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The Fungus Mines of Coryn

In the early designs of Coryn, the landscape was speckled with various ‘smurfesque’ mushrooms, and flora. While I liked the idea of building on the terrain, and using it to the ants’ advantage, this did not seem to be the way to do it. And so many hours were spent sketching, and erasing, and scribbling, and writing, until finally while on a camping trip with friends the answer came.

We were walking through the woods when we came across some bright, and beautiful fungus growing on a fallen tree. It was a vivid orange in colour, and the shape seemed to flow from the tree, and within itself. As we continued our walk we saw more and more of this strange fungus, in some cases it seemed to be more prevalent than the tree it was growing from.

Upon returning to the campsite, I grabbed my sketchpad, and started work on what would become the concept design for the new Coryn. I used this fantastic fungus to create a unique look, and better still a backbone to the ant colony. As the twisted team would continue Coryn’s design and development, the fungus became an integral part of the hill ant community.