PC Steam 2018

A Boy and His Beard

Released twin-stick beat 'em up where players steal beards from lumberjacks, vikings, pirates, bikers, and skeletons to unlock new potential. Contributed production scheduling, mechanics and enemy design, balancing, main character creation, rigging, animation, polish, and publishing.

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Steam title banner
Steam title banner
Tutorial design: getting players up to speed with the unusual beard controls
Tutorial design: getting players up to speed with the unusual beard controls
Beard interaction feedback: breaking props, leveling up, and confirming the mechanic
Beard interaction feedback: breaking props, leveling up, and confirming the mechanic
Grabbing mechanic: chest, key, door, dialogue, and focus cues
Grabbing mechanic: chest, key, door, dialogue, and focus cues
Enemy variation: skeleton projectiles force player movement
Enemy variation: skeleton projectiles force player movement
Enemy variation: bikers fire knockable projectiles
Enemy variation: bikers fire knockable projectiles
Enemy variation: lumberjacks drop projectiles that block beard movement
Enemy variation: lumberjacks drop projectiles that block beard movement
Enemy variation: vikings use shields that can be grabbed and ripped away
Enemy variation: vikings use shields that can be grabbed and ripped away
Enemy variation: pirate bombers create focused target pressure
Enemy variation: pirate bombers create focused target pressure
Cut-content preview from the original page
Cut-content preview from the original page
Cut-content beard physics test
Cut-content beard physics test
Cut-content beard reward sequence
Cut-content beard reward sequence
Special thanks and team credit image
Special thanks and team credit image