Some People Collect Stamps

Voodude collects souls, and looks damn good as he does so. I got the final animations done for him so his character model is ready for presenting on Thursday. I also cranked out some soul icons that would appear as collectables throughout the level. Each one is tailored to the level is appears in;

The tree soul appears in the deforestation level. The oil soul appears in an oil rig level. The electric soul appears in a power grid level. The gaseous soul appears in an engine level. For each of these levels I hope to make a high quality image on photoshop that shows a potential aesthetic. In the completed game each one would have a brief text prologue that explains what is going on and the souls' relevance. They will also have appropriately styled obstacles.
Deforestation:
- stray buzz saws
- broken conveyor belts
- falling trees
Oil Rig:
- oil slicks
- burning oil
Power Grid:
- electrified platforms
- arcing electricity (spirals around to chase the player)
- grid electricity (forces player to move to key platforms)
- sparks
Engine:
- pistons
- steam valves
- overheating
- stray machine parts
- certain platforms being covered up mechanically
I want to make the final level highly narrative focussed. The four levels leading up to it have been about rescuing souls from resources we abuse and take for granted. The final level would be about Voodude fleeing to the heart of the world as the earth around him corrodes and disintegrates. There, he sews the souls into the earth's core and waits for humanity to exhaust itself. A text epilogue will declare that only by living in harmony with our planet can we hope to live at all. This final level would be far more abstract than the others and would have Voodude saving human souls to sew into the earth's heart.
If anyone was to complete the game entirely there would be an option for a hard-mode play-through which will use more difficult combinations of obstacles and longer level time. If players beat that mode it could unlock a secret level: Hell. Voodude would run through hell from hell-hounds and evil spirits, freeing tormented souls as he goes. This is of course a mere passing thought but it could carry a message that our endeavour to rescue ourselves will be difficult but not impossible and we can escape from our past mistakes and the world we've made.