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Twine Screenshots
“Seasons” was made using minimal gameplay and programming in Twine. This was to observe how a game with little player input can maintain the players' attention and enthusiasm for progression. The extent of “Seasons” gameplay is its branching narrative, where the player will be given choices that will determine the outcome of the story.
Dawn and Masks
Dawn is a young witch living in a frozen wasteland with her dragon, Arcky.
Early Dawn concept sketches
Potential mask sketches
More potential mask sketches
Even more potential mask sketches
A possessed mask sketch
Developed Dawn sketch
A less blocky Dawn design
Developed mask sketches
Stylised Dawn design
An earlier version of Dawn I thought about using
Redesigned her to have softer features and colours, also a hat to make her look more witchy
Dawn character reference sheet
A cross section of the different layers that make up Dawn's design
Arcky the Dragon
Arcky is a small dragon and Dawn's familiar. He's been experiencing an illness due to developing magical powers.
Early sketch of Arcky
More feathery dragon designs
Spiky wing sketches
Different Arcky designs based on cat and snakes
In an earlier version of the story, Arcky was simply going to be a sun dragon, not a Summer dragon
Rounder and cuter Arcky
Arcky's scale compared to Dawn
Fully-grown Arcky sketch
Fully-grown Arcky (now with colour!)
A sketch of a less jagged Arcky design
Further Arcky redesign sketches
Arcky was changed to have a sky blue and orange colour palette
Glowy Arcky
New fully-grown Arcky, very majestic
Final Arcky design
Spring the Dragon
Spring is a dragon who must be recruited to save Arcky and the world. May need some convincing after some failures in his past.
Spring drawing I made for Inktober 2019
Digital sketch of Spring
Developed sketch
Liked the idea of Spring literally rooting himself to the ground when he lands
Colour palette here seemed tough on the eyes, chose a lighter colour palette going forward
Final Spring design
Autumn the Dragon
Autumn is an old dragon hiding from the destructive forces dominating the land. He provides wisdom and advice to Dawn and Arcky.
Drawing of Autumn I made for Inktober 2019
Sketched a new design for Autumn digitally. Felt he was to stocky
Went for a longer design here, still not as slim as I wanted it
Chose this design as it's skeletal like a tree in Autumn
Coloured Inktober design
Autumn can disguise himself as a tree
Final Autumn design
Winter the Dragon
Winter is the most powerful dragon Dawn will encounter. A huge threat to the balance of the world, he must be defeated.
Early Winter sketch
Developed the sketch but the wings didn't look great
Made the wings bulkier. They now look like chunks of ice. Still wasn't satisfied with it, however
The next Winter design had a churning blizzard for a body and ice for a skeleton. I wanted him to look more like a force of nature than a dragon
Developed the new Winter design
Removed the icy body from the design to lean more into the blizzard influence
Final Winter design
Environment Mock-ups
Development artwork for scenes and environments.
Sketch of the Standing Stones environment
Concept art of the standing stones
Dawn's hut was originally going to tower, I felt it was too fancy compared to the rest of nature-based environments
Coloured tower
Some ideas for Dawn's hut
Dawn's hut (it's a hollowed out cluster of basalt columns
Sketches for the standing stones environment
Compostion sketch for the potion-making segment of the game.
Masks surrounded by the spirits of their wearers
A more developed Standing Stones scene
Mock-up of the choice mechanic from early in development
Thumbnail Sketches
(Scene Art)
Planned scene layouts for the artwork that make up the game.
Storyboard of the original introduction scene. It was way too long!
Composition sketches for introduction scenes
Further development of the composition sketches
Sketches for the ending scenes
Sketch of Autumn's forest
Further Autumn's forest sketches
Sketch of Dawn meeting Spring
Dawn flies upon Arcky's back
Title Screen
Experiments with title logo designs. They consist of hand-drawn fonts.
Title logo sketches
My first idea was for a Tim Burton-inspired text. However, I felt it didn't match the game's aesthetic
This design felt too frail and hard to read
Easier to see, but still not matching the rest of the game
Improvement on the other thin text design I made, but still not bold enough
I wanted it to look bold but it just ended up looking chunky
Tweaked the colours and lighting on the Tim Burton-inspired logo. Then I made it more balanced and neat. Feel it looks a lot more interesting with these changes
Scene Art:
Home and Standing Stones
The story begins in Dawn and Arcky's home, eventually leading to an arrangement of standing stones.
Scene Art:
Spring's Waterfall
Dawn can choose to search for Spring, leading her to frozen waterfall.
Scene Art:
Autumn's Forest
Dawn can also go in search of Autumn, this brings Dawn to an autumnal forest.
Scene Art:
Winter Battle (Endings)
Over the course of Dawn and Arcky's journey, they can encounter Winter and battle him.
