Michael Clark

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Unexpected Obstacles is a platform game created by Holst Digital for Timberland as part of their 2008 online campaign.

In the game you go from forest foothills to snowy mountain peak and have to overcome various obstacles along the way, including logs, flying boulders and killer bees to name but a few…

It was quite a complex project and with a small team of three working to a very tight deadline, I think it turned out very nicely.

I was responsible for the initial storyboarding and game layout as well as much of the environment design and all the player animations and pieces of video.  I was also heavily involved in directing the green screen shoot.

It was loads of fun to create and, being my first foray into online flash games, I learned a heap. I worked alongside Mads Holst, creative director at Host Digital, and Richard Guest, the action script specialist.

Don’t forget to try it out for yourself here…