For Way, I stepped up to lead the visual identity and 2D animation pipeline. My goal was simple: I wanted the player to feel the emotional weight of the climb through every pixel.

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To get that snappy, responsive feedback you'd expect from a top-tier platformer, I spent a lot of time deconstructing Celeste’s animation logic. I wasn't just looking at the art; I was obsessing over the frame-by-frame flow and character weighting. I took those high-level principles and baked them into over 25 unique animations for our protagonists, Blank and Bridge.

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This wasn't just about making up things cutesy, it was more about narrative concerns.

• Movement as Storytelling: When the story gets heavy, the characters’ movements reflect it. I iterated on their animation states so you can actually see the shift from fluid agility to labored, tragic exhaustion as they ascend.

• For the visual polish, I was using Procreate and Photoshop. I constantly tweaked the environment and color palettes based on what we saw in playtests. Everything—from the pixel density to the desaturated tones—was designed to drive home that feeling of isolation and perseverance.

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By the end of the project, I’d bridged the gap between a narrative designer and a hands-on developer. I’m most proud of the fact that we created a world where the environment acts as a silent narrator, letting players experience the story through action rather than just reading it.