Hello cats. My name is Brent "Meowza" Kobayashi.
I'm a game artist, takoyaki lover, and owner of Meowza Games.
I am from Vancouver, Canada. Hi.

Currently working on:
Mineko's Night Market, Meowza Games' first game,
with my gooder half, Kukubee.
The game is being published by Humble Bundle.
Also doing art/animation on Alphabear 2 for Spry Fox.

Some of the neato things I worked on in the past:
Alphabear, Bushido Bear, Road Not Taken, Glitch, Loot Rascals,
Steambirds Alliance, Beartopia.

Oh yeah! I also drew Slackbot.

Thank you for peeping your peepers at some of my work.
Let's be best friends on Twitter.
Love you, friend.

- Brent K

Mineko's Night Market

(Meowza Games Inc)

A game about crafting crafts, running a market booth, eating eats, and... growing cats. Coming to PLATFORM UNKNOWN.

Design, art, animation, and programming

Mineko "Cover"
Dock Area
Blossom Field
Mines
Crafting Mini-Game
Mineko Character Rotation
Cat Racing
Home Town Area
Journal
Tako Chef
Mining
World Map
Cat Gardening
Tea
Pets

Alphabear

(Spry Fox)

Winner of the 2016 "Standout Indie" Google Play Award.

An original puzzle game in which you spell words and collect bears and spell more words with help from the bears you collect. For iOS & Android.

Art and animation

Alphabear "Cover"
Alphabear Game
"Selfie" social feature
Main Menu UI
Lots of bears!
Original concept image
Alphabear launch graphic (animated)
Animal suits promo graphic (animated)
Clip from the trailer (animated)

Grampy Katz in: The Big Date

(Independent project)

A silly little game about getting Grampy Katz ready for his big date. Made with @kukubee in 72 hours for Ludum Dare. For Web, PC, & Mac. Maybe expanding the game for iOS and Android???

Design, art, animation, and programming

Grampy Katz Title
Grampy Katz burning his dinner
Grampy Katz on his big date

Loot Rascals

(Hollow Ponds)

A superwacky roguelike made by some of the superfine folks behind Hohokum, with characters and animations by the superlegendary Swatpaz. On PS4™ and PC.

Environment Art and animation

Website Header
Dome Interior
Dome Interior
World Art
Happy Landing Zone
Biome Palettes
Tutorial Area
Level Screen
Thing Below Area

Bushido Bear

(Spry Fox)

An original slice n' dice game for iOS & Android. Played by over 2 million players worldwide. Woo!

Art and animation

Bushido Bear Logo
Player Characters
Enemies
Spooky Thicket
Kraken's Bog
Crystal Cavern

Steambirds Alliance

(Spry Fox)

A co-op, bullet hell MMO made by the folks who brought you the original Steambirds and Realm of the Mad God. It's like... a combination of the two. Coming to Steam... birds.

Concept Art