Velusaur

I’m repainting some pics from a few weeks ago, because I finally figured out how the lighting should work with them!! Just wips right now but I’m already so much happier with them (:

Downloads, via Dropbox: Windows Mac

A new project I’m going to start working on, though there’s no real title quite yet. This first release is not a demo. It’s a game prototype that’ll last maybe 5 to 10 minutes at most to fully explore. 

So it’s more like a pre-alpha where you’re not worried about art assets or completion/perfection; you’re more just throwing in the mechanics you want to show your concepts and ideas before actually getting down to work. It’s not in any kind of completed state.

But it covers the main concepts of the time system, the player’s apartment (including the computer), a test ‘battle’, gifting a co-worker and one of the special event types.

One of my primary design influences for it is Harvest Moon, albeit with less farming and more flirting.

There won’t be a dedicated main story outside of certain key points (like the introduction), but rather a bunch of smaller events that the player can run into and string together into their own experience. While becoming the number one host or hostess in the city, obviously.

(not sure what I’m talking about with this host club business? click here)

If any of this sounds interesting to you, please consider following my blog for future updates!

Below the cut is a listing of the currently planned features for the game. Please note that they are not all shown in the prototype, and those that are are still very rough and early versions!

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That’s right! You read it correctly! Since it is now summer time, I will be having a summer contest to celebrate YOU GUYS and all you do to keep this blog strong! 

To enter this contest, you must be following this blog! Each subscriber will automatically receive one entry.

You can get multiple entries for doing the following:

1.) Reblogging this post (each reblog gets one entry)

2.) Reblogging my commission post (each reblog will get you 

2.) Buying a commission from me (you will be told how many entries based on the price you are paying. For example, for every $5 you may get one entry)

3.) Joining me in an art stream (I hope to have one every two weeks once my summer starts) will get you one entry.

And that’s it! More ways to earn entries will be brought up if I think of any, but the winner of the contest will receive the fabulous grand prize listed above! There will also be a second and third place prize, but I have not decided on those quite yet!

Commissions will be available during the time of the contest and once summer ends (which will be sometime in August for me), I will announce the winners! I will post more info about the commissions on a separate post that will also get entries for reblogging.

Thank you again to all of my lovely followers, your kindness and love towards what I do keeps me going and helps me to grow as an artist!

<3 Alex

10 Photos Of Norway’s Fairy Tale Architecture

Norway started out as a kingdom in 872 and has existed ever since. It has also saved quite a bit of its traditional architecture. Traditional Norwegian architecture makes it look like a land out of a fairytale. Stave churches – so named because of the Norse words for their load-bearing poles – were extremely popular back in the 12th century, and their unique shape matched with all-wooden construction make is simply spectacular.

Norvegian vernacular (as in, built to local requirements and using local materials) architecture is wonderful. Moss and even trees grow on the roofs of wooden or stone buildings, making Norway a sort of Norse Shire. Have a look, and plan your next holiday accordingly!

HUGE Congratulations to cosmowright on 18:10 on Ocarina of time any%

Unreal. :)

http://www.twitch.tv/cosmowright/c/4703125

don’t miss the post-run vod either, you’ll cry along with him.

http://www.twitch.tv/cosmowright/c/4703236