For those who don't know, Beyond Life was my entry into the Nvidia/TGC game contest. Do a search in YouTube for Beyond Life to catch the 2 uploaded videos
I thought I would post this thread as I find it interesting discovering peoples inspirations and sketch work.
Beyond Life is based on a story I came up with when I was about, oooh ... well i was in school anyway, not long started secondary school. The original story was a called Officer 24, and featured the main character as a guy called Edward:
Bare in mind I did all these images ( minus the renders and in-game shots )as a child, yonks ago
Now, Edward has been my personal cartoon character since i could put pen to paper, so naturally i elected him as the star.
The original Story for Officer 24 was deeply inspired by Disney's Sci-Fi classic The Black Hole. Edward and his crew were on a space ship called the Kal-Manora:
The ship design was again inspired by The Black Hole, but also there were elements of Aliens, 2001: a space odyssey and Event Horizon. The ship changed shape for the game, featuring a unique and compact design:
So anyway, the Kal-Manora was built for the purpose of traveling into a black hole, but it wouldn't be a space exploration story without disaster:
In short, the black hole revealed a few truths about the main character and forced Edward to fight himself regarding a few secrets he had to hide from the other crew members:
The black hole was also inhabited by a race of creatures who, quite literally, knew absolutely everything about anything:
It wasn't just the supernatural that Edward had to fight though, there were other crew members, scared crew members, who would turn against him at the brink of destruction:
Although the story to Beyond Life is rewritten and far more mature, the heart of Officer 24 remains. I SOOO can't wait for the game to be eventually uploaded, because you may find a few nods to its original inspiration.
Games which have inspired me, well.... there is only one. Deus Ex is the only game which made my draw drop, a game so intelligent it has been with me ever since I started planning Beyond Life.
Thanks you for reading this thread, I hope I've provided some ideas or inspiration
i hope that soon, you too will be able to play as Edward, and uncover the mysteries of the unknown aboard the kal-Manora: