Role: Character Artist and Animation, Prop Artist

Softwares Used: Unity, MS Paint, Adobe Photoshop

Development Time: ~2 weeks

Team Size: 4

Description:

There They Lay is a game based off a desktop window; in this window the game will be played using MS Paint. There They Lay is a single player puzzle game, where you must figure out puzzles that get in your way. A key aspect of this game is that you don’t control the player, you control how the player will move by setting up directional paths using different types of tools. 

Gamepage: https://aaronmccabe.itch.io/there-they-lay

About This Project

This project focused on onboarding, introducing players to new mechanics after each level and applying these to solve the levels. This project uses a drawing mechanic with tools that changes the way player moves. This game is set on an old Windows desktop, taking on the style of the desktop. With the drawing mechanic, a simple, MS Paint-esque art style was used for the assets.

Assets

I worked on characters and animations, as well as assets for prop items and obstacles. 

I created the assets in MS Paint to give it the style of the game being played on MS Paint. I refined the assets created in Photoshop and created spritesheets for the animations. The character was based on a concept character that was quickly made by a teammate in MS Paint, which I used to reimagine it for the game, keeping the same essence and design as the original concept.

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