Long indeed...

Before The Long Siege, I have worked with the same lead engineer on a pet project that revolves around a puzzle game as well (late 2014). Most of the character assets were inspired by my early days design from the game we eventually didn't release - Pitman hero.

The following are selected screenshots from a design document we used to pitch to the investor and won his interest. We had a working playable prototype with all the animation as well.

The tower crystal in the game is really important to remind users when they start or reach a state of gameover. By combining stop motion assets made in illustrator, we find the best way to make a more dramatic entrance that will bring users attention above the puzzle board.

It's a long siege after all, and we want users to experience the significance of time passing in the game. The time is used to signify the number of days the users have spent to complete the game, and influences the final game score.

With some prior background playing around with Flash, most of the base animation were created in Adobe Flash, and exported into a sprite sheet. Additional effects were specifically designed in Unity Particle effects to go with the core character movement.

To build hype for the game, I worked on a basic video to introduce the base mechanics of the game. The actual gameplay was recorded and stitched together with the environmental assets I worked on in After Effects.

The launch trailer revolves around the storyline of the game to introduce the aim and intensity of things happening in micro details. Illustrator was used as a way to plan for the assets and screencaps of the video were added to ensure most of the features that are unique in the game were highlighted.