Darn, well I hope a concept comes in mind. I like the idea you had here though a lot. Think a cooperate sabotage thing could also work well for a story if you looking for suggestions.
The problem with Encasement Depot is all the variety of art needed, and I'm not proud of the AI style there at all.
I have a latex lab experimentation game in progress but it is in some sort of a development hell by now...