Hair options for girls

March 4, 2017March 7, 2017 Melissa MundyLeave a comment

When a child first joins ‘Uhero!’ they make a hero version of themselves. Customisability would make it more personal to them and it’ll also encourage them to complete tasks to earn more KP to unlock more accessories and styles.

Other games that have customisation:
RuneScape, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Final Fantasy, The Sims 4, Guild Wars 2, and many more.

It makes a game more interesting and enjoyable.

In ‘Uhero!’ the more KP a child earns the more they level up and unlock new content such as levels, super powers, and more accessories.

Here’s an example of hair girls unlock at higher levels.

Hair colours are chosen by children, they can choose between loads of different colours to make their hero version look exactly how they’d imagine them to be.

All accessories for the hero will keep the hand drawn and flat colours looks to keep it all consistent.

I drew the hair on Illustrator.

First attempt at designing the logo

March 3, 2017 Melissa MundyLeave a comment

First attempt of designing the logo for Uhero! could have gone worse but I still don’t like it. The U is meant to represent a marker like the U is hand drawn, the cape and halo is to emphasise that you make a super hero version of yourself and can unlock these sorts of accessories with the KP you earn through completing tasks.

It looks unattractive to me but it’s still sort of meeting the target audience. Still need to work into it loads, but overall I think that’ll be the design of it, the colours may change and possibly some textures will be added.

Logo created on Adobe Illustrator so it’s a decent quality vector.
Everything but the typeface is hand drawn using the pen tool.

Typeface used: ‘Knewave’
(free downloaded from Google Fonts)

Branding/app colours

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 Melissa MundyLeave a comment

Looking at things such as toys, games, and apps that are targeted at children, they often have a lot of different bright colours.

I’ve made this colour palette using Adobe Kuler, i’m yet to see how these colours will look in the design of Uhero, but I may tone the colours slightly lighter so it’s not too in the children’s face when they’re playing mini games.

These may possibly be the main colours however, the child’s heroes hair, clothes and accessories will be multiple different colours.

Starting of Character design

March 3, 2017 Melissa MundyLeave a comment

(Example level 0 character design)

I started drawing the outlines of possible characters.
In Uhero, a child will select their gender and customise their character.

I drew in style as this is the closest I could get to the 5 – 11 target audience range. I’m going to see how it looks with colour, and experiment with different styles. I will also draw out different hairstyles and outfits for the children to choose from.

(Of course as children level up cooler accessories will be available for them to choose from.)

How to play, and information about the game :)

March 2, 2017 Melissa MundyLeave a comment

Creating a new online profile:
You add details such as name, age, favourite subjects, gender, favourite cartoons, and super powers, and any learning difficulties you know of?

You can then create a digital version of yourself (you as a hero), you start at level 0 with 0kp (knowledge points).

You level up by playing different mini games related to different topics such as maths timetables and basic additions. As you level up you unlock new super powers that you can add to your superhero. Of course as you grow and level up new levels will be added depending on your learning style and how well you are progressing.

You also earn KP which you can use to buy customisations for your hero, such as wings, and clothes.

Firstly, you will start playing a range of mini games that will determine which is a more suitable learning style for you.

You can also play together working together in some mini games which is to help team-working abilities and for mini games for subjects such as media.

Subjects: Maths, English, Science, will be main topics that will have the most games and KP to prepare children for the older years. However every other subject depends on the child’s learning style and personal preference of subjects (ones he/she enjoys the most).

Digital Proposal

The making of Uhero!

Month: March 2017