Programs like ToonBoom, Spine or After Effects feature countless brilliant resources for editing non vector graphics and highly complex animation systems with organic results. Disadvantages of using Adobe Animateįlash/Animate is not the most appropriate tool for certain types of graphics. The characters, items and UI elements for the fantastic Guacamelee were also created using Flash. His simple and colorful vector based graphics fit perfectly with the properties of the tool. Two recent examples of video games whose graphics have been created using Flash/Animate are Tiny Thief (5 Ants) and its spiritual successor, Love you to Bits (Alike Studio). If we add to this the possibility of exporting the animations to all kinds of formats-SVG, PNG, MOV…-, we have an agile, versatile and very flexible tool. Creating an animation with Flash/Animate can take seconds. A lot of people use Animate to prototype all forms of audiovisual content in a fast and simple way. Perfect for swift results, just like Game Maker Studio. The essential basis of its animation system is extremely simple and intuitive. Adobe Animate remains a tool for instant results, especially considering we design our graphics using vector drawing tools. creativity, we tend to use simple, accessible and flexible tools. Advantages of using Adobe AnimateĪs we explained in our post on Tools vs. In this post we present our opinion on using Adobe Animate for creating graphics for video games and the advantages and disadvantages of using it along with Game Maker Studio. For some time now, Game Maker Studio allows the use of SWF (Shockwave Flash) elements in our projects. But with the progressive use of new technologies such as HTML5, it has been being relegated to a ‘simple’ but effective animation tool that Adobe recently renamed Adobe Animate CC. Adobe Animate and Game Maker Studio 1 January, 2016Īdobe Flash has been an important tool for web development, especially in the early years of this century.

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