The Mental Game
Character Design | Illustration
The Mental Game is a collaborative project between The University of Alabama, Michigan State University and the University of Montevallo to create a game aiming to help student athletes balance school, life, and their sport. The game’s scenarios and key insight are backed by extensive research by professors and focus groups of D1athletes. I acted a character and background designer on this project.
Research: Dr. Michael Parrot, Dr. Shaheen Kanthawala, Dr. Bree Holtz
Character & Background Design: DeAndra Hodge
Animation and Art Direction: Kaley Martin, M.A.
How to Play
In this interactive choose-your-own adventure game, you will have the opportunity to navigate three storylines as a student athlete. You will begin by choosing your gender and which storyline you would like to begin. As you experience each story, you will be given choices to choose how you would like the story to advance. You may play through each storyline as many times as you wish.
Additionally, as you advance throughout the story, each choice affects how your levels are throughout the game. Your goal is to try and effectively balance your grades, social battery, and stress levels.
Backgrounds
