Guess What These Scientists’ Special Moves Are


Artist Diego Sanches designed pixel art characters and animations for an upcoming game called Science Combat for Superinteressante magazine.

The Street Fighter-style fighting game features eight legendary scientists whose special moves are based on famous discoveries they made. Each character has six basic attacks and two special attacks.

Original Idea, texts and executive production: Fred Di Giacomo and Otavio Cohen
Game design, art and animations: Diego Sanches
Programming: Cheny Schmeling, Murillo Lopes and André Cabral
Art Direction: Abraão Corazza
Interface: Daniel Ito and Juliana Moreira
Soundtrack and Sound FX: Juliana Moreira
Text Edition: Karin Hueck

[all text and images via Behance]

 


 

Charles Darwin

01 Charles Darwin
Basic Attack

 

Special Move: Evolution
Special Move: Evolution

 

 

 

 

 

Special Move: Natural Selection
Special Move: Natural Selection

 

Albert Einstein

Basic Attack
Basic Attack
02 SM E=m2
Special Move: E=m2
Special Move: Relativity
Special Move: Relativity

 

 

Stephen Hawking

Basic Attack
Basic Attack
Special Move: Black Hole
Special Move: Black Hole
Special Move: Worm Hole
Special Move: Worm Hole

 

 

Basic Attack
04 SM Polonium
Special Move: Polonium
04 SM Radium
Special Move: Radium

 

 

Isaac Newton

05 Isaac Newton
Basic Attack
05 SM Gravity
Special Move: Gravity
05 SM Optiks
Special Move: Optiks

 

 

Pythagoras

06 Pythagoras
Basic Attack
06 SM Pythagorean Theorem
Special Move: Pythagorean Theorem
06 SM Tetractys
Special Move: Teractys

 

 

Nikola Tesla

07 Nikola Tesla
Basic Attack
07 SM Tesla Coil
Special Move: Tesla Coil
07 Teleforce Death Ray
Special Move: Teleforce Death Ray