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The art for the first Timmy game had a very stylized line drawing look to it. With Timmy’s Kindergarten Adventure, we wanted to bring the look and feel to a more realistic place. We were lucky to find a company, NarraSoft (http://narrasoft.com), that could take our rough line drawings and convert them into beautiful 3D renderings.

The Timmy character was originally drawn by my friend and awesome designer Sean Zimmerman. He fit the Preschool Adventure world perfectly with a line drawn, cartoon look. We used Sean’s original drawings as the basis for Timmy in 3D. Here’s what Timmy looked like before, and after NarraSoft worked on him.

The nice thing about doing a sequel is that we were able to reuse some of the designs from the original game. Of course, the backgrounds had to be updated to fit the new 3D world. Here’s what Timmy’s school looked like before, and after.

We had to design 5 new levels for Timmy (and his sister Tessa) to make their way through. Now, I’m the first to admit that I’m no artist. As you’ll see in these before and after images, the team at NarraSoft was able to make amazing artwork from basically nothing.

Here’s the Math Bridge (my drawing is on top, of course):

… and here’s the Clock Waterfall (I’ll let you guess which is mine)

Needless to say, the art in Timmy’s Kindergarten Adventure is drool worthy. You can see a video of Timmy in action on our Facebook page or here on YouTube. We’re so happy with the results, we’ve asked NarraSoft to create 3D renders of the original Timmy’s Preschool Adventure levels so we can upgrade the look and feel of the classic Timmy game. Look for that to hit in Spring!

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