Inspirations

382 contributors in total

Here, you will find all my sources of inspiration listed by category. My ideas did not originate from me alone.

• Films
• Games
• Individuals
• Literature
• Places
• Television
• Web
• Origins

Films

140 inspirations

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• 2081 (2009)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Ad Astra (1974)
• Akira (1988)
• Alien & Aliens (1979, 1986)
• Alien vs. Predator (2004)
• Annihilation (2018)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Avatar (2009)
• Back to the Future (1985–1990)
• Battle Royale (2000)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• Bionicle (2003–2005)
• Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049 (1982, 2017)
• Bourne (2002–2007)
• Brazil (1985)
• Cargo (2017)
• Children of Men (2006)
• Civil War (2024)
• Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
• Cube (1997)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978, 2004)
• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Dead Alive (1992)
• Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
• Death Race 2000 (1975)
• Death Wish (1979)
• Dirty Harry (1971–1988)
• District 9 (2009)
• Doomsday (2008)
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)
• Dredd (2012)
• Dune & Dune: Part One (1984, 2021)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Empire of Dust (2011)
• Ender’s Game (2013)
• Escape from New York & Escape from L.A. (1981, 1996)
• Falling Down (1993)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
• Fire in the Sky (1993)
• First Blood (1982)
• Fortress (1992)
• Gattaca (1997)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1984, 1990)
• I, Robot (2004)
• I Am Mother (2019)
• Idiocracy (2006)
• James Bond (1962–2021)
• Jaws (1975–1987)
• John Carter (2012)
• John Wick (2014–2017)
• Joker (2019)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Jurassic Park (1993–2001)
• K2 (1991)
• King Kong (1933, 2005)
• Lord of the Flies (1990)
• Mad Max (1979–1985)
• Meet the Robinsons (2007)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
• Nope (2022)
• Oblivion (2013)
• Osmosis Jones (2001)
• Pandorum (2009)
• Planet of the Apes (1968–1973)
• Poltergeist (1985)
• Predator & Predator 2 (1987, 1990)
• Quarantine (2008)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• Rec & Rec 2 (2007, 2009)
• RoboCop (1987, 1990, 2014)
• Robots (2005)
• Rollerball (1975)
• Scarface (1983)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Sicario & Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2015, 2018)
• Silent Running (1972)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
• Soldier (1998)
• Soylent Green (1973)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Star Wars (1977–2005 Skywalker Saga)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Superman (1978–1987)
• Taken (2008)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Terminator (1984–2003)
• The Beach House (2019)
• The Blob (1988)
• The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
• The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
• The Circle (2017)
• The Day After (1983)
• The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
• The Descent (2005)
• The Hindenburg (1975)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• The Fly (1986)
• The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• The Hunger Games (2012)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)
• The Matrix (1999–2003)
• The Mist (2007)
• The Mosquito Coast (1986)
• The Mouse That Roared (1959)
• The Mummy Returns (2001)
• The Night Eats the World (2018)
• The Platform (2019)
• The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
• The Road (2009)
• The Star Chamber (1983)
• The Stuff (1985)
• The Time Machine (1960, 2002)
• The Thing (1982)
• The War of the Worlds & War of the Worlds (1953, 2005)
• They Live (1988)
• Things to Come (1936)
• Threads (1984)
• THX 1138 (1971)
• Tides (2021)
• Tomorrowland (2015)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Transcendence (2014)
• Triumph of the Will (1935)
• Underwater (2020)
• V for Vendetta (2005)
• Virus (1999)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Zombie Movie (2005)
• Zombi 2 (1979)
• Z.P.G. (1972)

Games

76 inspirations

• Aliens Versus Predator 2 (2001)
• Aliens vs. Predator (2010)
• Arma (2009–2013)
• Assassin’s Creed (2007–2009)
• Atomic Heart (2023)
• Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
• BioShock (2007)
• Citystate (2018)
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (2003)
• Crysis (2007–2011)
• Dead Rising (2006)
• Dead Space, Dead Space: Extraction, & Dead Space 2 (2008, 2009, 2011)
• Democracy 3 (2013)
• Destroy All Humans! (2005)
• Detroit: Become Human (2018)
• Dishonored (2012)
• Doom 3 (2004)
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Dwarf Fortress (2006)
• Fallout (1997–2015)
• Far Cry 4 (2014)
• Frostpunk 2 (2024)
• G String (2020)
• Gears of War (2006)
• Half-Life (1998–2007)
• Halo (2001–2007)
• Harvester (1996)
• High on Life (2022)
• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
• Jade Empire (2005)
• Jaws Unleashed (2006)
• Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death (2005)
• Kenshi (2018)
• King Kong (2005)
• Left 4 Dead (2008–2009)
• Mass Effect (2007–2012)
• Minecraft
• Myst (1993–2001)
• NationStates
• Night of the Consumers (2020)
• Observer (2017)
• Oddworld (1997–2005)
• Overgrowth (2017)
• P.A.M.E.L.A. (2020)
• Paranoia
• Pariah (2005)
• Particracy
• Postal 2 (2003)
• Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005)
• Prey (2017)
• Prison Architect (2015)
• Project Zomboid (2013)
• Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (2010)
• RimWorld (2018)
• Rome: Total War (2004)
• Scorn (2022)
• Scrapland (2005)
• Shenmue & Shenmue II (1999, 2001)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization
• SimCity
• SimEarth (1990)
• Soma (2015)
• Spore (2008)
• Star Wars: Battlefront & Star Wars: Battlefront II (2004, 2005)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
• Startopia (2001)
• Stellaris (2016)
• Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005)
• Suzerain (2020)
• System Shock 2 (1999)
• Terminator 3: The Redemption (2004)
• The Forest (early access)
• The Longest Journey & Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (1999, 2006)
• Tropico 3 & Tropico 4 (2009, 2011)
• Unreal II: The Awakening (2004)
• Unreal Tournament (1999)

