Concept Art: Environments

Some environmental concepts on the game that we are working on.  More to come in due course, so stay tune!

One for Da Man!

This is for Nigel, by his mentor, Dezi.  Nice one and I think it really shows the essence of Nigel.

All the best in NS!

Interns

      Gifts and Thank You Card from Celine                                             Farewell Pic for Nao (Drawn by Chew Min)

We had quite a few interns the past 1/2 year.  Some from schools requiring them to do their industrial attachments.  But we also had a couple of interesting ones.  1 is a Singaporean who lived most of her life in UK and another is an ‘A’ Levels student who didn’t go through “professional” training as an artist/designer.

The fact is that we are honored that these talented artists seek us out, looking for a place for voluntary internship positions.  And we are very happy to have them with us for the past months and lending their talents to our projects.

We wish them all the best in their next phase of life and we hope that we’ll meet again.

Arena Invaders

While we are having fun in the office (refer to past few posts), we are also working hard.  I’m showing some non-revealing screens of a project we are working on.

Arena Invaders is a arcade style shooting game with a twist.  Well, as for what’s exactly the twist, that will be revealed in the coming weeks when we are ready to show more.

Arena Invaders is in the final phase of development, ie, tweaks, balancing, polish, etc.  But as we all know, the final phase is the real killer. We are hoping to show you more once we can.  So do check back often!

Studio Day Out @ Universal Studios Singapore

The studio took a day off on the 9th of May and we hit the rollercoasters at USS.  IT WAS FUN!!!!

    

Fun@Work

Nowadays, the office really comes to life after 6.30pm.  In the room, we’ll have guys playing the guitars and singing.  At the recreation spot, we have people pitting their Street Fighter and MVC skills against one another.  Or on other days, being pseudo rock stars.  Not to mention the evening runs that 1/2 the company take part in now.

Hiring Game Programmer

Game Programmer

Responsibilities:
- Implementation of gameplay elements (character controls, AI, UI, SFX, etc)
- Debugging, Optimization and Deployment

Requirements:
- Possess at least a Diploma or Higher in relevant fields
- Proficient in C++
- Able to work in a modular manner
- Good practice of code optimization
- Able to work independently
- Passionate in Game Development

Good to have
- Experience with Torque Engine
- Experience developing of iPlatforms
- Experience with Tortoise SVN

Only citizens and PR need apply. Pls send in your resume, portfolio, expected pay, last drawn pay and availability date to kj@pddesignstudio.com

We are Hiring!

We are still on the lookout for talented 2D artist to join our team. You can refer to HERE for more details.

2D Game Artist/Animator

Requirements:
- Strong illustration skills
- Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Flash/ Illustrator
- Able to work independently, passionate in games development
- Fresh graduates/Entry level applicants are encouraged to apply.

Job Responsibilities:
- Produce vector artworks of characters
- Develop key poses of characters
- Create animation of characters and props
- Develop and build on existing character designs
- Develop story cut scenes from storyboard to final cut

Good to have:
- Experience with animation in Flash

Enquiries are welcome. Interested parties, please email your
resume and portfolio to kj@pddesignstudio.com

Veda Arts

We have just completed designing a website together with logo, name cards and letterhead for Veda Arts Gallery. Included in the project is also a fully functional CMS for updating the Flash website.

Virtual Pharmacy E-Learning: Mock ups

This was a quick mock-up done within 3 days or so a few months back. It’s a mock-up on an E-learning site. Users get to go through various sections to familiarize themselves with the relevant duties.

Various design and technical considerations had to be made during the process, such as the logic, flow and updatability in terms on the content. Unfortunately, this remains as just a mock-up.

The Visionary Residences

Another one of the recent projects, Visionary is a simple Flash site with a built-in CMS to update its gallery. 

 

Interactive Guide to Bunkering in Singapore

We have just wrapped up a project for the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The project is an interactive guide to bunkering in Singapore, targeted towards industry use.

Plenty of 3D images had to be rendered and plenty of content had to be organized. Other than the usual informational content, there is a step-by-step guide to bunkering and a quiz on that too.

On top of the interactive, we had to do up DVD cover, a large format banner and handle the production of the 1500 DVDs and banner. An opening video for the event itself had to be done too.