Welcome to the second part of our Announcement Trailer Dev Blog. In Part 1, we looked at the very early stages of the announcement trailers development, covering Competitive Analysis, High Level Treatment, writing the Beats and culminating in the first rough edit using placeholder assets. That was back in December 2015, when I […]
Our Announcement Trailer was one of the biggest moments in the development of Abandon Ship. It was a culmination of several months of hard work and ultimately a validation of what we were working towards – an awesome game that people cared about. As we approach the one year anniversary of its release, this two-part […]
Ahoy there! My name is Mark Angus and I am the Sound Designer for Abandon Ship. This means I make all the sound effects and implement them in the game, as well as designing the systems for the interactive music, directing the dialogue recordings and generally doing anything sound related! What Have I Been […]
In this post we’re going to look at the step-by-step development of the logo for Abandon Ship, both in its current incarnation and our original logo, which very early fans of the game may remember! Bear in mind this blog is written by a game developer with no qualified marketing experience; I don’t claim to […]
Coming up with a name for your Game can be a hard decision. It is something that will be attached to your project forever, and can make a massive impact on how the game is perceived. In this post I’ll look at some of the processes I went through when deciding to call our game […]
Hey, my name is Aaron Miller, I’m the Visual Effects Artist on Abandon Ship, I work with Alex and Adam to create some of the crazy graphical things that happen in the game. I’m also the composer on the project, so I’m writing the music for the game too. My love for Games and […]
‘From a “Proper Job” to Indie’ is a series of articles that describe what it was like going from Full Time employment into the world of Indie Development. Last time (which you can read about here) I talked about putting together your team. In this article I’ll focus on some of the worthwhile things I […]
“From a ‘Proper Job’ to Indie” is a series of articles that describe what it was like going from Full Time employment into the world of Indie Development. Last time I talked about the game-related elements I focused on early in Abandon Ship’s development. This time, I talk about expanding your team. You may […]
Hi! I’m Alex Shapland, resident 3D artist for Abandon Ship. I’m contributing 3D assets, textures, UI, animation and some concept work. Career History I graduated class of 2013 from Staffordshire University with a Dare to be Digital 2012 first place award, second place at Make Something Unreal Live 2013 and a BAFTA ‘Ones to […]
“From a ‘Proper Job’ to Indie” is a series of articles that describe what it was like going from Full Time employment into the world of Indie Development. Last time I talked about the daunting list of Business / Admin tasks you should tackle once you get started. In this article, we’ll focus on more […]