Climber

This project is a development of a prototype of our classmate. The original game is made of cutscenes that are not "playable". We tried to redesign the mechanism and turn it from an animation-based narrative game into a 2D platformer game with an original feel. This is a game that can be played on a phone and played by the movement of the controller (i.e. shaking your phone).

The screenshot of the game Climber

My role in this project is to create all the art assets in the gameplay with the 3 different art feelings corresponding to each level. Since in the original Hopper, there are different scenarios, we also wanted to have different scenarios in our cover version for the player to discover.

If the player looks closely, from rough draft to thick paint, they will notice that as the bunny climbs up, the art style of the background gradually changes, which is exactly what we wanted to provide to the player.

Number of team members: 3 people

Tools used: Procreate

Link to the project (downloadable):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12VhUTMDr09XuphtmKUVlLsFH1oEXsAcX/view?usp=share_link

The Background

the Rainforest

the Sky

the Outer Space

The three images below are the sections of the whole gameplay:

The Rainforest, the Sky, and the Outer Space

I try to maintain the natural shift of color in the original vertical painting. In the “Rainforest” scenario, the art style is a combination of pencil sketching and watercolor; in the “Sky” scenario, it is acrylic paint; and in the last scenario “Outer Space”, the texture is close to oil painting. The platforms are depicted with a shadow cast beneath to give a feeling of space. The color hue here is from green to light violet, the player, a bunny which is pink, is supposed to be contrasted from the background.

The Character

GIF of the bunny running

GIF of the bunny jumping

Here are the 3 sets of animation I created for the character bunny:

1) running, 2) jumping, and 3) driving a spaceship

While the running and jumping is based on the lively moments of rabbits, a rabbit driving a spaceship is more for fun: why can't a rabbit fly up and explore when the platforms are exhausted :)

The Platforms

Platform Branch Type 1

Platform Branch Type 2

Platform Cloud

And these are the platforms I made for the bunny to jump on:

The type 1 branch is more drafted with the feeling of cardboard, while the type of the branch is more refined. We finally decided to use the type 1.