Concept art: a small rainbow-crayon bunny-bug with six legs and long ears stands on a mossy cave ledge. Across a gap, a grey spiky creature with sharp teeth waits on a rock. A paper note on the wall reads 'Drawing rules: six legs, long ears, round head', and a crayon-drawn health bar sits in the corner.

Brainstorming

Project Mercury: G1

A game idea in progress: a creature built from drawing rules, in a hand-drawn cave world. This is concept art and early thinking. Nothing is built yet.

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Trying different looks

Two more takes on the cave: a darker, quieter mood, and an angled view on a tile grid to see how paths and gaps might read. All concept art, not gameplay.

Concept art: the same crayon bunny-bug in a darker, moodier blue-purple cave with glowing mushrooms, facing a sketched, black-and-white toothy creature.

Concept art: an angled, top-down view of a tiled cave floor with chasms. The bunny-bug walks a stone path while round spiky enemies guard it. A paper panel labelled 'crayon UI' shows hearts and an energy bar.

A whole level, sketched

Routes drawn in crayon between two doorways, the six-legged passage and ears and eyes. A sketch to explore a level, not a map of anything built.

Concept art: a large cave level seen from above with stone bridges, stairs, waterfalls and glowing mushrooms. Colored crayon lines trace routes between two doorways labelled '6-legged passage' and 'Ears & eyes'.

What this is, and isn't

Concept art, not a game. Follow along and I'll share how it develops, including what I drop.

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Generated with Gemini. These images explore mood, camera angle and interface style. They are not gameplay or screenshots.
Undecided. Which view, rules and art style (if any) survive is not settled.
Shared as it goes. I'll share how it develops, including what I drop, in the newsletter.