Design/Proving so far

Apart from the various aspects we've discussed, I've been playing around with some concepts that are a little more fully formed. I'll upload them as I finish.

Level Concept 1:

Just quickly playing in Photoshop with the idea of three tracks, and possibilities of making one of the tracks higher at some points. Also some UI ideas.

Progress so far. .

I feel it important to note that I have done some concept art. Haven't scanned yet, but will update this post when I have with pictures.

On a side note: I got the new student version of Maya 2011. Liking some of the changes, but seeing as I was rusty before, relearning is a little uphill. But, with the changes, it's also not boring.

Pics for Project

Posting the links for later use.

http://browse.deviantart.com/gameart/gameconcepts/buildings/#/d38rz4c
http://browse.deviantart.com/gameart/gameconcepts/buildings/#/d37wuo8
http://browse.deviantart.com/gameart/gameconcepts/buildings/?q=desert#/d2mtmmq
http://browse.deviantart.com/gameart/?q=desert#/d2r7jh1
http://browse.deviantart.com/gameart/?q=desert#/d2y6qvb
http://browse.deviantart.com/gameart/3dgame/monsters/?order=9&offset=144#/d2idher

I still like the idea of having the setting be some sort of desert planet. From the initial pitch we were told that the game would take place on a planet that had a stronger sun/was closer to and would thus make the effects of the sun a little more dramatic for our purposes.

From this, I kind of latched on to the idea that it should be on a desert planet, but I am willing to investigate other possibilities. (Snow and water surfaces reflect sunlight for burns as well. So planets covered in those would work good too.)

Either way, I also got a couple shots with a character who covers himself. This seems like a smart choice considering we want to avoid direct contact with light in the game.