If you were in Psychonauts, what would your subconscious world look like?
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My mind would be slightly... split.Kollega said:
The dominant side would seem to be an opressive, cold, and clock work looking city. While it seems that the world would be cruel and mechanical at first, but that's because the people in it do what needs to be done, as in they keep emotions under control, do what seems to be the best thing at the time, try not to slip up and make themselves open and vulnerable to anyone else. Occaisonly there would be blast of multi-colored and exotic smelling steam blowing out from under man-holes and from pipes that would influence whatever it touches, that is some of the other would relieving excess pressure. The avatar of that half would resemble me but a bit greyer, he's calm, collected, and friendly. But he is distant, and extremely self critical, second guessing everything he does and never doing anything for himself without thinking what other people would think and say of him.
Now, should you go down the some holes and through some tubes you would end up in the other half. Everything would be in over-saturated colors, and everything would follow dream logic. It would tak place in what would look like a great fairgrounds, there would be actors, entertaining fun houses, freakshows, and even some random violence breaking out. But there would be the unmistaakeable feel of a good time had by everyone involved at someone elses expense. In the center of the world there would be a great tent, and there would be the avatar for that half. He too, would look like me, but scaled up, vibrant, wearing a ring-masters uniform. He would be cheery, and appear friendly, but he would lie to your face about anything, and be needlesly cruel for fun. He always tries to find a way out but is always found out and shut down by the other.
The Ringleader would apeal to the player for help, saying that the other world is choking them, and they just want to be free. The player would buy into this and help them out, leading in a massive break, wherin a civil war of sorts breaks out between the worlds, the steam punk citizens of order duking it out with the chaotic carnies. In the player will have to beat the Ringleader down and lock him back up
And to set the mood, here's the music for the worlds
Let's explore that together, shall we?
It would be non-euclidean in design and architectural style: I am not easily understood.
It would be gray in the sky all the time in perpetual dusk: I don't emote well.
The world would be utterly silent, not even wind would blow.
If it had a soundtrack, it would be this.
It is appropriate.
The people would all be armed and armored due to the mental barriers I have. Also, they would always be in turmoil because of my racing thoughts.
The people would also reflect my bibliophilia somehow. They would all carry with them a book I deem important or interesting (Ayn Rand, Hyperion, Harry Potter, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, etc.)
I was thinking the primary building to be half-library.
It would be non-euclidean in design and architectural style: I am not easily understood.
It would be gray in the sky all the time in perpetual dusk: I don't emote well.
The world would be utterly silent, not even wind would blow.
If it had a soundtrack, it would be this.
It is appropriate.
The people would all be armed and armored due to the mental barriers I have. Also, they would always be in turmoil because of my racing thoughts.
The people would also reflect my bibliophilia somehow. They would all carry with them a book I deem important or interesting (Ayn Rand, Hyperion, Harry Potter, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, etc.)
I was thinking the primary building to be half-library.
Well i'll begin with trying to analyze my own mind. I tend to think very ´quickly and in rather confusing and random patterns. I also tend to have problems with truly relaxing and calming my thoughts. Therefore i imagine it to be a city that looks like Times Square in New York , people would go to places in fast cars, helicopters or just by running everywhere. A lot of things would be going on at once, and the billboards and tv-screens would show memes, clips from movies/tv i have watched, scenes in games etc.
My mood tend to change quickly from one thing to the other so the weather and atmosphere of the city would most likely change quickly and often. People would most likely be friendly and charismatic for the most part, except if you mess with them or try to stop them from doing what they want. Then they would probably get really pissed and angrily walk away/argue with you or even begin to fight.
My thoughts tend to be concerned either with doing whatever i have to do so that i can focus on doing whatever i want. Or simply enjoying what i'm currently doing. Or things i want to do/become in the future.So the people would most likely try to do their work as quickly as they could and then focus on having fun or chilling. They would also all to constantly be preparing for interesting future careers or planning things that they want to do.
The city would be on an island, with a central rail station that you could use to ride to other smaller islands in the vincinty. Those would be based on my interests so one would be a warzone, one a giant concert, a giant nightclub, a big political debate, a games convention etc.
Sound kind of fun (if a bit hectic) actually.
My mood tend to change quickly from one thing to the other so the weather and atmosphere of the city would most likely change quickly and often. People would most likely be friendly and charismatic for the most part, except if you mess with them or try to stop them from doing what they want. Then they would probably get really pissed and angrily walk away/argue with you or even begin to fight.
