In the mobile gaming world, keeping players engaged means regularly refreshing content - and character costumes are a perfect way to celebrate seasons and special events. In this post, we'll walk through how to create seasonal costume variations for your game characters using RenderWolf tools, keeping character recognition consistent while changing outfits completely.
Seasonal costumes aren't just cosmetic additions - they help players connect with your game throughout the year, drive engagement during special events, and can even provide additional revenue through in-game purchases. The key is maintaining character identity while creating exciting new looks.
Every great costume variation starts with a strong base character. We created this adventurous female character with distinctive features like her medium brown hair, bright green eyes, and freckles. Her default outfit is practical and fits her explorer personality with a brown leather vest, white shirt, and sturdy boots. When designing your base character, focus on creating distinctive facial features and a memorable silhouette that will remain recognizable even when the outfit changes completely. You can do this using any image generation model out there. We recommend using a Flux custom style.
Prompt:
A cheerful female adventurer cartoon character for a mobile game, with medium-length brown hair, bright green eyes, and freckles. She's wearing a simple brown leather vest over a white shirt, tan pants, and sturdy boots. She has a small backpack and a confident pose with hands on her hips. The character should have a friendly, approachable expression.
Result:
Halloween events are perfect opportunities to introduce magical or spooky character variants. We transformed our adventurer into a witch, complete with a purple and black dress, pointed hat, and magical effects while maintaining her key identifying features.
Creating this variation: We used the Nano Banana tool with the original character as the reference image. Our prompt specified keeping her face and hair identical while changing her outfit to a witch costume with appropriate accessories. The magic effects add visual interest and reinforce the Halloween theme.
Nano Banana reference image: Starting character image from above
Nano Banana prompt:
Transform the adventurer character into a Halloween witch costume variation. Keep her face, hair, and expression exactly the same, but change her outfit to a stylish witch costume with a purple and black dress, a pointed witch hat with a green band, and add a magic wand or broomstick in one hand. Add some glowing green magic effects around her free hand. The background should remain blank/white.
Result:
Winter holidays offer another perfect opportunity for seasonal content. Our character transforms into a festive helper with a Santa-inspired outfit, complete with the red dress, white fur trim, and matching hat. The green mittens add a complementary pop of color.
Creating this variation: Again using Nano Banana, we specified keeping her facial features identical but swapped the entire outfit for holiday-themed elements. The small gift adds storytelling context to the character. Notice how her freckles, eye color, and hairstyle remain consistent despite the complete outfit change.
Nano Banana reference image: Starting character image from above
Nano Banana prompt:
Transform the adventurer character into a winter holiday costume variation. Keep her face, hair, and expression exactly the same, but change her outfit to a festive red and white Santa-inspired dress with white fur trim, a matching Santa hat, and winter boots. Add a small gift box wrapped with a bow that she's holding in one hand. She should be wearing green mittens. The background should remain blank/white.
Result:
For spring and summer events, bright colors and natural elements create the perfect seasonal feel. We gave our character a bohemian festival look with a vibrant floral dress, flower crown, and a ukulele to emphasize the musical festival theme.
Creating this variation: Using the same approach, we maintained all her identifying features while transforming her outfit into something perfectly suited for a spring or summer in-game event. The sandals and flowing dress emphasize the warm-weather theme, while the instrument adds character depth.
Nano Banana reference image: Starting character image from above
Nano Banana prompt:
Transform the adventurer character into a spring/summer festival costume. Keep her face, hair, and expression exactly the same, but change her outfit to a colorful boho-style dress with floral patterns in bright yellow, pink and blue colors. Add a flower crown on her head with colorful wildflowers. She should be holding a small musical instrument like a ukulele or tambourine. She should be wearing sandals instead of boots. The background should remain blank/white.
Result:
Here's a complete look at our character in each of her seasonal costumes:
