Right now, I'm developing a horror game that will be influenced by dark children's entertainment and spooky cartoons like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Gravity Falls, Coraline, ParaNorman, etc.

It would be characterized by the cartoonishly deranged art direction, nightmarish imagery, surrealistic and bizarre environments, mind-bending psychological narrative, a dark and macabre sense of humor juxtaposing with the horror elements, and old-school resource management gameplay reminiscent of games like the classic Resident Evil and Silent Hill. The monsters would look like something out of HP Lovecraft and Junji Ito's works, whereas the designs of the main characters, being small anthropomorphic animals, are more chibi-like in appearance in a similar vein to Animal Crossing or Happy Tree Friends, albeit with a twisted Invader Zim-style vibe.

Here are some of my concept art demonstrating the style of my horror game:

What do you think? What kind of aesthetics would you perfectly describe my Courage the Cowardly Dog/Invader Zim-style horror game and its inspirations? Anyways, please let me know about my style down below.