Artwork and Design for Word Wizard Game Project
In 2023, I was part of a small team of other students chosen to participate in the Haverford College Incubator Program, which aims to train students in entrepreneurial thinking and business skills by offering mentorship, resources, and funding. Over eight weeks, my team and I worked together to manage, design, and eventually present our prototype and pitch presentations to the program’s funders.
My team created ‘Word Wizard’, an educational RPG (role-playing game) intended to provide a fantastical setting where intermediate English-language students could practice grammar and simple conversational skills through repetitive drill-based exercises and interactions with in-game characters. My primary responsibilities were character and environmental design, as well as creating all two-dimensional assets for the game.
Word Wizard was my first experience creating art for a large-scale project and working on it as part of a team. Creating art that was consistent with the game's themes and coordinating my creative process with the schedules of other members was both challenging and incredibly rewarding. Word Wizard helped me realize that making art with and for others was something I truly enjoyed and wanted to pursue in a career.
