The Story
Kika, the frog, has been asked to help a little village.
The village has lost all it’s colors and they can only be brought back by the power of the flowers.
Kika has to collect all 6 colored flowers and put enough of them into the shrines to let color flow back into the village.
With every bit of color restored, the people will get happier and color slowly comes back.
Gameplay
The game starts with 2 types of flowers. Collect sunlight with the Bebop by playing the mini-game.
Use the sunlight to grow the plants and make new cuttings out of them.
Trade flowers with friends, this way you will find new color types.
The villagers ask for your help as well. Take on some missions to receive valuable parts to help grow your plants more efficiently.
Combine different colored flowers on the Bebop to discover even more colors and help the village get their happy colorful life back.
Hardware
The Bebop is a custom developed handheld device.
It has a color screen, 6 buttons, Infra Red and USB capabilities.
The most unique feature of the device is the UV sensor.
This way games can use the sun for unique mechanics.
You can take the device anywhere and even has a rechargeable battery.
Q&A Live Stream
There will be a Q&A Live Stream on January 27th 2021.
You can watch the stream below. Questions can be sent in during the live stream or before hand on Twitter.
From technical questions to art related questions, you can ask me anything about the project.
Screenshots & Renders
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- The original design of the Bebop
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- Animation to show the design from all angles
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- The first render in Blender
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- Trying something different
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- Playing with colors
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- The first hardware revision
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- The PCB design for the Bebop
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- First time booting up after assembly the PCB
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- Trading flowers over Infra Red
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- Fully assembled and working Bebop
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- The Godot game engine was used for this project
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- First revision of the planting mechanic
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- Second iteration of the planting mechanic
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- Further improvements on the mechanic
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- Final version of the planting mechanic
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- Original main menu design
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- The send menu in action
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- Improved menu for better game flow
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- Updated house sprite
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- Added more detail
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- The tool I developed and used for the Bebop graphics
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- Connection menu for on the Bebop
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- Mockup for the trade menu in the Bebop
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- You can send plants to the Bebop
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- Wooper blue is a nice color
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- I really like the white accents
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- Who does not like a wallpaper?
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- More color experiments
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- The original color scheme
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- Again, white looks so good
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- Great color for a mini handheld
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- The game would originally run on the Xbox One
Palette System
The game uses a palette system. This enables us to manipulate the colors however we like. With this system I was able to implement a day and night cycle. In the morning everything is a bit more yellow and orange, while in the evening the colors turn a bit blue. The black frog in this image is the base image on which the colors will be applied.