Category — Arcade Trap

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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Critter Rush is up and running. We are about to host the launch ‘party’. There are bubbles and lollies, and all the boys are frocked up to the nines. They look good.

Adam showing the game to the masses.

Trent enjoying the bubbles.

Checkout the red cordial!

Get it here:
http://www.awshub.com/game/game.php?gameid=a2

Get your own Critter model here:
http://www.awshub.com/shop/shop.php

ENJOY!

Hi kids, Jordan here. Production assistant at AWF. I enjoy grammar and making lists. And French electro. I have been sitting in Kubrick’s directors chair all week, and I don’t have a desk. Or an icon.

While Aldrich is away, I thought I’d let you know what is going on here at the studio. The animators are busy animating. The boss is busy bossing. And I make the coffee.

Monday will see the launch of Critter Rush (finally) with a bit of an event! Bubbles, red cordial and red jellybeans are on the menu. We will be running another competition as well, more details to come.

While the festive season is nearly upon us, I am yet to see a single decoration around the office. I’ll see if I can’t change that…

Until next time.

In the near completion of Critter Rush - The Game, Adam decided to make an introduction video on how to play the game due to some of the game’s slightly complex features. Unless you think you’re a pro, like me, and select hard difficultly only to last a few seconds :O The aim here is to make the video fun, quick, entertaining and above all easy to understand. So come a little closer and step into the progress of how to create this video

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