EmBARK

EmBARK  is an RPG inspired by the likes of  Zelda, Paper Mario, Yoshi's Island, and Okami. You take the role of a dog who is dreaming that its owner was kidnapped, leading you on an adventure to rescue them from the evil Mailman and their underlings. The game would have a dog creation screen where you can pick a class (think traditional classes like paladin, thief, wizard, etc.) a fur color, a fur type (scratches, scars, spots, stripes, speckles, all would go here!), accessories, and of course a name!

A long goal would be to allow multiple breeds you could pick from or possibly a creator that would allow you to change enough details to get the dog 'close' enough to different breeds. Right now there are only these three mock-ups of this idea (along with some notes in a doc and some scribbled stick-figure drawings to help block out these mock-ups.) We hope to one day realize this as a game though in the future, but are taking our time since it's only the two of us, and don't want to turn this fun project into a stressful one. ‍

This game mock-up was made in as a pair with Tanya Riveron who handled the art assets of the mock-ups with the design of the dog character on the logo page/dog creation page and some of the dog 'dress-up' items, the design of the raven shop keeper and the items on display, and the background of the logo page.

I took on the design of the Logo for EmBARK, along with the drawing and coloring the background of the shopkeeper mock-up, three of the dog dress up items, the background design of the dress up scene and the UI, along with the the animation of the mock-ups which were made in After Effects to help convey what the game would possibly look like. Below are some of the gifs I exported for the mock-up jam which can be found here! It was an incredibly fun process and we hope to work on it more in the future and make a full length game!

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