RootsChase is a project created in one week at the biggest game development event in the world,the Global Game Jam. This game was created in the 2023 event together with other developers. As one of the developers, I was responsible for the artistic creation of the project, such as: Assets, HUD, UI.I also assisted in the project's Level Design process.
During some meetings about how we would make this game, whose theme was “Roots”.We came to the conclusion that we would create a competitive game between two players, whichthey would share the same screen and fight to get as many “roots” as possible.
With the plan defined, it was time to start working on the project.
Let's start!
For starters, the logo! I didn't have any logo references in mind.As time was short, there wasn't much space for research and moodboards.To create the logo, I just let my creativity flow, did some tests and here it is!
THE MOLE!
This was one of the biggest challenges during the creation of the project. I had never had experience with creating characters outside of the human concept. For the first time, I needed to do some research on how moles live, eat, walk and do basic actions.
The gif below shows the final result.
After the main character was finished, it was time to create the collectible assets.
The next step was to create a HUD for our project. At that moment, time was extremely short and I neededdeliver assets as quickly as possible. Timing indicators, buttons and scores were created for the project.
To conclude this publication, I will be showing some screenshots of the finished game.
As the objective was to finish the project with a playable prototype, we had to develop everything as quickly as possible in a week. You can play the project at this link: https://douglasfsbarbosa.itch.io/roots-chase
