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"The Coral Cave" is a 2D point & click adventure game. It will be entirely handmade and animated in watercolors. Mizuka, a little Japanese girl, lives on a small remote island, in the Okinawa archipelago. One night, she has a strange dream. When she wakes up, a terrible danger is threatening her village. Mizuka must explore the surroundings and enter a mysterious spirit world in order to save her island.

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Hello!
Today, we'd like to show you a few animations from our adventure game The Coral Cave. All animations are hand-drawn on paper. It's a time-consuming but rewarding technique.

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Below is the original handpainted animation of the reflection on the sea.

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Since Cecile is alone to animate the entire game, we use various techniques to save time. Per example, the walk of the character is only 8 frames long.

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Or sometimes, we animate only one small part of a character. It's enough to bring him to life.

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Our main character, Mizuka, is a curious little girl, so she's always looking around.

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When we create our game, we get our inspiration from what we see around us. But sometimes, when we look through the window...

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Cats have their own sense of humor...

Indie of the Year Awards 2016 on IndieDB:
We made it to the top 100! We are so happy!
If you like our project, you can vote for it on this page:
Indiedb.com
(The Coral Cave is at the bottom of the page, in the Point-And-Click category)

Thank you!

The Coral Cave - 01 Birth of the Project

The Coral Cave - 01 Birth of the Project

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The Coral Cave is a watercolor adventure game set in Japan. In this article, we talk about how we got the idea of the game.

The Coral Cave - New Screenshots

The Coral Cave - New Screenshots

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The Coral Cave is a watercolor adventure game set in Japan.

The Coral Cave - Official Teaser

The Coral Cave - Official Teaser

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First teaser for our watercolour adventure game set in Okinawa. Every art for the game is hand-painted and animated on paper.

The Coral Cave - Christmas Contest

The Coral Cave - Christmas Contest

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Vote for your favorite sketch: we'll turn it into a watercolor illustration

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Guest
Guest - - 689,395 comments

Put it on Steam Greenlight!

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iggynore
iggynore - - 43 comments

This looks so sweet! Definitely following its progress from now on.

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atelier-sento Creator
atelier-sento - - 24 comments

Thank you! Light Apprentice has a great art style! Very cute.

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FranklyTired
FranklyTired - - 420 comments

Tracking, this is indeed a incredible job. I love the Moebius style every scene have. Keep it up!

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atelier-sento Creator
atelier-sento - - 24 comments

Thank you! From some of your artwork, I can see you're fond of Moebius' art.

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FranklyTired
FranklyTired - - 420 comments

Pretty much! I really like your art, kudos! :D

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Oleomingus
Oleomingus - - 208 comments

what an incredibly beautiful game ! The watercolor art is put to wonderful use in the intricate design for the game.

and thank you for sharing bits of your creation process as well.

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atelier-sento Creator
atelier-sento - - 24 comments

Thank you for your kind words!

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siskavard_
siskavard_ - - 21 comments

Very excited about this. Such an amazing visual style!

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HounderKnight
HounderKnight - - 1,660 comments

Looks and sounds very interesting. Eager to see how this turns out :o

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