Eel Projectiles

Design Inspiration

These projectile images were taken as inspiration to foster thoughts in regard to the range of projectile shapes, effects and sizes in existing games.

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Pixel Inspiration

These particular designs were taken as inspiration due to being simple in nature however still appearing animated. Therefore, attention was focussed on how the pixel shading was constructed as well as the various shapes used.

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Colour Palette

The same colour palette used for the electric eel was utilised during low fidelity prototyping of projectile designs to create a range off designs that suit the eel.

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Low Fidelity Sketches

Some important aspects aimed to be included within the projectile designs include:

Range of shapes
Range of colours
Electricty/Glowing features to represent power
Simplistic nature for easy transition to game engine

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Medium Fidelity Sketches

The low-fidelity sketches were a large inspiration for the medium-fidelity product. The aim for the medium-fidelity product was to narrow down the selection of designs and create designs that included the projectile against the eel itself. Changes from low to medium fidelity are based on studio feedback and achieving studio cohesion in design for characters. These include:

Revised canvas size to suit main character weapon

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Medium Fidelity Feedback

Detailed results and analysis are provided in:

The main changes based off user testing to the design were:

Narrowed down colour
Narrowed down the shape of the projectile
Revised the size of the projectile

Through studio validation, the type of projectile was validated.

Final Design

Changes based on the medium fidelity feedback as supplied above were applied to produce the final eel projectile design for sprint 2.

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External Feedback and Validation

External feedback on the final designs were conducted to gain an unfamiliar user opinion. These results can be found below and the feedback improved upon in following sprints.