Rediscovering the Road Not Taken …

I first saw Ichiro’s work on the 3D Game Studio Forums. 3D Game Studio by Conitec is a suite of game development tools and a game engine that is very popular among indie developers. I was instantly struck by the innovative look and feel of his games. I find his approach interesting and think you will too. Please comment if you find these indie spotlight’s helpful.

Intro:

We founded in 1999 with the intention of creating games for PDAs and desktop computers. Over the past 9 years, we’ve created 12 titles, our latest being The Wonderful End of the World for Windows.

1. What is your background and how did you get started as an indie game developer?

Burt, you know the way most kids’ fathers throw them a softball when they’re young? My father sat me down in front of a computer. (I bet the same’s true of a lot of your readers, so we’re all in good company.) I cut my eye teeth programming for the TI 99/4A, which had a 3.3MHz processor, 16 kilobytes of memory, and a screen resolution of about 1 pixel, which you could flash one of 16 colors. I started
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I discovered Ryan Simmons via his CartoonSolutions website a few years ago. I’ve been impressed by his art, his animations, his video tutorials and the interesting business he has developed. He was nice enough to answer a few questions which I hope you’ll find interesting.

Television commercial which won an award in 2005

1. Can you tell us a little about your background and you got started in animation?

I got into animation when I was 21 years old. My Dad worked at a traditional animation studio in the effects department (animating fire, smoke, water, debris, body tones, shadows etc). They were looking for inbetweeners/assistants so he brought home some scenes and I did the inbetween drawings, they tested the animation and it looked fine and I got the job! From there I stayed in the effects department at Warner Bros. and Dreamworks working on Read more »

I met Rich several years ago on the 3D Game Studio forums when I was experimenting with game textures. I have watched his incredible dedication to his craft, as he taught himself the skills he needed, to realize his dreams of working in the game industry.

Rich works as a freelance game artist and has recently completed work for

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