1. Brainstorming Verbs ‘to infect’ – hopefully unseen gameplay styles Kept limitations of Gamemaker in mind Top down provides greater scope

2. We are pod people Initial ideas - disease god game Moved to ’Invasion of the Body Snatchers – The Game’ Interesting gameplay curve weak->dominating

3. Metal Gear Pacman Play the first pod person Infect the population one by one Stealth: Metal Gear Solid / Commandos Arcade: Pacman / Liquid wars

4. Visual Style Top down view of a city would be BORING/REPETITIVE Like every other GM game Abstract/stylised provides many more possibilities

5. Going inside Taking it back to its roots Body provides plethora of fascinating landscapes Not limited to real world aesthetics

6. Concept art Initial test of stylised look Went on to make icon-ified versions Interesting to play the evil character against the pure white enemies

7. Level Design Technique for designing a level Define the paths of the units, then fill in the landscape Draw over with the actual graphics