Goodbye Volcano High is a narrative game I art directed at KO_OP. It plays like an interactive animated show, and features Fang, a non binary pterodactyl faced with graduation year and the end of the world.
The game came out on PS5/PS4 and PC in August 2023.
Character design
As the art director and character designer, I established the art style and the design of all 8 main characters. I made a Twitter thread about it that you can read here. Below are the very last and final character sheet I made for the main cast and secondary characters.
the main cast
3D models that served as reference for all character artists on the game
Legends & Lore
During the game, the characters play a DnD inspired ttrpg called LnL. I decided to go for an 80s anime inspired aesthetic, and to go all in on the costumes. I got each character artist at the time to design at least one of the characters costumes, which was a lot of fun! I designed Fang myself and gave the artists moodboards for each character.
LnL was at first going to have a combat mini game with chibi versions of the characters and enemies!
Fang L&L outfit design
Fang L&L assets with different expressions
L&L chibi characters
Pretty Heroes
There is also a Magical Girl show in the game, called Pretty Heroes. I designed all the characters! I'm a big magical girl enthusiast, with my favorites being MS Madoka Magica, Cardcaptor Sakura and several Precure seasons (ofc I also like Sailor Moon and many others).
Pretty Heroes - character designs
Pretty Cloud - character sheet
Concept art
Here are some concept arts and early designs for characters!
performances outfit moodboard and concept art
Fang character design early exploration
main cast early design concepts
main cast - character design first pass