1970's gurney reference

I have come across this image of a gurney from the 70's. Good wisual reference.

First Hand Information

I have found two people online that both work in the mental health profession. One of them is a sichiatris for the police and the other works on a ward in a mental hospital.

They have both offered their help in giving us research on the way mental hospitals look, feel and sound and are giving me an insight into the types of mental illness that will help push our game to a good level of detail when it comes to mental illness.

This is what I was given by the first of these people and she wishes to remain annonymus she calls herself "Sexyashell"

"let’s start with some depts. there are administrations, I.E. admitting, case managers, billing and coding. Then there is security, then there are wards and the wards are levels of severity. Level 1 is people that can manage their mental illness with medications and they will have a short stay. level 2 are people that have a slightly more severe mental illness and will require a longer stay but could manage their illness with medications but will probably be admitted back into the hospital several times throughout their lives. Level 3 have a more aggressive and more serious form of mental illness. They will probably require a long hospital stay and there may even be a chance that they will never get out because they are not safe for themselves or for the public. They are on heavy kinds and large doses of medications but it only helps a little bit. Then there are level 4, the criminally insane. These people will never get out they are a danger to themselves and to others. They will cause serious harm to people around them; they are on heavy meds, like lithium. They are watched by security, hospital staff at all times if they are not locked in their rooms. There mental illness has caused them to be in a prison in their own head.
Then there is the nurses, doctors, and psychiatric techs and other psych staff. These people all have direct contact with the patients.

The outside of a state mental hospital will be close to looking like a prison. It will have fences and maybe even bob-wire fences around the level 3 and level 4 wards. It may even have a paediatric mental health ward. i hope this helps some if you have any questions please let me know.
Sexyashell

No Internet

Well little of it, I go to download a texture and the internet dies, Pfft karoo, anyways been focusing on my dissertation but have managed to throw this up.

Dead Space

Dead Space is a survival horror set in space, it has quite a linear story but it doesn't ruin the gameplay. It has many new ideas that have not been used in video games such as the zero oxygen, whilst getting chased by a group of aliens and having only a minute to get to the next air lock, it can be really tense. Some of the weapons are quite innovative and I definately like the fact that there is no excess of ammunition, it's either make sure you are hitting your target or enjoy fist fighting alien Mike Tyson.

The game is quite dark and adds a lot of atmosphere especially that there are a lot of corridors and corners, every time there is a hole in the wall you expect a huge alien plant to grab you by the foot, but there are times when this doesn't happen, leaving you not expecting it.

Things I would take from this are the way that the whole ship seems empty and you really feel alone, except for of course the enemies, I also like the way that the game makes tense moments even more tense by taking away oxygen, this could be done with our game with doors that may be stuck and the player will have to bash buttons to get through.

The things I don't like is that even though there is limited ammunition, the enemies are still quite easy to kill, I think enemies in horror games should always be quite difficult to defeat, unless you are going for a more arcade feel, in which Left 4 Dead does this brilliantly.

Another Window

Cutting windows

Putting some of the windows in, not finished yet just cutting out holes for them to slot in.

Television

Made a good old looking 70's tv.