ESP Fundada en 2022 en Barcelona, Gatera Studio nace para representar a la cultura urbana en los videojuegos con una perspectiva rebelde y reivindicativa. Inicia su actividad con el desarrollo de ANTRO.
ENG Gatera Studio was founded in Barcelona in 2022. It was born for representing urban culture in video games from a rebellious and disruptive perspective. It begans its activity with the development of ANTRO.
ESP Antro es un videojuego rítmico de puzles y plataformas 2.5D ambientado en una ciudad subterránea en un futuro postapocalíptico. Antro fusiona música urbana y jugabilidad, incorporando niveles en los que el jugador avanza en sincronía con la música.
ENG ANTRO is a 2.5D Rhythm Puzzle Platformer game, set in an underground city in a post-apocalyptic future. ANTRO merges urban music and gameplay due to the incorporated levels in which the player advances in sync with the music.
Antro was born as the final thesis of Norman Benet and Pol Ferrando, with the idea of making a small game that would focus on hip-hop and urban culture. The project quickly became far too ambitious for a group of two, so they reached out to contacts and friends looking for artistic profiles to complement their technical background.
People often think that Gatera has something to do with cats, as "cat" translates to "gat" in Catalan and "gato" in Spanish. Nevertheless, Gatera is a word used in a few towns in the north of Catalonia that translates to being very drunk, as we learned thanks to a member of the team that lives there. We liked the word and thought it sounded good as a team name. That's also why the logo is a dude puking.
Our goal is to keep making games that reflect the studio's values. We are young and idealistic, and we want to make games that deal with themes relevant to the younger generations.
What makes Antro special is that everything is carefully designed with the purpose of elevating the music. The gameplay helps the players feel the rhythm of the urban soundtrack, as there are actions and environments synchronized with the tempo of the song. The world and the story of Antro are also crafted using the common themes of urban music, so they can perfectly blend together.
The biggest challenge has been managing the big team that Gatera studio is. We did not realize how the complexity of managing a team quickly scales the more people you are. It's easier to find many people willing to work a few hours per week instead of a guy willing to work for 40h per week, but it makes it much harder to manage.
Absolutely! Trying to make an indie game from scratch is a brutal learning experience. Having expert counseling with easy access can make a huge difference. There are many expensive mistakes that we could have avoided if we had proper counseling from an early stage.
If so, which ones?Yes we use additional plugins. Are the following: Corgi engine, Odin (Sirenix), Curvy Splines & Bakery