Category — Arcade Trap

As part of our epic questing in this era of video game creation, we are required to battle many fiendish processes that require lots of pre-planning, problem solving and general complex noodling. In this post, I am going to talk about one of those processes, specifically getting the visual richness of high polygon count geometry into a game that only supports a very limited polygon count. Don’t be fooled, there is a lot of steps in-between that requires a lot of attention, so if your not feeling like the sharpest tool in the shed, go get a coffee and come back when you feeling like a cognitive ninja.

Four low-poly critters, don’t let the cuteness fool you, they will bite…hard

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Check out the trailer for our new iPhone/iPad game, “Critter Ball”!

Critter Ball is available on the iTunes store here.

This morning, Adam (Walker, that is) came in to work bright and early to find the door already unlocked and swinging in the breeze. Thoughts immediately turned to burglary, but nothing seemed to be missing. While checking on the whereabouts of the office silverware, however, he came across Adam (Reed, now), surrounded by piles of iPhones and engrossed in a frenzy of sleep-coding.

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Papercraft! It’s sort of like origami, but with fewer rules. And more glue. It’s making models on the cheap, and it’s pretty cool.

Hey! Adam Walker Studio make papercraft kits and templates! Let’s check ‘em out, and I’ll take you through the process of constructing one of our more popular models, a Critter from Arcade Trap.

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+ Shortly following the release of Arcade Trap, Adam Walker Studio produced two games featuring characters and themes from the short film: Memory Bytes and Critter Rush.

Adam Reed was the lead designer working on both games, and I spoke to him about the processes involved with the development of video games at AWS.

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So if you read/saw Monday’s blog post, you now have some idea of how the animation for the short film was created - but that is only half the story. The other half… sound!

Click on the “Read More” link below to watch a video that takes you through the sound design and mixing process.

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As part of the Arcade Trap week! enjoy this insight into the character design process behind the short.

The dangerous inner workings of the character design mind

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Adam Walker Studio presents the extravaganza that is: Arcade Trap week!

The 2008 AWS short Arcade Trap tells the story of a small boy who discovers a mysterious arcade machine and gets perhaps a little too engrossed in the game…

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+ In this, the first of a series of interviews with the animators and designers of Adam Walker Studio, I talk to 3D animator Aldrich Tangpos about the importance of animating weight convincingly, the methods, and the trials associated with the procedure.
We discuss the evolution of his animation, from his Shadow of the Colossus-inspired second-year art school project, to the professional work he is involved with at Adam Walker Studio today.

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Often I find myself searching for some kind of meaning - a reason for existence, a purpose to being, some way of understanding the ins and outs of daily life.

Shortly after I begin to undertake this weighty topic, it’s inevitable that I find myself overcome with an intense urge to play video games. Then I think, “If only there were a way I could combine the two; a life lesson with a high score.”

Help me Adam Walker Studio! You’re my only hope!
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