The document discusses a color scheme for a jungle-themed video game environment, with light green as the primary color for trees and plants to keep the theme light, and turquoise and brown used for water, sky, and tree trunks/paths. It also examines color palettes from other games like Arma 3 and Just Cause 2 for realistic and vibrant jungle environments at different times of day. The style of artwork is considered, aiming for a balance of detail and simplicity in characters and environments.

1. Pre-Production

2. Style sheet
This colour scheme incorporates all the main colours that I will
need to create the jungle environment for the game. The light
green will the primary tone used for the majority of the trees
and plants. Instead of going for a more realistic, darker shade,
this one has been chosen as it help keep the colour scheme and
therefore the theme of the game light. It will emphasise the
heat of the sun beating down onto the environment.
The turquoise underneath this is also a relatively light colour,
although being cold it will help to keep the images bright. I plan
to use it for the sky areas as well as any bodies of water that I
implement. The colour itself is very paradisiacal. This will help to
bring life to these areas, rather than a gloomier, but perhaps
more realistic colour.
The brown will be used for the trunks of any trees and for the
dirt on any jungle paths. This is in keeping with the rest of the
colours. It will contrast well with the bright green and the
turquoise colour.
Being much darker, this colour scheme allows for a wider variety of
options in terms of environment. Still keeping to the jungle, this
scheme could be used for a different time setting, such as early
morning or evening, when there are lower levels of light.
The blue would be used for a similar purpose, though it could be
used to cast greater shadows from the trees and plants. This would
give a cooler look to the jungle.
The green is much less vibrant than the other, however this would
be used for plants that may be covered by a large canopy. Many
jungles have few areas in which sunlight reaches the ground, so this
colour would perfectly illustrate this.
The green/yellow at the bottom would be used for the highlighting
of trees nearer the top of canopy, or those in direct sunlight. It
could be also used to create the beams of light that are commonly
seen. These shine down from gaps in the leaves and create divine
looking light features, as seen in the image.

3. Style sheet
The colour palette of this environment is more something that I tried
not resemble in my own work. Although the colours are perfect and the
result is stunning, I believe this would only work in this environment,
due to the art style being much higher quality than what I will be
producing. Coming from the game ‘Arma 3’, these graphics are intended
to be realistic which is why there is so much variety. I wish to make
something that has a high resolution myself, but I feel that more
distinguishable colours will be more appropriate, rather than this much
variety of tones and shades.
The way in which the sunlight has been illustrated is something to keep
in mind, as in lower light these colours will alter. The sun is directly
overhead in the screenshot, around midday, so the colours are vibrant
and bright. If I was to make my own game at dusk, the colours would
have been nearing the orange and red end of the spectrum.
Although being a similar environment, this colour palette is quite unlike
the one from the ‘Arma’ level. This one being from ‘Just Cause 2’, the
colours are much brighter to match the tone of the game. There is a
large variety of tones to create the jungle environment in a realistic way
but purely because the game aims to provide a life-like graphic
representation.
They differ in the way that Arma can be muted and dormant in areas,
whereas Just Cause’s colours are always vibrant and often quite harsh.
The ideal way in which they are presented can be quite overpowering, a
product of the game’s fun and exciting theme. It may also be to
juxtapose the chaos of explosion and gunfire with the beautiful scenery.
Although it cannot be seen in this image, much of the environment
varies, but primarily it is jungle.

4. Style sheet
The style of artwork is something that I had tried to create in the production experiments. It was
difficult to settle on a set scale of the characters and environment as I wanted a balance between
detail and simplicity. I needed something that could be recognisable as the thing it was meant to be
but also something that could be drawn multiple times without too much time being spent. In the
images I have gathered these elements can be seen. In the screenshot from ‘Sonic’ I have captured
a level of detail that would be preferable to recreate. Shading can be seen clearly as well as the
environment and characters. The HUD is also at a level that I feel is acceptable.
I also feel that the art style of ‘Papers, Please’ is at the balance. The characters are detailed but not
so much that it would be impossible to create a walk-cycle. The way in which the characters have
been drawn is a little different to how I will do it, but the scale is correct. The environment is also at
a plausible level, provided that I did some repetition within my own level design.
Below this is a screenshot I found that depicts a number of characters. These show smaller
characters than those in the other images, but the environment is to an appropriate level of detail.

5. Screenshot Layout 1

6. Sound Effects/Dialogue
Sound Effect How You Could Make It
Footsteps Walking on different surfaces
Jumping (impact) Landing on different surfaces
Shouting/yelling Vocals
Gunfire Sourced from internet
Ambient jungle sounds Birdsong, insects, running water, rain
Effects (lives) Created with BeepBox

7. Music
Band Name Track Name Link

8. Contingency Planning
Potential Issue Solution
Lost or corrupted files Create multiple versions and save them to
multiple places/devices

9. Health and Safety
Potential Issue How will the issue be
avoided?
RSI Regular stretching of limbs
Eye strain Taking breaks away from the screen