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Even though the term ‘gaming’ represents a huge umbrella of content now, the initial glimpse that comes to our mind when we hear it is of videogames. However, for people who don’t play a lot of games, arcade games stand out as the representation.

Mumbai based UnderDOGS Studios, who recently tasted success in their simulation game titled Ultimate Parking Simulator is all set to take you on a nostalgic ride with their upcoming game, Arcade Ice.

Speaking to AnimationXpress, UnderDOGS Gaming, founder and CEO, Vaibhav Chavan said, “We started as a quick project for a game jam which converted as a full-fledged game now. Four of us created the engine with some basic artwork back then in just 24 hours. The game went into shelves for sometime as we were busy with other projects. Two months back we picked the project again and started working on it to make it a commercial product. The whole team of 10 people worked on the game for two months along with other projects to complete it.”

Arcade Ice is a fast-paced platformer game with a splash of retro-style pixel art. It follows the journey of a melting ice-cube called Melty, to the north pole.

The trailer does absolutely have a retro feel to it. The pixelated characters, the music, the gameplay, everything has a quaint taste to it.

Talking about the two-way movement feature Chavan asserted, “The idea was to build a fast paced single tap game with a story connected to it. The movements initially were just in one direction (left to right) but due to some bug in the game the character once collided and turned back which felt like fun to all of us. We converted the same into a feature and it seems quite interesting and addicting now.”

The player keeps moving in one direction unless it hits any obstacle that doesn’t destroy the Ice. Once hit, it turns to other direction and keeps moving in that direction. The ice is continuously melting and you have to collect cloud pieces to stay alive along with avoiding obstacles.

The game is coming to Apple App Store on 13 April exclusively at a price of $1.99 and then will be ported to Android and Tizen.

The studio is also in works for their upcoming adventure exploration game, ‘Mukti’.

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Nissan Brasil is promoting the new Nissan Frontier four wheel drive pickup with The CloudCatcher (O Caçador de Nuvens), a commercial in which two young farmers take drastic action to save their village from drought. The men are despairing over their dried-up crops when one of them has a bright idea: although their village is parched, there’s a stubborn rain cloud around a nearby mountain that refuses to move. They devise an ingenious scheme involving their Nissan Frontier truck, some ropes and a makeshift parachute that will eventually bring a piece of cloud down to the village. The commercial was filmed in Picotes, a village in Paraíba, northeastern Brazil, where it hadn’t rained for six years. Just as a the final rain scene was about to be shot, it actually started raining. The CloudCatcher campaign, with the tagline “#ÉMaisQueForça” (More than Force) is also made up of magazine and newspaper ads, a microsite, social media pieces and CRM.

Nissan Frontier CloudCatcher Credits

The Nissan Frontier CloudCatcher campaign was developed at LewLara/TBWA by chief creative officer Felipe Luchi, creative directors Sthefan Ko and Gustavo Diehl, creatives Sthefan Ko, Fabio Santoro, Pedro Paes, Guilherme Possobon and Renato Simon, RTV team Luzia Oliveira and Cristiane Marinari, planners Renata d’Avila, Luciana Mussato, Maria Fernanda Haddad, Murilo Chagas and Luiz Menezes, media team Luiz Ritton, Thiago Ferraz, Suellen Kiss, Daniele Farhat, Bruna Dantas and Renato Pierote, general account director Wilson Negrini, account team Xiko Coutinho, Raiza Scatena and Caio Bottan, working with Nissan Brasil marketing team Arnaud Charpentier, Humberto Campusano, Mariana Lemos, Fabio Lima, Juliano Fortini and Murilo Almeida.

Filming was shot by director Rodrigo Saavedra via Landia, Sao Paulo, with executive producers Carol Dantas and Sebastian Hall, director of photography Javier Juliá, and production designer Julian Romera.

Film director Rodrigo Saavedra said, “4×4 and pick-up truck ads are generally all about power, all about being aggressive and tackling any terrain that comes your way. What struck me about this film was the fact that it actually has quite an emotional story at it’s core. It tells the story of two farmers struggling with a drought and then goes into a fantastic tale which nonetheless requires some extremely hard work from their Nissan Frontier.”

Visual effects were produced at Clan VFX. Colour grading was by Marla Colour Grading.

Sound and music were produced at Supersonica, by sound designer Vinicius Villani, account director Cristiane Marquesi, composers Antonio Pinto and Gabriel Ferreira, and voiceover artist Denis Garcia.

NATE GREENWOOD – Filmed & Edited by Ryan Neddeau Art Director – Alexandre Souêtre Additional Filming – Tommy Paz Song – Salanfe by Tallisker – https://www.sovrn.la/

In this edition, we decided to kill the Open Titles and introduce you something special. Based on the OFFF Barcelona 2017 campaign, NEW SENSES is a story about a first time experience. Outro studio have decided to represent OFFF as an essential element, a brand that provides a formula for a sensorial rebirth – everything you see, hear, taste, touch and smell is a first time experience. A film by Outro Studio. With Àlex Monner and Greta Fernández. Directed by Marc Castellví Music and Sound Design: Aimar Molero (Aimar-molero.com) DOP: Nilo Zimmermann Art Director: Kevin Sabariego Graphic designers: Adrià Pifarré and Roger Varela Producers: Úrsula Gallemí and Cris Moya Set Designer: Kaká Gouvea Production Assistant and making of: Ana Freitas Focus Puller: Ssoi Ramon Gaffer: Eloi Teixidó Dolly Grip: Adrià Pardo Sparks: Xavier Guillem Stylist: Amparo Moreno Camera and technical supplies courtesy of Aclamfoto.com Light and grip courtesy of Anotherlight.es Aerial shots courtesy of Dronair.es Color correction courtesy of Pijama.tv Costumes supplies courtesy of Showroom Costume BCN (costumebcn.com) Make up courtesy of David Molina Make Up School Hairdressing courtesy of Barcelona Hair Academy Sound recording services courtesy of Jump Studio & More (jump.cat) English corrector: Robin Rycroft Driver Specialist: Anton Ryadkov Additional cast: Surgeon 1: Arnau Abril Surgeon 2: Cris Moya Surgeon 3: Carmen Galán Farmer: Kevin Sabariego Special thanks: Anna and Xavier (mastorigues.com) Esther Vallejo Antonio Sabariego Carlos Cenarro

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