Character research – unit 1

For our character research we researched into different games such as Don’t Starve and The Binding of Isaac. These two games greatly influenced the direction of our own character designs. Both Don’t Starve and The Binding of Isaac have something in common with their characters; both main Characters give little info and background information to the player. This is most likely done so the player can use their imagination more fluently to piece together the different pieces of info and background they’re given on the character. This technique piques the interest of the characters to the player thus making the player more interested in the games. Both main characters are also placed in a perilous situation in which the player feels obligated to aid the pitiful character out of that situation.

As shown from the images above the art styles are similar to that of don’t starve and the binding of Isaac. The freakette takes direct inspiration from the main protagonist Isaac whilst the boy takes inspiration from both Don’t starve and The binding of Isaac. When designing the freakette i had to make sure that she was similar to our games main protagonist in order for the player to trust her more. The boy on the other hand had to take on a more sinister look in order for the player to steer clear of the enemy.

After completing my drawings on the pieces of paper I handed it over to my teammate Louis for him to then draw it up on Piskel. I could not do this as I did not have access to a computer at home, at the time. The pictures above were the final pieces of my characters. We unfortunately couldn’t use the weight lifter and the regular boy version of the demon as a member of our group left half way through the project.