No Comply
Chess of Mana is a stylized chess game created by Monk Monkey. I participated in setting up the entire HUD, as well as creating the logo and the initial cover art.
Here’s a look at the initial Figma board created for the game, which, even though it’s a pretty short game, yielded quite a few different screens!
Model sheets
Some Interface Assets
Since I joined when the game was already in progress, there were some existing screen prototypes ready, so I had to adapt the new HUD visual identity to the project's initial design to avoid any heavy code restructuring that could waste valuable project time.
Following the guidelines of creating an interface based on both medieval and magical ideas (which is the game's unique hook), we landed on a style inspired by books, scrolls, and magical runes, all while trying to keep that slightly comedic vibe of the game's characters.
Below, I’ll show some of the created assets. MANY were left out, it’s amazing how many interface items are made for a game that is technically quite simple, but I had fun making every single one of them.
The Cover Art
The Logo
Another important step in this project was creating the logo. The studio brought me some references like the animated series Disenchantment, so the idea was to create something that looked medieval, but not too serious, while also nodding to the game's core mana mechanic. Below, you can see some logo versions created before the official one.
To wrap it up, here is a bit of the cover art process. The first idea was to make something more dynamic featuring a few characters, and the other was a collage with all the characters from the board. We even held a vote, so we ended up going with the multi character version for the game's final cover art, which you can see right after the sketches.
Well, that’s it for today! This was a really diverse project, and it's super cool to look back at a file packed with nearly 300 different mini assets XD, and even better to see it working in a live game!
And thanks for reading this far!
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