Aldo the Ant

Skylines through the lens of an ant!

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:29:17 +0000

Skylines through the lens of an ant!

Skylines

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:24:00 +0000

I’ve spent the day creating multiple skylines and have finished them, ready to add some game mechanics and animating Aldo and bringing him to life (I feel like Dr Frankenstein).

I now have the idea for the game in my head, I will post a video of the game idae when I have it up and running!

Black Trees and Bumble Bees

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:26:31 +0000

Okay, okay… So the title maybe misleading when it mentions bumble bees as there are no bees in this post, but there are in fact a lot of black trees and plants (plants unfortunately doesn’t rhyme with trees as well as bumble bees does).

I’m not an artist. I used to doodle as a kid and draw pictures that I’d stick on the weird kid’s back but that’s as far as I go. I have to work twice as long on the artwork as I probably should, but it’s getting there. Aldo is looking pretty nice now (see the image below) and I’ve spent the morning drawing plants and trees then resizing them for the various device sizes.

The title and inane babble at the start has given me an idea to have a level where Aldo is riding a bee… Hmmm whilst I ponder that, I’ll leave you with a lovely little picture of a tree I did this morning…

Here’s Aldo - I’m still sketchy on what the game is going to be...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:57:58 +0000

Here’s Aldo - I’m still sketchy on what the game is going to be about, but I know what colour scheme I want to use and how I want it to look.

Gamesalad

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:20:09 +0000

Gamesalad:

This is the awesome game development tool that I am using to create Aldo the Ant… Go download it now and start creating iOS, Android, HTML5 and Mac games for free!

Aldo the Ant Development Blog

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:12:34 +0000

Hey everyone,

I wanted to create a development blog that will follow every step I take from design and planning all the way to marketing and sales.

Because I wanted to detail every step of the process, I don’t have much more than a name and that I want it to be a platformer with a silhouette theme going throughout the full game. The game will be created fully using Photoshop for the graphics (I know, I know, Illustrator would be better but I’m more familiar with Photoshop and, well, after you’ve purchased Photoshop, you don’t have much free cash to spend on other graphic design programs haha), Logic Pro for the music, which is going to have a Rock theme to it and all of the coding will be done in Gamesalad.

That’s pretty much all I know right now, but keep checking back for updates.

Oh, and add Aldo on twitter @AldoTheAnt