We see this as an opportunity for indies and
small studios like us that can use our size as an advantage to produce some innovative, yet financially viable, products.
I spoke to studio co-founder and lead game designer Jeremy Spillmann about what motivates him and his team to bring difficult issues from the real world into what is usually seen as a purely escapist medium — and how Hatch might offer more opportunities to let
smaller studios like Blindflug find a mass audience.
-- they might name
smaller studios like Vlambeer or Ronimo Games.
Not exact matches
While some companies have gone full steam ahead with establishing a design
studio within their marketing departments,
smaller and leaner startups and businesses might find a tool
like Canva's extremely useful for creating high - quality images meeting Twitter's and other social channels» exact technical specifications.
Like this one: hand - forged by master knife maker Matsuno Kansei in a
small studio near Seki City (one of Japan's legendary knife capitals) and wrapped in carbon fibre.
John trained as a
studio engineer in the music industry and for many years worked on records for groups
like the Bee Gees, Kinks, The
Small Faces and many more.
Or just look at them and smile because
small things are really cute,
like your first apartment, which is really just a closet you're subletting in your friend Jenny's
studio.
This, in case you are wondering, is what it looks
like when the crafting urge strikes in a
small house with no
studio floor big enough to spread a quilt on, and a few dozen children (oh, there are only four?)
Parents who live in
smaller spaces
like apartments, flats and
studios may find the Slim Snacker particularly useful.
30 minutes later I'll have another
smaller meal that usually consists of either fish of chicken (recently I've been BBQ» ing a lot of Turkey tenders as we have a big BBQ at the
studio I run in Downtown Los Angeles, so I
like to make use of it as often as I can), and some more yam with a
small salad.
And the store carries many of those things, along with some fun extras that I love,
like Studio Carta ribbon (which you might remember I bought A LOT of while I was there — all the ribbon, please) and Rifle fabrics, which are a collab with Atlanta based company, Cotton + Steel (which has a
studio in the same building as me —
small world).
The
small orange and white colored apartment is my favorite -LRB-: I wouldn't mind living in a
studio apartment if it could look
like those.
I always
like seeing how people make the most of a
small space and yours manages to look really spacious in the main part of your
studio!
I'm a guy from the Lubbock TX area, I run a
small YouTube
studio on the side of my job, I am shy at first but once I get to know you I can be very energetic ^ ^, I do enjoy going out to see new things or go new places just as much as I
like just staying in aging games or watching a good anime, or...
The
studio reps at my advanced screening actually handed out
small Kleenex boxes with the poster artwork on the front as we entered the auditorium, and it sounded
like some people used them throughout.
3D is already being heavily pushed on every director making a bigger budget film and
studios are creating
small production companies to make Paranormal Activity -
like films.
Implosion is a hack - n - slash game that will remind some of Ninja Gaiden or Metal Gear Revengence, and it almost feels
like a game that Platinum Games would make if it they were a
smaller indie
studio.
What are the advantages / disadvantages of working on a big
studio movie compared to a
small, intimate movie,
like «Across the River»?
His films reflect all of this and more, rooted in unfettered emotion and steeped in style, running the gamut from
small studio pictures to micro-budget contemporary fables,
like Ray Meets Helen, which premieres Friday at the Quad, with Rudolph and actors Keith Carradine and Samantha Mathis in person for the evening show.
Liman, nevertheless, has proven surprisingly adept at moving from major features for big
studios to
smaller, more political fair
like The Wall and Fair Game.
Garant and Lennon, who have made plenty of money writing major
studio films
like Night at the Museum, put this movie together independently on a
small budget.
The CinemaCon convention features massive presentations from each of the major
studios, in addition to a few of the
smaller ones,
like Amazon, with sizzle reels and stars to wow the theater owners with what's coming up and why theaters should be excited about the fresh movies on the horizon.
FilmDistrict had long focused on specialty genre films
like Evil Dead and Drive, so hopefully the melding of the two
studios will make for a fruitful marriage that doesn't sideline the
smaller pics for which Focus is known.
If a company
like Electronic Arts were to ask for money via Kickstarter I'd be a little put - off by it, but for those
smaller studios, yeah, I think it's OK.
