John William Evelyn

I spent 4.5 years creating my entirely pen & ink game - The Collage Atlas.

A game about hope, memory, and agency.

Created with the intention of offering comfort to those who feel at a loss in life.

How I drew a pen & ink video game over 4.5 years...

The Collage Atlas by John William Evelyn

A little bit of wish-fulfilment - my very own Victorian-style greenhouse 🌱

All drawn with 0.03mm fineliner pen on 300gsm watercolour paper, then pieced together in Unity for my game: The Collage Atlas.

Hello everyone!

I’ve been up to my eyes in code and scribbles - furiously working away ahead of exhibiting The Collage Atlas for the first time! (previously only the verrrry early proof-of-concept has left the walls of my flat, way back in 2016).

If you’re in the UK, you can come and be amongst the very first people in the whole universe to play The Collage Atlas at EGX next week!

As an added bonus, I’ll be giving out these postcards of my illustrations AND I’ll also be on hand with all the original drawings if you’d like to see them in person.

More info here: https://www.egx.net/egx

So I’ve been up to my eyes in code and things, prepping The Collage Atlas for EGX 2018 where I’ll be exhibiting as part of the Tentacle Zone 🙌

In the meantime - Pictures are worth a good few words right? Well, I’ve uploaded another big post of GIFs and videos fresh from The Collage Atlas, to give you a little insight into how the game is coming along.

As ever, you can get more regular updates on my scribbly game over on Twitter and Instagram. Drop by and say hi!

📺 The Collage Atlas: Dev Diary 2

Hello again, John here! 

I’ve uploaded a brand new Dev Diary , in this instalment I say ALL the words about my favourite artists, some of the influences behind the game, and go into detail about the themes and world of The Collage Atlas.

I hope you like it!

As ever, if you’d like to know more about the game just give me a shout on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnevelyn

To keep up to date: Join the mailing list here: http://bit.ly/collagemailinglist 📩

📺 The Collage Atlas: Dev Diary 1

Hi! - Sorry I’ve been so quiet, I’ve been working away on my game: The Collage Atlas.

I’ve recorded my first ever Dev Diary where  I go into detail about the art style, the methods involved in making an entirely hand-illustrated game, and how it all came to be.

If you’d like to know more about the game just give me a shout on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnevelyn

To keep up to date: Join the mailing list here: http://bit.ly/collagemailinglist 📩

I’ve posted a big collection of GIFs, videos, photos and stills of The Collage Atlas over on imgur - do take a look if you’ve got a sec. Sorry it’s been quiet on here for a while - the game is in full-development, I’ll have more news very very soon!