Individuals

7 inspirations

• Anonymous dog #1
• Anonymous Filipino #1
• Christopher Columbus
• Confucius
• Jesus of Nazareth
• Lee Kuan Yew
• Leonardo da Vinci

Literature

80 inspirations

• “Harrison Bergeron” (1961)
• “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” (1967)
• “Roller Ball Murder” (1973)
• “The Concentration City” (1957)
• “The Lottery” (1948)
• “The Marching Morons” (1951)
• 2000 AD
• Akira (1982–1990)
• All You Need Is Kill
• Animal Farm (1945)
• Annihilation (2014)
• Anthem (1938)
• Atlas Shrugged (1957)
• Bourne (1980–1990)
• Brave New World (1932)
• Captive Universe (1969)
• Childhood’s End (1953)
• Colossus (1966)
• Concrete Island (1974)
• Das Kapital (1887)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
• Dune (1965)
• Ender’s Game (1985)
• Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
• Frankenstein (1818)
• Future Shock (1970)
• Goosebumps (1992–1997)
• Holes (1998)
• I, Robot (1950)
• Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
• Inverted World (1974)
• Jack Reacher
• James Bond
• Jennifer Government (2003)
• Jurassic Park (1990)
• Leviathan (1651)
• Lord of the Flies (1954)
• Make Room! Make Room! (1966)
• Marvel Zombies (2005–2006)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
• Non-Stop (1958)
• Orphans of the Sky (1963)
• Ready Player One (2011)
• Republic (375 BC)
• SCP Foundation
• Silent Spring (1962)
• Starship Troopers (1959)
• The 100 (2013–2016)
• The Art of War (5th century BC)
• The Bible
• The Book of Lord Shang
• The Children of Men (1992)
• The Circle (2013)
• The Communist Manifesto (1850)
• The Edict (1971)
• The Four Books and Five Classics
• The Girl with All the Gifts (2014)
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Hunger Games (2008)
• The Inflationary Universe (1997)
• The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955)
• The Metamorphosis (1915)
• The Mist (1980)
• The Mosquito Coast (1981)
• The Mouse That Roared (1955)
• The Population Bomb (1968)
• The Quran
• The Road (2006)
• The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
• The Time Machine (1895)
• The Trial (1925)
• The War of the Worlds (1897)
• The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island (2005)
• The Zombie Survival Guide (2003)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1872)
• V for Vendetta (1982–1989)
• We (1924)
• We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1966)
• Who Goes There? (1938)

Places

52 inspirations

• American Museum of Natural History
• Ancient Athens
• Ancient China
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Rome
• Bhutan
• Burkina Faso (1980s)
• Chile (1970s–1980s)
• Chuck E. Cheese fun centres, Ontario
• Cuba
• Davao City
• Detroit, Michigan
• El Salvador
• Fantasy Fair, Woodbine Centre, Toronto
• Germany (1910s–1940s)
• Greater Toronto Area
• Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls
• Home Depot superstores, Ontario
• Indus Valley Civilization
• Iran (1950s–1970s)
• Kigali
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Libya (1960s–2010s)
• McDonald’s restaurants, Ontario (1990s–2000s)
• Mexico
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• National Capital Region
• Nepal
• Ontario Science Centre (2000s–2010s)
• Paramount Canada’s Wonderland (1993–2006)
• Peru
• Philippines
• Province of Cebu
• Rhodesia
• Royal Ontario Museum (1990s–2000s)
• Russia (1910s–1950s)
• Rwanda
• Singapore
• South Africa
• South Cotabato
• South Korea (1960s–1970s)
• Sumer
• Syria (2000s–2010s)
• The Grand Canyon
• The Himalayas
• Tibet
• Tropical Islands Resort, Brandenburg
• Turkey (1920s–1930s)
• Walmart superstores, Ontario
• Walt Disney World (1970s–2000s)
• West Edmonton Mall, Alberta

Television

21 inspirations

• Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997)
• Black Mirror (2011–2017)
• Daybreak (2019)
• Dead Set (2008)
• Doctor Who (2005–2010)
• Futurama (2008–2013)
• Kingdom (2019–2020)
• Reacher
• South Park
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squid Game (2021)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
• Survivor (2000s)
• The 100 (2014–2020)
• The Boys
• The Last of Us (2023)
• The Magic School Bus (1994–1997)
• The Simpsons (1989–1999)
• The Twilight Zone (1959–2003)
• The Walking Dead (2010–2021)
• Wipeout (2008–2014)

Web

6 inspirations

• “Biome placement for fantasy worlds” (2016)
• 8values
• Fandom
• iSideWith
• The Political Compass
• Wikipedia

Origins

49 origins