What I Want To Do

"Rayman Legends" Visual Background

After a discussion with Ryan I have decided on what I would like to research and produce. I want to create concept art for my own mock up game, using my own styles and narrations. I will also join it with my animation class for either a trailer or part of a game play.

I have studied some of the Brother Grimm's original fairy tales and have thought up a normal platform game that I would like to design. I was inspired by the film "Brothers Grimm" as well as a game with its stunning visuals "Brothers" and "Rayman Legends".

I want to keep the characters design simple but noticeable and the background like a painting. The stories were made in the 19th century so it must be old looking landscapes of the forest. I will also need to think of at least a dozen characters, half at least villains with their unusual horror designs.

I have thought up a plot for the game, but I will need to go over it and map out how it will turn out and what the players can do. Once I have the plot finalised I can then research character designs, environment artists and Indie games to help with this project .

"Alice" Nintendo DS Game"
Characters have simple designs but each have their own unique features.

The Start

After a lecture on what to provide for a presentation as well as the course in whole, I already had a few ideas that I want to work on.

I enjoy creating characters stories and playing Indie games as i like the visual content or how different it is compared to other games. I want to research how they comes to their design and create characters and stories.

I will look at different medias used for concept and start looking at games from the 90's to present. I want to explore the environment used in games as well as the stories.

I am interested in myths, legends and fairy tales so i may look further into them and decide on stories and how they play out. Around Dundee there is the Law Hill, Balgay Park, Baxters Park, etc that can be helpful for creating a fantasy environment as well as old legends (White ladies bridge) that can play a huge part.

I will also look at different stories from centuries ago such as The Brothers Grimm, Rudyard Kipling, Greek and Viking legends.

Researching concept art on different games will play a huge part to my design and from that I can create my unique style. It will be 2D and more developed with the use of Ilustrator and PhotoShop.

Rayman Legends Concept Environment http://conceptartworld.com/?p=29306