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Some colour studies for the boat design, I looked at a series of colours considered the most popular for river boats but ultimately decided I wanted to try my own colours instead. I experimented with variations of the logo for the side of the boat before finding the perfect one for the final product as depicted in the last image above.
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Concept Art
Some character designs and colour scheme exploration for Romelda the Otter.
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Some treatments and moodboards that helped to shape my vision in designing Cozy Cove.
It was especially important to me that I got the font and design for the Cove's many stores correct to what my vision was and so I tested many different styles before ultimately finding the perfect one.
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some studies of the style I want to encapsulate for Romelda's boat
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My original idea was of a game titled 'The Realm of Morpheus' which would follow the path of single mother Aisha and her two children Mimi and Jamie. The initial concept was that Aisha would embody the motif of a guardian angel and battle her children's nightmares in the dream realm, while simultaneously trying to combat her own night terrors. While I still really enjoy this idea, it felt like it would be less of a relaxing playthrough and more focused on raising awareness to the struggles of PND rather than actively helping it.
I then moved to looking at games such as 'Spiritfarer' which has tackled complex issues such as dealing with loss and grief in a positive, uplifting way. The game centres around the character Stella who acts as a 'spiritfarer' of the dead, meaning she ferries them to the afterlife and learns to say goodbye to each unique character she meets along the way. A large part of the gameplay includes refurbishing the boat she sails on while completing her quests. I really liked the boat aspect of this game, it felt like although there may not be a heavy plot, the travelling aspect kept the story moving and present.
I kept the idea of a boat in the back of my mind while I moved on to another concept. This time I thought about a small town wherein the player would own a shop of some kind. I thought of there being some type of enchanted shop where you would play as a witch brewing potions or casting spells for local town members in order to help them and pay to upgrade your shop and spell kit. While I liked this idea, it wasn't inspiring me as much as I had hoped it would and so it was eventually scrapped.
Treatment ideas for Miranda the witch
I then went on to think about what I found cute or comforting and began to look at the idea of playing as an animal. Games such as 'Stray' and 'Endling' have had a revolutionary take on putting the player into the mind of something or someone else. While 'Stray' focuses on the story of a stray cat set in a possible dystopian future where humans have vanished and the only remnants of society are the robots we left behind, 'Endling' directly focuses on the relationship between a mother fox and her cubs as she desperately tries to keep them alive in a future where they are the only ones left of their kind. My favourite animal is the otter and so I knew I would love to design an otter character.
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I initially moved along the same route as 'Endling' and 'Stray' and attempted to focus more on a realistic story of a mother otter set in a 2D layout as seen in games such as 'Inside' or 'Limbo' in which the character can only move backwards and forwards. I ended up finding this design stagnant and boring. I wanted it to be visually appealing with an enjoyable, cutesy gameplay that was as easy to follow as any other mobile game and so my design direction changed once more.
This time, I looked into games like Animal Crossing and thought of things such as Sylvanian Families. It was at this point I came across a tiktok from the creator @ quillnics who does a series of tiktoks following a merchant cat in a travelling wagon with her two small kittens. I absolutely love these videos and found them massively inspiring in helping to create my own game concept, largely inspired by these videos.
I came up with the idea of an otter merchant named Romelda, who has three small pups; Pop, Pip and Puz. I designed the layout for a map for 'Cozy Cove', an island featuring a host of different characters with different personalities and interests. Romelda lives in a riverboat called 'The Travelling Treasure Chest' as she explores deep caverns of water to find lost treasures or enchanted objects which she sells as she journeys to different parts of the cove.
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"Cozy Gaming"
As an avid user of social medias such as tiktok, I have stumbled across "gametok" where the #cozygaming has gone massively viral. While watching many of these videos I came to the realisation that most of the video games mentioned were appealing to female audiences from a wide range of ages, which is an ideal target audience for my chosen brief. The most popular games had 'small town' themes, occasionally with anthropomorphic animal characters living simpler lives wherein there is no conflict, only the comforting repetition of a known lifestyle, as found in games such as Animal Crossing. There seems to be a focus on domesticity and simple characters/world building and gameplay. I have decided to focus the majority of my conceptual work around this trend as it seems to fit my brief perfectly and will help with brainstorming concepts later on.
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Research: PND
Researching into PND and its symptoms I found that generally most symptoms can vary from:
Constant sadness
lack of energy
difficulty bonding with baby
lack of enjoyment/loss of interest in wider world
trouble sleeping at night and feeling sleepy during the day
withdrawing from contact with other people
problems concentrating/making decisions
frightening thoughts- e.g. hurting your baby
Many women do not realise they have PND, because it can develop gradually.
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