Hopeless Henry - Concept Art & Game Development

This section here is for a PC game which I conceptualised and co-created for Uni:
"Hopeless Henry and the Unhelpful Hosts".

My role was to direct/produce the game, providing initial concepts for characters and backgrounds, finished art and animation for characters, co-puzzle planning, story planning and script writing, voice actor recording/direction, soundtrack composition, audio editing and regular team-based admin/correspondence tasks.

This was completed at the end of our degree in Jan 2023,
but we are continuing to refine and improve the game into the future.

Included are mostly my contributions to the project however,
some of Adam Symmons' backgrounds have been provided for context.
(Adam drew all finished background & prop art and Finn programmed all gameplay.)

Created by Tom Winspear, Adam Symmons and Finn Ferguson-Cumming.

I hope you'll enjoy the full game today!
DOWNLOAD:
https://fintendo.itch.io/hopeless-henry-and-the-unhelpful-hosts

Below are my characters found in the Pool Room, along with bios and initial concepts:

Below is my Art Room character, along with bio, my script sample, early concepts
and my puzzle ideas are drawn across Adam's re-development of my initial sketch:

Below is my Music Room character, along with bio, early concepts
and my puzzle ideas are drawn across Adam's re-development of my initial sketch:

Below is my Hallway character, along with bio, early concepts,
a rough storyboard example and Adam's re-development of my initial sketch:

Following on here, we have highlights from our Production Document:
Most of what is seen here, are areas I directly contributed to across the project.
Again with myself handling Characters, Writing and Creative Direction,
Adam handling Backgrounds/Props and Finn with Programming.

Album cover parodies I created as hidden easter eggs in the Music Room of the game:
I also composed secret 1-minute songs for each corresponding album cover,
which will be included as playable records in an upcoming patch for the game:

LISTEN HERE:
https://tomandthecartoonists.bandcamp.com/album/1-minute-songs-ep

I also composed original theme song variations for background ambience.
Crafted to reflect the different personalities of each major character:

LISTEN HERE:
https://tomandthecartoonists.bandcamp.com/album/hopeless-henry-theme-song

My completed Character Lineup, overlayed onto Adam's Title Screen Illustration:

https://fintendo.itch.io/hopeless-henry-and-the-unhelpful-hosts

PS - Below is a gameplay sample for you to enjoy :-) Cheers!