Archive for the ‘Awesome Soccer’ Category

Making Awesome Soccer – Part I

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

We here at Red27 Studios thought we’d share an insight into the how a game like Awesome Soccer is actually developed. We’ll be spreading this blog posting over several parts as it obviously covers quite a lot of ground!

To start with, we’ll discuss the Development Tools that we use in house…

Development IDE – Eclipse. All our code is cut using this fabulous open source editor. Check it out at http://www.eclipse.org.

Icon Creation – IcoFx. What a great freeware Icon Editor this is. Simply the best one out there as far as we’re concerned. Intuitive interface, does everything you want an icon editor to do, and at a price no-one can baulk at! Discover what you’re missing over at http://icofx.ro.

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Awesome Soccer Trivia…

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Peter, our Technical Director, talks us through some interesting & some not so interesting facts about Awesome Soccer…

  • The idea for Awesome Soccer was born after I stumbled across a prototype of a Sensi Soccer clone that I had coded for the Amiga (in about 1994!). I’d been using the excellent Amiga Emulator WinUAE to take the trip down memory lane, which now has a LOT to answer for…
  • Awesome Soccer actually started out life as “Brandon Soccer”, named after my son. The sprites used during the main development of the game were actually digitised photos of him, and he took great delight in watching himself whizz around the screen (it also allowed him to show off to his friends!).

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Awesome Soccer – September Update

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Development has been progressing well on the production of the Alpha Demo, and we are aiming to have it ready within the next couple of weeks.

Check out a current screenshot showing the intro for a match between Argentina and Brazil:

Awesome Soccer Screenshot

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In the meantime, if you are interested in becoming an “official” alpha tester for the game, please contact us, and be sure to sign up for the Red27 Studios Newsletter.