Ravegan

We are a Game Development Studio from Córdoba, Argentina. This is some of our work in 2D and 3D, concept art, illustrations, and much more. We hope you like it! If you want to contact us this is our website: www.ravegan.com. And if you want to follow us...

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Conclusion! =)

These two are the final stages of Blue Rider. And with that, quite the challenge to the player.

Piece of advice here, the game is “easier” if you start from stage one, you  carry on any upgrade you've collected making you, let’s say more powerful at this stages.

I've struggled a lot with this lava stage, not because the enemies are too hard to kill but the terrain is the real enemy on this stage. If you stand too long on this rocky paths they start to collapse and suddenly... You’re navigating on lava, which by the way gradually depletes your health. So there, you have to do it fast, and let’s say you are retrying this with the minimum upgrades that starting a stage provides then “you’re in for a hard time”.

On the other side, if you completed the lava stage, the next one isn't as quite as punishing. You have tons of enemies waiting for you but at least you can stand on something.

Final thoughts

It sure can get tedious, starting over, collecting upgrades, etc. But that’s the fun about Blue Rider. Treat it like those old arcade games. TFW you have defeated all the bosses in a single run is truly rewarding. But if you player so happen to beat any of the later stages, let’s say 7~9 without upgrades, please do send me a video. I would love to see it get done =)

As always hoping everyone has a great day!

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How is it going?

This following maps have something nice about their design. What I would call “progression”.

They blend with each other, from the previous beach / water stage you progress to the forest and the same happens between the forest stage to the ice stage.

There’s always an in-between zone. This actually makes stage transition more seamless and somewhat realistic (inside Blue Rider’s world of course).

Every stage ends on the designed type of terrain then, at the start of the next stage does a “terrain fade” to the new designated type. 

See here for example

This “connects” every stage with each other in a simple yet cohesive way, building what works as a giant stage. 

Aaaaaand have a nice Tuesday

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Happy Sandwich day everyone! (or Friday if you don’t celebrate it)

I promise I’ll keep it short this time.

This two have a few tricks under their respective sleeves, believe me. So, let’s do a fast and loose review so we can get on our merry way and enjoy even more Friday and Sandwiches.

First...water... Water can hide many things and even more if it’s deep enough. I've struggled a lot with this stage specially with the boss. Here you see a pretty much “linear” stage with almost no new surprises, but it sure get tough believe me.

Second...wait, where’s the end of this stage? Exactly! I won’t spoil much, but beware on those rocky paths.

BTW This is me encouraging you *reader* to play the game, seriously, It’s called Blue Rider, if by any means I missed the part where I say “This is some sort of Blue Rider postmortem thingamajig =)

You can find it on PS4, XBOX ONE, Steam

And of course if you have any question or suggestion feel free to share them here and / or on Twitter @raveganok

Have a great weekend!!!

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Hello hello!

Following on what I was saying on the previous posted map, here are another two cheat...*cough*...design maps.

So just to be clear first image is the second level / world / map design and the second image is about the third map.

On par with this I'll expand a little about learning curves and difficulty with some personal opinions:

TEACH, DON'T LECTURE    There's no point developing a great game mechanic if only a tiny    percentage of players can figure out how to use it. If you're striving    for challenge, be fair, and remember to allow players some time t    o acclimatize to their new-found skills. Also:    High difficulty does not necessarily equate to a too-steep learning    curve, as Dark Souls exemplifies.

With that in mind this two pictures shared have some examples of what Blue Rider presents about new game mechanics. For example the second map uses "generators" that power a "progress-blocking gate", so the player must destroy them first in order to progress. This is presented at the start of the level in contained area with the "generators" easily accessible and close to the  main platform making them easy to discover. The same can be observed in the third map with the "sniper towers" (those pink circles).

And with that every game mechanic is added sequentially to the following map so the player each time he / she learns a new skill or expands his "toolbelt" can use the new technique or mechanic right away.

I don't want to make this a giant wall of text but it seems I've already done it =)

PS: If Tumblr or wherever are you reading this butchered this images on the upload here's an imgur album 

Have a great day!

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Tuesday and I’ll keep on ranting!!!

The week is starting and I swear this is the last palette (of sorts) that I share. Got nicer things coming next.

So, as you can see at a glance this palette represents each level and the composition of said level. This may not seem like much but actually was a great help from the get go. Take in account the environment, ambient lighting, weather, details, etc. All of that and more share a common theme a level theme.

Say you are making a tundra level, with soldiers on top. Said soldiers wouldn't be wearing tank tops and flip-flops, because they would die of hypothermia. Or at least I think so, they had to cybernetically enhanced or so to withstand the cold.

Before I go too far on tangents and hypothesis about some random winter soldiers hear me here, level design should have consistency, congruency, it helps a lot knowing the environment from the start, even before designing characters, enemies and what not.

This palette above helped us a lot setting each level and saved countless man-hours that would be wasted designing a open-cockpit-roller-tank for a water level.

Don’t forget to share your doubts and positive comments on our Facebook, Twitter or here =)

Have a great week!!!

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Hello again everyone!

This time we want to share another particular color palette. This special palette was included in the previous post but with no detail, so let me babble a little about this enemy color palette.

