E3, X-update and other stuff.

Helloooo.

Sorry for the long time silence.  It's been pretty crazy.

Mostly we were swept up in the E3 trailers this year while we continued work on our own game.

Here's a small list of games we saw that we are excited for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNPdiny3A0
We've been waiting a good few years for this to come out and can't wait to play it.  Someday we hope our games look as good if not better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWO3KL9uybg
Tomb Raider always knocks it out of the park and this new game looks nothing short of amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TjUPXAn2Rg
In an attempt to make a video game look and feel like a old style cartoon, Cuphead just looks plain fun.




and last but not least;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6qhcxQbgwg
Got to love the idea behind this game and the crazy possibilities it can hold.



But that's enough talk over other games, let's get back to the most important.....ours. haha.

Lately we've been working on coding and trying to get some sort of gameplay started while we work on modeling our characters.  Soon, we'll show you what those look like and see them in the game but for now you'll just have to wait.

In our attempts to make this the greatest game we can while also letting as many people play it as possible, we are excited to announce we have not only applied for, but got into the Microsoft program:

(Independent developer at Xbox)

This means a few things:

1.  We get access to their middle-ware to develop with and implement
2.  We get up to 2 Xbox one developer kits
and C.  We to release our game on the Xbox marketplace with means anyone with a Xbox will be able to play our game, not limiting us to only PC anymore!

*Confetti*


We are super excited and this lights many new fires in our hearts to get you the best content we can as quickly as we can.  This has been a long time dream and we are glad it is now a reality.

Well, now back to the game.  Wishing you all a fun and safe 4th of july!

Graveyards and Gardens

Well hello again.  Sorry for the long wait, it's been a crazy month (as always).  You're probably itching to know what's been new, so here's what I got for ya: (keep in mind all of the photo's have not been altered.  It's all in game screen caps, the only thing I added was the Skyride logo.)

So I wanted to start from the beginning and get the feel of the game set up the best I could.  I drew inspiration from games like the new Tomb Raider game which has GREAT production design.  All these really pretty sections of the game you see as you go through the level.  So I did my best to try to capture that kind of feel: (really, if you haven't played the game, go rent it. It's masterful.)

Tomb Raider:

City of Rain:

In the story, someone dies (I don't want to give away who) and the main character takes their body up on a hill that overlooks Rain.  This is the spot where he buries that body:

Notice how I'm not trying to give away where the location is. :-p

Also somewhere on the hill is a cemetery I've been working on.  It's still a work in progress but I'll show you a sneak peak of what it looks like at night:

I've just started today on it, so give it another week and I should be done.  I'm slowly working my way back to the city.
1. Because these small area's are super important and need to get done
and
2. Because I have SO many more buildings to texture and I don't want to do them. (^_^)

If pictures aren't your thing, you can always watch this gameplay video of the intro and park area I had made a few days ago.  Bonus is the music track will be in the game and has been composed by my talented composer L.A.Z.

The park you will see is actually inside of the city and is about 75% done.  I have to add a few more special spots here and there but you'll get the idea.  It's suppose to look abandoned and forgotten with overgrowing trees.  Watch it in HD for great detail.  

Enjoy:

Well, that's all I got for now.  If you like what you see, I'd love to hear about it.  Or even if you don't.  Also, I'm currently looking for someone who'd be interested in character design/animation/implementation.  If you or someone you know would like to work on this video game with me, shoot me a email at: will@skyridestudios.com and we'll talk.  Thanks a lot.  Later, Screen Slavers.