Sep
30

OIO, THE GAME

Hi there! This week, we would like to talk about a lovely game which was released recently: OIO – The Game. The setting and universe is really great. The game is both beautiful and original, so don’t think twice before visiting their website! We wish Uncanny Games a huge success with their game! :)

Sep
24

MORE MARTIANS!

Hey there! Now that we’ve introduced the Trooper Martian in Gwen’s recent post, we’d like to show you a little bit more of the hidden face of Mars. If you’ve read Fab’s post about the direction of the game, you should know that originally, “Beware Planet Earth!” was not meant to be sold. At that [...]

Sep
16

ARTISTIC EVOLUTION OF THE MARTIANS

Hi there! Here’s an overview of the graphic evolution of the Trooper Martian! Its design has evolved to match the requirements in term of background, game play, and some specific animation constraints. We eventually added the black outline around the character and very vividly-coloured accessories (red collar and gloves) to increase the contrast and improve [...]

Sep
09

MEET…THE PROGRAMMER!

Christophe Rautou, a.k.a Quittouff (pronounce “kee-toofâ€), is our all-mighty programmer (both engine and gameplay) and previously worked for Cyanide and Asobo Studio as, well, a programmer. We think he became a programmer because he can’t draw and liked maths, and that he plays only PC games because you can’t pretend you’re working with a console. [...]

Sep
03

IT’S UDDERLY ALIVE!

Hi there! Foug speaking! Today I’ll show you one of the two hats I wear while working here at Lightmare: 2D animation! I’ll readily acknowledge that everything we’ve shown about “Beware Planet Earth!†so far has been pretty still -to say the least- so this week, let’s take a look at something that moves! For [...]