🎨 ART PLAN – HatTrick (12 Weeks)
(Tue / Thu — 2 hrs each)
🗓️ Week 1
🎨 Concept Art — Moodboard, palette, and cozy fantasy sports visual style guide.
🎯 Goal: Finalized style direction.
🗓️ Week 2
✏️ Character Sketches — Draft human + animal versions for all 3 shifters.
🎯 Goal: Concept sketches for all characters. (Polar Bears)
🗓️ Week 3
✏️ Character Sketches — Draft human + animal versions for all 3 shifters.
🎯 Goal: Concept sketches for all characters. (Red Wolf)
🗓️ Week 4
✏️ Character Sketches — Draft human + animal versions for all 3 shifters.
🎯 Goal: Concept sketches for all characters. (Black Panther)
🗓️ Week 5
👩🍳 Player Character (Human) — Male/female with job outfits (librarian, waitress, chef).
🎯 Goal: Player sprites complete.
🗓️ Week 6
🏒 Love Interests (Human) — Hockey player + coach versions with different poses.
🎯 Goal: Romantic interests complete.
🗓️ Week 7
🐾 Animal Forms — Polar bear, red wolf, and black panther in idle and action poses.
🎯 Goal: Creature sprites finished.
🗓️ Week 8
🎞️ Character Animations — Talking, blinking, and idle loops for humans + animals.
🎯 Goal: Basic animations ready.
🗓️ Week 9
🍬 Match-3 Assets — Tiles, boosters, star icons, and win/lose UI elements.
🎯 Goal: Puzzle visuals finished.
🗓️ Week 10
🏙️ Local Map Backgrounds — Workplaces, park, fair, bookshop, restaurants, etc.
🎯 Goal: Local map backgrounds ready.
🗓️ Week 11
🗺️ US Map Background — City route map showing hockey travel destinations.
🎯 Goal: Travel map finished.
🗓️ Week 12
📱 UI & Menus — Title screen, buttons, dialogue boxes, and settings visuals.
🎯 Goal: Polished UI visuals complete.
🗓️ Week 13
💞 End Game Art — Romantic endings, animated hugs or cozy scenes.
🎯 Goal: Ending visuals done.
🗓️ Week 14
🧹 Polish & Balance — Color correction, lighting balance, and consistency check.
🎯 Goal: Art finalized for prototype.