossibly hard to distinguish between if I am entering another child room(moving further) or entering a parent room from a different topic(moving backward). Basically it feels like the doors are leading to no where. It is also absolutely my favorite dream ever.

[Bogart]

I have had a reoccurring dream for a long time now, where you start off in a big empty room. Inside the room are a bunch of doors with very broad topics above them. Science, Society, History, Entertainment, etc. As I pick rooms I have, the rooms themselves are like surreal representations of the name above the room. Each room has a series of puzzles/obstacles/enemies that I can complete/defeat to enter new rooms, which are like sub genres of the previous rooms(E.g. Science might have Chemistry, Physics, Technology). After you make it through about three or four tiers of rooms, the names of the rooms become more and more detailed, and there is a lot of overlap between the child rooms and the parent rooms(E.g. Social media might be reached from entering the society room, or the Science Room originally). So far I have never managed to finish w/e it is that I have been trying to do in this dream. It seems like there is supposed to be an end point, but after getting through a few doors, it becomes impossibly hard to distinguish between if I am entering another child room(moving further) or entering a parent room from a different topic(moving backward). Basically it feels like the doors are leading to no where. It is also absolutely my favorite dream ever.

Sounds like an awesome game show to me... Mix Takeshis Castle with Trivial Pursuit?

[Aristocatt]

Sounds like an awesome game show to me... Mix Takeshis Castle with Trivial Pursuit?

I was thinking of some kind of weird anime where a group of a couple hundred/thousand people are dropped into the lobby room. In order to get home they have to make it to the end, and a lot of really fucked up stuff happens as they progress. It would take multiple episodes to make it through different rooms(they would be more portals that take you to cities and landscapes and factories, etc). I figured getting to the end would have some vague connection to the meaning of everything, and while at first the rooms might be somewhat straight forward, as you go further and further, things take a darker turn. It would be probably be some kind of cerebral surreal anime.

[Bogart]

I was thinking of some kind of weird anime where a group of a couple hundred/thousand people are dropped into the lobby room. In order to get home they have to make it to the end, and a lot of really fucked up stuff happens as they progress. It would take multiple episodes to make it through different rooms(they would be more portals that take you to cities and landscapes and factories, etc). I figured getting to the end would have some vague connection to the meaning of everything, and while at first the rooms might be somewhat straight forward, as you go further and further, things take a darker turn. It would be probably be some kind of cerebral surreal anime.

Gantz comes to my mind...

... Anyways regarding the thread topic: Is this meant to be some kind of collective brain-storming?? Theme-wise I'm all in for Space-Sci-Fi...

[feelthemagic]

My suggestion: Find concept art for games with unit or environment artwork that you think would be the best fit for 2.0. Be sure to explain why you like the art you're linking.

For example, I like the environment art for the upcoming game BattleRite - I think the cel-shaded isometric style lends itself perfectly to the genre we're designing for. I also like the general art direction for their units, but I believe we can do better.

Environment: https://twitter.com/Battlerite/statu...85362398715904

Unit: https://twitter.com/prozdkp/status/718119444891963392

[Toledo]

I really like the art for the game Duelyst. It's somewhat of a hybrid between hearthstone(casual MTG) and TAO. It contrasts smooth clean environments with pixel art units, and beautiful anime style art for their splashes, menus and loading screens. I really like the combination, I just think we would want to polish our units a bit more for readability.

• Splash Art
• Units
• Screenshot
• Screenshot 2
• Gameplay Video

[DivineLeft]

Oh.. and https://www.facebook.com/HartaconTactics/ His engine is for the xbox 360.. and emo for the pc (would be best to have a xbox controller and keyboard functionally is iffy.

The style.. the tiles.. Just wonderful.

[feelthemagic]

If we could find artists that can imitate Duelyst's styles, I would be so happy. /butters

[DivineLeft]

The cinematic artwork is great.. the rest is just pixel art. Can easily kill and hour go through deviantart.com and look at freelancers..

[feelthemagic]

Great find with those norroth sprites! I wonder what the third guy is supposed to be. Maybe an alchemist?