Zool Planets

The Sheffield Hallam student game studio Steel Minions were given the opportunity to work on the Zool IP and bring it up to date as part of a competition set by Ian Stewart (the founder of Gremlin). They were keen to give Zool a refreshing look which both acknowledged his history and marked him out as a bad-ass ninja master for future generations to enjoy.

The Steel Minions design team worked their way though 4 separate concepts over the course of a year, pitching them to Ian and Sean Millard (Creative Director of Sumo) before arriving at the final Zool Planets concept. (1)

(1) https://www.gremlinarchive.com/index.php/2016/05/25/zool-planets-concept-artwork/