Before I started creating the environment, I made some sketches to get an overall idea of what it would look like. I went for a style that is somewhat inspired by the works of Tim Burton.
The whole Idea was to make a rather spooky town that seems totally innocent on the outside and more eerie on the inside. I would have the player lead through a dark alley, only to find themselves at the abandoned town square with an ominous-looking tower in the back.