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Super Hacka Kids

A playground built out of what children build with, like cardboard walls, crayon lines and paint still wet on the ground. A handmade world that looks like it was put together in one afternoon, from the bottom of a school art box, by kids with a very big plan.

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A player in front of the central tree, six standard balloons in the inventory

0 0 GameplayA colorful water-balloon MOBA for everyone.

A player with the jetpack flying toward the central tree, heavy balloons in the inventory

0 0 Jetpack over the centreThe temporary jetpack adds a third axis of play.

The red character on a spawn pad with the tree behind

0 0 On the spawn padA player on the spawn pad, with the tree behind.

The handmade playground: fabric trees, cardboard hills and painted ground

0 0 Playground environmentCardboard, paint and crayon.

The character aiming near the central tree

0 0 Aiming at the treeAiming a balloon near the central tree.

Super Hacka Kids gameplay trailer

0 0 Gameplay trailerOne match, four players per side.

Top-down map with the landmark legend

0 0 Map OverviewSymmetrical layout with a central objective.

Top-down view of the central tree area

0 0 Central TreeThe heart of the action.

A red and a blue version of the character in Blender

0 0 Character conceptsThe red and blue team versions of the shared character.

Kids playing Super Hacka Kids on the event PCs

0 0 Kids playing at the eventKids playing Super Hacka Kids on the event PCs.

Top-down view with the central drop zone highlighted

0 0 Orange Balloon Drop ZonePrimary resource and conflict zone.

Diagram of the map symmetry axes

0 0 Core Layout & SymmetryStrategic foundation and structural balance.

A smiling child with headphones playing Super Hacka Kids at the event

0 0 Event: playing and laughing

A child at the computer as a Super Hacka Kids match ends on the victory screen

0 0 Event: end of a match

Team base with ammo station

0 0 BasesDefense, recovery and win condition.

Painted ground paths guiding movement

0 0 Ground Flow and PathVisual guidance, tactics and directions.

Players on the respawn pads at the team base

0 0 Respawn at the baseSoaked players go home to dry, then step back into the round.

Elevated plateaus overlooking the map

0 0 Sentinel PlateausVertical influence and vision control.

A player holding an orange heavy balloon, the inventory showing two heavy balloons

0 0 Carrying a heavy balloonA heavy balloon in hand; the inventory shows what is left.

Tunnel entrances connecting lanes

0 0 Tunnel NetworkRotation and ambush paths.

Large rock formation at midfield

0 0 Giant RockMidfield pressure and high-ground control.

The team selection screen with two teams of characters

0 0 Team selectionChoosing a team and the map size before the match.

Healing trees on the side mountains

0 0 Healing Tree MountainsSustain side objectives.

Top-down view of the full mirrored map

0 0 The full mapThe whole playground, top-down.

The victory screen with a trophy and the character

0 0 Victory screenThe end of a match, with the trophy.

Cardboard walls in the mid lane

0 0 Central WallsTactical cover and crossfire creation.

Seven stages of the map, from first concept to final layout and landmarks

0 0 Map evolutionFrom the first concept to the final layout, in seven steps.

Top-down map with every painted ground route highlighted

0 0 Ground routesEvery painted route on the map, lateral ones included.

Four HUD stages, from the first wireframe to the shipped inventory

0 0 HUD and inventory: draft to finalCapacity is the whole decision.

The character beside a pink blockout of the base, the sketch in the corner

0 0 Greybox blockoutThe first blockout, the character checked against the base.

The central tree from the old model to the final side and top views

0 0 Central tree: developmentOld model, texturing, scale check and the final tree.

The team base from first sketch to final visual, with spawn and scale checks

0 0 Team base: developmentSketch, spawn idea, wireframe, scale check and final visual.

Aim concepts, a discarded iteration, visual scale and the final aim with the three balloons

0 0 Aim and balloons: developmentAim ideas, a discarded test, scale, and the final aim for each balloon.

A sheet of pencil sketches of the map, the base and the win conditions

0 0 First sketchThe first sketches of the map, the base and the two win conditions.

A pencil sketch of the spawn place, the tree, a ramp and a lookout

0 0 Base: first conceptThe spawn place, the tree and the ramp, drawn before any model.

Two characters near the tree in an early build, an orange balloon above them

0 0 First playable draftThe first build in Unity, with two players and the orange balloon.

