Sourcing inspiration from the 'real world' for Neyyah
Hey everyone! I thought I'd share some of my inspirations for Neyyah's world. A lot of the places around me help shape certain elements such as architecture and the general shape and form of the world layout and arrangements.
I started Neyyah back in Western Australia, and everything has a much more recent, modern look to it. I very quickly dived into my nostalgia for the older historic vibes my home country of England had to offer. It was great being amongst everything which was strewn in layers of rust and grunge, as this helps shape the abandoned weathered world of Neyyah - and definitely helps deliver more realism to the world, too!
Here's an example of a rusted pipe found on Felixstowe beach here in England, very close to where I live and where I grew up too. Not only did the rusted textured form of the pipe help inspire the following model I created for my game, but it was the wooden post structures that support it which I really wanted to include too!
It's the little details, too, which I tend to add, even if they weren't present within the real life photograph reference! This tend to include bolts, nails, metal brackets ... A consideration of how the structure would be kept together, how it helps support the structure in place, etc ... I try to consider all these things when I am designing all the pockets of the Neyyah world!
Here are a couple of other local areas and their corresponding influences on areas of Neyyah ...
(a barn seen every day on one of my local country walks)
The building within Neyyah, which I created by referencing the above barn photo. It was, in fact, quite exciting recently developing the interior for this building, as everu time I now walk past this barn, I think to myself, 'imagine if that area I created for Neyyah was ACTUALLY inside there ...'
Sourcing inspiration from the world around you definitely breathes more life to the game world you are creating, and this helps strengthen the world building elements of the game!
- Aaron Gwynaire / Defy Reality Entertainment
I started Neyyah back in Western Australia, and everything has a much more recent, modern look to it. I very quickly dived into my nostalgia for the older historic vibes my home country of England had to offer. It was great being amongst everything which was strewn in layers of rust and grunge, as this helps shape the abandoned weathered world of Neyyah - and definitely helps deliver more realism to the world, too!
Here's an example of a rusted pipe found on Felixstowe beach here in England, very close to where I live and where I grew up too. Not only did the rusted textured form of the pipe help inspire the following model I created for my game, but it was the wooden post structures that support it which I really wanted to include too!
It's the little details, too, which I tend to add, even if they weren't present within the real life photograph reference! This tend to include bolts, nails, metal brackets ... A consideration of how the structure would be kept together, how it helps support the structure in place, etc ... I try to consider all these things when I am designing all the pockets of the Neyyah world!
Here are a couple of other local areas and their corresponding influences on areas of Neyyah ...
(a barn seen every day on one of my local country walks)
The building within Neyyah, which I created by referencing the above barn photo. It was, in fact, quite exciting recently developing the interior for this building, as everu time I now walk past this barn, I think to myself, 'imagine if that area I created for Neyyah was ACTUALLY inside there ...'
Sourcing inspiration from the world around you definitely breathes more life to the game world you are creating, and this helps strengthen the world building elements of the game!
- Aaron Gwynaire / Defy Reality Entertainment