Mika and the Crystal Wand

Story

Mika and the Crystal Wand follows a young child who goes to look for his missing friend. As he searches for his friend he stumbles across an old ruin and recovers his friends notes about an old legend about the crystal wand of life. When in the wrong hands, the wand can destroy everything in sight. Inside the ruin lies the Lich. An undead immortal who has come out of hiding to take the Crystal wand and take over the land.

Props and Assets

Props

After thinking about my my location I thought about how I would set dress the level. So I put together a small set of props that would be in my level. 

Magic Weapons

Characters

Mika

The initial idea for coming up with Mika was a mix of Adventure Time and Earthbound. I wanted to go with bright colors to contrast with the dark colors (Good v.s. Evil) The little blue orb is the spirit of his friend who was unfortunately killed by the Lich.

The Lich

To give make the Lich look menacing I added long curved horns, a tattered cape, and glowing green eyes. Instead of a grotesque face I used a deer skull to make him more interesting.

Enemy variants

For the enemy variants I thought about what would make the enemies terrifying. So questions I kept in mind were:

• What are they?
• What abilities do they have?
• Do they use swords and shields?
• Do they use magic?

With these questions in mind I was able to create different creatures with different abilities. For example, the variant with black horns is a charger who rams into the player like a bull.