Henry's Garage
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| Game: | LittleBigPlanet 2 | ||||||||
| Creator: | Henry[note 1] | ||||||||
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Henry's Garage was an early predecessor to Avalonia and the fourth theme of LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode; its design followed current technology, as well as clinical, near-future styles.[2][1]
Overview
Through early to late 2009, Avalonia went under the internal name of Henry's Garage, present in assets, as well as concept art and developer descriptions. Henry's Garage is present on multiple layouts for LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode, where it is placed prominently under Da Vinci's Hideout, sometimes connecting the two themes. It is commonly depicted as a cylindrical electronic structure, consistent with the rest of Garage's visuals.
Also referred to as the "Car Factory", Henry's Garage followed the trend of scientific art and music direction that LittleBigPlanet 2 was initially designed around, with it being thematically based on current technology and sterile industrial environments. With the probable absence of Avalon Centrifuge's character at this point in development, Henry's Garage lacks any motifs pertaining to him. The fourth theme's transition to Avalonia is apparent around late 2009, where Avalon Centrifuge became a prominent part of the story mode, designed as the main antagonist.
Described by soundtrack composer Kenneth Young, music direction for Henry's Garage was designed after the theme's art direction, based around "clinical, near future" sounds; while vague, these descriptions went largely unchanged once the soundtrack for Avalonia was later finalized.[1]
Concept art and development images created concurrently around June 2009 feature Henry's Garage along with "for green light" labels, suggesting the theme's use in material leading up to the sequel being approved for production. These concepts showcase progress for the theme's procedural materials, objects, background, and, notably, an early set piece for Huge Spaceship.
Creator curator
Henry's Garage follows similar title nomenclature to other themes in early development and refers to an unknown creator curator that shared its name. There is little definite information about Henry, including his last name, appearance, or role in LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode. Concept art created for the story's main cast align with art made specifically for Henry's Garage, depicting a character designed after the Scientist - a minor supporting character in LittleBigPlanet's story mode. It is ambiguous as to whether the creator curator of Henry's Garage was redesigned and renamed as Avalon Centrifuge, though aspects of the latter's design are visually derived from this unknown creator curator.
Assets
Assets under Garage's name exist in recovered builds - specifically the TGS 2009 Move demo build.
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Screenshots
Huge Spaceship.
r32057, 11 June 2009.
Compilation.
18 June 2009.
Concept art
Notes
- ↑ Namesake of a yet unknown creator curator.