Toy Worlds Atlas - Intentionally Blank Unlimited

> [!INFO] **[[IBU/GAME DESIGN/Toy Worlds Atlas|Toy Worlds Atlas]]** > **Author**: Nikita Stulikov > **Teacher**: Eric McQuiggan & Mark Shannelly > **Genre**: A puzzle disguised as a colour-book; toy software > **UVP**: Toy Worlds Atlas is a colouring book game that explores philosophy, psychology and colour theory through creative puzzle-solving. Each colouring page is an intellectually stimulating visual feast that fits into a coffee break. The game fills the gap between ultra-casual puzzles and smart but tiresome cognitive training apps. > **Pitch**: [Pitch (Mar 2026)](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sea9WJTtWxqqaTsX_CcmCmgx0m5xuDjIJvpV795LEQg/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p) > **Paper prototype**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_PaperPrototype|TWA -- Paper Prototype GDD]] > **Style**: [Style Guide](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZwmhD4W7SzzeRWyANTybeawomkqsfpGs/view?usp=sharing) || [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Atlas Board.canvas|Moodboard (internal)]] > **Credits**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Credits|Credits]] > **Internal use**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/TWA_ Demo Production Doc|Production Doc]] || [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Marketing/TWA_ Marketing Passport|Marketing Passport]] > ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Trailers/TWA_Trailer3.mp4]] <iframe style="border-radius:0px" src="https://itch.io/embed/4285995?link_color=FE6F4B&border_color=3593e0" width="100%" height="152" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe> ## Levels (*Demo*) | Level | Puzzle Mechanic | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **[[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/A-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas A]]** (Beetle) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/A2.jpg]] | **Mechanic**: Some colouring buttons have an associated audio. **Goal**: The player must use more than 0 and less than 5 notes to complete the atlas ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/A-Gif2_WithAnimations.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/B-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas B]] (Dragonfly) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/B2.jpg]] | **Mechanic**: Each colourant represents one of three things: either a virtually real object, or a virtual object, or an exclusively physically real object. **Goal**: Choose only those colorants that represent things that can be real in a virtual reality. ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/B_gif.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/C-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas C]] (Starfish) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/C1.png]] | **Mechanic**: A certain combination of 5 colours represents a movie genre palette (e.g., sci-fi or western) **Goal**: Choose colours to fit a classic movie genre palette. ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/C_Gif.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/D-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas D]] (Plankton) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/D1.png]] | **Mechanic**: Colourants mix into new colours across transparent and non-transparent parts of the plankton. **Goal**: Mix colourants to keep more warm than cool colours on the page. **Compare**: [[IBU/ENVIRONMENTS/Zones/Daemonium\|Daemonium project]] ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/D_Gif.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/E-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas E]] (Jellyfish) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/E1.png]] | **Mechanic**: Regulate the ontological properties of a ghost **Goal**: Fit a randomly generated victory condition. **Reference**: Dennett D. "Consciousness Explained" ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/E_Gif_GoodIntentions-Full.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/F-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas F]] (Spider) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/F1.png]] | **Mechanic**: Press spideedoscope's eyes to change their colour. When 3 eyes have the same colour, they draw a triangle of this colour. When colours overlap, they create a shape of a new colour. Move eyes, or shuffle them as in a kaleidoscope. **Goal**: Create a shape similar to the shape shown above. ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/F-gif.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/G-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas G]] (Worm) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/G1.png]] | **Mechanic**: [Luscher-based](https://psytests.org/luscher/lus8en.html) puzzle with no wrong answers. The player must choose colours they like the most in a succession. Then the game gives the player a personalized psychological profile based on their choice. ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/G-gif.gif]] | | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/H-Atlas_Doc\|Atlas H]] (Amoeben) ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Images/H1.png]] | **Mechanic**: A colouring book page deconstructed into a puzzle platformer. Colourant buttons make the amoeba move, levitate, sing, split, etc. **Goal**: Rich the finish point at the bottom of the laboratory glass. ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/H-Gif.gif]] | **** ## Supporting Documents > [!example] Essentials > **Resources & Credits**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Credits|Credits]] > **Levels**: [[IBU/GAME DESIGN/Toy Worlds Atlas#Levels|Levels Table]] > **Style Guide**: [GoogleDrive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mN1RM27ByxoyPqmxJhQ6OF0Sup_6PNRo/view?usp=sharing) > **Code Doc**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Code/TWA_Code_Doc|TWA Code]] (architecture) > **UI**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_UI_Doc|TWA UI Doc]] (HUD, Menu, Accessibility) > **Sound**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Sound-Design_Doc|TWA Sound Design Doc]] > ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Interface/Menu_GIF.gif]] > [!quote] Game World > **Theme:** A [[GSc_MANUAL/Dennett_colorant/ConsciousnessExplained/Dennett_CExp_P.43_BloodyShadows.PhenomenologicalOrangery.jpeg|phenomenological orangery]] of ontological diversity. Grow toy worlds from colorants, fertilizers, soundscapes, mind-contents, epistemological anomalies, ethical paradigms. > > **Why toy worlds?** Living beings perceive reality differently. Each mind toys with a private and incomplete version of the shared world. Decide what colours these figments would have if we could substantiate them. > **Why atlases?** The game is an atlas of colour-book pages. Each page is an atlas too, a toy world, where colourants vary from [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/A-Atlas_Doc|geographical zones]] to [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/D-Atlas_Doc|existential modi of human being]]. > > **References**: [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/TWA_ Gameplay Reference|Gameplay Reference Doc]] || [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_ConceptReference|Conceptual Reference Doc]] > [!info] Core Features > **High-level concept**: *Toy Worlds Atlas* is a *colouring book* where each page presents a unique colouring *puzzle* that enriches the player's erudition through references to intellectual subjects. Puzzle pages can be solved in multiple ways, each time with a unique colour combination. Each coloured creature appears in a separate scene (the Orangery) where it interacts with other creatures, creating emergent effects. > > (**0**) Toyishness. The intrinsic fun of interaction. > (**1**) [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Coloring_Doc|Colouring]]. The game's core mechanic. > (**2**) [[IBU/GAME DESIGN/Toy Worlds Atlas#Levels|Puzzles]] (levels). Each uses colouring mechanic in a new way subverting the player's expectations. > (**3**) [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Code/TWA_Json_Doc|Recolouring Atlases]] (local multiplayer). Players can recolour same creatures differently, and gather variants in the Orangery. > (**4**) [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Orangery_Doc|The Orangery]] where completed creatures gather. > (**5**) [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Orangery-Interactions_Doc|Interactions between creatures]] in the Orangery. > > ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Orangery/Orangery3_Gif.gif]] *** ## Feature List | Type | Feature | Comment | Rationale | | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | *Mechanic* | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Coloring_Doc\|Colouring]]. Each puzzle contains a unique colouring mechanic | Choose colours according to a rule to solve the puzzle with a unique combination | Core mechanic. Turns colouring-book format into a logically or intellectually challenging and fun | | *Mechanic* | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Code/TWA_Json_Doc\|Recolourable Atlases]] | Atlases can be recoloured but all will save in the Orangery through Json (see [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Code/TWA_Json_Doc\|Json for TWA]]) | Achiever psychology, self-expression | | *Mechanic* | Personalization | The player can assign a custom name to a completed creature. The game also records the time of completion. They both are displayed in the Orangery | A proof of personal contribution to the collective play effort. Makes gameplay more memorable and meaningful. | | *Mechanic* | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Orangery-Interactions_Doc\|Interactions between creatures]] in the Orangery | Each new atlas added to the Orangery triggers surprising interactions, has unique animations and visual effects. | To make the Orangery scene more engaging; to boost player's experience through the anticipation and surprise | | *Mechanic* | Player Controller (in the Orangery) | When you click on the Atlas -> The player can control this atlas (StateMachine) -> The player collides the atlas with other atlases to see the effects of the collision | To facilitate the interaction between atlases in the Orangery | | *2D Art* | [[IBU/GAME DESIGN/Toy Worlds Atlas#Levels\|8 Atlases]] | Objects that are coloured at each page of the atlas | A core game element | | *UI*, *2D Art* | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_UI_Doc\|Menu, HUD]] | Toyification | UX | | *Animation* | Atlas's Animation on Completion | When the atlas (a creature) is complete, it gets smaller and crawls into the Orangery button | To make the completion of an atlas feel meaningful and more rewarding | | *Animation* | Atlas's Animation in Orangery | Idle movement animation | To create a swarming sensation | | Accessibility | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/ColourBlindness_Doc\|Colour Blindness]] | The feature is present in D- and H- atlases where it is relevant to the completion of a puzzle. | Accessibility | | *Sound* | [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/TWA_Sound-Design_Doc\|UI and gameplay sound design]] | Toyification | Juice and feedback loop | ![[IBU/APPENDIX/atlas.ibu]]