Griffin Weathers - Game Design Portfolio

Design Portfolio

Griffin Weathers

Game Designer/2D Character Artist

About me

I am a recent graduate in game design from Lawrence Technological University and it has been a journey, but also an amazing learning experience. The idea of bringing my passions and thoughts to life is truly amazing to me and I hope to someday show off those feelings through my art and skills.

work

(Any work done by group members in games is their own work.)

Lightrunner Character

This project was a game that ended up being cut short, but the character design I created I am still very proud of the design process to get there.

Lightrunner Design Process

From sketch to art to final product..

2. Grapple Guy Concepts/Game

With another group, the goal was to make a fast paced grappling game and as the game went through many art styles, these were the original concepts to the simpler final character below.

3. Forest Action Shot (Character/Monster)

Starting with sketching to a full on action shot, I took the steps to make the characters and overall style of the environment as well.

Forest themed characters:

This was the final result:

Design Process

From iterations....

to sketches...

to the final art!

4. Level Design (Sky Scene)

Tile Map Layout

5. Fetch! (Senior Project)

This project spanned across a whole year (2 semesters) going from the programming into the art/animation of the game.

The game is a fast-paced pixel platformer that has a one-hit death style revolved around it. The dog player uses sword-based mechanics to fend off enemies in a level to get to the end where a bone awaits you.

The story is that a dog and his owner are playing fetch with some bones when the owner accidentally throws the bones too far deep into a dark forest in the background of the home. The owner is distraught, but the dog being courageous still wants to get the bones for his owner. Picking up a sword at the forests entrance, the dog must get through deadly challenges that lie ahead.