Corey Van Hoosen is a graphic designer and developer of websites, apps, and games.

Mage Guild

Mage Guild is a tactical turn-based wizard dueling game.

I developed this game using the Phaser Javascript game framework, creating graphics for it in Adobe Illustrator, and animating it using Spine 2D.

The player starts in their wizard tower where they can change the appearance of their mage, select their spells from their spellbook, then head out to duel other mages and learn their spells.

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Monarchies of Wax and Honey

Monarchies of Wax and Honey is a top-down real-time, free-for-all game in which the player controls a queen honey bee.

Build a hive, lay eggs, and set tasks for your worker bees.

Workers can forage flowers for nectar and pollen, nurse brood to birth new workers, groom mites off of each other, build new cells onto your hive, and defend against wasps.

I developed this HTML5 game using the Phaser JavaScript framework.

Graphics created using Adobe Illustrator and animated using Spine.

Available at monarchies.io and on the Play Store.

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HelpCounter

I worked with HelpCounter from 2016—2022 doing work on their branding, web design, updating outdated UI, and developing a suite of apps that cater to different aspects of school volunteer management using Angular and Ionic Framework.

Home Access App

For Parents and Volunteers

View and sign up for opportunities at your school, record your hours volunteered, and keep your information current with your volunteer coordinators.

In The Building

For Teachers and Administrators

In an emergency, instantly know which visitors and volunteers have signed into your school's HelpCounter Kiosk or still need to be accounted for.

Kiosk

For Volunteers and Visitors

A hub for signing people in and out of your school.

Administrative Work Area

Front-End Web Design and Development

I modernized old interfaces for school administrators to manage their district-wide volunteer management.

HelpCounter.net

Front-End Web Design and Development

I developed this responsive site for HelpCounter using Bootstrap. I also created a set of hand-drawn aesthetic illustrations to add a bit of personality to the brand.

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Fictus

Fictus is a collaborative creative writing app I developed using Angular and Ionic Framework for the front-end and Firebase as a backend. The UI was designed in a neumorphic visual style meant to look like premium paper.

Submit and vote on story passages with other users to collaboratively write stories.

Matches begin when a user selects a genre and prompt to begin the story with. Users then write out a passage of what they think the next part of the story should be before moving onto the voting stage where users pick the best passage. The next rounds begins where the previous round left off building upon the story. Completed stories get added to the app's library for other players to enjoy.

New prompts can be written and submitted for other users to start their stories with.

Available on the web at Fictus.app and for Android devices at the Play Store.

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The Draft Authority

The Draft Authority is a draft systems installation and maintenance startup. They chose me to work with them to create a logo. They also wanted me to develop a website for them to establish their visual brand.

I got to know their preferences and ideas with which I came up with several logo options, font pairings, and color schemes. Their feedback was taken at every step along the way until we arrived at a brand we were all pleased with. The final logo combines tap beer systems and a local Pacific Northwest landmark framed by a badge shape to reflect the Authority aspect of their name.

Once their visual identity had been completed, I met with them to talk over their web design. I sketched an outline for their website on the spot, adding and removing from it as we discussed what parts they wanted to include and the information they wanted to convey. I took the outline and solidified it into a full design in Adobe Illustrator.

When the design of the site was approved, I then got to work developing it as the responsive Bootstrap site.

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From Goddess To God

I worked with Karen Garst to create a set of Keynote presentation slides. Her talk was on how cultures have largely moved from worshipping goddesses to monotheistic gods. She discussed the consequenses of that shift.

I came up with a color scheme and typography pairing before working with her to create her slides.

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Conversing Across Divides

Featured here are a selection of slides and graphics I created for a talk by Dr. Peter Boghossian related to topics discussed in his book How to Have Impossible Conversations.

I have worked with Dr. Boghossian on a number of his presentation coming up with visual ways to communicate his ideas and creating his slides in Keynote using custom illustrations and advanced animations..

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Illustration

Here are a few miscellaneous illustrations I have created.

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Atheos

Atheos is an app I worked on with Dr. Peter Boghossian and his team. My role in this project was as UI/UX Designer and as Art Director.

I took part in meetings in which the concept of the app and requirements were laid-out. I designed mockups of the screens which would be required and created interactive prototypes using InVision to give an idea of what it would feel like to use the app.

As Art Director, I designed a branding document laying out the color scheme, typeface choices, and general look of the app and its accompanying promotion. I worked with artists on the team to ensure deadlines were met and that a consistent look was achieved.

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