Katariina Ruotsalainen

Wanderwild is a digital world for children that includes therapy exercises as part of a fun game. The child chooses a character and explores world completing tasks that help them learn skills through play. Whether it's collecting items or helping other characters on their adventures, the game makes it fun to keep playing and rewards them as they improve.

I was in charge of designing and animating all the 3D characters and objects. My goal was to make everything fun, colorful, and easy for kids to recognize. When I joined the project, there were just a few placeholder models to demo basic functionalities, so I got to build the whole visual style from the ground up over six months.

As the only game artist on the team, I handled everything from start to finish: modeling, texturing, rigging, and animating. It was a big learning experience, especially since this was my first project where I was fully responsible for the animation as well.

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Fortune Farm is a fun and colorful match-3 puzzle game where players solve levels to restore a lively farm, meet quirky characters, and unlock new areas. The game mixes classic puzzle mechanics with story progression and environment customization.

I joined the team to support the lead artist with 3D modeling. I created various game objects and characters based on concept art or my own designs. I also worked on VFX for both 3D and 2D environments, and created some background images for dialog scenes.

Working on this project was a great learning experience and I had a lot of fun improving my 3D and VFX skills in Blender and Unity. Adapting to another artist’s style was a rewarding challenge that helped me see visual design from a fresh perspective.