I was an honourable mention for the competition!!
Explorations and gameplay
Design
I did this project for AtomHawk's Art Competition: The Return, since I really like characters and games I've had the idea of doing an IP using the Icarus greek myth as inspiration.
The Return of Icarus!
Because of his constant actions that defied the laws of nature and the gods, Daedalus, a renowned inventor, was banned from Athens and, in his exile at Creta, imprisoned with his son Icarus at the highest tower by King Minos, with no chance of escaping until their deaths.
The legend tells us how he used wax and feathers from different birds to build a pair of wings. It had a specific way to be used, it couldn't fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. The sun would melt the wax, and the sea would soak the feathers.
Icarus, full of himself, ignored his father's warnings and came too close to the sun, which due to the heat, melted the wax, making him eventually fall to his death.
Daedalus wept for his son and buried him.
The story I created is about Icarus having a second chance to live and, this time, flying on the right path in a wingsuit race, with his dad as his mechanic and coach.
The game would be a VR game and the player will have to use his body movements to play. The gameplay is heavily dependent by the movements that you do, meaning that you will have to make specific poses to gain more speed or to glide. If you fall, Icarus would fall as well. This would create a really engaging experience to play with friends and see each other doing weird and funny poses.
Enjoy!
