Just what is the focus of the project and what does Necropolis have to do with it?

The focus of this project (the Master's one) will be to create a level with the visual style of the game.

The actual game itself is a 3-rd person action-oriented shooter with platforming elements.

It will not focus on gameplay, characters, or story. That comes after I have the foundation for it, which will come from the pre-production materials I am working on and the actual level for the Master's project.

Art Style wise this game will be almost parodic, heavily exaggerated.

Necropolis is a level within this game project. The structure of the game world is much like older platforming titles such as Jak 2, Ratchet and Clank, Sonic Adventure series, with a central world and smaller segments where the gameplay takes place. Each level will differ thematically from others, such as in the titles I have mentioned.

The Gunsmith enemies in this project inhabit dark, industrial factories with glowing molten metal and assembly lines, the Valley of Dead Soldiers is a massive rift in a buried part of the city where the dead refuse to rest, and the German Soldiers are in a forested area around a massive Wehrmacht bunker, for example.

This Necropolis level is an empty hospital inside of the Valley of Dead Snipers, where most of the unresting dead caught in the time of the cataclysm are trapped and angry at their fate. The Necropolis itself, a hospital once dedicated to bringing life, now houses the dead inside of this Valley.

The Valley of Dead Snipers is a rift, a pit inside of a city with structures towering around it, much like the city of Dubai seen in Spec Ops: The Line.

http://www.gameguru.in/img/spec-ops-the-line-demo.jpg

Source: http://www.gameguru.in/action/2012/09/spec-ops-the-linedemo-coming-to-xbl-psn-may-15/

Design of the city is based on real-world examples and architecture styles from the Soviet Union as well as some modern examples. Getting the style right will be a challenge. Much like the steam-punk style of Dishonored, the style of this game will be heavily influenced by the setting.

http://www.evilsourcegaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dishonored-3.jpg

Source: http://www.evilsourcegaming.com/review/dishonored/

A good example of the architecture style and what I am aiming for can be seen in the game You Are Empty.

References of real-world examples of the traditional Soviet Stalinist architecture style and the Soviet Union in the 80's can be found here.

http://englishrussia.com/2012/11/27/moscow-from-the-forbidden-roof/#more-114608

http://englishrussia.com/2012/11/26/soviet-city-of-the-80s/#more-114494