A graphic workshop

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‘Game Art Design: During this workshop, Game Artists Sandra da Cruz Martins and Mattias Andersson spoke on how their team creates the world of Candy Crush through vision boards and storytelling. The Candy Kingdom is “a world of simple pleasures,” according to Martins. “It’s all about our heroine Tiffi traveling around in a world that has wholesome characters where nobody is decidedly evil. Candy is the most important thing in the world and it ensures the Candy Kingdom runs smoothly.”

Since Tiffi never visits the same place twice, there are always new places being created in the game. The artists draw inspiration from vintage boardgames, deco’s, puppet theatre, and especially candies all over the world. They then focus on nostalgia or the “good ole days and a retro feeling” in the early 1900’s which provides a mood that remains consistent throughout each kooky location. Sketches are printed, cut out, and put on sticks to create paper puppets characters with moveable limbs connected by tacks. Over the years the team experienced a “major overhaul” when they changed the layout and appearance of the game’s map through optimization and 3D elements.’ (Source) 

“Hey Tiffi, they are talking about you,” Chewy says.

John looks at her and he thought that she looked familiar.

“Tiffi, are you really the Tiffi from Candy Crush Saga?” asks John.

She tells him that she is the one and only energetic Tiffi! She explains that the reason why she is here at this event is because she wanted to actually see the graphic artists do their thing! Yeti and Chewy agree with her. Even though the three of them are all King characters designed by the graphic artists, they never found out which graphic artists created them or even how they created them. 

John can totally understand why they are here and he tells them before they leave maybe he can find out if any of the graphic artists can take a few moments to speak to them. He looks at his watch again and they are really behind now. Time to move on.

Let’s continue – The sound and game level design workshops

Start at the beginning - Tiffi and friends take a trip to the King studio in Stockholm