My thoughts tend to be concerned either with doing whatever i have to do so that i can focus on doing whatever i want. Or simply enjoying what i'm currently doing. Or things i want to do/become in the future.So the people would most likely try to do their work as quickly as they could and then focus on having fun or chilling. They would also all to constantly be preparing for interesting future careers or planning things that they want to do.
The city would be on an island, with a central rail station that you could use to ride to other smaller islands in the vincinty. Those would be based on my interests so one would be a warzone, one a giant concert, a giant nightclub, a big political debate, a games convention etc.
Sound kind of fun (if a bit hectic) actually.
I'd imagine it as some sort of big homage to gaming. Characters be 16-bit sprites, the world itself would probably resemble something out of a 2D Mario or Sonic game, and there would be a master controller (Used by me) that controls everything that goes on in my mind.
And then the meat plants would crop up, and Double Fine would have to make a sequel.
And then the meat plants would crop up, and Double Fine would have to make a sequel.
A city in ruins, burning...
It's night, the moon big and the illumination is on the blue spectrum. The sea is red, and everything seems like decay and it has a suicidal tone to it. Quiet, atmospheric piano and guitar music is heard in the distance.
The floor has chains, stones, grass, knives, music sheets and blood all over it...
Mmm, I like my mind. Maybe I should write a book with this setting.
It's night, the moon big and the illumination is on the blue spectrum. The sea is red, and everything seems like decay and it has a suicidal tone to it. Quiet, atmospheric piano and guitar music is heard in the distance.
The floor has chains, stones, grass, knives, music sheets and blood all over it...
Mmm, I like my mind. Maybe I should write a book with this setting.
Well to start off it wouldn't be that bright. Not necessarily dark, just not that bright. Think twilight right after a sunset. You can still see around pretty well its just that nothing is well-lit. The air is cool and dry. Grey is a very dominate color overall, but there is still plenty of muted greens, blues, purples, and yellows (I'm not one to really express my emotions that much). The sky always cloudy but you can still see a somewhat dull orange sun hanging in the sky. For the most part everything is generally quiet or at least muted. Even the unknown music playing in the background sounds distant. The only time this is interrupted is when a fierce storm comes rolling it (I can be quite emotional at times). The sky turns a dark red and the winds become violent. The strange music you always hear crescendos and becomes angry and brutal. These storms pass quickly though and never cause that much damage despite their furiousity.
As you look around you realize you're on an island surrounded by a calm sea. There are no signs of life on the horizon and the only boat is a small wooden dingy (I'm pretty introverted). The island is big enough though, so you won't feel that pent-in. The people inhabiting it seem normal enough at first, but once you look closer there is definitely something not right about them (I act pretty normal around most people but I'm anything but). Some of them look half dead, others seems stretched into odd body shapes. Some have long-thin limbs while others are overly rotund. Some even look partly melted. They are friendly at first, but cross them and a darker, more malicious side will immediately come apparent (This parallels my own demeanor towards others). For the most part though they won't talk unless spoken to.
Venture deeper into the island and you'll begin to discover some odder things. Areas look war-torn and desolate, riddled with craters. Others are actually lusher, with the plants looking very healthy and abundant (I'm not that fucked up). The inhabitants are similarly strange. Odd grinning people dressed in patchwork rags randomly roam the forest, incessantly joke about everything to who ever will listen. And even those who won't (My ever present humor). Camps of disturbing-yet-alluring females bound in leather (think daemonettes from 40k and the Tainted Coil from BL) will tempt any who come across them (Hello sexual urges). Hunters march across the island destroying whatever they deem to be "Unneeded". They are faceless and merciless and will not be stopped from their mission (My self-created thought-commissars that I use to represent my tendency to just stop a line of thought).
Guess that's about it. Lovely place eh?
As you look around you realize you're on an island surrounded by a calm sea. There are no signs of life on the horizon and the only boat is a small wooden dingy (I'm pretty introverted). The island is big enough though, so you won't feel that pent-in. The people inhabiting it seem normal enough at first, but once you look closer there is definitely something not right about them (I act pretty normal around most people but I'm anything but). Some of them look half dead, others seems stretched into odd body shapes. Some have long-thin limbs while others are overly rotund. Some even look partly melted. They are friendly at first, but cross them and a darker, more malicious side will immediately come apparent (This parallels my own demeanor towards others). For the most part though they won't talk unless spoken to.
