Loose Threads Concept Book
This is my first concept book of the game. It includes backgrounds, player and enemy designs, actions, and a look into the world's setting.
Cover of my concept book!
Loose Threads is an action-adventure style platformer, set in a textiles factory. The player is a material-shifting being who can't stay sewn together while everyone around prides themselves on collective identity.
I was inspired by a previous game I helped develop called Constellations, where the player is also trying to find their place in the world. For my artstyle, I drew inspiration from Slime Rancher's Tarr Slime and Pillow World from Adventure Time.
Each material that the player takes as a weakness. The rope is ticklish and can't hold a pose for too long. The burlap sack can't fit things that at too big. The yarn ball is a destructionist through and through.
Deep dive on how their perceived weaknesses are actually their strengths!
Different textiles are made on different assembly lines in the factories, naturally creating nations. Each textile civilization have different values. Dust Bunnies gather on the factory floor, made from bits and pieces that no want wants.
What each assembly line, their entrances, and factory floor looks like.
Extra art made from my process.
Back cover with a dust bunny accidentally sewn into the pages.