Fire Maple Games new trailer for our upcoming game, Mosaika!

firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
in Non-GS Game News
Hello all of my GameSalad friends!

Sorry I have not been posting on the forums like I used to... My wife and I had our first baby 7 months ago and we also moved to a new state - It's been a little hectic around here! I still find time to lurk about the GS forums pretty much every day though! ;-)

I am proud to announce the new trailer for our upcoming adventure game, Mosaika! Pat and I have been working really hard on it for over a year now!

http://bit.ly/15mO8rN

Please like us on Facebook and follow us on twitter for the latest news and info, and to be notified when the game is released!

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Thank you!
Joe
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  • creativeappscreativeapps Member Posts: 1,770
    edited March 2013
    Wow Amazing After The Lost City One More Big Hit Coming. Graphics & arts are amazing as usual..:) I would like to see making of any particular scene. Like how you combine original image and converted into digital painting.
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    edited March 2013
    It's soooo beautiful...

    *Dies*
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    *Comes back to life*

    Wow! That, sir, is AMAZING! Love it!

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  • SnapFireStudiosSnapFireStudios Member Posts: 1,603
    Wow! Great job; I can't wait to try it out ;)
    Let me know if you need beta testers :)
    - Thomas
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  • artfishartfish Member, PRO Posts: 369
    Awesome Joe!!! Thanks for inspiring!
  • GraphicWarehouseGraphicWarehouse Member Posts: 927
    edited March 2013
    Wow, amazing!
  • ChakkuChakku Member Posts: 1,513
    @firemapegames
    Yep, looking awesome! :)>-

    Let me know if you need beta testers :)
    Let me know too ;)

    Chakku
  • mounted88mounted88 Member Posts: 1,113
    Wow awesome trailer.
    @firemapegames
    Yep, looking awesome! :)>-

    Let me know if you need beta testers :)
    Let me know too ;)

    Chakku
    Let me know as well
    :)
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  • DalleZDalleZ Member Posts: 85
    Already watched and it's really great :)

    Looking forward to play this!
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Looks ace as always.
  • goliathgoliath Member Posts: 1,440
    Looks like another winner.
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  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Saw this on Facebook the other day, looking forward to it Joe! Beautiful as always
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  • BazookaTimeBazookaTime Member Posts: 1,274
    Awesome. You make some of the best games out there, looking forward to this.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Wowzer that's awesome!!!!!
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  • SolarPepperStudiosSolarPepperStudios Member Posts: 754
    Love the trailer! Can't wait for the release! :D
  • POMPOM Member Posts: 2,599
    That is incredible! I want to play this!
    Joe, you always inspired me, and after all those years, you still do!
    Thank you for this! and looking forward to this hit!

    Roy.
  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    Thanks for posting. Me and my wife are looking forward to playing Mosaika.

    Lump Apps and My Assets

  • dmilinovichiiidmilinovichiii Member Posts: 620
    Wow! The trailer is incredible! Is it going to be made with GameSalad?
  • ChirpinGamesChirpinGames Member, PRO Posts: 214
    Incredible!!
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @everyone: Thank you so much for the kind words! It really means a lot!

    @POM : You inspire me, sir! I will be upgrading my iPhone this week, and I am excited to dive into Twin Swords!

    @creativeapps :

    I am basically using matte painting techniques to create the images. It's a mixture of photos and "hand painting" in Photoshop with different brushes to bring it all together.

    Here are some links to tutorials that use pretty much the exact same techniques I use. I highly recommend them!

    Really nice haunted house:
    http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/the_haunted_house

    I recommend looking at anything on the cgsociety website in fact. Amazing artists there!

    And this one is fantastic. A transformation of the London History Museum:
    http://www.3dtotal.com/index_tutorial_detailed.php?id=474&catDisplay=1&roPos=1&page=1#.USRm4aWBCck

    That will show you all the steps he used.

    And here's a different artist's interpretation of the same building:
    https://mlkshk.com/r/IMVM

    I would Google "matte painting tutorials" and things like that. A ton of great stuff on the internet.

    The guy I develop the games with, Pat, is an amazing photographer. He takes thousands of photos for each game.

    Here is basically my process:

    This photo of a tree is from when we were walking around Prospect Park in Brooklyn that I used for the basis of one of the scenes in the game:

    image

    I then took some bushes from another photo of the same park and added them to the scene. At this point I am just playing around, just sliding different bits of photos around seeing what I like.

    image

    Next I took this photo of a cool mausoleum from a cemetery we visited and added it to the scene:

    image

    This now provides me with the basic composition that I build the final images from. Using different layer effects, other bits of photos, and lots and lots of hand painting in Photoshop, I arrive at something like this:

    image

    My Photoshop files have hundreds of layers. It is certainly a tedious process, but I have a lot of fun with it!

    The photos provide me with a solid base to work off of, and it helps add to the 'magic' realism effect that I am going for.

    Each final image takes a few days. And I don't even start on the artwork until the entire game is completely mapped out on paper first, which takes about a month. These games a definitely a labor of love for me, and hopefully people enjoy playing them as much as I do making them!

    Hope this helps!
    Joe
  • creativeappscreativeapps Member Posts: 1,770
    edited March 2013
    wow thank you so much Joe for this. Its really helpful for me. And congratulations for your first baby. It should be in best of gamesalad. I must say you have very powerful vision for this. You are truly an inspiration to me.

    My Photoshop files have hundreds of layers. It is certainly a tedious process, but I have a lot of fun with it!
    I think photoshop cs6 layer search feature is really helpful for you.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474

    My Photoshop files have hundreds of layers. It is certainly a tedious process, but I have a lot of fun with it!

    The photos provide me with a solid base to work off of, and it helps add to the 'magic' realism effect that I am going for.

    Each final image takes a few days. And I don't even start on the artwork until the entire game is completely mapped out on paper first, which takes about a month. These games a definitely a labor of love for me, and hopefully people enjoy playing them as much as I do making them!

    Hope this helps!
    Joe
    So THAT'S how you do it! Looks amazing, Joe! LOVED your previous games, so I will certainly grab this!

  • lycettebroslycettebros Member, PRO Posts: 1,598
    Looks beautiful - congratulations.
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  • mounted88mounted88 Member Posts: 1,113
    edited March 2013
    @firemaplegames Awesome pictures man, i'm sure that is a rough process of doing. But I work in a cemetery full time, if you need any type of pictures in the future, let me know.
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  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Looks ok, doesn't it?

    ;)

    Looking forward to playing it!

    QS :D

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  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Hmm I wonder if there is anywhere I can place a bet on what will be number 1 on the app store in April... ;)
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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks, guys!
  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949
    The trailer looks great but it's especially interesting to see the process you go through to create your images. A few days per image... definitely a labor of love. Impressive.

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  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Love how its only really the base of the tree that makes the final image! Soo much effort going into these Joe! You're an inspiration!
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  • creativeappscreativeapps Member Posts: 1,770
    edited March 2013
    Like the surface ground tile effect in surface everywhere in the game.
  • Benjamin_m5Benjamin_m5 Member Posts: 646
    Missed this. Trailer looks amazing.
    The lost city was awesome. hope this comes out soon :)
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    Benjamin
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