SHADE
By Michael Macneil on Tuesday, 5 December 2023
This game design project by ID Studio Web Agency Ltd is a classic combination of living and working for years in a creative studio. When creative designers and creative developers work together they invariably comes up with great concepts and driven by unseen forces to make these ideas come to life. This is for no other reason that we can decern apart from the pure love of it, we also find the less financially we are driven the more we enjoy what we do. Here is some information about this project drawn on that acient narrative that is entched into the human heart, soul and mind.
The Fall
The story begins with the tree of light (life) and the tree of darkness (death). We see the tree of darkness at the top as a choice, the choice is made and the scene rotates and the tree of light comes to the top and darkness turned upside down. Our character falls into the darkness down into the depth of the path of death.
- Concept planning & creative workshops
- Logo & brand design
- Creative exploration
- Character & story development
- Game environment design & mechanics
- 2D Canvas gaming prototyping developed
- Video teaser
- Three.JS concepts
- AI mood concepts
Main Character
Character begins as an adult but as the game progresses the character will become more childlike. The character begins to humble themselves and take the lower place. The way up is down.
Each level our character completes will essentially change the character overtime, and provide gifts in the form of a shield, a sword, a helmet etc (spritual armor).
Trouble finds our character if they step off the path or step out of the light, because their are darker forces seeking to ruin the character. Mechanics suggested that if the character turns away from the light then they might begin to look ugly or scary or begin to sink. The character will be consumed by the darkness, and much more to planned but cannot share it all here...
