Higginbotham's Mind

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Safety first!
This page is a work in progress. As a result, the layout and/or content herein may be subject to change.
To do: think of something mildly witty to put in here.
To do: Include an image of the "Punch Poster" sticker from The Cosmos, and possibly have a section listing stickers that were intended for the theme.

Overview

Higginbotham's Mind was a scrapped theme intended for LittleBigPlanet 2. It was heavily based around arcade games and pixels. It was later merged with The Cosmos and the The Popov's Domain to become just The Cosmos, with most of the arcade elements being present in the theme.

Concept Art

Background

A background was in development for the theme, which would have included neon green elements similar to early 3D modeling software. The following concept is dated on the 19th of February, 2009.

Concept HigginbothamsMind Background Sketched.jpg

After a sketch was made, another mockup was made that included 3D models. It's possible that the background was put into a build of the game, but no references have been found for the theme in any build yet. The following concept is dated on the 1st of April, 2009.

Concept HigginbothamsMind Background Modeled.jpg

Costumes

There's concept art for some costumes that were planned for the theme; the only one that is known to be finalized is the Computerhead costume, which changed hands from this theme to Avalonia, and then to The Cosmos. The following concept is dated on the 23rd of June, 2009.

Concept HigginbothamsMind CostumeSheet.jpg

Other Concept Art

Other miscellaneous concept art exists for the theme, one of which mentioning "Punchinello's Arcade", which was later put into a sticker for The Cosmos.

Motifs

The following concept is dated on the 17th of April, 2009.

Concept HigginbothamsMind Motifs.jpg

Enemies

The following concept is dated on the 1st of May, 2009.

Concept HigginbothamsMind Enemies.jpg