My first design hero is Jeff Agala. Jeff Agala is the artist for A game called Dont Starve. Dont
starve is this amazingly desgined game where it has an amazing old school astechic. I cant quite put my finger on the
time period it seems very old school swing. This puts it into better words than i ever could so. This is a quote from
“If I had to simplify Don’t Starve into adjectives it would be: “somber and distraught, but cute.” Just by looking at
the picture above you get a sense of “Series of Unfortunate Events” mixed with “ChalkZone” (as if Tim Burton decided to
develop a video game with a stellar indie game studio). The art does well to highlight the adventure/horror aspects of
the game, but interestingly the game itself is mainly centered around survival. In survival games the characters and
narrative are usually secondary. And yet…Don’t Starve is so stylized. This is not to say that survival games cannot be
stylish or themed but these choices heavily affect the tone of the game, and with Don’t Starve we get an experience that
is creative and unique.” I love this art. Its so dark yet so cute and fun. Its scary at times but its still such a sweet
and cute game.