I had the opportunity to show Beatland: Ninjapaw's Revenge at ACMI (Australia's national museum of screen culture) in Melbourne, and put the game in front of an audience for the first time. The purpose of the event was simple: put the game in the hands of
Ninjapaw can finally run through Ninjaland. After working on the character’s idle animation, the next important step was creating a run cycle that felt energetic and determined, while preserving the very simple visual language of the character. For the animation I am using Spine, which gives me enough flexibility
One of the visual goals for Beatland: Ninjapaw’s Revenge is to keep the illustrated, hand-painted look of the original artwork while making the world feel spatially deeper. The backgrounds started as a series of flat 2D layers. This already worked well for parallax, but once the camera started
Beatland: Ninjapaw’s Revenge follows a ninja who must defend his village from thousands of enemies determined to destroy his clan. In this short video, I bring together Ninjapaw, the main character, and an environment that will likely become the game’s first world. Ninjapaw was illustrated in Photoshop and
This is Beatland's dev blog. Beatland: Ninjapaw's Revenge is an indie rhythm video game developed by me, Huan Solo that's just getting started. More post will be coming shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up