Beasts of Balance is a dexterity stacking game that interfaces with an app on your smart device. It's a lot of fun to play with your family and it is really well implemented. There are a number of wonderfully designed beasts that you can use in the game and the publisher, Modern Games, has come back with an all new pack of animals to balance. Rebirth brings dinosaurs to the mix and I'm excited to see all the new game play opportunities these unlock.
This project was unique in that I first had to play the game and record the app animations on my iPad prior to animation. I then edited those videos and used them as textures in the tablet for the video and animated the 3D animals stacking along with it. I used a low frame rate to mimic a stop motion feel to the animation. It was a lot of fun to work on.
The publisher's description:
"Beasts of Balance is a game of strategy and balance in which you build a tower of animals on your tabletop, then help them evolve in a connected digital world.
A cooperative game for one to five players, the aim is to make the most fabulous world you can by strategically nurturing and evolving your creatures and casting skill-based miracles - before your tower collapses.
Players take turns to stack a set of beautifully made artifacts into a tower. As they're placed they pop onto the connected device's screen, where they'll be seen to evolve and grow as players continue to make tactical choices over how they build."
I was also asked to make a short social media bumper to signify the multitude of beast combinations you could achieve in the game.
