3000 Miles Under London is a project I've been developing for about 2 weeks now. The aim is for it to be survival horror inspired with a steampunk theme. I'm thinking of making it an animation before making it a game and using the animation as a pitch to programmers I need for the uh...programming. The game has RPG elements like a planned 3 point leveling system called D.I.G. (Discovery Points, Item Points, and Gore Points.) DP is gained by exploring the map and getting all the squares, such as it was in Super Metroid. IP is gained by crafting items out of found objects in order to survive and upgrade your gear. GP is gained by brutally slaying enemies on the level. The main player character's name is Edgar Edison (which can be changed like in an RPG - he's also the classic silent protagonist) The thing in the middle of the level screen is called a drill house. Think of it as a scary cabin in the woods, made of metal, and able to move between level locations on the overworld map (well, underworld map). I'll add more as it gets done and gets c+c'd. Oh! Edgar rides a heavy buzz saw unicycle which he grinds into foes with cool tricks as a melee weapon.

That's about all I've got for now. I'd like it a whole bunch if I could get some comments when you guys wanna comment.

So I was thinking about the menu system and how it would work out since our yet to be named hero owns a hat that's bigger on the inside than the outside ^see above post^ - Anyway I want the brim of the top hat to be a different color besides black, maybe grey not purple. There are "Cane Tools" and "Items". The cane tools are things that can be screwed onto the curved top end of the (wonderfully mysterious nearly magical) cane to modify it's function besides that of just plain cane use. For instance if you screw a light bulb onto it you get night vision as well as other wacky things for other items. Items would just be things like food items to restore health, crafting materials, and maybe a key card or two. Okay, maybe not key cards.


What I mean by crafting materials is that I want there to be some item collection going on, but not just with the purpose of "yay I got this thing". Something like you have to collect a certain amount of materials from piles of junk or something to craft your own save point/marker. There would be a limited number of materials to find to be sure and you would probably be able to buy some for a higher price.   

The outer brim of the top hat would be similar to a "ring menu" in that you would select options from the center point at the bottom and they would rotate according to selection. I think that would take care of the pause menu.

I think a 3/4 view is usually best for the reasons them guys stated. However, if you're pumping this out in a week you may want to keep it simple like you said. I take it he's a little miner guy of some persuasion. I hope he mines something besides dirt and have it be like, oh I don't know, giant cookies and desserts or some such thing. I also get the feeling he's a mole-person and not just a regular old person from the sprite. I could be wrong about that part, though. Nice work so far.

So you're using 8 colors right? I still have trouble with the right terms with these things...
I think you should vary your colors more? Right now I can't tell that there's a guy on the right very well.
Maybe less details?