Spava is an indie project with unique hand-drawn graphics and meditative gameplay. Players will explore locations, searching for hidden items, solving puzzles, and uncovering new corners of this world.
Spava is like a secret dreamland. From the outside, it seems untouchable, wrapped up with concrete that hides the garden. Inside, it's like a map with different areas.
In the first concepts, the map resembled a forest with small patches of locations. In the final version, the map is a labyrinthine garden, and the locations are small statues.
outside concepts
final vision
first map concept
latest map concept
tree for map
final map
Each location is a quiet, unrealistic place. According to the game story, there's a spooky nightmare hiding in each spot, making them even more frightening. Each location consists of two parts - the exterior streets and interior spaces.
location "House" concept process
location "House" outside and inside parts
location "bath" concept process
location "green house" concept process
location "green House" inside
The puzzle window is kind of like a toy scene from a kid's theater, where we arrange the tiles based on associations. By the end of the puzzle, we discover the nightmare
puzzle window concept process
puzzle window final
The main associations - a house, garden, sun, and crow - were chosen for the game icon. The crow is a symbol of fear in dreams, and it is what we obtain at the end of each puzzle.
icon concept process
Tiles are used to search for items in the locations. The icons were chosen with simplified shapes.
tiles concept process
