Hollandia
Hollandia is a 2D action-adventure set in Dutch folklore! You play as Tulpje, the spinning-top-wielding girl from Fryslân. She has to traverse the Netherlands in search for a cure for her ill mother, meeting a slew of Dutch fairytale characters along the way. With art inspired by the old Dutch masters!
Official site: www.hollandiagame.com
This is the graduation project I’m working on together with Christiaan Berger, Marthe Jonkers, Ward Lindhout and Maxine van Tongeren. We started with in in Februari and will complete it August 2009. The original concept came from Ward and Marthe who, after studying abroad for a while, returned home and looking at Holland with fresh eyes. “It’s actually pretty nice”, they thought, “this is something we have to capture in a game!”
I entered the project as a narrative designer. This means (at least to me) I’m constructing the story, and work closely together with the game designer, the artists and the programmers how to convey the narrative through mechanics, level design, art and, yes, even dialogue. Next to that, I’m also helping the programmers out in XNA.
Do -not- heed any attention to the dialogue in the following trailer.
Related news:
- Hollandia wins Dutch Game Award
- Hollandia @ Holland Animation Film Festival
- Hollandia @ TFI regio Utrecht
- Hollandia @ GameXperience
- Hollandia nominated for Dutch Game Award
- Hollandia Art Book Available
- Hollandia @ KLIK!
- Hollandia nominated for HKU award
- Hollandia @ Gamescom
- Hollandia in De Pers
- Hollandia @ DGA Day
- Hollandia @ Festival of Games