Game On!- Final Poster

I used my previous work in putting the poster together, most notably the piece of Steven with his arms outstretched. I also demonstrated a new strategy for depicting flames, by using the Smudge tool.
Because we managed to find a Biblical quote to relate to our game's storyline and the themes of guilt, sins and forgiveness are prominent in the game, I felt that a religious connotation would fit in well.

I decided to depict Steven in a pose suggesting he is begging for forgiveness, and I added a small tear of blood to his face to suggest massive internal suffering. The burnt monsters (his family) emerge from the flames that Steven is consumed in, and grab him in vengeance for their deaths and Steven succumbs without resistance.

The image of being consumed in fire and the town's name 'Ignis Lake' (meaning Lake of Fire) hearken to the Biblical concept of sinners being cast into a lake of fire in the afterlife, to punish them for their mortal sins. In the game, it's also symbolic of suffering and being trapped in your sins. The Bauchwitz hotel is also a reference to the real-life 'Hot Lake Hotel' that burned down in a fire and is rumoured to be haunted today.

Here's the final poster, both with and without the poster text:

The poster's image.

The finalized poster's design.