BA(hons)Illustration at Plymouth

Interesting Links from Ralph

I was chatting to Ralph Manning who graduated 2010 the other day about LIMBO and illustration in relation to games in general. he works designing interfaces for Tablets and smart phones so it was goo dto pick his brains on this one. Hope he wont mind me quoting him here as he passed on a  few useful links and insights.

" http://lesscode.co.nz/interface is an example of a prototyping tool, some get a bit more complicated to set up. there's some cool apps with alot of illustration in them out thereustwo is soon releasing Whale Trail which plays a bit like Tiny wings. Oh, I LOVE LIMBO. Was waiting patiently for it to come to PS3. I really like indie gaming. I'm a big fan of 'ThatGameCompany' who did FlOw, Flower and the soon-to-be-released 'Journey'.
There's an iPhone game called Sr. Mistu, with all hand drawn element. http://srmistu.com/#features
Also, Did you see The Mill's custom touchscreen display for their body of work. Very cool:http://www.themill.com/work/mill-touch/behind-the-scenes.aspx "

some images of Sr.Mistu

 

 

LIMBO - feels groundbreaking

THis new video game feels really groundbreaking, an important step in the evolution of the look and feel of games. It feels very connected to our illustration practice, looks like it was drawn in charcoal !

Officially racked in the stores in the genre 'Indie,Adventure' this really helps open up an the video game industry a new arena for us to potentially develop imagery and concepts for.

What is really interesting is that the game engine is nothing new, its a basic platformer like Donkey Kong etc. Which makes you think what other game engines could be refreshed in this way.

Here is a clip …