Weekly assignment #1 Enemy Character.
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Hello everyone! The second course of game design has begun, and Team 13 (The ones who made Magic Writer) has been assigned to make a game for real this time. All the games we have made this far has been only to design them, so everything you do on paper before you actually code and make the graphics for the game. We decided to take Team Mole Munch game, and make it a playable game. We are about four weeks in, and I have been drawing the enemy character. This is the design of the character: The Gardener is a young, thin and lanky boy with a very clumsy look over him. He is working in the garden for the company Flooded Moles. Clothes: Hawaii-shirt, Shorts and flip flops. Equipment: Helmet with company logo, containments of water on the back with a pressure washer attached to it and a hoof with a light brown cloth bag on the en Influences: Shaggy from Scooby doo, Goofy from Disney, Adam Sandler from Waterboy.
I tried to combine these by keeping shaggys skinny posture combined with a interesting choice of clothes. Thats why i decided to take a pair of shorts that were kind of ripped up due to the hard work he has been putting in, and a hawaii shirt because, in my experience, it gives a warm and funny feeling. Goofy has a very goofy personality, and I decided to by adding all accessories that isn’t quite necessary I would get this goofy feeling, like Adam Sandler in waterboy, with his water machine on his back and the side cups. Since we are making an isometric game, I have to draw the character in all eight directions. I haven’t made all directions yet because I still have two days left, but here is what I have done:
This is an isometric view of my character. Currently it is facing the directions North West, North East, South West, South East. What you can see on the character is a hoof on the back which is used to catch the mole, a watertank on the back leading to a high pressure washer in his hand. Instead of wearing proper footwear the character is pink flip flops, which also should generate a happy and kind of goofy feeling to the character. The hawaii shirt should give the player kind of a warm feeling with the choice of colors. The main focus for me when drawing this character is not to make the player dislike or even hate him, as players usually do with enemies. He is an enemy, but we all should feel some kind of a connection to him, because we have all been there, getting a job over the summer and trying really hard to impress our employer. This is just a young boy that is trying to do his job, and nothing more. To summarize! By using all these accessories and design choices, I feel that even though we are playing against this character, we should not despise or hate him. Until next time! Take care, Adam  |
