Blue Peter's Tortoise in the Tower

Splinter Design has recently finished work on a game for Blue Peter! I had the privilege of developing a visual style for the game and illustrating all the various assets needed for it. It was a lot of fun to work on and definitely a new experience for me!

The game focusses on one of Blue Peter's favourite mascots - Shelley the Tortoise! Shelley the Tortoise is trapped in the tower and we've got to rescue her! The player matches tiles (similar to Candy Crush and games of that like) to progress through a level. An adventure bar at the top of the screen shows your progress and also what obstacles you need to defeat to complete a level.

This is the adventure bar at the top of the screen.

And here are some close-ups of the adventure bar so you can see in more detail some of the obstacles a player has to face!

There were a couple of animation frames I made for each obstacle...

It was interesting to think up of a new character style create their various walk cycles and such.

You can actually go and play the Blue Peter game over here: Blue Peter's Tortoise in the Tower

And rather excitingly, the game had a little feature on the ACTUAL Blue Peter TV Show showing all the presenters having a go on the telly! Which is pretty awesome...

So thar we go! Fun project in which I have now acquired a love for tortoises! Wa-hey!