{"id":768,"date":"2025-08-22T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=768"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:39:11","slug":"the-bestest-game-ever","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spicycoffeearts.com\/portfolio\/animation\/the-bestest-game-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BESTEST GAME EVER!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer mb-0 mt-0\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-quaternary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-lato-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-elements-44b985444be63aa8863060438a94a80a\" style=\"font-family:Lato;line-height:1\"><em>THE BESTEST GAME EVER!<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-montserrat-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-lineheight wp-elements-c2b092cb4a0897b25dd61960ea9fb9c2\" style=\"color:#ababff;font-family:Montserrat;line-height:1;font-size:20px\">Capstone Film | 2D\/Stop-Motion Animator, Design, Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE BESTEST GAME EVER! | Original Animated Short Film by Spicy Coffee\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3UtpYyM_-XU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-quaternary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-montserrat-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight wp-elements-7e8b3209c00d30230dc6da5f3742629c\" style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px\">Two coworkers are allegedly suffering in their jobs at a gas station convenience store. Until the &#8220;bestest&#8221; idea arises to create a top-selling video game, but they need to decide what this game should be about.<br><br>This film was a visually experimental learning experience while graduating from OCAD University. It focuses on emulating various tropes and styles seen in notable video games from the 90&#8217;s and early 2000&#8217;s. I&#8217;ve also collaborated with my husband to create an <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLwqBhZjSeKJNO8K2BKPctEtR6IbG6K3Qh&amp;si=yRbYGq9UelbyYB6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original soundtrack<\/a> for the film, inspired by various video game soundtracks of the same era. 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