Once upon a time, Akedo Studio & Rubika Montreal

24/8/2021

This unprecedented experience, we have made it possible to create the foundation of our 2D pixel art platform with which we participated in the Montreal DreamHack and in the MEGAMIGS, with these graphics here. The work accomplished during the summer of 2019 opened the doors to certain media and other partnerships.

Since then, the game and its universe have evolved and we teach you to discover the metamorphosis.

We came back from a wonderful trip to Costa Rica, which inspired the universes for our first game: Nick Reckless in The Curse of The Lost Cause. But from an idea, inspirations and concepts: we were still very far from having a video game!

And despite Nico's experience, creating an Indie video game from A to Z isn't all about technology and code! There are at least another dozen trades that we did not master.

The solution? Recruit!
We are close to La Guilde, Gaming Jobs and Gameplay Space in Montreal. One thing leading to another, Mireille Mallol from Rubika Montreal meets us to discuss a partnership.

During a Speed-jobbing, we were able to present our project to the students, and especially what we were looking for for our project. It was the first time we had spoken publicly about our ideas: one hell of a time, intimidating and exciting!

RUBIKA (Supinfocom, Supinfogame, ISD), created 30 years ago in France, has been based in India for 10 years and in Montreal since September 2016. The sectors have distinguished themselves by becoming references at the global level in the industries of the Animation, Video Games and Design.

Recruiting also means selecting!
A first for us, going through the CVs and interview notes to make a choice: the choice, that of our team.

We have a team, we have well written docs with all the theoretical instructions and concepts. In short, it's time to start working. We were able to take advantage of the school premises, and work for a term on the graphics of the game. It was a very rich experience, the little secrets of which you can discover in the web series made at that time. And yes, 2019 was another time, especially for Akedo Studio.