The Illinois of Art, Chicago	Game Prototyping
	Instructor: Lindsay Grace

 

In reviewing last quarters work and our future direction, let's review successes and failures that relate to our Asylum game concept and design. The following games represent solid approaches to solving similar game problems that your team faces. Although I'm not sure that "insanity" is the strong point of your design concept, you may want to investigate some games that involve insanity.

• Portal - review simplicity and accolades
• Penumbra: Overture - review weapon and fear factor
• Cursor*10 - review puzzle innovation (remember Braid?)

A few games with Insanity

• American McGee's Alice
• Of Light and Darkness (perhaps evidence of how strange by itself does not pay)

Solving Mystery:

• Condemed: Criminal Origins (for creep factor/atmosphere and mystery)

Scares:

• Please see previously provided links here
• The Thing
• Silent Hill (including 4, "The Room")
• Clock Tower (scary, but not a big hit)

The following are more loosely related to your game concept, but do offer some useful information:

Loosely Related:

• Consider playing in an Asylum: Back to the Asylum (casual game about plush toys in psychiatric trouble)

And what not to do . . .

• Escape from Bug island [review | video]

You may also want to review the culture and history of an important character - the Asylum

• Long Island Asylums
• Photographs of varied Asylums

   

   

   

   

   

   

Provided by Lindsay Grace for students of the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago. These documents may be used by others when properly credited. Please email lgrace at aii edu for more information.