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Hybrid‑casual mobile game · Self‑initiated concept, 2026

Genre
Hybrid-casual, arcade
Platform
Mobile, portrait
Role
Solo, UI/UX and art direction
Year
2026
Status
Self-initiated concept
Nimbo key art: the glossy Nimbo logo beside a smiling cloud raining onto floating islands that bloom where the water lands.
Designed and art-directed by me: the screens, the UI kit, the brand and the world. The illustrations were rendered with generative image tools under that direction.
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Five expressions that double as feedback during play, and eight cloud styles across four rarities.

Nimbo, IdleIdle

Expressions5

Cloud styles8

Pick a mood or a style. Expressions are drawn on the classic cloud.

02

Every island starts dry and cracked. Tap one to rain on it.

  • Large isle · dry
  • Small isle · dry
  • Round isle · dry
Tap an island, or bloom them all
03

Every meter is a component with its states as variants, laid side by side. Markers use icons, not words, so they read at speed and need no translation.

Island progress

Top of gameplay. Five islands per run, a diamond at the goal.

  • 1 of 5
  • 3 of 5
  • 5 of 5

Rain meter

Raining drains it in half steps, the sun dries it, a pond refills it.

  • Full
  • Raining
  • In sun
  • Low

Bloom chain

Warm-up, hot, on fire. The ring drains between blooms; empty, the chain resets.

  • Mist
  • Sun
  • Coral

Bloom tally

Star ticks at 10 and 18 blooms.

  • 0 stars
  • 1 star
  • 2 stars

Markers and counters

Pond markerSun markerWilt timerRun dewdrops counterPause
04

Straight from the component pages. Pick a family; press and hold a button to see its pressed state, or tap a card to select it.

Primary
Confirm
Secondary
Alert
Purchase
Neutral
The home screen Play button with its island sublineLG + subline · home screen only
Icon button, settingsIcon button, pauseIcon button, homeIcon button, gardenIcon button, closeIcon button, play

Raindrop badge sits on the top-right, 2.5px Cloud ring. Coral 800 fill keeps white numerals at 4.6:1.

05

Home, a run, the island complete, the cloud collection and settings. Everything on them comes from the kit above.

Nimbo: Home screen
07

Rewards, garden states and tab icons share one soft, glossy finish, painted to read at counter size.

Rewards

  • DewdropDewdrop
  • SeedSeed
  • StarStar
  • Star, emptyStar, empty
  • GiftGift
  • Moon PoppyMoon Poppy

Garden

  • New plantNew plant
  • BloomBloom
  • SproutSprout
  • Sprout, wiltedSprout, wilted
  • Rainbow heroRainbow hero
  • PeekPeek

Tab bar

  • GardenGarden
  • CloudsClouds
  • PlayPlay
  • IslesIsles
  • EventsEvents
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A sky of floating islands, and the cloud cast that lives in it. Open any scene to see it full size.

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