Project Background

Nomasaurus Rex is a casual scrolling arcade game created in Cocos2D. Players play as a dinosaur trying to eat as much ice cream as they can to escape the lava and monsters trying to get you from above. Tools used include Photoshop, Illustrator, and Sketch.

Creative Direction

My goal was to give the game a bold but quirky aesthetic in the design of the characters, ice cream blocks, obstacles, and consumable items. I wanted the interface to have a prehistoric feel with rocky square panels/buttons and circles that mimicked gas bubbles.

The gameplay is an arcade style "runner" type game, with the player trying to achieve greater and greater depths without dying and completing objectives in the form of missions with each playthrough. The game also has a social component encouraging players to beat their friends’ scores.