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From the time of our very first game, Soma has used the Unity game engine for our 2D animations. Though Unity has a great animation component built in, there was a wall we were hitting when it came to creating unique animations for our upcoming titles. It all started when we hired Joel Carlson, a…
Over the past couple of months, a small crew of us here at Soma Games have been secretly developing a Roblox adaptation of The Wingfeather Saga, called Adventures in Glipwood! For those that don’t know, The Wingfeather Saga is a book series by Andrew Peterson that has recently been adapted into a full-length animated show. Adventures in Glipwood is…
Redwall Fans Rejoice! The long-awaited anthology is nigh! Play the Scout as one continuous game from Act 1 to Epilogue in the upcoming Encore Edition! We’ve pooled every lesson we’ve learned along this journey to bring you the Scout in its full glory—from updated lighting to snappier controls, this Edition will have it all and…
Soma Games’ PC/console title, The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout is set within a wide expanse of deep forest. It’s the kind of design decision that sounds easy on paper but led to several issues. Protip: Forests are hard. There are tons of objects and you either need a crazy high poly count or…
Bonus Content Below! Don’t miss it! Check out a pawful of fresh, new content that fills in the backstories of our favorite Lilygrove guardians, The Scout Corps, by signing up below. This is warming up for the 2023 release of a new package that brings all three acts of The Scout under one glorious roof.…
——- Here at Soma Games, we are so excited to share with you this post, written by the two writers who led the charge in the creation of the scripts for The Scout: Act 2 & 3, as well as the stories within our new Redwall interactive fiction App! Heather Rose Walters served as the…
This blog was originally posted on AI And Faith. You can access the original post by clicking here. “Games are so addictive!” “You’re killing our children!” It’s a common objection I hear from concerned parents when they learn of my chosen mission field: video games. I remember a woman approaching me at a faith-forward business…
We are hosting a contest this month where fans can get their own artwork implemented into The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout Act 3! For this month, Aug 1st, 2021 to Aug 31st, 2021, we are hosting an art contest; You could win a prize or get your art added to the game and…
This blog was originally posted on AI And Faith. You can access the original post by clicking here. What do you know about video games, and perhaps more importantly, what do you suspect? Did you know they are the most consumed form of entertainment in the world? The combined hours go far beyond those spent…
This is a 1st in a series of articles that Soma’s leadership team will be writing over the next year. This first one is by John Bergquist who has been part of the Soma leadership since 2008. John runs marketing and is also the company chaplain and heads up Soma SoftWorks initiatives like Tempus Divum.…