Think outside the box contest game - 'Clay Moon' By Riffel

Riffel

This is a thread about my game for the 'Think outside the box contest'.
http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=17247

Hi, I'm starting the game development.
the gameplay will be simple, a vertical scrolling space shooter.
the difference will be in the art style, Im going to use Clay modeling, the real stuff and get photos.
start to working with GS engine just now, hope can finish it in time for feb 21.
I'm trying tell you more, but my english is poor :-(

StormyStudio

Excellent, I love the idea... clay explosions could be amazing... I remember playing Clay Fighters on the SNES...it looked great...not the best beat'em'up game but great looking anyway...

Riffel

thank you stormystudio!
Im start some sketches at photoshop to measure actor size etc ( not concept )

planning some sort of banking effect

Later Im going to model the player ship on clay.

cbt

Great.. It is too early for me to open PS.. Looking forward to see what you create..

Riffel

modeling tools

Riffel

WIP

JohnPapiomitis

lovin the clay concept man! i would have hopped into the contest myself, but between term papers and all the projects i got going on i doubt i would have met the deadline. Good luck!

Riffel

Thank you JohnPapiomitis!
here an enemy WIP


Now going to sleep... tomorrow Im send more screensshots
and try add some words

StormyStudio

Wow!

This looks properly cool. Really really like the style.

Are there many clay styled games on the app store. Is there a name for the style could you start a whole movement like the doodle style?

DreamLab

I was thinking about trying this style not too long ago. We should really start this. It WOULD be the next doodle lol. How did you get the pics of the clay on your computer though? take a pic and crop them in photoshop?
DL

cbt

I don't think it will start any movement because, this really requires work, ability and patience.

This is turning out better than I imagined..

Competition is just increased

PIXOMUSE

Aw, man, that is super cool, would be lovely to see some claymation ( animated clay ) as well as standard sprites too !

For instance, dropping a bomb on the planet surface, and watching the resultant 'splurge' would be awesome.

StormyStudio

SPURGES, explosions and debris, clay lazers?

looking forward to seeing this grow...

It looks fun just making the objects, skip the actual GameSalad bit and just have fun with clay/plasticine... :-)

design219

Hey Riffel, this looks very cool. The only other clay art app I've seen was the "Stairs" game, also made with GameSalad.

tenrdrmer

I also thought a clay art type game would be pretty cool and unique. Probably a ton of work for the artist though.

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Riffel

@DreamLab not just crop, theres a lot of optimization work

@cbt I have the 3 skills :-)

@PIXOMUSE nice idea, I don't have the time to implement, actually they are moon craters

@design219 nice theres no competition :-)

@tenrdrmer i love work with this materials, this symbioses is great

here the ship and some 'tiles' to the forum WIP

Riffel

some action

StormyStudio

That is awesome....I love the little roll/banking of the ship..

Also is there a hint that of the numbers increasing as it moves up... I saw the number 4 slots appearing...

Good luck with this...it's looking great.

DreamLab

this clay stuff gives me so many ideas now.
DL

Riffel

changed the moon surface color


How to remove this?

StormyStudio

Can you remove the line by scaling up the tiles each by 1 pixel?

Riffel

New "Pause" behavior in action:

stormystudio said:
Can you remove the line by scaling up the tiles each by 1 pixel?

thanks, seems that works!

Riffel

FIRE!!!


there is an easy way to towers shoot at player ship position?
I have pos x/y tracked to game.x /game.y
thank you

BarkBarkCo

This is freakin awesome!

simo103

great to see such diverse creativity in the GS community ... some awesome talents in the mix.

Riffel ... I volunteer at my son's school and I lead them in animation movie projects .. some with clay. If you get a chance and wouldn't mind could you take a picture of your camera and scene setup? Your lighting and clarity in the actor images is great (would like to see if there's anything in your setup that I could learn from).

Thanks .... no problem if its too much trouble ... well done anyways and would love for you to keep us updated.

VoidedSky

This looks SICK Man!!!! Great Job!
I can't wait till its out!
~CTM

hrsmedia

Hey this looks really good! The menu alone looks brilliant!

StormyStudio

Yeah your stealing the show in the contest so far. . . Really love the style

Riffel

more action


there is a lot of work, hope finish it monday cause my vacations!

Riffel

simo103 said:
great to see such diverse creativity in the GS community ... some awesome talents in the mix.

Riffel ... I volunteer at my son's school and I lead them in animation movie projects .. some with clay. If you get a chance and wouldn't mind could you take a picture of your camera and scene setup? Your lighting and clarity in the actor images is great (would like to see if there's anything in your setup that I could learn from).

Thanks .... no problem if its too much trouble ... well done anyways and would love for you to keep us updated.

theres no secret, just clay, my iphone 3Gs, natural light to take the photos, and a lot of Photoshop work, just now Im cutting the clay numbers to the score art.
Theres an aoo to do stopmotion on appstore, try it, its is fun

JohnPapiomitis

Riffel said:
more action


there is a lot of work, hope finish it monday cause my vacations!

Thats serisouly awesome man, so nice to see something different. After the contest, add a bunch of levels to it and i can see this being huge