Harold, The game that plays like a cartoon!
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Hey everybody, it feels so good to finally be able to announce this. But my studios 1st title Harold just went live for the world to see! It has been a awesome experience working here with some industry giants (original Disney animators from the days of Aladdin, and formal Studio Ghibli animator who worked on Princess Mononoke)
This game has been a very interesting experience pushing technology for a game engine that really wasnt designed for this. And my job has been a little bit all over the place but im glad that it all came together
All the VFX you see in the game I implemented and got working (we have a staff of 2D artists who do the drawings)
Anyway enough talk CHECK THIS OUT!
Check out this review to see a video of it all in motion!
http://kotaku.com/5936206/the-hardest-games-only-truly-open-up-when-you-get-better-at-them
http://www.gamesradar.com/harold-preview-like-playing-a-cartoon/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/21/wield-godlike-power-in-harold-a-playable-saturday-morning-cartoon
http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/21/moonspider-studio-harold-preview/#s:harold_announce_4
Company website
http://www.moonspiderstudio.com/
This game has been a very interesting experience pushing technology for a game engine that really wasnt designed for this. And my job has been a little bit all over the place but im glad that it all came together
All the VFX you see in the game I implemented and got working (we have a staff of 2D artists who do the drawings)Anyway enough talk CHECK THIS OUT!
Check out this review to see a video of it all in motion!
http://kotaku.com/5936206/the-hardest-games-only-truly-open-up-when-you-get-better-at-them
http://www.gamesradar.com/harold-preview-like-playing-a-cartoon/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/21/wield-godlike-power-in-harold-a-playable-saturday-morning-cartoon
http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/21/moonspider-studio-harold-preview/#s:harold_announce_4
Company website
http://www.moonspiderstudio.com/
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Art style is drop dead gorgeous and the animations are out of this world, but I guess that's a given with ex-Disney and Ghibli animators.
Thanks everyone I will be posting more when im allowed!
For anyone attending pax please look for our booth and go play (I unfortunately wont be there) But if you see a stocky, angry, balding , cuban man who is playing the game, go say hi give him a hug and say Remi said for you to do that. He will love it!
The art style is top notch and you can definitely feel the Disney influence, but at the same time it's something new and unique. Amazing work!
For a game that's being touted on the strengths of its animation, that's a bit of a glaring oversight.
on a side not, I had my comp volume off and Radiohead's Bones was playing on my phone when I started the Kotaku vid. They work very well together
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Yup the only game to be mentioned so far BY PENNY ARCADE GUYS! BOOM!
ALL PEOPLE ATTENDING PAX GO LOOK AND PLAY MY GAME HAROLD NOW!! *flex*
Edit:
Go look for this booth!
Congrats!
PogoP Im hoping that will clear up the air (and for others on how this game functions etc) This game seems slow but has a stupid level hard difficulty thats similar to meatboy with near perfect timings to get that best time/1st place....and yes you are rewarded for 1st place in the game past unlocakables and stupid achievements...theres purpose to it in the game design itself that I cant reveal yet.
You made a customer out of me, keep up the good work!
http://www.destructoid.com/new-screenshots-for-harold-take-us-to-the-beach-241014.phtml