About the game
Being a squire to the most careless knight isn't the easiest of tasks, but such is life! Fill the shoes of a brave protector and aid the warrior back to the kingdom gates. What will you encounter on the way? Will you be there to attend him...?
My role
I took charge of the visualization of our game, building the art bible as well as keeping style consistency from concept to animation, rendering and implementation.
Shown in this game-play video are the design and animation of the bandit cat, as well as the parallax environment.
I also worked on some assets, such as the final gate when you reach the end!
My team
Lily Botha (Lead Programming)
Dan Filip (Art Assist; Programming Assist)
Maia Navas (Lead Artist)
Julia Mreijen (Programming; Sound Design)
Project Breakdown
Programs used
Procreate
Audacity
Adobe Photoshop
Godot
How it started
We wanted to name ourselves something that would represent where we first met, and so Knights of Shortrealm was born. With that, more medieval scenery, and cats, from media we love.
Process
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Style Design:
Following the art bible, we divided each or the designs to all the artists.
Then, once sketches were done, I'd render mine in a paper-like style using textures overlay. I'd go over some concepts myself to ensure style consistency.
Then, I used Procreate for the animations and converting them into sprite sheets.
Take away
Our communication and synergy made it easy and enjoyable to continue with our iterations, which is one of the reasons I believe we got runner up!
Learn how to scope better! We were enthusiastic and passionate, but aimed too high for a 2-day game jam and our first one at that.