A pencil sketch of the round map with the bases circled

0 0 Map sketchThe map drawn from above: the center, the bases and the routes.

The playground map seen from above in Blender, with the first sketch beside it

0 0 Landmarks from aboveThe map in Blender, checked against the first sketch in the corner.

A wireframe HUD with a score bar, a character and three balloons

0 0 HUD ideaThe first HUD idea, with the score bar and the balloons held.

A pencil sketch of the map with green arrows marking the routes

0 0 Routes explainedArrows over the sketch showing how players move between the bases.

The textured map from above in the Unity editor

0 0 The map in UnityThe textured map in the editor, with the sketch kept in view.

The red round character with a propeller cap, on black

0 0 Character modelThe shared character, modeled for every player.

An early oval map model seen from the top

0 0 Early map, top viewThe first map model, with the bases at both ends.

An early map model with red outlines over it

0 0 Landmark adjustmentsRed marks over the early map, where landmarks had to move.

A pink and grey blockout of the map with the character

0 0 Map blockoutThe map as a blockout, with the character for scale.

A top view of the map with the two bases and the center

0 0 Symmetry fixFixing the direction of the map so both sides mirror.

The character with a blue and an orange balloon in Blender

0 0 Character and balloonsThe character with the balloon models.

An earlier map model in Blender, with the sketch beside it

0 0 The old mapAn earlier version of the map, before the final layout.

A top view of the map with the center and two red walls

0 0 Landmark process, top viewPlacing the central objective and the walls from above.

The central tree model in Blender

0 0 Tree modelThe central tree, modeled and colored.

The team base on the textured map in the Unity editor

0 0 The base in UnityThe base placed on the textured map.

A green tree on cardboard terrain in Blender

0 0 Healing tree modelThe healing tree on the cardboard terrain.

The character holding a balloon on a red test floor, the balloon circled

0 0 Balloon size testTesting how big a held balloon reads on screen.

A grey model of the base on a rock

0 0 Early base modelThe base as a grey model on its rock.

The map ground being painted in the Unity editor

0 0 Ground texturesPainting the ground with the texture layers.

A cardboard photo beside the textured model

0 0 Cardboard texturingA real cardboard reference for the terrain texture.

A tree model above a green line sketch of its shape

0 0 Tree directionsThe tree shape, directed in a quick sketch.

A grey map model with orange alignment guides

0 0 Centering the mapAligning the center and both bases on one axis.

The character at the base with red outlines over the walls

0 0 Cover at the baseRed marks over the base, where the walls give cover.

Two test views of the character holding a balloon, circled for scale

0 0 Balloon size referenceTwo camera views used to pick the balloon size.

A grey blockout of the base with the tree and small characters

0 0 Base scaleThe base checked against the size of the players.

A grey mannequin with a red line showing the throw

0 0 Throw studyStudying the throwing motion on a mannequin.

The character on green terrain in Blender

0 0 First time on the mapThe character placed on the terrain for the first time.

A pencil sketch with a green height mark

0 0 Height scaleMarking the height between the spawn and the base.

A pencil sketch with green height marks

0 0 Height scale, levelsMarking the heights of each level of the map.

The healing tree and a spawn pad beside the blue character

0 0 Texture scaleThe tree and the spawn checked against the character.

The tree beside the blue character in Blender

0 0 Texture scale, the treeThe tree texture checked at play size.

A line drawing of two spawn pads

0 0 Spawn conceptA sketch of the two spawn pads.

Pencil sketches of the win conditions, map layout, base and spawn

0 0 Early sketchesBefore anything was playable.

The character model flying with the jetpack

0 0 Flying poseThe character model in its jetpack pose.

A green line sketch of the base, a tree and a spawn point

0 0 Base position sketchA quick sketch placing the base, the tree and the spawn on one line.

The character with a large balloon circled above it

0 0 Big balloon testTesting a larger balloon above the character.

The character beside orange terrain in Blender

0 0 Early scale checkThe character next to the first terrain, checking proportions.

The character small beside the tree in Blender

0 0 Scale against the treeThe character beside the tree, checking height.

0 0 Role icon: Feeder

0 0 Role icon: Sentinel

0 0 Role icon: Carrier

0 0 Role icon: Fighter

0 0 Role icon: Breacher

0 0 Role icon: Jetpack