Case Study: Rain achieves code-free HTML5 game animations and shorter production cycles with Adobe Edge (Adobe)

Rain and CB Labs team up to produce story-driven mobile game app featuring animated cut scenes created using Adobe Edge technology

Rain and Crossborders’ CB Labs teamed to produce The Adventures of Timmy: Run Kitty Run, a story-driven iOS game that needed high-quality animated cut scenes without ballooning file size or development time. The challenge was to accelerate concepting and animation, separate design from programming, and deliver smooth 2D animations that supported the game’s narrative while keeping production costs and timelines down.

Rain used Adobe Edge Preview alongside Creative Suite tools (Illustrator and Photoshop) to create HTML5-based cut scenes that designers could build without hand-coding, then hand off to programmers for integration. The new workflow cut weeks from the production cycle, let designers and developers work independently, produced high-performance animations on iOS and browsers, and enabled easy cross-platform packaging and faster go-to-market for the game and related branding opportunities.

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Amy Hatch

Producer, Rain