In the game design world, color has a powerful significance (there’s nothing new there) take the following for example:

Red: Strong emotions like love, lust, anger, as well as warmth.

Orange: Joy and enthusiasm as well as frustration or freshness.

Yellow: Happiness or cowardice.

Blue: Calm, cold and corporate, or masculine.

Take a look here:

You can appreciate how our Blue Rider being...well...blue stands out over the rest of enemies. And you can even appreciate how each enemy associates with a typology and differentiates from other types of enemies. 

Each enemy use a nice mixing of color and construction to represent each and very own level of power and resistance.

As always, any comment/interest/question is welcomed! and hope everyone has a great week!

You can contact us on Facebook, Twitter or here onTumblr =)

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You can grab Blue Rider with this spooky discounts on the Steam Halloween Sale!

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What’s up people!?

(insert bad Death Note reference)

Now this is different. Let’s talk not colors but difficulty, something every game has (or at least I believe so). This is not the difficulty of making/developing a game, this represents the challenge the player faces while playing said game, in this case Blue Rider. .

But first let shed some light about this image, here’s is the iconography definition:

The colored square, circles, triangles, ovals are representations of enemy types of enemies and going in order from weakest to strongest. Color = Enemy type // Shape = Enemy Power.

The big hexagonal colored gray or black are bosses.

The green “UP Arrow” shows the location of powerups and upgrades.

Finally the blue star is the player.

You can now cheat your way through the first map, you’re welcome =)

I will expand on difficulty later but take this into account, Designing the level / map early and positioning enemies can give you a clear objective look on how  the player is going to experience it.

From the get go you can look at this image and see the enemy progression, the further you advance the tougher the enemies become.

Again you can contact us over the following: Tumbler: http://ravegangames.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaveganOk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueRiderGame/ or https://www.facebook.com/RaveganGames/

As always have a great day and see you next time!!!

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Hello everyone!!!

Since this account has been mostly silent for past few months, we at Ravegan decided to spark it up a bit! And what better way to do so than doing a “postmortem / retro-analysis thingie about our dear Blue Rider!

(also showing some unseen assets)

Starting with color!

Quoting Doug Stewart, Gamasutra

This is one of the most powerful tools you have when you’re designing a game. Colors can be engaging, helping to direct your players to whatever you think is most important. It can also be used to give subtle clues about the characters and their world. When used properly, color sets the tone of a game, tells you where you are, and where you need to go.

Up above we present you our humble color palette, making possible amazing things such as character representation, ambient setting, enemy power representation and much more!

Here’s hoping anyone can find it’s usefulness as we did! And if anyone would like to ask anything about past or future projects you can do it at our Twitter or send any messages here.

Wish everyone has a great day!

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Four proud beautiful years!

www.ravegan.com

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BLUE RIDER / Speedrun Contest Attention Riders! - From October 5th to 19th you can win one of three Blue Rider's Collectors Edition for #PS4.

To participate you must:

Record your full playthrough (from start to finish).

Upload the video to Youtube.

Send the link to: [email protected]

You can record from PS4, XONE or Steam. No cheating/editing!

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Blue Rider NOW available on Steam!

Reviewers say:

“I easily score this game 10/10, it is incredibly good and I’ve even stopped playing Street Fighter 5 and Far Cry Primal to sink more hours into this game because it’s easy to play, the only weak link is the person playing which is a horrible mix of frustration and pleasure as you strive to do better with each passing game. You learn everything about the level and how the enemy’s move and behave up to the gates of the boss, then to a degree all bets are off” (Steve Dutfield - Brash Games) 

“My experience with Blue Rider was one of clenched teeth and the occasional outburst of profanities. Best described as a bullet-hell shooter, this game really does give the player what it promises. Action” (Jonathan McLaren - Cultured Vultures)

“Blue Rider” is a must play for shoot-em-up fans. As the game offers everything that a really good shmup consists off” (Robin Ek - TGG)

“If you are a fan of explosions, odds that are overwhelmingly against you and tough bosses (basically everything that makes the genre great) then you have come to the right place” (GAMERamble)

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Blue Rider - Trailer 2

A brief intro to the acclaimed arcade-like game Blue Rider. Soon to be released on PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Vita.

BLUE RIDER HAS A NEW TRAILER!

A shoot ‘em up with a lot of fun!

More info: http://store.steampowered.com/app/402340/

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Blue Rider – El shoot ‘em up del estudio cordobés ‘Ravegan’ llegará a Steam en Febrero; Screenshots y Videos de Gameplay

Con base en Córdoba (Argentina), el estudio indie Ravegan anuncia que su shoot ‘em up Blue Rider, se estrenará en PC vía Steam durante el mes de Febrero. Los usuarios de Playstation 4 y Xbox One por otro lado, tendrán que esperar hasta el segundo cuarto de este año. En este colorido arcade al mejor […]

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Oh, oh... Blue Rider has been awakened! February 2016... Stay tuned... Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=spanish&id=503365884

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Blue Rider - Trailer

Blue Rider is an action game that mixes the classic shoot-em-up genre with some innovative exploration ingredients. Available for PC, Playstation 4 and XboxO...

Blue Rider’s NEW TRAILER!

February 2016.