The Dangerous Life of Fred: a Full Art Production for a Zombie Shooter

The Dangerous Life of Fred is a game for Android by GameMine with a spooky environment and gruesome killing scenes for when you’re feeling like shooting some zombies. RetroStyle Games did the full art production for the graphics overhaul: character art, game assets, environment, gifs, Spine animation, UI, and promo assets.
(yeap, our Android game development studio had to try hard to complete this task!)

This is fun shooter game presenting 2 exciting spooky worlds, 2 brave characters and lots of deathly obstacles that they have to cope with. Our team has improved the graphics so that players can enjoy this great horror game.

Our 2D artists gave a new look to the old characters: made them bigger, clearer, and bolder. This goes for the two brave main characters fighting for their lives, as well as zombies and monsters of varying degrees of nastiness. Fred is a dangerous, unstoppable, unique and extraordinary shooter with high-powered skills.

Game assets and icons make it easy for players to visualize important things in gameplay. The game assets had to add some light to the gloomy world, so our artists draw shimmering gems, candles, keys, wads of cash, etc. It is also in this game that you will want to look at the death of a character because our team made them so cool!

A special note goes to the environment of the game. Our 2D artists created beautiful spooky backgrounds for the characters to feel terrified in: a gloomy wood at night, the remains of a cabin riddled with monsters, a deck by the river with a motorboat promising an escape.

The game environment and level design it’s the act of creating a challenge; be it through enemy placement, traps, or a specific test within the game space. RetroStyle Games team has created an atmospheric environment in which the player will feel like in scary and adorable retro movies.

UI mechanics are usually directed to guide, hold or attract the attention of the user, who can be easily distracted, tired or can quit at any time. Game UI improvements created by RSG specialists are emotional and bold, it tells their messages loud and clear. The users can now also see their score, choose their character and navigate through the chapters.

Animation in games is almost the main thing that makes your games alive. RetroStyle Games team made Zombies in The Dangerous Life of Fred eat brains with more fun animations! The better you visualize it — the better a player can feel and enjoy the gameplay.

The highlight of the game is the funny and/or disturbing death scenes (however you want to see it, both are what we wanted to achieve). We made very gory GIFs for when the player doesn’t quite succeed in surviving.

The stakes are high: a squashed brain, a knife in the face, beheading by a wolverine claw, choking with cobwebs Frodo-style, and the worst of all: becoming the other and turning against your own.

Game Logo Design is a mixture of creativity and a game of colors! Our team has worked on a bunch of logos for Dangerous life of Fred. So, here we’ve collected some of them to unveil the details of the creative search and process. As well, this set can work well as a pack of examples on logo design inspiration for those who need it. In the final version of the logo, our designers were able to create the atmosphere of the game: this is real scary retro action movie!

Whether we like to admit it or not, first impressions are very important! This is true as much so in gaming as it is in real life. Gamers will form the bulk of their opinions & expectations about a game title based on their first encounter. This could come from the first store icon or store listing pack that they watch.

And our team did everything to ensure that the game was noticed and appreciated by the players. You will definitely agree that we have succeeded in achieving results!

RetroStyle Games team is made of creative professionals, passionate about game art. We have extensive experience in a broad range of game genres and provide high-quality services for our clients. We specialize in 2D/3D art, character art, animation, UI/UX, level design, etc. Contact us if you like our portfolio and wish to work with us.