Misfortunate Tadpole
Misfortunate Tadpole is a one-button platformer that was developed by 6 people for a school project,
You can download it for free here: https://yrgo-game-creator.itch.io/misfortunate-tadpole
I was one of the character designers for the little tadpole, as well as the animator for him.
App icon
The app icon without the bubble
Idle
Swimming
Turning
Jump
Falling
Panic before fall (for high heights)
Panicked falling
Normal landing
Harsh landing
Damage
Death
Popped bubble
Sketches from early on when we tried to figure out his design
Exploring what artstyle we would go for for the tadpole
We had thoughts about giving the player the option to choose the color for their tadpole, however had to scrap it due to time constraints
The final design we went for
Early concept art of platforms
A more refined (but later scrapped) ice platform