Game Art I

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Mysteries: Inheritance
Project Type . . . . . . . . . . Casual Game / Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure
Job Function . . . . . . . . . . Creative Director
Company / Client. . . . . . . Developed by Artifex Mundi / publisher: Big Fish Games
Made with. . . . . . . . . . . . Photoshop, Blender

This update, again with material from Time Mysteries: Inheritance, focuses on zoom-in art. In different locations in the game the player can find so-called traces of a time traveller, who is being followed by the main character. These traces add story to the game, however not al of the art shown below has been included in the final game.


01. Time Traveller's ID Card.

02. 19th century Newspaper.

03. Time Traveller's Gloves.

04. 17th century Sketch of Time Device.

05. Time Traveller's Canister.

06. Old Book with 13th century Illumination and 15th century Script.

07. Time Traveller's Camcorder.

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Cutscene Art I

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Mysteries: Inheritance
Project Type . . . . . . . . . . Casual Game / Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure
Job Function . . . . . . . . . . Creative Director
Company / Client. . . . . . . Developed by Artifex Mundi / publisher: Big Fish Games
Made with. . . . . . . . . . . . Photoshop

Some more artwork from Time Mysteries: Inheritance, including some scenes which were not used in the final game.


01. The First Scene of the Game; An English Coastal View.

02. Unused Cutscene Art: The Main Character, Vivien Ambrose, at her Father's Funeral.

03. Unused Cutscene Art: A Mysterious Man Attends the Funeral.

04. Unused Cutscene Art: The Mysterious Man Gives an Envelope to the Main Character.

05. The Cottage where the Father of Vivien Ambrose used to Live.

06. The Main Character is an Award-winnig Physicist.

07. A Close-up of the Main Character's hands holding a Magic Crystal Ball.

08. Time Mysteries Features Futuristic Devices .

09. A Climactic Event at Stonehenge.

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User Interface Design I

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Mysteries: Inheritance
Project Type . . . . . . . . . . Casual Game / Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure
Job Function . . . . . . . . . . Creative Director
Company / Client. . . . . . . Developed by Artifex Mundi / publisher: Big Fish Games
Made with. . . . . . . . . . . . Photoshop

During 2009 and 2010 I've worked on the casual game Time Mysteries: Inheritance, a so-called Hidden Object game.

Time Mysteries: Inheritance is about a young woman who travels through time to find and rescue her father, along the way meeting a range of colourful personages.

The following images show some of the art used as user interface in the game.


01. Evolution of the User Interface. The first was used in the demo, the last is in the released game.

02. Main Menu and Ingame Menu.

03. Setting and Profile Windows.

04. Loading Screen.

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Character Design II

Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time Mysteries: Inheritance
Project Type . . . . . . . . . . Casual Game / Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure
Job Function . . . . . . . . . . Creative Director
Company / Client. . . . . . . Developed by Artifex Mundi / publisher: Big Fish Games
Made with. . . . . . . . . . . . Photoshop

During 2009 and 2010 I've worked on the casual game Time Mysteries: Inheritance, a so-called Hidden Object game.

Time Mysteries: Inheritance is about a young woman who travels through time to find and rescue her father, along the way meeting a range of colourful personages.

The following character art from the game was made by me. These graphics are used during the cutscenes in the game.


01. The Main Character, Vivien Ambrose.

02. 23th century Time Traveller.

03. 8th century Alchemist.

04. 7th century Witch.

05. 15th century Court Official.

06. 13th century Knight.

Thank you for looking.