Category: Game

Finalist: Guardians of Altarris

URL: www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/guardians.jsp

Creators: Original Concept, Engineering and Character Art by Scott Stoddard, World Art by Adam Ford, Music by Ethan Halvorsen

Artist’s Statement: Inspired by classic arcade brawler gameplay and Judeo-Christian themes with a Fantasy / Sci-FI flavor, “Guardians of Altarris - The Sinless Blade” is the first chapter in an epic Sci-Fi Flash game.

We set out to produce a Flash based game with unprecidented polish and gameplay. The production for this first chapter included the creation of a Flash based engine and took about 6 months to complete. Each episode will be playable for free and generate advertising revenue while the remaining chapters are completed.

This staggered process generates revenue before the game is completed and also enables us to respond to users more effectively in the design of new game elements in later chapters. The forth chapter will be sold in a package with the first 3 chapters as a complete game and allow fans to download the game to their hard drive.

The graphics where created using a combination of methods. The characters where created and animated in 3D then rendered out to toon shaded sprites and imported into the Flash environment. The worlds were created using a combination of 3D models and traditional painting with 3 layers of paralax.

The music was digitally composed with midi software. Most of the particle effects, cinematic frames and menus where created with vectors in Flash. The first chapter has demonstrated substantial popularity and we are excited to continue the series in coming months.

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