Hellow everyone!
Last week we showed everyone our studies for the environments, but this time we are going to show you some of our enemies!
The enemies on our game are a fusion of insects and yokai, mythical creatures and spirits of Japanese folklore. For this, we researched which yokai would better fit not only on the setting of our world, but also ones that had distinct characteristics that would make them easy to distinguish.
Image 1 - Jorogumo
The Jorogumo is a yokai depicted as a spider that has the ability to shapeshift into a beautiful woman in order attract prey. Given this context of already being an arachnid with human features, we decided it would be an amazing choice for an enemy.
Image 3 - Jorogumo enemy study
For this enemy, our artist experimented with several species of spider for their different features on the abdomen, as well as adding features that symbolized the yokai's shapeshifting abilities, like several human-looking masks.
Image 4 - Tengu and a Buddhist monk, by Kawanabe Kyosai
The tengu are one of the more famous yokai in the west. These anthropomorphized beings are usually depicted with a red face and a long nose, and some types of tengu have crow wings.
Image 5 - Tengu enemy study
Given that the tengu can be usally depicted with avian features such as beaks and wings, we decided to blend those same features with several flying insect species in order to create a flying enemy.
And last but not least, we also did some studies for the game's icon and logo, featuring our main hero and some of the enemies.
Image 6 - Icon and logo studies
Image 7 - Icon and logo color study
We ended up picking the icon that features the profile of our character hero, but we're still debating on the color!
See you all next post!
