#anustar

hello! Laz here. it’s been a while, we’re currently reproduce the prototype using Unity3D for better stability, and many more reasons. probably we (or ricolemba hehe) will write another dedicated devlog regarding to the port, for better explanation.

while Rico busy coding, i’m still trying to polish the tileset more, here are another concept art by kodoktua ! i asked him to design a variation map for boss area.

and a little update i did while ago to the environment, but if you might already see it if you notice some change from earlier screenshot.

here is a screenshot before the update:

here is the new one (please ignore the glitchy mapping, it’s just a mockup haha), added simple animation, changed the palette to make better contrast and i just realized when kodoktua told me, that the scale of the background building is too similar, so it doesn’t show enough depth. so i made the closer one bigger.

i however still not satisfied, i might put another background just one layer below the platform the player stand in. because it looks empty now.

well that’s all for now. see you again soon! :D

A very cool-looking fanart from ScepterDPinoy ! Thanks a lot !! Visit his Deviantart page to see more of his arts :D source : http://scepterdpinoy.deviantart.com/art/Stellar-Arms-Fan-art-474855021 ————————————

Design inspirations for the main character, Para Sol. Brace yourself, lot of images!!

Clothings/ Overall character imaging

Usually, hipon and i gathered lot of references even before i begin to sketch. Most of them are just by googling away. I love casual and modern clothes, hipon usually aim for korean fashions simple, something tribal and abstract.

A navajo pattern and ancient symbol for sun used for Sol's poncho, umbrella and bandana, or wherever they fit.

one Final Fantasy III class for poncho idea.

Freya from Final Fantasy IX's costume for overall image, but we need something more sporty, slightly futuristic and compact looking, like Blue from Gunstar Super Heroes.

the result:

Weapon/ the "Arms"

Just fancy gun/sword umbrellas, never think they would even existed but they actually are! Also i never thought flame thrower would be that cool. I had never researched/ put interest on weaponry/gunnery before.

the result:

Drawing Style/ Character Proportion

SaGa Frontier 2's duel battle's sprites. I always liked this kind of proportion.

SaGa Frontier's chibi illustrations. I've always wanted sketchy and rough style with abstract feel, it almost never happened haha.

Character above is also named Blue btw, i never intended to post 2 Blue characters on the same page. :v

the results:

Posing

A character illustration from Elsword, and Zero's sprite from Megaman X4. (i suppose?) I wanted a slightly cocky pose, weapon hand's behind the body.

the results:

Phew. That's long enough already! I'll write more of this when i'm on the mood, lol. Thanks for tuning in. Cya later?

Last week was quite tough, it's not because we worked really hard, if we look at the current build it may look quite stagnant compared to last week *at least, gameplay wise*. Actually, it's tough because I was tweaking the game balance, level design, etc and it seems I will keep tweaking this until it feels right. Like I said before, this game overall style takes a lot of inspirations from one of Treasure's games,Gunstar Heroes. However, after I implemented the spawning system, it turns out to be very different, which is good! But, since the feel now differs from Gunstar Heroes, I can't use some techniques from Gunstar Heroes, I need to develop my own, in other words, I need to work harder XD.

I guess that's all for today, I don't really have much to reveal right now, even though the game might be different compared to first time I potrayed in my head, my goal still be the same, the gameplay will be chaotic, boss-heavy, and very retro :D

thumbs up from Goey

see you next time!

New fanart from kodoktua.  Is it Sol? …wait, with boobs? now this is sexy. also this is first Sol fanart (even though genderbended haha), as the designer i’m so happy. :>