Day 9: Science Club Concepts

I love sci-fi stuff, so designing the science club was really fun. Here, you can see the process that we went through while designing the room.

1. We were originally planning to have Kaga's "master computer" be on a slightly raised platform, but then I realized that this would present pathfinding problems and blood cleanup problems, so we lowered it to the ground.

2. The original color scheme was going to involve red/orange trim, but I eventually decided that it didn't look right, and to go with different colors.

3. Originally, Homu was going to work on the robot with tools rather than have mechanical arms do it. However, it was easier to request a "mechanical arms that work on robot" asset rather than request a "girl tinkers on robot" animation, so that idea was scrapped.

4. Black boards just weren't "sci fi" enough for the room, so they were replaced with holograms and other things that looked sufficiently cool.

5. Originally, Kaga was going to sit in a chair like a James Bond villain, but adding a chair would have presented pathfinding complexity, so instead, he stands.

6. The concept art that was created for this room depicted a really huge room, probably because I didn't properly communicate the actual dimensions of the room to the artist. I had to move some things around, but in the end, it did work out.

7. We were originally going to have some anime references in here like an incubating Pokemon egg and a Divergence Meter from Steins;Gate, but this was around the point in time that I was starting to get complaints about "too many easter eggs", so I decided not to do it.

8. The "cleaner robot" was originally going to be a wheeled tray with a mechanical arm that would grab things. However, this was scrapped in favor of a "Roomba" design that would take up less space.

9. As you can see, there were a lot of fun designs for Kaga's Master computer here, and even a 3D model that was created for one of them. It was never finished, either because I told the modeler "Wait, stop, this is too large and bulky, it shouldn't be like this!" or because the modeler vanished, which happens from time to time.

10. When I look at this old concept art, the one thing I think would be really cool to use would be the concept for the floor texture, sort of creating these "designated areas" for each of the Science Club members. It seems like an easy asset to create, too...maybe one day.