CEREBRO: The Virtual Lab

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An educational mobile game about the brain to assist the learning of neuroanatomy.

Client: UBC / The Centre for Digital Media / May - August 2019

3D animation brain Character design Education game design Mobile app mobile game nueroanatomy visual design

Visual Design • 3D Modelling & Texturing • Video Editing

:: ABOUT THE PROJECT ::

CEREBRO: The Virtual Lab is a mobile game is designed as an educational tool to assist in the learning of neuroanatomy.

The aim of this project is to turn these resources into a game where participants can explore the brain and compete with their peers. The challenge is to take a very didactic and educational resource and turn it into a fun and engaging game without compromising the academic rigour.

CEREBRO: The Virtual Lab is now available to download on Google Play!
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:: TRAILER ::

— In preparation for the official release of CEREBRO: The Virtual Lab, I put together a trailer to be showcased at the

health and education conferences that our client brought the game.

:: JOINING THE BRAIN BROS TEAM ::

Creation and development of CEREBRO: The Virtual Lab began in January 2019 with team Brain Bros. By May, two chapters of the game had already been designed and sights were set on a new third chapter, a leaderboard, and polishing the game to prepare for launch in the Google Play store.

I joined the team in May as a 2D and 3D artist in the art team. Working closely with the art lead, I worked towards increasing engagement in the game through the creation of new assets and elevating the overall visual design.

:: VISUAL DESIGN ::

— Art & Design Goal

1. Bring all elements (UI, environment, character) together more cohesively

2. Elevate the design to increase engagement (i.e. re-designing buttons and screen layout)

3. Apply design rules to the new Ch.3, which will include new mechanics, new environment and a new character.

— My contributions to the visual design featured…

• Assisting art lead in the re-design of gameplay buttons

• Designing new iconography for the game’s leaderboard feature (Image 03)

• A more minimal, stylized skybox (aimed at opening up the gameplay world space and better

suiting the style of all other assets)

— DESIGN RULES

• Dynamic colour → Colour choices must be made with the aim of complimenting all elements and improving visibility (high contrast)

• Clean and simple → Hexagon shape; Best to keep small screen of the mobile as open and uncluttered as possible

• Bright and engaging

:: CHARACTER DESIGN ::

I modelled and textured the two characters that would appear in CEREBRO: The Virtual Lab, based on the designs of the art lead and through frequent collaboration with her.

Programs used: Maya Autodesk, Zbrush