After a few unexpected problems in development that have taken us a while to solve, our new upcoming game Battle of the Elements is already in Beta testing, yay! This week we’ve been recording some preview videos to present the game and show the gameplay basics, which we expect to release soon.

Since we wanted to illustrate clearly how Battle of the Elements is played, we opted to record ourselves playing with an actual device instead of capturing the iPhone screen from the simulator. This sounds easy but, being the first time we tried to do so, it took us some time to figure out how to get a decent image. Our MAC is located the on the furthest table from the window in our office (yep, of all the 7 computers we’ve got here, there’s only one MAC… and one Windows) and it has very little light, so we ended up with this strange setup:

If you think our filming setup is crappy, we agree 100% with you! But now imagine it with someone trying to use that iPhone behind the camera, with his arms under the tripod and sticking his head to one side to try to see the screen. Yeah, now it becomes crappy, uncomfortable and hilarious at the same time. Way to go! Or, in our case, the only way to go given our limited resources.

Anyway, despite a few minor issues (the colors look a bit washed out and there are some screen reflections), the resulting quality is quite good and we now have the video ready for edition. In the meanwhile, you can take a first peek at the game it the screens pictured in our setup!

More news on Battle of the Elements coming soon!

by David | Posted in BOTE, Upcoming Titles