Storyboard
In the early development, my task was to compose a storyboard to outline the plot of the game and figure out how large the world would become.
Concept art
Some of the early concept sketches I did to present the idea of the type of environment we wanted for the setting.
The game takes place on a deserted island littered with lush vegetation and hidden ruins, remnants of an ancient civilization that worshipped monkeys.
For this reason, we wanted a lot of natural light and earthy colours to be predominant, opposite to blues and purples for underground locations.
Designing the UI
Some of the several iterations I made for the main UI elements.
A point-and-click game like The Monkey Pit Island doesn’t require many buttons and panels: the most important interaction the user is going to have is with the in-game world. For this reason, it's critical to limit distractions.
We chose to build most of the main UI elements out of objects that the character would have on a deserted island.
The wireframe of the game menus and main UI.
Background illustrations
Following are some of the finished backgrounds as they appear in the game
