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Kent State University at Tuscarawas animation game design students and faculty participated in the annual GameFest Akron.

The world of Cozy Grove looks like the inside of a sketchbook. Its detailed illustrations, rich with color and varied linework, slowly fade from full color to muted, almost unfinished scenes. These are there for a purpose; the player is to bring color and life back to the island. But it’s also a technique designed to convey a sense of warmth and humanity — that this is a world touched by life. Developer Spry Fox describes the game as “hand-drawn,” and that feel has always been a priority for the team. It’s a descriptor that plenty of games have taken on over the years; notable hand...

  My name is Chris Totten.  I am a game design/3D animation professor. I have a Masters Degree in Architecture from Catholic University, where I did my thesis on how game design techniques and tools can be implemented in real world spatial design (two articles on this project were published here on Gamasutra and Game Career Guide.)   I've been a guest speaker at GDC, East Coast Game Conference, Dakota State University's Workshop on Integrated Design as well as GDC China. I have also published three books on game design and development:  Game Character Creation in Blender and Unity,  An...