Chester Odyssey

Chester Odyssey

This game was developed as part of my research dissertation (Development and Evaluation of a 2D Pixel Art Serious Game for Chester's Historical Heritage) module (CO7100) at the University of Chester. The following tools and resources were used in its creation:

• Building Sprites:
  • AI-generated using Canva Magic Home.
  • Converted using Pixelicious.
  • Edited using Pixilart.

• Character Design:
  • Created using the Universal LPC Spritesheet Generator.
  • Authors involved in the character design include:
    • Benjamin K. Smith (BenCreating)
    • bluecarrot16
    • TheraHedwig
    • Evert
    • MuffinElZangano
    • Durrani
    • Pierre Vigier (pvigier)
    • ElizaWy
    • Matthew Krohn (makrohn)
    • Johannes Sjölund (wulax)
    • Stephen Challener (Redshrike)
    • Mandi Paugh
    • Thane Brimhall (pennomi)
    • laetissima
    • Nila122
    • Luke Mehl
    • Lanea Zimmerman (Sharm)

Assets

This study utilised the following game assets, which were neither owned nor created by the author.

Arts 

• Fantasy Wooden GUI : Free | 2D GUI | Unity Asset Store (Black Hammer, 2019)
• Free Top-Down Bushes Pixel Art Download (CraftPix, 2023a)
• Free Top-Down Trees Pixel Art Download (CraftPix, 2023b)
• Inventory Display by Bragorn (Bragorn, 2024)
• Pet Cats Pixel Art Pack | 2D Characters | Unity Asset Store (Melo, 2023)
• Shikashi’s Fantasy Icons Pack (FREE) by shikashipx (shikashipx, 2018)
• Sunny and Strata Tilesets | OpenGameArt.org (Voirol, 2021)
• UI Paper Pixel Art Asset Pack by Gowl (Gowl, 2021a)
• UI Wood Pixel Art Asset Pack by Gowl (Gowl, 2021b)

Font 

• Free font W95FA by Alina Sava (Sava, 2020)
• Pixel Operator Font – FontMagic (Enaguas, 2016) 

Music and Sound Effects 

• Achaidh Cheide : Royalty Free Music (MacLeod, 2015)
• Freesound - 85245__pycckuu20032003__angel_2_Tweaked.wav by Timbre (Timbre, 2010)
• Freesound - 240416_2723_IT_Tourists_and_church_bells_in_San_Gimignano by kevp888 (kevp888, 2024)
• Freesound - Guardsman’s Break.ogg by HenryOfSkalitz (HenryOfSkalitz, 2021)
• Freesound - Harp Arpeggio - Medieval Tune.wav by gertraut_hecher (gertraut_hecher, 2021)
• Freesound - Heroic Charge by code_box (code_box, 2020)
• Freesound - MedievalArmyRunningLoop.mp3 by Yap_Audio_Production (Yap_Audio_Production, 2014)