Project Update: Ending Soon, Dragons Overcooked Kitchen!

Hey All!

We're hard at work, getting the calendar layout going, and finishing up the last few pieces.
We've got 5 days left, and if there are any calendar images that are a favorite of yours please share it with your friends to get the word out (or buy an additional one as a gift, that works too!)

For this post, we want to take a moment to show off our process of our Overcooked piece!

To start out, sketches!

Using some maps of overcooked as inspiration (and adjusting to a wide page layout.) Initially I was thinking something like the horde mode where we'd have wyrmlings on the sides, but instead we opted for a more 'boss mode' where you're feeding the dragon, and the little wymlings may interefere (burning or eating things on the stove). 

Koit had the idea of kobolds, sort of serving the dragon, which makes a ton of sense.

Then it came down to placement of the map and firming down details.

A flat color pass of the background, and a couple of overlayed graphics to see where things may go.

Here we noticed that the stage was oddly shaped and that we should take advantage of the whole area (with no need to have two visual walls).

Also we talked quite a bit at what kind of food should the dragon be cooking. Should it be all meat? or something else?

I don't know why but I came across burnt rice recipes, and perfect timing, because that seems fitting for a dragon to enjoy burnt foods.

So we ended up with Chicken Skewers and Tahdig (also known as scorched rice), which is typically cooked with saffron and served with yogurt.

So we added icons for the food, and updated the plate positioning.

We made some additional layout adjustments, to the cutting board, ink and pots to not only make it more 'playable' but also visually clear (you can barely see the sink in the image above)

Then there was the recipie card which we had to revise a few times, because the ingredient shows the recipe. In addition to the timer, being reflective of the urgency. 

And from there we were finished!!

This was a super fun piece. We only have 5 days left on the Backerkit campaign, thanks for joining us on this amazing journey!

Caretaker Andreas