Bruno Pavani

Playground

Beyond product design

Games, art & other worlds.

I explore storytelling, atmosphere, and interaction through games and visual experiments. Here are selected projects from Flying Frog and interface studies from my ArtStation portfolio.

01 / Poetry, choice & atmosphere

Verses of Hope

A missing line becomes a choice. In Verses of Hope, completing a poem changes the world around Hope: its atmosphere, music, story and the level itself. Language becomes something you play with.

My ArtStation study looks at the interface within that world: contextual prompts, a readable poetry overlay and a restrained HUD that leaves space for the scene.

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A warmly lit library environment from Verses of Hope — Verses of Hope · Environment image from Flying Frog Studios.

02 / Movement, timing & persistence

Tom’s Last Adventure

Tom’s journey turns the search for a new home into a demanding precision platformer. Double jumps, dashes and star powers open new ways through difficult spaces.

Where Hope builds a world around words, Tom’s adventure puts movement at the centre: reading a route, committing to a jump, and trying again.

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Dark platforming environment with red hazards and glowing star powers in Tom’s Last Adventure — Tom’s Last Adventure · Gameplay image from Flying Frog Studios.

03 / Story, loss & perspective

Zoe

Zoe follows a little dog learning about death and the different ways it can be understood. The project combines a 2D platformer with puzzles, using its story and surrounding art to explore a difficult subject.

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Environment artwork from Zoe — Zoe · Environment artwork from Flying Frog Studios.

04 / Interface studies

Different worlds. The same eye for clarity.

Battle screens, poetry overlays, arcade HUDs and pixel inventories each need their own visual language. These studies explore how an interface can belong to a game’s world and still help the player find their way.