Questions and Answers

Q: What app do you use to make TAW?

A: Quite a lot of apps, actually:

• Google Docs (Script)

• Audacity (Voice Acting & Voice Editing)

• ToonSquid (Animation)

• Garageband (Soundtrack)

• Kinemaster 6 Premium (Adding SFX)

As well as some other apps for more special cases:

• Stop Motion Studio (Stop Motion Animation)

• Procreate (Concept Art, Thumbnail Touchups, etc.)

• Blender (3D Art)

I mainly use an IPad 9th gen (and 1st gen Apple Pencil), but also use my PC to operate Audacity and Blender.

Q: Will there be viewer voting?

A: Nope! The entire story for TAW is already planned out. Viewer voting would get in the way, unfortunately.

Q: Will there be reccommended characters?

A: Not yet!

Q: Can I audition to animate/voice act?

A: Auditions for voice acting may open some time in the future! But I'd like to be able to pay any VAs appropriately, which I am currently incapable of doing. For now, the answer has to be no.

Auditioning to animate is a firm no; the stress of having to manage a team like that would be way too much for something I consider a passion project.

Q: Can I make my own show/content based on apps?

A: Of course! I'm definitely not the first person to come up with sentient apps! Though, if you are heavily inspired by me, credit would be much appreciated!

Q: Can I make fanart?

A: YESYESYES THAT'D MAKE ME ULTRA HAPPY!!! For the highest chances of me seeing it, I recommend submitting it to the fanart form!

Q: Is there a discord server I can join?

A: No, and there never will be. Moderation and general upkeep for something like that would unfortunately be way too much work.
The closest thing you can get to that are the comment sections on this website, episodes, and community posts!

Process Details

Some further clarification on certain steps in the creation process.

Writing

One of the most important steps: writing the script for the episode! The entire outline for the series is complete, however, I write individual episodes only after I've completed the previous. I have more fun that way! (Fun Fact: I keep the wordbuilding, character info, and episodes all within a single google doc full of subtabs.)

Voicing

Me, my sister, and occasionally other family members will gather around and scream into the mic for a few hours.
It's so very unproffesional but also so very fun, so who cares? :)

Storyboarding

Basically the rough sketch of the entire episode. During this step, I put the voice lines together while figuring out the general postions and emotions of the characters.

Finalizing

The Finalizing process is made up of multiple smaller steps! These steps don't need to be completed in any particular order, but I'll list them in order of importance.

SOUND EFFECTS - pretty self explanatory. I get most of my SFX from Zapsplat.com!

QUALITY CHECKS - make sure animation errors are kept at a minimum

COMPOSING - make the background music for the episode.

THUMBNAIL - Decide what the thumbnail will be, and draw it.

Original Logo Concept

The first concept for The App Wars logo, made in Procreate! What I find funny is that in some ways, I kind of prefer this one because of the shading. Unfortunately I struggled to achieve the same look while keeping each part vector in the final logo. Either way i'm happy with both!