Man, itās been forever since Iāve posted here, hasnāt it? And for good reason! Hereās the short version: - Iām a real Game Dev now working on an awesome project!!! - Iām still been doing pre-production/design work on SkyClash, and got some sweet character art commissioned by binaryowl and tekknicole, who are still taking commissions and totally deserve your business! Wanna see the sweet art and hear about my sweet new job? Hit the read-more!
Iāve been working with NostalgiCo on their upcoming game āCryamoreā since November! I was super psyched to be brought on for this project. I never dreamed Iād be working on a project like Cryamore so soon out of the gate! I figured Iād be stuck working on ports of āImagine Horsie Races 5ā³ or something for a few years first. Itās been rough going, but thatās par for the course for any indie project, right? And the chance to work on a tight team of awesome people where everyone gets a say is well worth the occasional pipeline hiccup! As great as working on Cryamore is, I havenāt forgotten about my own projects and ideas. I havenāt had time to do code work on SkyClash in awhile, but Iāve been taking time to hash out game mechanics and character concepts. Pictured below are some bits of concept art I had commissioned from my good friends binaryowl and meira/tekknicole!
- I shared a picture of Fylis, my UFO-piloting alien character awhile back, and asked Binary to draw a picture of Fylis in their super-well done disguise. She also made a sketch of Fylis in an action pose and threw it in as a bonus, so hooray for that!
- Awhile back, around the same time as the first Fylis pic, I asked Meira to draw a picture of Kwale, whoās meant to be the closest thing to a main character SkyClash has. Sheās got a magic wind-fan and a love of the open sky! AND I NEVER SHARED HER! How terrible of me! Better late than never, right?
- Way more recently, I asked Meira to draw up some concepts for another character, a hobbyist Super Hero called The Cerulean Jay (CJ for short)! His wings stopped growing when he was a kid, so his parents got him a jet-pack! Pictured in each Meira work is my own sad excuse for concept art, made in MSPaint. Binary got similar references. Amazing what actual artists can do, right?
Both are actively taking commissions now, by the way. Click their names anywhere to go to their blogs and put in a request! Pro-tip: Did you know you can write off art commissions like this on your taxes if youāre a Freelance game developer? I get to pay my friends properly for their art AND write it all off as a business expense! HOW COOL IS THAT?! :D That about covers things for now. Iāll be putting my all into Cryamore, as well as polishing the design and character docs for SkyClash. Who knows? Maybe SkyClash will even end up being a future NostalgiCo title? Iāve got some steep internal competition for the honor of Project #2, but you never know! Wish me luck!
