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It's a Member Spotlight from someone a bit closer to home for us this time, as UK based versatile creator PhatPhrogStudio gives us some info on themselves. They have been a GDM member since August 2019 and have a large collection of almost 200 assets listed on the store, primarily made up of a diverse audio selection, but also including some 2D & 3D assets as well,
You can check out their
full collection here.
GDM Username: PhatPhrogStudio (formerly JimBeam251)
Name/Nickname: Phat Phrog Studio
Age: 38
Country: United Kingdom.
Developer, Asset Creator or are you a bit of both?:
Bit of both.
Full Time, Part Time or Hobby?:
Full time.
How long have you been doing this?:
Since 2018 (full time since 2022).
What made you become a dev/artist?:
Honestly, I hated my full time job after leaving college I went into insurance which I did for 12 years and I started building my game dev business in the evenings after work, I released several indie titles which started to supplement my 9 - 5 income and then after it started to grow I realised that I was good at managing a team so I put together my team to start creating music for game developers and it all went from there. Now the studio is a combination of a video game and royalty free music publishing.
Favourite software/tools to use?:
Ableton Live, Photoshop & Gamemaker Studio 2.
What’s one tip you would give to someone starting out?:
Start now, even if you don't have everything ready, if you wait for everything to be perfect you will never start and also be careful who you take advice from, people will try to tell you all kinds of reasons why you shouldn't start but don't let that deter you, if you put enough passion into something then one day it will shine through, it just takes time.
How do you promote your work (games or assets)?:
Usually through websites such as Humble Bundle or Fanatical.
What project are you working on now?:
I have just started working on voice packs for video games and a multitude of new music albums plus I'm currently working with a game studio to publish a third person arena shooter game that uses physics based ballistics called Quadra Clash which will be focused on fast paced battles between 4 teams in 1 arena. It's still very early in development but the team I've hired are very experienced so I'm excited to see the development unfold
And finally, favourite game ever & why?:
Lineage 2 because i was addicted to it when i was in college, i remember many nights going to sleep at 6am because i had been up all night grinding.