But even when a relatively
small media landscape meant that an endorsement from Pauline Kael could push a film that
studios didn't believe in —
like Bonnie and Clyde or Last Tango in Paris — into the realm of audience interest, critical powers were limited.
It's
like any other
small video - game - development
studio, except the coders are 10 and their games have titles
like «Evil Donut Unicorn Ping Pong.»
The 05 was designed mostly in Italy in the
studio of Esiste, a
small consultant group that also advises the
likes of Lamborghini and Ducati.
The NV200 is
like my shoebox of a
studio apartment, tiny enough to constitute a rip - off until I started unloading furniture:
small spaces should never be underestimated.
From the outside, it looks
like a huge glowing box; inside, the intense light and large, aluminum - framed windows make the seven
small rooms feel
like artists»
studios.
Many events or programs
like art exhibition,
small business conference, movement or dance therapy and yoga retreat are held in this
studio all year round.
The
studio has been divided up into zones and features a queen sized bed, a charming kitchenette and dining area and a
small, spa -
like bathroom.
For a solo traveler, the suite was perfect, almost
like a
small studio space that was all my own.
In the city center, near the palace is a
small Dalmatian house decorated
like a
studio apartment ***.
Located just a 15 - 20 minute walk away from San Blas, this complex is made up of
studios and one - bedroom apartments which are set inside individual white - washed bungalows laid out
like a
small village.
Also how many times have I read about bigger companies
like EA buying out
smaller development
studios, taking all the IP's and firing everybody and closing the
studio.
We were lucky enough to get chance to have a chat with the infant
studio's founding member and project lead Adam Green about what it's been
like taking their first baby - steps into professional game development and the stresses of managing a
small business in the current climate.
Unlike some developers who do «stuff
like down - ressing and using a
smaller than 720p resolution to try and get back some of the framerate» in the PS3 version of their games, Houston says his
studio has done the opposite.
How the game will play is yet to be revealed, the little guys in the ridiculously
small pictures below don't give away much, but after the
studio's fairly odd last outing with Eden, you can bet it won't be
like anything you've seen before.
Portal Knights comes out of a much
smaller studio, yet it looks and feels
like a bigger - budget title.
Overall, Microsoft displayed a decent range of games, mixing standard fare
like «Halo» and «Call of Duty» in with games
like the music creator «Fantasia: Music Evolved» and a new
small -
studio platformer called «Ori and the Blind Forest.
Smaller studios,
like SSG and Broadsword, are going to continue to tread water with interesting expansions and updates for their games that won't quite recapture former glory.
The game looks
like Final Fantasy XIII, which is impressive for a Kickstarter production from a
small studio.
«The budget for those games has become higher and higher,» said Morin, a veteran of major
studios like Ubisoft and Naughty Dog who left behind the AAA world to work on
smaller titles.
From the launch lineup that we've had chance to play, it's definitely refreshing to have a bunch of what feel
like well - polished, fully featured games, rather than wading through a slew of half - cocked and rushed projects from
studios and individuals who are just trying to make a quick buck before you strike any
small amount of gold.
For a
small indie
studio like Vlambeer the damage from such a theft could easily have been catastrophic, but their work backing up files beforehand prevented the worst of the damage.
Aside from pop culture phenomena
like «Angry Birds» and «Temple Run,» the Google Play Store has unique games from
small studios and indie developers, such as «Superbrothers Sword and Sworcery,» «Terraria» and «The Room.»
Political Animals is being developed by a
small studio of veteran Filipino game developers whose work ranges from indie hits
like Prison Architect and card games by Gameloft
like Order and Chaos: Duels.
We're a
small studio and we're in this for the long haul
like I said, so we care about your feedback and want to make things that will entertain you and that you feel good about spending money on them.
Square Enix, Capcom, Sega, Ubisoft and EA, and Atlus to come, is about the size of it so far, not including the
smaller studios,
like Inti and DotEmu.
Protect Me Knight is the first XBL Indie Game from Ancient, a
small studio managed by game soundtrack composer Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey, Ys... and,
like, a billion other games).