About the game

“Well Spent!” is an educational game that teaches how to do grocereries healthily. The objective of the game is to manage the budget, time, and nutrition while also facing real-world challenges. The game features an arts and craft style that makes it enjoyable to play and easy to understand despite being a daunting topic.
The game was awarded first place in a three-stage national competition organized by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health, and was granted a total funding of $75,000.

My Role

As a lead artist in the project, I developed the art style and pipeline to create and implement assets into Unity. I ensured that all my UI elements are visually clear and easy to navigate.

Asset Creation

Asset creation was done through painting, effects, and texture overlays in Photoshop. I built out shortcuts to facilitate these repetitious actions. The frayed edges of the objects are done with one keystroke, which expedited our creation process. After creating all of the assets, I put together spritesheets to get ready of in-game implementation.

Working with Developers

Since we work remotely throughout the development period, we had to ensure that assets that are passed along are implemented correctly. I was responsible for creating reference guides for the developers to place assets. The final results are almost identical to the drafts.

Scene Breakdowns