Osmosis Lotus - Botography
Become a botanist in Botography, a cozy 2D adventure-exploration game. Navigate an uncharted whimsical region, where plants have unique and fantastical properties. Gather materials, grow plants, and utilize their abilities to discover the mystery of the forest and the secrets that lie within.
You can check out the game here. https://project-bitter-root.itch.io/botography
This is my senior project at Drexel University. I was one of the main animators for the game. I had a hand in all the key plant animations for the game.
This is the osmosis lotus. It is one of the four panacea plants that are required to be collected in the game. The plant is to be brought back to the center of the island in order to restore the central tree to it's former glory. I created the animation within Procreate Dreams.
This is the final animation of the osmosis lotus within the swamp region. This plant has to be found in the wild in order to be gathered.
This is a magnified version of the animation. The animation was built on ones, for 12fps.
These are all the sprites used for the osmosis lotus overworld animation.
This is a rough version of the osmosis lotus animation before some kinks were worked out. Note how the flower inflates and changes shape, the idea being that it would mimic taking a breath before sinking down and coming back up again.
This is the concept I was working off of for the osmosis lotus. This was designed by Theresa Merritt.
These were the two original sprites for the animation created by Theresa Merritt. The sprites were huge, but it gave me a wonderful jump start for creating the final animation.
This is the end cutscene for the game. This happens when the plants are all gathered to the center of the island.