FOKORO (The Owl): Video game

FOKORO

Fokoro or The Owl is a blockchain-inspired indie 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Japanese culture, aesthetics, and folklore. The player character is a samurai who has the power to transform into a barn owl. The samurai uses his powers to fight enemeis including wild animals, yokais, warlords, spirits, and so on. Fokoro has been critically acclaimed for its in-game animations. The video game is an open-ended project and is a collaboration between myself (as a university lecturer) and my students in the courses that I teach at different universities. The process of the development of the game is inspired by the concpet of decentralization in blockchain technology. This means that the development of the story, visual design, animation, level design and other aspects of the game are decentralized. In fact, I (as the initiator of the project) have defined a framework and contributed to the project with early ideas, concept arts, designs and animations; and then opened up this project to my current and future students. So, in this way, the game is developed organically through many contributions by myself and my students.

Concept Art and Visual Development

Fokoro or The Owl is a blockchain-inspired indie 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Japanese culture, aesthetics, and folklore. The player character is a samurai who has the power to transform into a barn owl.

contributions by Javad Khajavi

Character Design

Fokoro or The Owl is a blockchain-inspired indie 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Japanese culture, aesthetics, and folklore. The player character is a samurai who has the power to transform into a barn owl.

contributions by Javad Khajavi

Environment Design

Fokoro or The Owl is a blockchain-inspired indie 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Japanese culture, aesthetics, and folklore. The player character is a samurai who has the power to transform into a barn owl.

Game Animation

Fokoro or The Owl is a blockchain-inspired indie 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Japanese culture, aesthetics, and folklore. The player character is a samurai who has the power to transform into a barn owl.