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Kitsune: Storm Rising

Our 3D video game, made for the browser: run along the boardwalk, dodge, turn in time and face the four storm guardians.

3D video gameWebGLDesktop and mobileStudio project
← → lane and turns · ↑ jump · ↓ slide
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Play here · desktop and mobile · Studio project

How far can you get?

Run with Kitsune along the riverside boulevard: dodge, take the curves in time, run upside down on the ceiling of light and face the storm guardians with your sword. How far can you get?

← → lane and turns · ↑ jump · ↓ slide
4guardians, each with its own arena
29finishers + 1 final strike
433D game models
~4 sto open the game (measured)
The guardians4 stretches · run + boss
Boss 1 of 4

Raijin, Lord of Thunder

Storms, tornadoes and electric puddles on the peak.

Boss 2 of 4

Umibōzu, Terror of the Waters

Waves, fishing nets and a waterspout in a flooded cave.

Boss 3 of 4

Gashadokuro, the Bone Dragon

Fire, a bone shield and skulls in the crypt.

Boss 4 of 4

Daidarabotchi, the Magma Titan

Flowing lava, boulders and shockwaves that split the floor.

Process · 6 steps

How we made it

From an idea on paper to a 3D game that runs in your browser. Six steps, with the studio's real material.

  • The cloud blocks Kitsune's path on the boardwalkAThe cloud blocks the road
  • Kitsune runs upside down among the palmsBAnti-gravity among the palms
  • Curve warning before the turnCThe curve, with a warning

The run, tested frame by frame

Every idea in the run was tested in desktop and mobile captures before it stayed: what reads, what confuses and what you see in time.

4 stretches · desktop and mobile
  • Chiva bus conceptAChiva
  • Bus conceptBBus
  • Taxi conceptCTaxi
  • Monument conceptDMonument
  • Lamppost conceptELamppost
  • Palm tree conceptFPalm tree

A world made of pieces

Chivas, buses, taxis, houses, lampposts and palm trees: each piece starts as an image, becomes a 3D model and is slimmed down so phones can run it smoothly.

43 3D models · lighter version for mobile
Bone dragon concept
AConcept
Raw 3D mesh of the dragon, untextured
BRaw 3D mesh
Gashadokuro in its crypt, inside the game
CIn its arena, in the game

From sketch to guardian

Every boss starts as a concept, becomes a raw 3D mesh and we finish it by hand: skeleton, animations and its own lit arena.

4 bosses · 93 animations
Kitsune facing Daidarabotchi, the magma titan, in the volcano
First version of the magma titanSecond version of the magma titan

Two versions of the titan before choosing

Fights you can learn

We tested every boss with an automated player until it was hard but beatable: a floor warning before every hit and a short guide before the first fight.

78 attacks · 21 combos
Finisher · Saki Seal

29 finishers

The final blow is a short clip of a few seconds: a spirit dragon, a whale of light, a meteor shower… and the Saki finisher, with our brand's deer.

Timing bar · Perfect! is worth ×1.35

Eight more finishers · tap one to play it

9 of 29 · recorded in the game
Kitsune runs on the ceiling of light above the boardwalk, on desktop
The game on a phone, with the hint «Tall things: change lanes»

Music, scores and polish

Three tracks and twenty sound effects, an online leaderboard with passwords, a free camera in the fights and tests on desktop and mobile before every release.

Three.js · WebGL · Blender
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