Welcome to our first We Were Here Together dev blog! Our plan is to use these posts to talk a bit about our creative process, show off some work-in-progress assets, and generally lift the curtain a little on how we develop our games. For this first blog, we'll look at some of the places we take inspiration from when creating assets and designing locations for We Were Here Together. We draw inspiration from all kinds of things as we work on our games - anything from photographs to painted artwork to bits of old stories and legends can be useful! Here are a few of the images weve been using as we work on the base camp - a new location youll be able to explore together in We Were Here Together, the next game in our coop puzzle series!
The first image is from Scotts Hut in Antarctica, which was built in 1911, last saw use in 1917, and is still standing today. Its well preserved due to the incredible cold! Naturally the structures youll see in the new game will be more modern, but in terms of layout and general atmosphere Scotts Hut is still great inspiration.
The second image is more modern. Of course the walkie-talkies will still be a central part of the game in We Were Here Together, and communication in general is vital in any expedition to unexplored places. The mess of devices and cables is also appropriate for We Were Here because figuring it out could practically be a puzzle by itself or maybe it already is ;)
Finally, the third image is a typical art-deco building. Our visual style is a combination of 70s, art-deco, steampunk, and other elements. The walkie-talkies you can recognize as being heavily art-deco inspired, for instance. Well have more dev blogs coming up in future, including some work-in-progress behind the scenes images from We Were Here Together! Watch this space...