The Last Nestling Phone Game UI
Overview
This is an advanced college course project, where the only limitation was to create a project based upon user experience and interaction. The advanced class required students to create projects using own our creativity and interests. This particular project is in the style of a mobile game. It is a prototype of what the game could be using the program Figma for the basis as well as Pixilart and Piskel for the art style and base animation sequences.
Styling & Story
- The dinosaurs were created to be cuter and more simplified, adding to the stylization of the prototype for a style similar to one I typically use.
- To emphasis the animation of the dinosaurs, the backgrounds were very simple but created depth of the forest to make the characters push forward in the space.
- The story is meant to create tension on the viewer, which the animations help add to while focusing on the stylization.
- The mixture of type, symbols, and animation helps create an interactive experience for the viewer as well as clarifying the steps to take to progress.
Animation
- Retro 8-bit pixel art styles were an inspiration to this, as well as older games such as The Dinosaur Game and Super Mario Bros.
- There was a lack of animation styling in Figma, to combat this I used pixel art websites as tools to create the dinosaurs as well as the initial animations.
- The first phase of animation was with the pixel art tools to create the walking and movements of individual characters.
- The second phase of animation was in Figma to allow the characters to move across the screen and into different places easily.
- The animation staccato is intentional to emphasis the 8-bit style and call back to older games animation.