Michael Hoen
a.k.a Lemonado
Video Game & Pixel Artist
Portfolio
Commercial Game
Commercial Game
Concept
Private Project
Master Thesis
Game Jam
Game Jam
Game Jam
Private Project
Student Project
Private Project
Bachelor Thesis
Lacuna
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Role
- Character Design & Animation
- Environemnt Design
- UI Design
Between Horizons
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Role
- Character Design & Animation
- Environemnt Design
- 3D Modelling
- Tech Art
Project Apatheia
Project Apatheia is a former concept of a 3D pixel art puzzle adventure about a woman living in a dystopian world. She escapes from home, a walled city that protects it's habitants from the alleged dangerous outer worlds. The woman starts an investigative journey to find a cure for her mysterious disease.
Role
- Character Design
- Environemnt Design
- 3D Modelling
- Tech Art
A Weasel on the Moon
This is a short game about a weasel crash landing on the moon. He explores the moon finds new friends and hopefully he manages to go back home.
eidolon
eidolon is a VR-installment that uses smart connected devices such as fans and heater to improve the immersion of the virtual worlds the user travels through. The installment deals with perception in general while the journey in the virtual world is an interpretation of Platon's allegory of the cave.
Barrel Bash
The game participated in the GBJAM 7 in 2019. Barrel Bash needed to look like a GameBoy game and uses the original screen resolution of 160px x 144px and consists of 4 colors. It is based on the barrels mechanic of old Donkey Kong games that is turned into an arcade minigame.
RPG Slasher
The game was developed as participation for the LOWREZJAM 2019 and A Game By Its Cover 2019. RPG Slasher is a mixture of classic Top-Down-RPG and side-scrolling Hack'n'Slash. You go on an adventure, fight and slash enemies, level up, upgrade your equipment and slash!
PRTs
PRTs (short for pirates) is made for the lowrezjam2016, with a reolution of 64x64 pixel and a palette of 4 colors. The game was inspired by Zelda's Wind Waker and Final Fantasy VIII's Chocobo World, a mini game for the PocketStation. Play as Pit the pirate and take your journey to the sea. Explore islands, fight sea monsters and dig out chests.
Project LightBit
What if brightness is just a matter of bits? Darkness is 1-bit and light is 8-bit. This is a very early take on that idea.
loss.
As part of a student project. This minigame deals with loss and grieve in a very simplistic way. By pressing and holding space (or touching the screen) the kid in the game takes and holds a ballon and walks along the street. The game is all about the enjoyment the kid experiences until the player release the key (or display) where the ballon flies away.
Lemonado
Lemonado is all about making lemonade in a factory where the little lemon fellows have to be navigated to the juicing machine.
Evolution Runner
Evolution Runner is an endless runner where the player literally runs through video game history. Starting by the Magnavox Odyssey, that was only capable of displaying lines and dots, the game evoles it's graphics to 8-bit, 16-bit and even 3D. Every evolution acts as a homage to the beloves old games like Super Mario Bros., Mega Man, Sonic the Hedghog or Crash Bandicoot.
Resume
Personal Inormation
| Name | Michael Hoen |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 8th July 1989 |
| Address | Bruchhausenstr. 1 54290 Trier Germany |
| michael@lemonado.de | |
| Phone | +49 177 745 39 77 |
Career Path
| 2024 | Freelance Video Game & Pixel Artist |
|---|---|
| 2020 - 2023 | Lead Game Artist at DigiTales Interactive |
| 2015 - 2019 | Graphic Designer, Video Editor, Webmaster at Jink Media GmbH (Student employee) |
| 2015 - 2019 | Master of Arts in Intermedia Design at the University of Applied Science Trier (Grade: 1,0) |
| 2013 - 2015 | Art Director, Video Editor, Webmaster at Jink Media GmbH |
| 2012 - 2016 | Translator in the Community Translation Programm of Awesomenauts and Swords and Soldiers 2 at Ronimo Games |
| 2010 - 2013 | Bachelor of Arts in Intermedia Design at the University of Applied Science Trier (Grade: 1,3) |
| 2009 - 2010 | Computer science studies in Digital Media and Games at the University of Applied Science Trier (Cancelled) |
| 2009 | Higher Education Entrance Qualification (Grade:3,4) |
| 2000 - 2009 | Secondary School Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium Dillingen-Saar |
Other Notes
| 2023 | Between Horizons Video game and second release of DigiTales Interactive |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Lacuna - A Scifi Noir Adventure Video game and debut of DigiTales Interactive |
| 2019 | eidolon. VR-Installment for the exhibition "10 years Intermedia Design" at the University of Applied Science |
| 2017 | BlitzLuther & LutHero Video games as part of the interactive exhibition "apropos Luther" at the Basilika Trier |
| 2017 | Polluted Blue Installation for the exhibition "Illuminale Trier 2017" at the city hall of Trier |
Relevant Skills
| Adobe Creative Suite | Very good knowledge |
|---|---|
| Aseprite | Very good knowledge |
| Blender | Good knowledge |
| Cinema 4D | Good knowledge |
| HTML / CSS | Very good knowledge |
| JavaScript | Basic knowledge |
| PHP | Basic knowledge |
| Unity | Good knowledge |
| Unreal Engine | Basic knowledge |
Languages
| German | First language |
|---|---|
| English | Fluent |
| Spanish | Basic |
| French | Basic |