How was everything done Part 1 - The steps & the tools

Today, I'd like to share with you the procedure of developing Apopia and the tools that we used.

First of all, the tasks can be broken down into:

1. Step Outline

2. Script writing

3. Design

4. Level design

5. Implementation

6. Character animation

7. BG and UI illustration

8. Cut scenes

9. Music and sound effects

10. Testing and debug

My plan was to make the development as smooth as possible. I hope that there's no "waiting" for any members in the team. Therefore, I have separated the entire scope of the game into Chapters.

First, I began writing the script for Chapter1. I used a tool called Miro to write the ENTIRE script of Apopia.

At this stage, I didn't need every line to be finalized because I wanted the art team and Ricky can begin work earlier.

For the animations, we used Adobe Animate to handle ALL the character motions.

While the BGs and UI were done with Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint. And the game engire we used was Unity.

Then, when the artworks and implementation are being done, I would begin the process of finalizing the dialogues, and begin working on the step outline (the barebone structure of events and character interactions).

Finally, for the cut scenes, they're done with After Effect. And the Final Boss Battle animations were particularly done in Clip Studio Paint to achieve the unique art direction.

So far, I haven't mentioned alot about the entire team yet.

In the next post, I will begin sharing with you who are the other people that involved in the production.

Showing you the talents that are behind the sugar coat that you see!

onon