Twitter milestone – 400
Started this robot as a character for my Sub-Luminal project and turned it into a little thank you to my twitter followers.
Expanded C64 palette.
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Giant Blob Game Mockup
I like games about managing disaster. This mockup is about dealing with a carnivorous expanding blob. You can directly take control of each squad member individually and then leave them with a simple task which they will maintain until you take control of them again. So it would be a mix of puzzle-solving and action.
Temporus Nebula Backdrops Process
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I’m building up the background fluff for Temporus. This is a rough series of snapshots of a pair of nebulae that can either be shown together or separately. Trying to paint something in a small number of opaque colours that still appears to be fluid and permeable is challenging. I’m happy with how these two turned out.
Aseprite Doodle
I’m still using Gimp for my pixel illustration, and Pyxel Edit for tiling work, but I’ve been considering the switch to Aseprite for illustration. Haven’t made the leap just yet but I did some doodles in Aseprite that are getting me tempted.
Temporus Heavy Battle Robot Sketches
Erik (@firebellys) asked me to come up with some robust looking robot designs for Temporus. The references were very blocky, utilitarian in appearance, and the sprites will be large so I aimed for slab sides and the look of large metal castings like a tank.
Sub-Luminal Habitat Wrecker
I needed to work on a big pixel piece again and decided revisited Sub-Luminal. My thinking behind this machine is that it could operate in transitional gravity environments, or even walk in corridors lacking gravity or up/down vertical shafts with it’s redundant legs. It would be a good unit for blocking escape avenues.
Mega Man
My nephew asked me to draw him a picture of Mega Man. I used my palette from The Kelly Engine.
Temporus Tutorial Brainstorm
A quick, very loose sketch that was part of an afternoon conversation with Erik Umenhofer from Firebelly. We were working out an idea for a tutorial level that carries the player through the platforming controls and basic combat. The player will have to enter a relay tower that has been torn from a planet, and climb to the top in order to access the communications system. Along the way an asteroid will collide, spilling out basic enemies for the player to deal with.
Temporus Accelerator Boss teaser
I haven’t done a massive sci-fi piece like this since The Salvage but it’s rewarding to see it come together and the client is enjoying the results. Here’s a teaser of the close-to-finished boss next to the player ship to get a sense of scale.
Temporus Accelerator Boss rough sketches
Working out some loose ideas for the first boss design in Temporus’ shooter portion. Aiming for a heavy industry look centred around some manner of tokamak or particle accelerator. I want it to feel like an assemblage, with plenty of mass. I’ll be working on pixels next to take these rough ideas into game-scale layouts until I’m happy with the form.
