Moodboard:
Featuring some gameplay, art style, color, and general aesthetic inspiration.
Spotify Playlist
Featuring mostly 8-bit music to match the playful, pixel mood of the game.
3 directions for the game.
(my sketches are in the larger team post)
As a a Puzzle/RPG, where you are the dog, you talk to characters and unlock more of the map; potentially uncovering memories and returning home. The kinds of fun this leads to are discovery and fantasy with an evocative and enacting narrative as you play Cookie throughout their journey!
As a platformer, we could have a dog that is always floating upwards from being a spirit rather than being weighed down by gravity. This could be confusing, and difficult to implement precisely, but this leads to challenge as the major side of fun. Platformers tend to have more rigid structuring around their access to levels, so a narrative might be a little more shoehorned and evocative on the narrative.
Another direction could be to make a neopets/club-penguin-esque forum/mmo that focuses on emergent narratives from player interactions. This would lead to fellowship and expression as the main kinds of fun.
