Final Major project: Pawel Dobosz
Idea Generation
Idea Generation
Idea Generation
Initial Game Concept for idea one
My first initial Idea
I want to base my idea on the word (dimensions) which would involve Portals that teleport the main character to different biomes or planets with different habitats or creatures that could not be seen in the real world so like a fantasy game but with portals that teleports the player around the world to explore each area and what it can offer for a living and survival because some could be more evil than others. like some could have lava that flows through the whole island which makes it hard to survive. And some could have more peaceful creatures that do nothing to scare the main character with rich foods all around the island. So the idea would have the main character jumping between dimensions to survive each one of them.
Some more thinking
-Different islands
-Some would be harder than others
-Mythical creatures that don't exist in the real world
-Portals that can be found on each island to teleport the player to the next one.
-The portals could only appear if the player has done the objective.
-The portal could be animated
-The islands would be made for scratch
The idea is to add islands which will consist of different challenges and environment which will challenge the player to do things differently on each. Some will have lava which will block and damage the player when near and start to fill the island so the player will need to escape quite fast to survive. A portal will appear at random times and locations to mix things up so the player will need to find them first to escape these could appear from two minute on the island to one hour which would mean that the player needs to survive in that time before the portal appears.
A portal Idea that I had while reading over my idea it's just a start with no detail on a small canvas I wanted to do it because it will help me later on If I want to develop this idea further. Since portals are important in this idea I will focus on it the most so I will do concept drawing for the different portals that appear in the game with different colors that are based around the environment around it.
After doing some research I did some concept portals that would appear in different environments like the green one would appear in the forest island and the yellow one on the lava island.
Stardew valley item panel made in piskel
Made by me
As a general direction for the game I would mostly focus on if not only on pixel art which is something I like doing I spend some time at home each week doing at least one pixel art from a game of my choice. For the past four weeks I am focusing on Stardew valley which is a game made out of pixel art characters and items. Here are some of the examples that I made. Stardew really opened my eyes to pixel art and how it impacts the game I love drawing stuff from it.
Research into Pixel art
Stardew Valley is a farming simulation role-playing video game developed by Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone and originally published by Chucklefish.
https://www.stardewvalley.net/
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home? It won’t be easy. Ever since Joja Corporation came to town, the old ways of life have all but disappeared. The community center, once the town’s most vibrant hub of activity, now lies in shambles. But the valley seems full of opportunity. With a little dedication, you might just be the one to restore Stardew Valley to greatness!
Examples
Other pixel art
Pixel art can be anything you want from character from games to iconic things from shows and movie to props for games which is something great and I am interested in it. Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of software, where images are edited on the pixel level. ... Creating or modifying pixel art characters or objects for video games is sometimes called spriting, a term that arose from the hobbyist community.
Tutorial on pixel art in Photoshop
Pixel art of a banana as a fruit for my game made using Photoshop
I used the tutorial to set up Photoshop to work with pixel art and this is what I made using this method a banana which could be used in my game as food that would fill a food bar on each island there would be different fruit that do different things like heal give stamina and make the player faster in some way.
Short article about pixel art and how to start doing it
Top 10 Pixel art games coming in 2018 and the best pixel art games
http://gametyrant.com/news/top-ten-pixel-art-games-coming-in-2018
http://www.gamingrespawn.com/features/31067/top-10-pixel-art-games/
Ideas for islands
Example:
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I made a small mock up of an island which is a part of my game that I am planning to make if I choose this idea. The images are small because I used piskel which converted the images to small but it is still easy to make out the scene of the volcano eruption and a portal appearing. I was to make this again I would put more detail into it like more trees but since its a mock up I wanted to bring the idea forwards as a reference.
Other games that are focused around pixel art
Terraria is an action-adventure sandbox video game developed by Re-Logic. The game was initially released for Microsoft Windows in May 2011, and has since been released for macOS, Linux and various consoles, handhelds, and mobile devices.
Terraria also focuses on pixel art which is a large portion of the game if not all of it. Terraria is a great example of what pixel art can make.
Terraria Speedrun
As can be seen by this video Terraria is focused around Pixel art and the base for the game itself. I like this style because it's simple but complex at the same time which is something I like and I want to look into doing it a bit more If I was to continue with this idea.
Terraria Pixel art (Nebula Pickaxe)
In my spare time, I like to do pixel art and this is one of my newest ones the Nebula pickaxe from Terraria. This method could be used in my game for a normal stone pickaxe which I will make next to show a comparison
Stone Pickaxe using the same method as the one above
This is the stone pickaxe that I made after doing the Nebula pickaxe and as I said I would use it as a template for my stone pickaxe so I changed the colors to match the stony feeling of the pickaxe and I also changed the handle to match the pickaxe a bit better.