#sanctimonia

#Sylph: Project Miyaji's #Kickstarter Campaign Will Begin This Evening

[full_width][/full_width] It seems Goldenflame Dragon isn’t the only one who is enlisting the talented Indi Martin to create art for his game! The #Kickstarter for #Sylph's 24×18" ink-and-watercolor box cover art by Indi Martin begins Tuesday, November 17th, 8:00 PM EST. #gameart — Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) November 7, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The amazing Indi Martin of…

#Sylph: A History in Screenshots #SHMUP

Kevin Fishburne released a video yesterday: "History of Sylph in Screenshots with Accompaniment by Mordi" https://t.co/RQuASCYTSa #Sylph @Mordi90 #gamedev #SHMUP pic.twitter.com/NMKnv5Yd4P — Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) August 19, 2015 He describes it thusly on YouTube proper: All of Sylph’s screenshots in alphabetical order by filename (semi-random) with music by the always-excellent Mordi.…

#Sylph: Project Miyaji: Alpha Release 7 Available for Download

Kevin Fishburne has released the seventh alpha test version of his SHMUP for Linux, Sylph: Project Miyaji: WHAT’S NEW IN ALPHA 7 Innumerable engine, game asset and cinematic improvements have been made since the Alpha 6 release, including additional and refined musical tracks by the incredibly-talented Mordi, a more-accurate ship/bullet/laser collision system, a greatly-improved SA-08 with more…

#Sylph: Project Miyaji: Check Out the SA-08 Starfighter

Kevin Fishburne has been hard at work on the SA-08, the mainstay starfighter of his upcoming SHMUP for Linux, Sylph: Project Miyaji. This has mostly taken the form of work in Blender:

http://t.co/y1jdE14MCL down for maintenance, but have a peek at the SA-08's texture mapping progress. #Sylph #gamedev pic.twitter.com/Jr5niv0bKG

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) March 29, 2015

The SA-08's…

#Sylph: Project Miyaji Alpha 6 Released

Kevin Fishburne has released the sixth alpha build of Sylph: Project Miyaji, his SHMUP for Linux.

I’m incredibly pleased to announce that the latest alpha release of Sylph is available for download. Sylph is currently targeted at Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kubuntu, etc. A twin-stick gamepad is highly recommended for optimal play, though keyboard control is fully…

Eight Virtues Games Has a New Website

Kevin Fishburne — the developer of Sanctimonia and Sylph: Project Miyaji — has relaunched the website of Eight Virtues Games, his game development label. And darn, but he has a quite fitting message on the front page of the site:

“Sit before me, and I shall pour light into the shadows of thy future.”

So said the Gypsy to the Stranger, who seeking enlightenment placed their faith in a path…

#Sylph: Project Miyaji Alpha 5 Released

Kevin Fishburne has released Alpha 5 of his SHMUP for Linux, Sylph: Project Miyaji.

WHAT’S NEW IN ALPHA 5

More music by Mordi (no more placeholder songs by Mecano Associates, Mark Seibert and Joey Carbone and Richie Zito), better bullet and laser collision detection by ordering/sorting ships, partial and full crew ejection from…