He Lives!

[errantember]

It should give you some idea how early in the graphic design process I am for this game that this is supposed to represent a ninja running. ;)



I'm learning how to create games with GameSalad, a great tool that allows non-programmers to create games. One of the features I hadn't tried yet was frame animation, so I drew this little ninja on graph paper, made two frames, flipped one over and repeated the other for a total of four frames, and we have walking!

It's bad walking, but I'm ok with that for now. The main point is that I sketched out the frames, imported them into Photoshop, cleaned them up, and now have a little animated ninja walking around my iPhone screen!

Mobile game development lets me tap all of my myriad interests, including photography, story telling, drawing, musical composition, programming, social commentary, and not starving to death.

Comments

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

duckbear! :D

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I tried to imagine what kind of noise that would make, but I failed. Miserably.

[comodulate.livejournal.com]

This brings me back to my good old days animating with flash.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Indeed!