The game theme was initially proposed in a pitch document.
The rooms and the near-orthographic look were inspired by a legendary sim and one of my all-time-favorites – Theme Hospital.
The mechanics needed to be simple and easy to develop – we didn’t have much time.
We decided to do a twist on a side scroller with bonus round sections.
We worked with the Client’s Team to establish the look & feel of the monsters.
Every screen was meticulously documented in a specbook from a UX perspective first.
All key screens were defined in terms of UI & Art so that we could deliver a complete specbook for the game application.
At the same time when the game title was being established, I was tasked with concepts for the actual monsters.
In Illustrator I turned the approved sketches into vector illustrations.
All room designs in the game had elements of the Client’s hospital building turned into game assets by me.
I illustrated all 5 characters in neutral poses. This allowed me to move into animation quicker.
I used AfterEffects with DUIK to create mesh deform animations for various states of the UnMonsters.
Those were then turned into sprite sheets / flip books and imported into Unity.
I knew HTML & CSS so it was natural for me to move on to code this microsite and use the assets I already created.
It became one of my favorite websites to work on – a quirky and colorful one, it reflected the characters’ personalities.
This was one of the last elements of the campaign and I was very happy to see one more request for additional UnMonster illustrations.
The task came with a visit to a photoshoot set up specifically for this campaign.
Here’s a quick look at the game.Bonus UnMonsters costumes at the end!
