Within a Heartbeat

Timeframe: January 25 - January 27, 2013

Project Position: 2D Artist

Awards: Best Narrative / Best Sound at DSU Global Game Jam Location

 

Within a Heartbeat is my first attempt at designing a game. It was made for the video game development event, Global Game Jam. The game was about a moment, frozen in time, before the land is destroyed. In it, you play as a time-traveler sent to solve the mystery of why the event happened and erase the cause from history.

 

Within this game, I conceptualized the playable character, created the level background and many of the tiles for the buildings, created the sprites for the NPCs, and created the “Game Over” and “You Win” screens.

 

What I learned from this project: As this was my first attempt at creating art for a game, I learned a lot about working with a team to create a game, as well as developing sprites for a game.