09/2009: the game idea

During the summer holidays I spent some time reading/browsing game books:

• The Rough Guide to Videogames (Kate Berens & Geoff Howard)
• Game Art Complete (Editor: Andrew Gahan)

Especially the first book is really good for some inspirition. After reading it, I thought of 4 possible game concepts:

1. "Stick to the beat" (music game)
2. "Save the village" (adventure/platform game)
3. "IT can be fixed" (puzzle game)
4. "Build & Destroy" (tower defense game)

Finally, after presenting it to my mentors, we decided to go for the "Save the village" concept. The "Save the village" concept eventually resulted in the "Le Village Perdu" game idea, in which Simon - aged 11 - has to find out why the village of his grandmother seems to be possessed by a dark force. (The story is situated in 1946).

Following books were used for some inspiration:

• Abandoned places (Henk Van Rensbergen)
• Behême - Du schiste aux cieux, autour et au-delà (Christian Déom)

This resulted in a mood board, which respresents the atmosphere of the game: