Dear FOX n FORESTS Community,
We would like to give you another insight into the development of FOX n FORESTS. This time about the concept art created for our game and the creative approach we took towards monster design...
GREEN EYED HORDE
In FOX n FORESTS a mysterious, evil force has messed around with the seasons and infested the once peaceful forests with a horde of nasty, green eyed creatures.
But the fact that they're green eyed is not simply a random design choice. This helps to distinguish between animals and enemies. Why is this necessary?
Well, whenever the player switches season, the whole environment as well as animals - such as aggressive bees who only sleep in winter - are affected.
Not so the enemies! Just as the powerful force that created them they are usually immune to the season switch. But you can outfox them, by luring them onto a frozen lake and quickly changing from spring to winter: d(r)own they go!
CONCEPT TO GAME
Once a concept art for a character has been drawn it can be used to turn the basic idea for a monster into an actual sprite for the game.
On top of that the artworks helped us to find the right mood for the enemies Rick the Fox has to face. Below you can see a couple of examples with both versions and how them foes made it into the final game.
BOSS VS. PIXEL
Last but not least we would like to show you some of our screen filling bosses that we are quite proud of. Each of them is a unique and fun challenge. As you can imagine it was not easy task to transfer the detailed concept art into an animated character for the game... pixel by pixel :)
Thank you for your time and best wishes,
Your FnF Team