Thanks for visiting the webpage for The Umbrella Game. The game is designed and developed by Stephen Larkin and myself, Peter Cantwell as our final project for the MSc in Creative Digital Media in DIT. In the game you take control of Molly. She is an umbrella from the boring grayscale world who longs to be … More Welcome!
Here is the long awaited trailer for The Umbrella Game!
Here is the new release! Still some minor bugs to fix and some polishing but it is mostly here. Please download and enjoy!! If you have a PS3 controller we strongly recommend using it! http://umbrellagame.itch.io/the-umbrella-game
We are now officially into the final stretch before submission. We had our final sprint last week are focusing heavily on polishing the game and making it look as beautiful as possible. We are going to be at DubLudo tonight so please drop in and give the game a go. It is the last one … More Final Stretch
We have just returned from GameCity and feel like the experience has pushed the game up a level. We must have tested the game on approximately 100 people and the feedback we got was incredibly valuable. Our testers ranged from experienced game designers to people who never play games. Everybody had something interesting to say … More GameCity Nottingham
Last night we showed off the Umbrella Game at dubLUDO. Big thanks to everyone that came and played it. We got some great feedback and are currently making changes accordingly. Thanks as well to the organisers for creating such a great platform to try out some awesome indie games.
We have built the umbrella model and added in animations! We used blender to build the model and then created the animations in Unity. The feedback from the new model has been really positive and we feel it adds so much to the experience. Check out the video and screenshots of the new model and … More Umbrella Model
Check out some of the new screenshots! We have been very busy over the past month polishing the games look and feel. Let us know what you think of the new look.
One of the main problem’s we have encountered with Unity (besides the umbrella’s physics) is how it is only able to produce terrains of a square shape. Having floating islands in the game we wanted the terrains to have a more rounded feeling and look more natural. We played about with some options including – Creating … More Rounded Edges
We have been working on the second Island for the game. This island will be designed with a city theme in mind to contrast the rural theme on the first island. We have a layout implemented and have added on a joining sub island to hold the village’s church.
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