Overview
Royal Holiday Adventure is a casual mobile game built around travel, progression, and a collection of puzzle-based activities. Players journey across an illustrated world map, completing different game modes and progressing through destinations inspired by locations around the world.
The experience combines casual puzzle gameplay with colorful characters, environments, landmarks, and a travel-focused visual identity designed for an approachable mobile audience.
Project Details
STUDIO: HExO Consulting
ROLE: Co-Founder / CDO & Art Director
CORE TEAM: 3
DEVELOPMENT: Outsourced Development Team
PLATFORM: Mobile
RESPONSIBILITIES: Art Direction • UI/UX Design • 2D Art & Illustration • Character & Environment Art • Animation & Video
My Role
As Co-Founder and CDO of HExO Consulting, I led the visual development of Royal Holiday Adventure as the project’s sole visual designer and artist. Working within our three-person core team and alongside an outsourced development team, I was responsible for the complete player-facing visual experience.
My work included art direction, UI/UX, characters, environments, the illustrated world map and landmarks, puzzle artwork, interface assets, animation, and video content, taking the visual experience from early concepts through final production.
A major focus was creating a cohesive visual language that could connect several different puzzle experiences with the broader travel theme while remaining clear, colorful, and approachable across the game.
Challenges
Creating a World of Destinations
One of the project's largest visual challenges was creating a custom illustrated world map built around Royal Holiday's international travel destinations. The map needed to represent locations around the world while maintaining a cohesive, playful visual style that fit naturally within the game.
I illustrated the map and created individual landmarks representing the different locations where Royal Holiday operated, balancing recognizable real-world references with the simplified visual language of the game. The map also became an important part of the progression experience, connecting the company's travel identity with the player's journey.
Impact
• Owned the complete visual development of a released casual mobile game across art, UI/UX, animation, and video.
• Created a cohesive visual identity spanning multiple puzzle modes, characters, environments, interfaces, and progression systems.
• Designed and illustrated a custom world map and destination landmarks connecting the game's progression with Royal Holiday's international travel theme.