Carnevalien

An alien crash lands on Earth and is chased by government agents as it runs through a carnival looking for spaceship parts. Jump into carnival rides, eat carnival food for power ups and pick up carnival tickets to aid you on your way — all while avoiding capture!

Carnevalien was a project developed in the Unity engine as part of DADIU 2021.

My work on the project was centered around the design of the alien protagonist and on creation of UI assets.

Alien Design

I went through a long process to design the alien, wherein I took inspiration from many different types of real life animals and aliens from various science fiction properties. I wanted to convey both a creature of some intelligence — hence the clothes and very humanoid shape — but also an element of speed and animal instinct.

In retrospect, I wish I’d leaned more on retro futuristic ideas of aliens. Had our alien been the grey man of UFO abduction stories, the intended narrative of the game may have read better.

Ideation.

Facial expressions.

Turnaround.

UI Assets

More power-ups upgrade.

Shield upgrade.