This is the background for the prototype of the game, the main game play screen that they will see when they start the game.The castle seen here is the objective of the game but for this prototype, I thought i give myself an idea on how the final art piece will look like. The art direction is towards a cartoon like feel and gives a sort of popping art style, for this case i wanted the art pieces e.g. the castle, clouds to be a 2-D but it pops out from the background (as you can see from the picture where some of the sprites have a separate shadow away from the background)
For the VERY noticeable “Observe” in this picture, it serves the purpose for the player given that at the start of each day, a standard amount of shoppers will appear. They affect the price of the market objects, so they serve as a visual cue to the play. Clicking on the observe button, allows the player to foresee what the market will be like in the next turn.
