Ataraxia

Ataraxia is a single-player adventure game created for students, by students. The aims are to simply explore the world peacefully as a fox-like animal who looks after her cubs.Each day there is a new area to explore until the whole forest is available. The forest features five areas, each with a different vibrant colour and plenty of nature.The fruit of this world has a magical effect of changing the fur or feathers of its animals.Between each level there is a short moment to practice a deep breathing technique that we hope students will practice outside of the game to stay calm and centered.

 

When it came to the production and designing of the game, I was the lead art and asset designer of the game. I also completed all of the design documentation for the game to show the development process of the game. With being the lead art director of the game, it mean that I was focusing on creating and importing the assets for the game. I also created a basic whitebox level for the first design element of the game. I first started by creating different sketches for the basic prototype to then create the different levels with different element of entertainment in the game and to make the levels seem more different for the player. I also focused on making the level look aesthetically pleasing so that the game made the player feel calm through the art and audio. The final element that I added to the game was the audio. This was an important element of the game because again, it was another way we can induce the feeling of calm throughout the game and aesthetics.