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Animation Test
October 30th, 2010
We’ve been plugging away on Slime City. Brian just got unit placement going and the slime propagating. Once we get a few more game play elements in we’ll be taking our loose level progression and turning it into more fleshed out designs.
While I’m waiting for the game play elements to get locked down, I’ve been playing around with pixel animation. I wanted to post my first attempt. We want to have people run when the slime attacks, I figured dogs would catch on and get moving too.
Slime
More coming soon!
-W
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Slime City!
October 13th, 2010
So we’ve been heads down for a while. We’ve been working on our new game, Slime City! We’re still working out basic game play elements, but it’s coming together a lot faster than Metal Drift did. The game is a 2D isometric strategy game. The world is under attack by a voracious slime, and it’s up to the player to fight it off.
On the art side, the 2D work flow is much faster and easier than poly soup 3D was, and the pixel art style is a nice change of pace. Working in discreet color values and opacities is satisfying in a way that blended colors aren’t. At least for me. I grew up with Mac Plus and NES graphics so there is a ton of retro appeal. Along the way I’ve discovered some amazing talent out there, like Eboy and some great artists over at Pixel Joint. I’m trying to create a unique look by starting with Eboy and taking it in a little more realistic and less colorful direction. Hopefully it works as well as their stuff.
I’ve been building mostly static stuff so far as we’re still prototyping the game play. A couple of exceptions are an Akira inspired explosion and the slime itself. I’ll post some animation examples soon. In the mean time here are a couple of Portland buildings I’ve rebuilt in iso-pixel form.
We’re also hoping to get you guys involved in the funding of the game. We’ve been talking about offering a variety of in-game rewards in exchange for a donation. Like if you want to be a character in the game, help us out with a donation of X dollars etc.
Anyway, more to come.
Weston
Summer Indie Action Pack
June 24th, 2010
Today we are proud to announce the release of The Summer Indie Action Pack.
It packages our favorite game ever…Metal Drift! with some other fantastic offerings:
AaAaAA!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity.
A crazy decent at break neck speeds. Total thrill ride all the way!
2D Shooter goodness.
More 2D shooter goodness with deep space exploration strategy and plot.
Zombie destruction behind the wheel of a tricked out death-mobile!
And you can get all this Indie Action for only $19.99! But only for the duration of the Steam Summer Sale.
The pack will be a permenant addition to the Steam store, but will only be on sale for a short time.