Quicksilver Labs Developer Log

Hi everyone, my name is Sean and I am one of Quicksilver Labs’ current art team members.  My main focus here at the  company is creating great looking content for games in both 2d and 3d.  The first project I have been working on is Chompy’s Dodgeball.

This week I worked on creating our iconic character, our current company logo, Chompy the Chupacabra.  Over the week you can see my progress as well see the evolution from fruition to finish.

Stay tuned for next week as I produce a couple new environments for the game as well introduce a new member of the Dodgeball squad, Courtney!

Heather, 3D Artist, Quicksilver Labs

This is a render of another character for the upcoming dodge ball
game! His name is Paws and he resides in a lush jungle.

Paws is a very simple model with even simpler textures. He is rendered
here using a sun light.

Can’t wait to get started on this boy’s home! Next I’ll post a render
of him in his natural territory.

Hello!

My name is Heather and I am one of the artists for the upcoming
game Chompy’s Dodgeball.

This will be the first environment for the main character of the game, Chompy the chupacabra. Obviously, Chompy’s home here is the desert.

There are about four different meshes in the scene, and the overall scene is lit using a sun light.

Hey everyone, my name is Raheel, and I’m the CEO and Senior Software Engineer at Quicksilver Labs. I’m the guy responsible for all the big decisions and the tough programming. I wanted to take the time to announce some of the games we have coming to various platforms. Our intern Louis already broke the news of our wild west shooter Showdown, but I would like to share the news of another title, Chompy’s Dodgeball!

Chompy’s Dodgeball is an action packed arcade style dodgeball game that will allow players to take Chompy and his friends on a world tour playing one on one for the title of Dodgeball Champ!

My name is Louis, and I am an avid video game enthusiast and now a Software Developer Intern for Quicksilver Labs. My primary job here is to help develop great games that are fun for you (and us!) to play. My first project will be a first person on-rails shooter for Android called Showdown. For inspiration this week, I’ve been playing some very fun games like the one we want to develop. This blog entry I’ll talk a little about those games and my initial thoughts on the project.

Here’s an initial blurb from Raheel about Showdown’s concept:

Play as a dead outlaw in the wild west who is resurrected in an indian graveyard.

He can’t remember who he is, but he wants answers.

Showdown takes heavy inspiration from old-school arcade games such as Blood Bros and Sunset Riders. It is planned to have a deep storyline, fast-paced shooting action set in the Wild West with Cowboys and Indians, and also a shop system to buy weaponry upgrades in-between levels. Another big inspiration is the plethora of on-rails first person shooters out there, as that’s the kind of game we’ll be making. Game series such as House of the Dead and Time Crisis come to mind there. Check these games out if you like fast paced shooting games that reward you for your quick trigger—then come back and play ours once it’s released!

My ideal for Showdown is to encapsulate the action intense experience on the phone. Of this, proper control is vital for a mobile game. Showdown will be a tap-based shooting game; see a bad guy, tap him to deal damage and defeat him. Now to add interest and difficulty, our initial design has some rules in place. There will be a reload for how often you can tap and shoot enemies. Enemies will shoot bullets that appear on screen and move toward the player while getting bigger, which the player must tap to destroy or take damage. There may also be a duck and cover system similar to many on-rails shooters (such as Time Crisis). There will be extra, one-time collectibles each level that are tricky to get but you’ll really want to do it because you’ll be well rewarded. Showdown will also offer some variety of weaponry, weapons that will be upgradeable in the shop in-between levels. The difficulty will scale exponentially—it will be very approachable for beginners, but builds rather quick into a nice challenge. You should be able to see the old-school arcade influence in this project when it’s complete.

I think the end experience, done well, will be a fun game for people to enjoy. I will be doing the levels programming, so the idea is that all the inspiration I pull from the games I mentioned earlier (and more) will translate to a fun mobile experience.