MINIMAL GAME APP

EMOVI • 2017

Part of my brain makes fun and frivolous games based on wordplay and popular culture. But how to channel this creative content? A mobile game app was a promising medium for these quick, 1-3 minute brain games. An early iteration of this concept was to hitch all the games to one key title, Emovi – a game where the entire plot of a movie is told with a line of eight emojis.

This was largely a visual proof of concept, but did involve some wireframing and consideration of a daily game flow, including a currency of movie concessions and a daily game menu and checklist. I find the resulting visual style at once calming & minimal, but also fun and full of character.

The main win here was proving out a mobile game flow template that can frame multiple games. Since designing this version, I have rethought the core concept around a different theme, and continue to keep an eye out for a game developer to make this app happen.