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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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The Coral Cave is a watercolor adventure game set in Japan. In this article, we show you a few animations from the game

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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!

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~cHendler~
~cHendler~

Wow! Beautiful game. Keep it up.

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atelier-sento

Thank you for the kind words!

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Retro_Javi
Retro_Javi

Looks amazing!!!

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atelier-sento Author
atelier-sento

Thank you!

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