Squint/Opera’s Showreel combines humour and narration with cutting-edge design and imaginative illustrative techniques. Using a visual language, the company channels and translates the creative investigations of the architectural team into a medium that everyone, from the schoolchild to the Mayor, can understand.
The above write up is direct from the companies ‘marketing speak’ we while we don’t normally include such text in blog posts the quality of Squint/Opera’s work justifies it..
For more information and to view more work take a look at squintopera.com
The trailer below is for CITIES XL – a new city game from the makers of City Life, Monte Cristo. The faq provides an insight into the game:
CITIES XL™ is a brand new take on the city-building genre. CITIES XL™ will expand upon all the features that make city builders fun – such as shaping cities, managing the economy and caring for the needs of city inhabitants. Players can also take their game online and interact with thousands of others on massive persistent planets.
CITIES XL is scheduled for release first quarter of 2009 with online play based around the development of a new planet allowing community members to:
Build cities in a virtual world populated by other subscribers, allowing the creation of a living online community;
Trade with others, specialize a city in specific activities such as tourism, entertainment, business development, recycling management and more;
Visit other cities and host events for others to attend and enjoy;
Cooperatively create a booming metropolis teeming with life and businesses;
Participate in competitions and enjoy a calendar of events that will keep you coming back to your planet;
Share your in-game experience with friends through a companion community website.
We for one are looking forward to it, you can keep up to date with the developments and have your say on features of the game at the CITIES XL website.
The trailer below is for CITIES XL – a new city game from the makers of City Life, Monte Cristo. The faq provides an insight into the game:
CITIES XL™ is a brand new take on the city-building genre. CITIES XL™ will expand upon all the features that make city builders fun – such as shaping cities, managing the economy and caring for the needs of city inhabitants. Players can also take their game online and interact with thousands of others on massive persistent planets.
CITIES XL is scheduled for release first quarter of 2009 with online play based around the development of a new planet allowing community members to:
Build cities in a virtual world populated by other subscribers, allowing the creation of a living online community;
Trade with others, specialize a city in specific activities such as tourism, entertainment, business development, recycling management and more;
Visit other cities and host events for others to attend and enjoy;
Cooperatively create a booming metropolis teeming with life and businesses;
Participate in competitions and enjoy a calendar of events that will keep you coming back to your planet;
Share your in-game experience with friends through a companion community website.
We for one are looking forward to it, you can keep up to date with the developments and have your say on features of the game at the CITIES XL website.
Filip captured the above timelapse on one of the shortest days of the year – the movie was captured from 6:27am to 5:51pm, with an image captured every 30s using a Nikon D300 and a Tamron 17-50mm lens.
The movie is simply stunning created using a digital camera and a lot of patience – Filip stood by the camera the whole time…
