#guardianprotector

Some early days experiments for Guardian, Protector!

1: A goofy, noodly tractor beam.

2: Moving the ground-level player via a second overhead character controlled by the same player.

I’ve had a busy week getting caught up at home after finally getting back to Texas. Both Cloudbase Prime and house stuff. The tasks I’m working on for Cloudbase Prime don’t make for particularly exciting tumblr activity, but they are very exciting to me. It’s almost done!

Fortunately I’ve also gotten a bit of work done on Guardian, Protector. It’s just an art test, but I think it looks pretty good! I’m aiming to support mobile VR, and having a nice looking unlit art style will go a long way toward making that possible.

My family visited northern California for a couple weeks. First it was for my work, then a family wedding, and finally I spent a week watching Oliver while my wife did a math work group in San Jose. It was a busy time, but I’ve managed to work on some stuff.

I went to Oculus Launch Pad 2017! It was excellent: amazing speakers provided insightful, experienced lessons about working on VR projects and I saw other game devs in person for the first time in years. It was a great group of impressively creative people (not just game devs!) and I’m excited to see what VR experiences they make.

Cloudbase Prime is in polish/get-feedback/repeat mode and is close to release. That’s a lot of work and worry, but it can also be a lot of waiting. Now’s a good time to work on new prototypes! My current idea is Guardian, Protector: a power fantasy for pacifists where you choose no sides and save everyone.

My normal start to new projects is to make an art test, but I ended up focusing on generating a bunch of these cute little critters instead. I want the game’s style to look good with piles of these varied little peeps wandering around, so it seemed like a reasonable distraction.

Ohhhh lets see i wont link to them this time because my browser cant handle all those tabs (old laptop tonight) but here goes! not in any particular order

1. Guardianprotector, they were one of my first mutuals I believe, and they've always just been so supportive of me and talk to me about anything and theyre just really amazing and cool in general thyere so nice

2. sehun-do-the-windy-thing. I went to camp with them once! We laughed about a lot of things, bending fans, newspaper giraffes, how many cookies we could eat, stuff like that. Theyre actually one of the reasons i got into Homestuck, I overheard them talking about it with one of my other friends, and i remembered it when i was going through kind of a rut... it really did me well obviously. and she asked if i had a tumblr and weve been following each other ever since! we still talk sometimes

3. somethingkarezirelated. Pretty much the most amazing person in the entire world! Ive known him since i was like ten (we ran straight into each other it seems... that was our first confrontation!) and we are most definitely sibs from different cribs! always supports me no matter what, and i try to do the same for him, despite my obvious social STUPIDITY, which just further convinces me i haven't been a very good friend lately. I worry about him almost too much it seems though I can't seem to do anything about it! I just care about them a lot is all

4. Wastelandbanditorion. one of my earlier mutuals, actually, i didnt think much of him until we actually started talking. He's a top notch guy and a true friend once you get to know him! There never seems to be a time when I'm upset he isn't offering to help in some way, which is more than I could ask for from anybody. he's mentioned some questionable things but I know he's only joking. After all we've recently become good friends and he offers some interesting questions for events such as tonight!

5. kanayas-ashes. We've been talking for a while now, our conversations started with topics of paranormal lore, abnormal experiences, ouija boards and the like, but weve recently been relating over the emotional pain of the latest upd8s, and they recommended a new old series for me to watch! Im rather busy these days but I think ill be making time to watch some of it! Really splendid to talk to and im glad we've befriended one another!

6. symphonymoon. though it was only recently we started talking, I think their blog's really neat (I'm jealous) and their art skills should be looked upon with admiration. Made me not one but two amazingly adorable drawings in an art trade of sorts!

7. ahyesbutyouseeno. It's been some time since we've talked, but they always offered the best midnight-advice and three-am-chat sessions anyone could ask for! Im too much of a coward to start back up conversations but theyre great to talk to and their blog is top fucking notch Ive gotta say

8. noodleh. its also been a while since I talked to them, but they always had the most interesting conversation topics and ask prompts. I was always thrilled to receive a message from them and their blog themes are ever changing and gorgeous!

9. demi-bi-from-way-up-high. Apparently Im their tumblr crush! Imagine that. First person to outright tell me as opposed to anonymously (though I love you too anon-crushes) and their blog is absolutely the cat's fucking pajamas! Downright gorgeous is what. Great goddamn snakes. (not snakes as in related to her blog, great snakes as in... great goddamn snakes! Incredible)