11 May 2011

Free Game Art: Cat Jump

This is free art – it is under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

Type: iPhone retina.

Download the art here, or read on for an explanation.

Kitty has a very bad day.

Can’t a cat walk on a road without being chased by dogs, cars, and kids on trikes? Apparently not.

Unlike most of the game packs planned, this one is iPhone retina-sized rather than iPad/universal-sized.

That’s because this art pack was created for use in a workshop by Ray Wenderlich and Rod Strougo called Cocos2D via Minigames.

This game pack has animations for several characters, so it can be used in a couple of different ways.

Suggested Game Play

Things run/roll at the cat, who has to jump.

The idea for this game is that the cat has to jump over the various things that come for him.

He can jump over (all of these have optional animations to use):

  • a dog
  • two types of cars
  • a kid on a trike

An alternative: pesky dogs and kids on trikes racing to reach the poor scared kitty.

However, you can also use this art to make a multiplayer racing game as discussed in this tutorial. You will probably need to resize the sprites so there is room for multiplayer mode.

If you come up with other ways to use the art, let me know!

Game Pack Contents

  • Background for main level. 960×640 pixels.
  • Cat sprites: one standing, and two for the jumping animation.
  • Dog animation: four sprites.
  • Yellow car animation: car body (2 sprites – when animated it bobs up and down) and a wheel that you place twice and can make roll.
  • Red car animation: car body (2 sprites, same as above) and a wheel.
  • Kid on trike animation: four sprites.
  • Title page, with room for “Start”, etc. buttons.
  • Mockups of the main level and the two cars.

Title Page for Cat Jump

Category: Free Art, Game Art

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5 Comments

  1. kristof verbeeck says:

    Great stuff. You are a tallented designer
    I think its REALLY cool you put your efford in this project to help out everyone else

  2. This is AWESOME!! I cannot even draw a circle… I know I am THAT bad in art! This is a great way to share some awesome art. THANK YOU from the iPhone Developer community!

  3. Great idea Vicki! This is good stuff and I commend you and Ray for giving back to the community. I have been having a blast with Ray’s tutorials and now you have provided the fuel for some artistic outlet as well!

  4. vwenderlich says:

    Thanks everybody! There will be more art packs coming as I create them!

  5. Paulo Dichone says:

    I have to say, you are a blessing to all of us! Seriously, I speak on behalf of every other developer out there whose artistic skills are either lacking or non existent at all.

    Muito Obrigado!!

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