Loading Screens

With the way our game is made, it doesn't technically need loading screens, but we wanted to inlcude some fake loading screens to make the game feel more complete, so here they are:

(tagged with toolkit 2D as I drew more detailed hands for one or two of these)

first I just made this little animation, based on a meme of a low poly cat breakdancing:

 

 

Then Gethin asked if I could invert the colours since the loading screen's gonna be black/ fade to black, so I did that, and made a few extras:

This one is for later in the game when the main character is increasingly stressed out. For these two animations I saved them in two parts in case we need to loop certain movements for longer/ shorter, and then also as the combined ones to show people/ for uploads like this. It was too big to share on discord for free, so I tried to shorten it, and I think it actually might look better, more stylised/ easy to follow:

I also made this very simple and literal gif

 

Finally, as I'm very aware how silly/ cheerful everything I've been making for the game is, and we're supposed to be making a game to help with young people's mental health, I also made a few non animated screens with enouraging/ helpful messages (and one more joke one, for good measure, and because I genuinely couldn't think of more things to say/ add)

 

Reference/s:

lewson_baybah, 2022., Cat Breakdancing GIF [online]. Tenor. Available at: https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/cat-breakdancing-dance-cat-dance-sims-cat-gif-25474129 [Accessed 03 May 2025].