Kaja Seel

Game Artist
&
Freelance Artist

About

Hello!~
My name is Kaja and I´m a junior Game Artist from Germany and also a Co-founder of Virusfy Interactive.
I studied game design but my personal focus is 2D concept art of character design and the 3D realization of those. I also enjoy creating storyboards, level design and bringing in all kinds of creative ideas!
Let´s fill the world with more amazing games!!



For more project information, you can click on the pictures & interact with them!~


Non-game-project-related work.


This website will be updated more soon. So stay tuned~
Nov. 2024


This is a rough sketch for some of our fairytale inspired enemy characters at Virusfy Interactive.


player mouse

Butcher Ben

cozy game, story, simulation (work in progress)

You´re a tiny white mouse who´s dreaming of living in the big city. But once you arrived in the big shiny city you learn fast, that you need to find a place to live and a job.
Hopeless and soaked from the heavy rain you about to give up, but a small older cat with a mini-umbrella stops by.
When this lil uncle told you to go find "lil Ben" you really didn´t expect a 2m tall grumpy cat working in a tiny fresh fish butchers shop.

Tasks

-collect fish for Ben´s shop
-deliver fish
-talk with Ben to keep the story going
-get mini-quests from other shops
-learn new recipes for your next dinner


Cat-fé

cozy story game w/ minigames (work in progress)

The "Cat-fé" game is all about relaxing from a long day IRL. With its cozy vibes created by, for example, a warm summer rain, birds chirping and the fresh brewing of delicious coffee, you drift into a world full of relaxation. And all this with giant cats as employees!
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There are always things to do!
Help the cats with working at the café, get to know them and play their minigames to earn coffee points. But you could also just enjoy the view of the blue hydrangeas in the garden and explore the cute details everywhere! It´s up to you. :)


Cat-fé details

This is a solo project by me - Kaja.
I came up with the idea of a relaxing cat café, because life can be draining and sometimes you just wanna dive into another world. There is no need to for super complex gameplay - life itself is already too complex.
So I took all elements that usually are calming - like a soft summer rain, making soothing sounds dripping on the mesmerizing hydrangeas around a coffee shop in a magical forest. The smell of freshly brewed coffee at every hour - just for you.
The customers are different in day and night time. You´ll find LAN-parties and hard working game developers, writers and many others that prefer a cup of coffee at night.
At some special days there will be night markets or other amazing events.
Since I am working alone on this right now it might take some time and it will be a challenge to implement some things. But I believe in my passion! Stay tuned~!


WITCH project
(work title)

story game, puzzle-adventure, horror (work in progress)

A tragic story about the origins of a villain.

You take on the role of a young adult who, for mysterious reasons, end up in a forest. Out of curiosity, you follow a creature into a seemingly ancient little hut. But you can hardly believe your eyes what you find inside. The supposedly small hut is a magnificent mansion from the inside, maintained by a multitude of little Minions, who bring everything to a high gloss.
The mistress of the house, a small hunchbacked and friendly old lady, welcomes you warmly with tea by the fireplace.
But the deeper you get into the mansion, the weirder the events become.
A curse that could hardly be sadder.
Can you escape the witch's house?
Watch out!

This is Juel, the protagonist of the Witch Game.
He is a gruff young adult.


Epidemia

analog boardgame with cards (university group project winter 2019)

Each player is given a card showing a disease and another card showing the player's secret target. Targets can be, for example: "Take both lungs of the sick person and cause lung failure." For this, ulcers and tumors must be placed in the individual organ sections. You get these if you collect and trade enough raw materials (blood, proteins, fats, H2O, O2).

My task was to think about diseases and bring those 21 illnesses/diseases (serious ones and silly ones) to life but still keep their important features intact.



Stealth Project

non-combat (university group project 2020)

As a sixteen-year-old boy from the slums, you go to a deserted city where an AI takes over everything. You find a automatic bird with the ghost of a former scientist in it, and you are given the task of switching off the AI before it causes any more damage.
The focus in the non-combat game is on sneaking in order to create more tension.
Besides sneaking you can also climb and fly with the bird over canyons and from house to house to get closer to the AI bit by bit.
To fly higher you have to upgrade the bird once in each district.

click on me~

Troll Run

2D-sidescroller, jump´n´run, adventure (university solo project)

One single troll with fairys in his pockets on his way to defeat the new goblin king that brings chaos to the ancient agreement between goblins and trolls.
Defy gravity with the fairies on your side! But beware of the toxic clouds.



LOONA X

board game w/ cards (university group project 2018)

The board game is played competitively 1-on-1 on a sci-fi style Mars landscape. Each player starts with Tank, Support, Fighter and Sniper with different characteristics and attacks in their base (green). The player who first wipes out all of his opponent's figures wins, or the player who can win the secret weapon in the middle of the map (blue).


Unseen (work title)

work in progress

A mysterious misunderstood elf knight with magical armor goes on an adventure to find purpose.
to be continued...



Unseen details

The dark elf - he has no name by now - obtains a magical armor. The gazing armor. The shoulder armor has functioning eyes that protect the person wearing it - ONLY if it recognizes the persons true honest intentions. As a protection mechanism the shoulder armor extends its horns when it sees danger. The whole armor itself can change its shape.


For my Online Streaming Persona I created "Monkey" or "Lil Monkey".
I try reinventing the figure again and again, without disrupting her cheeky and fun nature.

Here is an example of my emotes I´m working on as an Online Artist

Those short frame by frame animations and artworks were made for the Virusfy Interactive Social Media channels