Critter Craze
Critter Craze was for our final capstone project for April 2024. This game was made for the Edmonton Public Library (and can be played by the public whenever! You should go down there if you can and check it out!). The goal for this game was to make something fun for kids to play that doesn't have to be educational. Enter Critter Craze. My pitch was picked by the library over about 10 other pitches.
I was the team leader for this project and directed all nine of my team members (6 designers and 3 programmers) to the finish line. I organized every aspect of the game including timelines, duties, and the game's direction.
I included a lot of game art here so you can see the project I directed in its entirety, but I must stress that this was a team project, so I DID NOT draw everything you see here. I have written in the captions of each photo a "*" at the beginning to mark photos of assets I did not draw to ensure that I am not taking credit for anothers work. Please note, every animal drawn here I did not draw.
*Trailer for our team's game
For context, this is what the wall looks like where the game will be played
Start Menu
*Our game poster
The farm map I designed for our game
Expanded farm map used in game over screen
Game over vehicle for the farm map I drew
Game over vehicle for the ocean map I drew.
*I did not draw this, this is strictly here to give context to the vehicle I drew for this map. This is the game over map for the Ocean level
The zoo map was originally drawn by a team member, but I expanded on either side of the image for our game over map in the Zoo level. The inner third was the original concept; the two outer thirds are what I drew to expand it
Game over vehicle for the zoo map I drew
*Full ocean map
Full farm map
*Full zoo map
*All animals featured in-game with each of its four different states for sprite swaps