iRis AG - iPhone Game made with Blender

[_ben_]

Update: The free Lite Version is now available on the app store, so if you were holding out, there's no reason not to go try it now!

For the past few months I have been working for Rogue Pirate Ninja interactive on a game for the iPhone called iRis. The game is a 3D tile matching game much like Columns or Tetris, with the cool twist that instead of moving the falling block as it descends, you rotate the rest of the world underneath it. It’s pretty darn fun and we’re all rather proud to have made it. So without further ado here’s the trailer:

Trailer (YouTube)

Official Site

Screenshots:




Some of you may know me as a blenderhead on the forums already, so it should come as no surprise that Blender was the sole 3D tool used for the production of the game. All the 3D assets were made in blender, as well as a lot of the animations for 2D elements such as menus and the animated backgrounds. The 2D elements such as buttons and soforth were made with a mix of GIMP and Inkscape.

Here's some screenshots of the production from blender:




For more information on the games production and how blender and other open source software played a part in it, visit my blog: http://bensimonds.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/iris-ag-released/

I should also add a thank you to the BlenderArtists forums - I originally got the role doing the art for the game by replying to a post in this very forum!

[Atom]

Wow, that is great!

[Mats Halldin]

Haha, -- awsome work, wish I had an iPhone (well, almost). Congrats!

[Teo_GreenGage]

Mats Halldin - if you have OSX, you can install an iphone emulator as far as i know


Looks great, congrats! Good luck with the future projects!

[_ben_]

Thanks! We'll be starting a new game very soon.

[JohannesVonLuck]

A very big thank you to the BlenderArtists.org community for being here.

Ben has been absolutely one of thee best artists I have ever worked with. His skills in Blender and likewise are absolutely the best.

I can't begin to tell the community how thankful I am, not just for getting somebody with the skills, but also to be able to come here with no prior posting history and turn a product in. That would have been all for not if it weren't for the excellent people that run this community and make it what it is.

Thank you for doing what you do. =)

[LiquidApe]

ugh, tried to buy it to support you, but requires me to update my iphone to from 3.0 to 3.1...I'll get around to it soon. Always a joy to support products putting my favorite oss apps to work.

[_ben_]

Woo! Featured on BlenderNation! Just thought I'd give the thread a bump for that.

Also I should explain the current situation with the Lite version of the game: Apple had some issue with one of the keywords used to describe the name, namely "geWiz ES", which is the name of our engine. Unfortunately Apple didn't realise we owned the rights to use this in our advertising and didn't approve the app at the same time as the main game as we expected. Rest assured that we are working to resolve this and as soon as apple gets this sorted the Lite version will be on sale.

[_ben_]

Originally Posted by JohannesVonLuck Ben has been absolutely one of thee best artists I have ever worked with. His skills in Blender and likewise are absolutely the best.

Ignore Jonathan. I keep him in a cupboard and only feed him when he says nice things about me.

I'm pretty sure I'm also the ONLY blender artist he's ever worked with.

[dyf]

looks cool.. any chance of releasing an Android version?

[_ben_]

@ Dyf: Unfortunately it isn't likely. The contracts we sign with apple are pretty restrictive with regards distributing the game on other platforms.

[_ben_]

*Bump!*

Just giving the thread a bump because we just got the free lite (demo) version of the game approved for the app store. Now there's no reason not to go try it (except not having an iPhone/iPod touch...).