Raindrop Cake - Pixel Art, Animation & Visual Development

Raindrop Cake is a 2D narrative-driven game about Natto, a homeless kitten exploring a quiet Japanese neighbourhood on a rainy evening. Through conversations with the cats he encounters, Natto gradually learns about different perspectives on life, the importance of trust and accepting help from others.

As the Aesthetic Lead, I was responsible for developing the game’s visual direction and maintaining consistency across its art assets. I created the pixel art assets using Aseprite, including character sprites, animated cat movements and background environments.

This project was my first experience working with pixel art and Aseprite, where I explored pixel-based illustration, animation and environmental design. While I focused on the in-game pixel art, another team member created the anime-style character illustrations used in the dialogue screens.