While looking for images of decaying buildings I found this shot by a Michigan photographer in an article about decay in Michigan, USA.” Photographing Michigan” I love this image, at first I thought it was a drawing…it has a magical quality,and I want to have a magical quality in my game. The clouds are awesome. I think I want to develop this idea about decay and so I am going to look at doing my building for my assignment in timber, this gives great textures, and also eventually the game could use the decay, floors could collapse etc, also I like the sounds that will be available with this kind of structure, creaking and groaning of a timber structure in a humid swamp like setting.

I found this image of structures built on swamps, I like the contrasting sloping piers and the almost ludicrous idea that you can use a timber structure in such an unsuitable setting!! This also made me think about stilts, possibly another element for the games development, what is going on in the swamp below the castle..for example.