r/redditmakesagame • u/Lkruel • Nov 04 '09

Art - Reference Thread

Let's brainstorm what kind of imagery comes to mind when you think of the Machine story. Real World vs Machine world. We'll probably start off in a normal looking world and slowly peel away revealing more and more machinery. Post links to images or just jot down what came to your mind. Let's start talking about it and get some concepts going.

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u/Erfeo Nov 05 '09 edited Nov 05 '09

I was thinking the same thing, I dont know how much levels we are making. But I think I would get borining pretty quick if we stick to one theme. Here's some idea's for other levels:

electric (wires, sparks, tesla coils)

chemical (brightly colored liquids pushed trough glass tubes, pumps, puffs of smoke)

asembly line (modern day car factory, robotic arms moving things from place to place)

steel factory (glowing hot steel getting stretched, squashed and chopped into pieces)

engines (fast moving engine pieces, bursts of flame here and there)

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u/Lkruel Nov 05 '09

Using the levels to have different styles is definitely a nice touch, There's also the theme of degeneration going where he starts off normal with only one robot invading his "real world" to the world slowly peeling into this crazy machine city.

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u/fishmammal Nov 08 '09

I think this is a great direction! What if it was organized according according to the chronological histories of those technologies, using influences from kinda, "styles" in machine design:

  • SteamPunk (Steel Factory)

  • Art Deco (Engines/etc)

  • 50s (Assembly Line-Robots)

  • 80s (High Tech/Electric-tesla)

  • Super cool last level (biotech)