Production case

Stylized Action Prototype

A JRPG prototype combining exploration, fixed cameras per area and a card system built around creating combos. Cinematic camera angles reminiscent of classic survival horror guide the player through hand-crafted environments, while the layered card combat system rewards creative deck building with devastating chain reactions and spectacular finishing moves.

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ClientIndependent client

PeriodPrototype phase

RoleGameplay, camera and combat prototyping

PlatformsPC

Visual archive

The project in motion.Stylized Action Prototype

03selected records

PLAY
Running through the map reveals each camera change

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Contact with an enemy triggers the transition into battle

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The camera closes in on the hit, then answers with a counterattack

Challenge

Connect 3D exploration and card combat without losing spatial orientation or turning combos into an opaque sequence.

Solution

Switch cameras as the player crosses areas, following classic survival-horror staging, and structure cards so successive combinations create their own effects.

Outcome

A playable slice with world movement, camera transitions and the foundation of a combinable card system.

01 · Space
Compose the world
The prototype already validated area-based cameras. These studies expand that foundation into frames that guide exploration, using rock, red metal and cyan depth as visual landmarks.
02 · Silhouette
Lock the hero and threat
Proportion and pose variations seek immediate readability at a distance. The hero keeps teal hair and layered navy and orange clothing; enemies converge on round volumes and cyan energy.
03 · System
Give the combo a shape
The card sequence stops reading like a command list and starts building an action. Chains, gates and energy arcs make cause, progression and outcome visible.
04 · Synthesis
Assemble the direction
The fragments form a coherent vision for a possible final pass. This is conceptual research: it communicates visual intent without claiming these assets or systems reached a final build.

Exploratory low-poly render with the hero facing one-eyed mechanical enemies in front of an industrial door. — Concept vision
A low-poly direction built from the playable slice — preserving its camera, scale, simple materials and gameplay readability.

A JRPG seen through area cameras

Exploration changes camera when the character crosses points in the environment. The functional reference is classic survival horror: every frame composes the space and each transition marks passage between areas.

Cards that build actions

Combat cards are not only isolated commands. Their order and combination build combos, creating room to experiment with different sequences and outcomes.

What remains preserved

The available archive shows movement, cameras and part of the card system. This case stays within that slice and does not present later systems without preserved visual evidence.

05 · Case proof

Inside Stylized Action Prototype

Risk

What could fail?

Connect 3D exploration and card combat without losing spatial orientation or turning combos into an opaque sequence.

Decision

What changed the direction?

Switch cameras as the player crosses areas, following classic survival-horror staging, and structure cards so successive combinations create their own effects.

System

What can the team reuse?

A foundation built with Unity, C#, 3D, Card Systems to support iteration and delivery.

Outcome

What became better?

A playable slice with world movement, camera transitions and the foundation of a combinable card system.

Technologies

Unity · C# · 3D · Card Systems

Links

Available on request

Closure

What this project leaves.

A playable slice with world movement, camera transitions and the foundation of a combinable card system.

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Stylized Action Prototype

The project in motion.Stylized Action Prototype

Challenge

Solution

Outcome

From prototype to visual direction

Compose the world

Lock the hero and threat

Give the combo a shape

Assemble the direction

A JRPG seen through area cameras

Cards that build actions

What remains preserved

Inside Stylized Action Prototype

What could fail?

What changed the direction?

What can the team reuse?

What became better?

What this project leaves.