Dare the Monkey is an iOS one touch platform game that evokes the spirit of classic arcade and console games. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV and has to date reached almost 2 million downloads. The game is bright and colourful and has an almost cartoon feel to it and although aimed at school age kids, appeals to grown-ups too. With this in mind I used bright colours, thick outlines, simple icons with a slight hand-drawn edge. This gives an overall friendly, appealing and warm feel to the game.
There were many different levels and modes for Dare the Monkey, with the choice of 9 characters to play as. Each mode, level and character having its own button. Modes and characters could be unlocked with bananas collected during gameplay or through in-app purchasing.
Below are various elements; buttons and icons that were developed for the UI.
