Quite difficult, I would say. Much more because finding a reliable translation of something you have in mind is quite complicated. It’s already difficult writing all this in English, given that it’s not my mother language! I was looking for a short sentence to write in Twitter, along with a link… Looking for Japanese playersRead more
Tag: Rain Sand Stars
“Rain, Sand, Stars” is now available in the App Store
It’s been a looong year. We wanted to release this game by June, but many things made it pretty impossible. Mainly that we started offering Art&Software services, which consumed most of our time. But it’s finally in the App Store! Tsuyu, reforesting the galaxy one planet at a time! Players… “Rain, Sand, Stars” is now available in the App StoreRead more
Redesigning a character
Video game characters should always be something memorable. Or at least, peculiar in some way. They may have personality (Nathan Drake), a unique aspect (Sonic, Samus in her suit), superb dialog lines (Daxter), strange clothes (Voldo AARGH) or weapons (Cloud)… Some designs were even forced by technical constraints (Mario’s hat,… Redesigning a characterRead more
Walking on the surface of a planetoid with Quaternions
In Rain, Sand, Stars, all objects inhabit little planetoids a la Mario Galaxy (or much before that, a la The Little Prince). Therefore, at each time step, all dynamic objects must be rotated so they stand upright on the planet surface. In a game like Mario Galaxy, their transform.up should… Walking on the surface of a planetoid with QuaternionsRead more
Rain, Sand, Stars
Note: If you are looking for the iOS game, check this post! 😀 We recently conducted a Master Class in Animayo, an International Festival of Animated Film, Visual Effects and Videogames, where me met true giants like Ryan J. Woodward and Carlos Saldanha. Our Master Class, Independent Video Game Creation. An… Rain, Sand, StarsRead more