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Project Runner is moving right along :)  Check out the videos below!

 

The movement still needs some refinement and we'll probably need to nix stair-like structures from the level design, but overall, the game is progressing well :)  Your comments are welcome!

 

WeLoveAnnaWu.com launched!

We Love Anna WuWe just helped launch a fan site for Anna Wu from the hit show Chuck on NBC! WeLoveAnnaWu.com is dedicated to requesting the return of Anna Wu to the show!

We've got a petition for you to virtually sign as well as the opportunity to suggest storyline arcs for how she may be incorporated back in :) Be creative! Contests will be held! Winners will be chosen!

We're also working on some other fun stuff for the site. I can't say too much, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out given the kind of stuff we do :)

Go check it out already!

 

Tell her to keep it moving (Character Design)

One of our original ideas/themes for the runner game was to have the player character be chased by something. Whatever was chasing the player could influence or create the whole theme of the game itself. We thought of an avalanche, so our player could be a little eskimo, or a rising tidal wave, where our player could be a surfer dude. Eventually we got into the idea of the player being a little egg, and the force chasing it was an army of....sperm.


We found that to be kinda awkward, but we did like the idea of some slick little runner woman hauling ass across the level, so we went with it.


 

Pre-Alpha Early Zygote Project Preview

If you didn't get it from the title, this project is so new, we have no idea what we're going to name it!

We've been inspired by games such as Canabalt and wanted to try our own hand at the run-for-your-life style of gameplay, but with a physics based twist.


Runner

 

What's your ninja name?


 

 
 

Busy Busy Busy

Things have become really hectic lately as we're closing out a couple of non-game related projects and starting up a couple of new ones.  The Muzikaze debut was awesome! Hopefully we'll have some pics of that up soon.  A teaser is in the works! That's all for now, just wanted to take a moment and say that we're still here!

 

Life of Graphic Design.

Welcome to Part 1 of-as-many-parts-as-I-feel-like-doing regarding graphic design, web design, and other art-related tasks I do here at Pow Studios.


Purple is for lovers.

As the graphic designer on the Pow team, I guess I could shed some light on what (in my opinion) makes good design and what I try to focus on when designing (but I might start to charge in the future). To each their own.

 

Digging into the past....

We've been receiving some good feedback about our pitch video for the Indie Game Challenge, including a couple of queries about why there was a listing for "Contra-Level One" in the quick shot of our audio browser in the game. 

 

ActionScript vs. C++

     Hello everyone! THis will be my first blog post ever so I am really excited!! woot! OK, so first of all I'd like to say that pow Studios is a really great company to do an internship for. They have a really helpful committed staff and it's been great so far.