Venture deeper into the island and you'll begin to discover some odder things. Areas look war-torn and desolate, riddled with craters. Others are actually lusher, with the plants looking very healthy and abundant (I'm not that fucked up). The inhabitants are similarly strange. Odd grinning people dressed in patchwork rags randomly roam the forest, incessantly joke about everything to who ever will listen. And even those who won't (My ever present humor). Camps of disturbing-yet-alluring females bound in leather (think daemonettes from 40k and the Tainted Coil from BL) will tempt any who come across them (Hello sexual urges). Hunters march across the island destroying whatever they deem to be "Unneeded". They are faceless and merciless and will not be stopped from their mission (My self-created thought-commissars that I use to represent my tendency to just stop a line of thought).
Guess that's about it. Lovely place eh?
Happy, smiley, bright and colourful. Oh, and over there in that corner, behind the bulging door? Yeah, we don't go in there. There's a letterbox for shoving feelings through, but we don't ever open that door, otherwise it takes ages to round everything back up and paint the world colourful again.
My mind would look like a black and white, steamboat willie-esque town circa the 1940-1950's since I'm a very old school person. Everyone in my life would live in this town and do nothing but wander aimlessly all day.
In the center of this little town would be a massive tower of spinning gears and cogs working in unison, since I like to think that I'm a methodical and orderly person.
Since I have ADD, when I haven't taken my medicine the cogs spin wildly and without order.
The tower would be nearly endless, and my subconcious version of myself would be at the very top on a throne made of video game cartridges, showing both my love of video games and my extreme ego.
Next to me would stand my role models, Frank Sonatra, who would be my passive side, and Bruce Lee, my aggressive side.
Because I'm not very social, there would be no color or anything other than my tower of gears.
Finally, in the center of the tower would be a furnace room that is having pictures of the many, many people in my life who I loathe and despise thrown in.
In the center of this little town would be a massive tower of spinning gears and cogs working in unison, since I like to think that I'm a methodical and orderly person.
Since I have ADD, when I haven't taken my medicine the cogs spin wildly and without order.
The tower would be nearly endless, and my subconcious version of myself would be at the very top on a throne made of video game cartridges, showing both my love of video games and my extreme ego.
Next to me would stand my role models, Frank Sonatra, who would be my passive side, and Bruce Lee, my aggressive side.
Because I'm not very social, there would be no color or anything other than my tower of gears.
Finally, in the center of the tower would be a furnace room that is having pictures of the many, many people in my life who I loathe and despise thrown in.
It would be very open and expansive, with a lot of paths, some of which occasionally fade into nothing, all wrapped into a large spheroid shape.
It would be a gently rolling countryside, except, instead of grass, there is a thick purple carpet.
And the sky is green. There are sheep that glow a little bit and their wool is pale purple, and they bite from time to time. There are also guitars, amps and basses dotted around.
And occasionally, if you don't do anything much for a while, a tentacle will come out of the ground and drag you under (I have shittingly huge phobia of squid and octopi).
And there are naked chicks somewhere.
Underground isa bit like above ground, except for monsters that are constantly behind you so you never see them. Until they attack you.
Basically, my mind is mostly harmless (and a bit dull), I miss the countryside of home, I'm fairly nice and cuddly usually, and I love music. If I'm unoccupied and alone for ages I get a bit jumpy and end up thinking about, say, the girl from The Grudge and end up crapping myself (figuratively). I could happily spend ages there provided I do stuff.
And the sky is green. There are sheep that glow a little bit and their wool is pale purple, and they bite from time to time. There are also guitars, amps and basses dotted around.
And occasionally, if you don't do anything much for a while, a tentacle will come out of the ground and drag you under (I have shittingly huge phobia of squid and octopi).
And there are naked chicks somewhere.
Underground isa bit like above ground, except for monsters that are constantly behind you so you never see them. Until they attack you.
Basically, my mind is mostly harmless (and a bit dull), I miss the countryside of home, I'm fairly nice and cuddly usually, and I love music. If I'm unoccupied and alone for ages I get a bit jumpy and end up thinking about, say, the girl from The Grudge and end up crapping myself (figuratively). I could happily spend ages there provided I do stuff.