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Alec Dawson

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Developed by Simple Machine, King Solitaire is a slick, simple, stunning update to classic solitaire. For King Solitaire, I made a number of color schemes and themes for a large update to the game. My first project at Simple Machine, creating the themes challenged my pre-conceived notions of color and my ability to adapt to a mobile interface. Below you will find a selection of my themes, all available now as a free update to King Solitaire on the App Store and Google play.

 

Fire

The Fire theme was available as part of a promotion for visiting the 4 Thrones Physical Deck Kickstarter page.

My inspiration for the theme revolved around the idea of a campfire, hence the wood and fire images.

Beach

The Beach theme was the first one I worked on during this project. Originally, I used an Umbrella and wave to represent a day in the sand.

In the end, we felt that the more amorphous wave-like shapes aligned better with the minimalist approach 4 Thrones takes.

50 Shades

The 50 Shades theme originally started as a Pirate theme with a rotating X and eyepatch but was converted to a more simple theme with 50 Shades. 

Mountain

The Mountain theme is a combination of earthy and snow-topped Alps. For the color scheme I took inspiration from the mountains of Spearmint Gum.