CLIENT:

Miniclip



TASK:

Agar.io Concepts



As soon as Miniclip bought Agar.io, I was the person put on the job to adapt the viral web game into a mobile game. Time was very short, stakes where incredibly high and everyone needed to make sure that this was a complete success. In the first one or two days I had some time to create concepts and explore different paths for the game, and that's what you'll be able to see here.


Although this concepts where not approved, the version that it's on the App Store right now was and ended up being an huge success for the company. Thanks to the guidance of the Art Director Ricardo Serrazina, the product management and oversee of Sérgio Varanda, Game Producer Marco Vieira, and more recently, the guidance of my Game Art Lead Ricardo Pires.



THE CHALLENGE



The main challenge in this project was to create an interface for Agar.io's mobile adaptation. The game art and UI that existed at the time where made by the original developer and existed exclusively for web. The simple look, waky references and almost child-like art were the factors that made the game viral and they could not be ignored.


In the beginning of the mobile project we experiment with different visual approaches for different audiences and ages. The version that you see below was was one of those adaptations that ended up not being picked as the best. Although that is the truth, it's still an attempt worth mentioning.



THE REAL DEAL



In the image below, you'll see the approved version being played by Kevin Spacey, in the tv series House of Cards. That's the one that was more appropriate for the game and it's young audience.


This is the successful result of two years of work with everyone's feedback and decisions. An huge team made of people from production, management, development, maintenance, promotion and support.



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