PAAL Studios

Hello! My name is Nikolas Valentino Orellano, I am a solo indie game developer. I focus on creating my own stories and game designs, as well as reviewing games from small indie developers to motivate them to keep creating and improving their games, making sure to NEVER be harsh with them and always focusing on providing a "constructive positive critique."

  About Me

• I study everything about 2D and 3D! That includes modeling, art, animation, and drawing!
• I am a programmer with experience in HTML, Lua, and most importantly: GDScript, which is the language I use the most for my main game engine (Godot Engine).

  What is PAAL Studios? (PAper Alfajor)

It is a tiny independent studio run solely by me. I handle the storytelling and all the design work for my video games.

I also review indie games from the community to provide feedback and the motivation to keep going and improve as creators.

PAAL Studios currently has one project in development, while others are in the Game Design Document (GDD) phase, preparing for the moment the first project is fully released.

  Studio Philosophy

Stories are ALWAYS crafted with heart and soul, breathing LIFE into the characters. Characters always have imperfections—even the most perfect among them have flaws we don't see—and PAAL Studios aims to teach us about empathy, understanding, and true friendship.

  Tools at hand

• Paintoolsai2: I use it for Linearts, drawing without a mouse using "Linework", adjusting thickness with a single click, it serves me for quick things. Inkscape: It is my Vector tool, it serves me in case I want to use vectors. 

• Krita: It is something I have for "Gradients" and giving nice Details to everything I do in Sai2 or Inkscape, it will serve me more when I get a graphics tablet. Audacity: It is for editing soundtracks, sounds, and for quick format exports. 
• LibreSprite: Used to create pixel art sprites and animations! It makes designing characters and assets much easier and cleaner.
• GIMP: It will serve me to give final details like fixing thicknesses, Shaders and Lighting. PureRef: To have a reference on screen when modeling/drawing.
  
  
• OpenToonz: I will use it to animate the characters, I know Krita can do that, but an application made SPECIFICALLY for animation is much better and practical. 
  
  
• Blender: It serves me for floors and etc., it is just for the "SHAPE", the color is something different (it is still flat anyway, it consumes nothing so everything is perfect.)
• Godot Engine: it is the NEWEST version, it is the one I am using to make the game in an optimized and fluid way. 
• REAPER: It is the magic tool to make the game Soundtracks, I also installed "LABS" to have more instruments like softpiano and MusicBox. 
• Audacity: Used to improve or edit audio and quickly manage formats.

• BANDICAM: I will use it to record MiniGameplays, Trailers or DevLogs.