Dignity - Sexual Education Tool/Game for Young Adults
Dignity is a game developed during my (HBO Bachelor) graduation period. It was my personal project that has been created in collaberation with 8D Games. Thanks to the back then small team of people 8D Games had available for me, we were able to develop and complete the product all the way to a presentable finishline! The game is a tool intended to use during lessons about sexuality, for example, at school. For teenagers and youngadults it can be very difficult to determine what they like and don't like, and therefor as a result, they quickly overstep their personal boundaries when it comes to their own sexual development. The game is designed to introduce them to this specific topic and issue in a engaging way and to safely discuss the topic indirectly with their peers without it becoming too personal. They can use the story of Alysha and Stijn (the main characters) as an example instead of bringing up their own experiences into the conversations. I wanted the game to feel serious and mature enough for my target audience and chose therefor for the thriller like scenario which emplifies how reality can feel in certain situations, where you have less controll over how events and choices might turn out for you. The storyline focuses as much as possible on the gray areas of the problem people have when in doubt between love and rationality, hopefully stimulating the discussions in the debriefing as much as possible.
It was a very intens and educational period in my life, with a truly wonderful outcome. As the lead artistof Dignity I hold this project very close to my heart and I am extremely proud to finally be able to share it here on my portfolio after all these years!
This is one of the many projects I have worked on during my time at 8D Games. Now that I have taken the time to upload a large amount of them it's making me proud to see what we have accomplished during this time.
My role was bassicly to do all the art for the studio as their only inhouse artist. During this time I have met great people and had the privilage to work with a lot of talented interns as well that helped me crank through these projects as well.
Thanks for the amazing time guys it has been a hack of a ride!
Playthrough of the entire game.
Concept art piece of the moment Alysha wakes up next to Stijn after their one-night-stand.
In-game screenshot of Alysha finding her phone back.
In-game screenshot of Alysha finding her pant's on the floor.
A few screenshots form the game + the story-stills.
Character design reference.
Character designs for Alysha and Stijn.
Character design ittertaions from thumbnails to final 3D models.
Concept art Washing machine prop.
Concept art Bedroom props.
Research and reference images for the level design setup.
Concept art renderding proces.
Split-level flat downstairs.
Split-level flat upstairs.
Kitchen area > can only be enterd after finding Alysha's shoes back because of broken glass from the party is blocking the way.
The exit area for getting out of the building.
Floor and wall textures made for the game. First time really digging into normalmaps and specularmaps back in 2015. All are hand-eddited in Photoshop to match the effect's I was looking for.
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Introduction screen variation.
Early stage concept art.
User Interface designs.
Research for scary lighting setup's
Research applied to the rooms
Jump scare moments - concept art.
Sketch + In game version of the jumpscares.
Anticipation.
The jumpscare.
Story scene #1. Alysha at home calling her best friend.
Story scene #1. Alysha at home sending a sexy selfie to Stijn.
Alysha the early morning after the party. Looking for her belongings.
Alysha dancing with Stijn at the party.
Alysha struggeling with setting her boundries.
Stijn reasuring Alysha he is trustworthy.
Alysha opening up to Stijn, by explaining her bounderies more directly.
Stijn tryng to lure Alysha to his room "to listing to his new music track". ignoring what Alysha was trying to do before.
Stijn reasuring Alysha he is trustworthy and only wants to listing music upstairs with her..
A jumpscare moment in the game after Alysha found back her bike.
Alysha upstairs with Stijn while he locks the door of his parents bedroom.
Stijn asking Alysha to come lay down on the bed with him.
Alysha doubting if this is what she wants, or that she does it under pressure.
She gives in to Stijn.
Another jumpscare moment in the game, where some beer bottles fall out of the refrigerator. Making a lot of nois in the empty house Alysha is trying to sneak out from not trying to wake Stijn up.
Stijn making a subtle move towards Alysha.
Stijn trying to force his will by using more dominant body language.
Alysha trying to stop Stijn because things are moving to fast between them from her point of view.
Stijn tries to convince Alysha this is what they both should want.
Alysha after sneaking out of the house, trying to leave the building.
Alysha sadly tries to explain her self to Stijn, why she does not want to continue their actions yet.
Stijn semi angry explaining he does not understand why she turned him on so much to this point and now tries to bail on him...
Alysha emotionally confused, while Stijn asks her then to only take a picture of her in her lingerie.
After she doubts, she gives in and takes her pants down aswell for the picture.
After Stijn asures her the picture will only stay with him, she poses for him and he takes the picture.
After ending the game the player is asked two question about where from both their viewpoints they needed to have spotted the bounderies of eachother better.