A few years ago, I started freelancing mostly on interactive stories and mini games for kids, everything done with Flash CS3. This one was released for the n°115 of the interactive magazine Toboclic (Milan). It's made of 6 animated and interactive chapters , each one includes a mini-game to play with. The story is about a little chinese girl who goes to save her dragon friend. Here are a few previews of the final screens, some preliminary sketches and charadesign sheets:
Line up with all the main characters of the story.
Mini-games are the good way to experiment with different game modes and styles . Here , Mei Li has to go through the gardens without being seen by guards or crows .
I watched a lot of chinese movies and documentaries about the Ming dinasty while working on those preliminary sketches. I wanted to create a coherent atmosphere for the clothes, hairs and armors of the characters.
Some of the preliminary sketches for Mei Li. I made a lot to find the perfect match for the main character of this story. I wanted to create a cute , malicious and brave little girl,fighting for her friends and family. Mei Li's parents work hard in the rice fields and are kind and caring .
prelimnary sketches to create the dragon. I found lots of inspiration in the chinese folklore to create him, but I wanted him to be cute and friendly, like a big pet for the litthe girl.
The final sketches of Long Long with some posings and expressions
The guards are all the same, after all, they are just minions of the Queen. I used the same build for easy declinations and re-use of the animations. I looked for inspiration in documentaries and movies for a coherent armor and grads
Final sketches for the old merchant with lots of facial expressions to prepare the dialogs
