Regarding the final project.
Im still feeling out the story and setting. Im definitely setting more realistic goals and expectations for this project in terms of length and breadth of story and detail. I will use the 2.5D elements we used recently and will also be using more hand created/analogue assets. I really enjoyed how that looked when brought into 2.5D space. Right now, in terms of story, im thinking about showing (using a split view) an adventure of a small boy. On one side of the screen you see reality and on the other side you see the fantastic world of the kids imagination. What on one side is pillows scattered on the floor is, to the small boy, rocks he uses to navigate over a lake of magma or maybe a river full of crocodiles. I think this would be an interesting experiment to show the same scene from 2 points of view: the real world as seen by an adult and the fantastic world of imagination seen through the eyes of a child..both "worlds" existing side by side. After the heady and fairly depressing subject matter of loss of a loved one and suicide I want to do something more lighthearted and whimsical.
This is something really different from your usual style. I think it's good you're exploring different genres and I think the 2.5D will add to the piece. I think the dark side may weigh a little heavy on the genre if you really want it to be very whimsical, but it depends on how dark and scary you make them. Looking forward to it, good work.
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