Videogame • Pixel Art • Game Design
Burlagame
The pixel art platformer of the Universal Carnival of Viareggio. The most colorful and psychedelic adventure there is!
Videogame • Pixel Art • Game Design
The pixel art platformer of the Universal Carnival of Viareggio. The most colorful and psychedelic adventure there is!
Client
Fondazione Carnevale di Viareggio
Year
2021
Location
Viareggio, Italy
Services
Game Design, Pixel Art, Programming
A game for all ages, released in February 2021 on the Apple Store and Play Store, with design, schematics, and programming by Imaginarium Creative Studio and pixel art by @Pixel_Salvaje, on behalf of the Fondazione Carnevale di Viareggio.
The choice of an '80s pixel art aesthetic is no coincidence: it is not just a tribute to the videogames of that era, but establishes a close link on the theme of craftsmanship between the methods of conceiving, drawing, and animating the levels destined for the famous arcade cabinets and the manual creation of papier-mâché masks.
The protagonist is an original character, the Master Builder, who moves through a Viareggio reimagined as a new fantastical dimension, between earth and stars, populated by epic creatures that recall the legendary floats of the great Carnival masters.
“In a time when digital governs our lives, going back to thinking about an electronic game born from paper gives an incredible thrill.”
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