AN ANIME INSPIRED NARRATIVE MINI GAME.
CLIENT
Riot Games
ROLE
Art Direction / Game UI
OVERVIEW
As a part of the Spirit Blossom summer event for League of Legends, we created an anime-inspired mini-game that allows players to build deeper relationships with some of their favorite Champions.
As a part of the Spirit Blossom summer event for League of Legends, we created an anime-inspired mini-game that allows players to build deeper relationships with some of their favorite Champions.
MORE CONTEXT
One of the Goals of the Spirit Blossom Event is for Riot to truly embrace Anime and do it Right. We wanted to create a memorable moment by bringing some of our favorite champions to life as authentic, anime characters set within our Spirit Blossom universe and give players the opportunity to interact personally with each character to build affinity with the Spirit Blossom thematic and drive intent to purchase.
Relationship building has been a big part of many big anime-styled games in recent years. Part of Anime culture is creating fandoms and obsessions over your favorite anime characters. In this experience, players are presented with a mini-map of the 'Spirit Relm' with nodes of the Spirit Blossom Champions to interact with. Once clicked the nodes launch an interactive narrative experience with multiple-choice dialog options for the player to engage with.
