Noida based Creatiosoft Solutions, founded and spearheaded by Rishabh Agrawal, a BTECH in Electronics, has released its 2D side-scroller game, ‘N
ight Surfers’, as a free app on Android and iOS platform, with in app purchases.
Creatiosoft believes in bringing out easy game plays, and h
as developed over 100 games, apps out which their Run Panda Run game brought them recognition in the Android sphere as it assembled 2 lacs+ users in launching month and till date has earned 800K+ users worldwide.
Game play of Night Surfers, which is targeted at young kids and teenagers, revolves around a little boy named Alex. He is done from school and on the way back he misses his bus. Now, he has to reach home through a long road where he has to tackle a bunch of naughty, magical creatures.
“To his surprise, during this adventure he learns that not only he has to do
dge these creatures but a mysterious Witch is chasing him too. Now the question remains, would Alex be able to reach his home? Would he be captured by the mysterious Witch? And would the small naughty creature succeed in stopping sweet little Alex? Play it to see it! “Rishabh shares with AnimationXpress.com
Two finger tap controls of this single player game lets you tap on both the sides of your tab/phone to either jump or roll. “We want our gamers to get a feel of fun, frolic, adventure and of course the adrenalin rush through their hearts every time the bad old mysterious Witch comes closer to grab Alex.”
The game includes social integration, Facebook Friend leader board and global leader board for enhanced user retention and effective monetization.
When asked about the inspirations behind developing ‘Night Surfers, Rishbah says, “Some old classics like Mario & Sonic were games we always look up to. From the current genre, Rayman Origins & Limbo have inspired us to create beautifully designed games as well as enjoyable and simple game play.”
Created using 2.5D medium of animation, ‘Night Surfers’ was completed in 5 months time and software used are Unity 3D game engine with C# as the programming language.
“In 2.5D medium, we take simple 3D planes in a 3D software and put our design like characters and creatures on it and make them run and jump, it is a very simplistic approach and does not consume too much of production time and cost.”
The studio will soon be launching 3D Car Racing Game with heartbreaking action, followed by stunning skating game in our pipeline. Besides that, game development for one of the upcoming Hindi Movie is going on along with Smartphone apps related to slideshow and videos.
Concluding the conversation with us, Rishabh gives an insight into the challenges faced, “Our team with an experience of 2D medium was ready to take the plunge, but in the gaming industry all the rules and principles have to be re-thought and re-designed.Although 2.5D medium has a simplistic approach but it tends to get complex in certain areas. We faced numerous challenges such as how to portray the energy and frolic nature of Alex in a 2.5D plane, solving numerous bugs in the game play and of course making the whole gaming experience and experience to remember.”