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Building Commercial Artwork, One Pixel at a Time
February 04, 2010
An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time...
Angels 2X: Angels 22: Two?
Realizing our new project* is essentially an improved version of Angels 22, we have to really think about why this time things are going to be different. I mean, it's not like we've been captains of industry lately. S…
Angels 2X: Angels 22: Two?
Realizing our new project* is essentially an improved version of Angels 22, we have to really think about why this time things are going to be different. I mean, it's not like we've been captains of industry lately. S…
January 20, 2010
Angels 22: Playtest
So I dug up an old copy of Angels 22, I'm not sure if it ever got released here even, but it will come in handy, because we would like to get feedback on it. All you have to do is play it. It's surprisingly complete, so have fun!
---------PLAY THE ANGELS 22 PROTOTYPE (.ZIP)-------…
So I dug up an old copy of Angels 22, I'm not sure if it ever got released here even, but it will come in handy, because we would like to get feedback on it. All you have to do is play it. It's surprisingly complete, so have fun!
---------PLAY THE ANGELS 22 PROTOTYPE (.ZIP)-------…
January 15, 2010
Angels 2? (working title)
So our new project is basically a reboot of our old Angels 2X project, which was itself a newer version of the Angels 22 engine utilizing the lessons learned. It will be one mission, not quite a 'game', but maybe a demo. This is because, well, long projects are hard. We're …
So our new project is basically a reboot of our old Angels 2X project, which was itself a newer version of the Angels 22 engine utilizing the lessons learned. It will be one mission, not quite a 'game', but maybe a demo. This is because, well, long projects are hard. We're …
January 09, 2010
Announcement to follow shortly, but first a retrospective of past projects Sir Sapo and I, the quintessential programmer-artist team, have worked on...
Greatest Airplane Games of All Times: A Comprehensive History
Note: If you're interested in the whole history of our games, check out back issues of …
Greatest Airplane Games of All Times: A Comprehensive History
Note: If you're interested in the whole history of our games, check out back issues of …
January 02, 2010
Well, I just finished Modern Warfare 2, so I thought I'd post them now instead of lumping them into another journal entry where they'd be buried under the immensity of future announcements.
Modern Warfare 2: A Pseudo-Realistic Rant
Call of Duty kind of annoys me when it comes within 100 meters of the…
Modern Warfare 2: A Pseudo-Realistic Rant
Call of Duty kind of annoys me when it comes within 100 meters of the…
December 27, 2009
Oh journal land, why have I forsaken you?
I guess I'm reduced to quarterly updates at this point, but it's better than nothing, I guess. Life's good, just awkwardly busy. I think I'll break down this update into multiple days, since I think it's better for everybody (*cough* me) to not be faced with…
I guess I'm reduced to quarterly updates at this point, but it's better than nothing, I guess. Life's good, just awkwardly busy. I think I'll break down this update into multiple days, since I think it's better for everybody (*cough* me) to not be faced with…
December 09, 2009
I have one more final exam, and lo and behold my journal is about to fall of the page!
Taking a page from TrapperZoid's journal, this post is basically a self-induced guilt trip to force me to post an actual update in the near future- Probably the day after my girlfriend goes home.
Stay Tuned!
-Mark t…
Taking a page from TrapperZoid's journal, this post is basically a self-induced guilt trip to force me to post an actual update in the near future- Probably the day after my girlfriend goes home.
Stay Tuned!
-Mark t…
October 04, 2009
So I haven't been updating consistently, and it's now a Sunday fall evening, the kind where there's still enough time to procrastinate a little more but not enough to be comfortable doing so... it's basically a cocktail for restlessness.
Yeah, school started and I've been running around trying to fi…
Yeah, school started and I've been running around trying to fi…
August 11, 2009
I know you were expecting an entry on enemies and/or the scripting system, but there was a more pressing issue: designing the in-game HUD.
User Interface is for Cool Kids
Common Mistakes
UI is one of my pet peeves in lots of games, especially small ones. Usability and user interface is one of those t…
User Interface is for Cool Kids
Common Mistakes
UI is one of my pet peeves in lots of games, especially small ones. Usability and user interface is one of those t…
August 09, 2009
After many weeks of interruptions combined with a general lack of self discipline, here is the oft-mentioned gameplay entry.
Gameplay
The Basics
We're making a 2D top-down spacehip shooter (PARTISAN: Forlorn Hope), so there's not a whole lot that hasn't been done (and done and done...). Our objective…
Gameplay
The Basics
We're making a 2D top-down spacehip shooter (PARTISAN: Forlorn Hope), so there's not a whole lot that hasn't been done (and done and done...). Our objective…
August 09, 2009
I accidentally started playing Halo 3 tonight (Gamertag Prinz Eugn), so I'm not able to finish the reasonably epic journal entry I had planned. It does not mean, however, that I ain't got the goods...
Transport
This is an "Atmospheric Capable Transport," which is basically an excuse allowing me to dr…
Transport
This is an "Atmospheric Capable Transport," which is basically an excuse allowing me to dr…
July 23, 2009
So today I wasn't able to do much because I had to clean up the house, as my parents and sister were coming home from a week-long trip to Seattle (I'm living with my parents for the summer). It was also my ridiculously good-looking Kenyan/Ethopian friend's birthday, so I took her to Baskin Robins..…
July 21, 2009
Sorry for the lapse in updates, the past couple of weeks have been kind of weird.
First of all, Sir Sapo, the programmer man, came down to our hometown for his summer break- all week and a half of it. That's what he gets for going to the US Air Force Academy, though. We were able to spend an old-sc…
First of all, Sir Sapo, the programmer man, came down to our hometown for his summer break- all week and a half of it. That's what he gets for going to the US Air Force Academy, though. We were able to spend an old-sc…
June 16, 2009
So development has been too fractured for me to write the all-encompassing entry I wanted to, so I'm going to divide it up into digestible parts, beginning with analyzing Tyrian 2000, which seems to encompass a lot of what's in a classic shooter. Props to Jotaf
Tyrian!
What I was really trying to do …
Tyrian!
What I was really trying to do …
June 06, 2009
So yesterday I decided to reinstall Command and Conquer 3 after a two-ish year hiatus (I feel old now, I thought it was newer than that...). I beat the first two campaigns, and I decided to take the opportunity this summer to finally finish the game. I also wanted to see some pretty graphics on my …
June 04, 2009
So guess who actually has a project now? Yeah, I know, ridiculous, right?
It turns out Sir Sapo has emerged from the depths of the Blue Zoo, with a covertly coded basic vertical scrolling engine ala 1942 and roughly 50% of all games ever made.
So it's not original, but what the hell, it's a reasonabl…
It turns out Sir Sapo has emerged from the depths of the Blue Zoo, with a covertly coded basic vertical scrolling engine ala 1942 and roughly 50% of all games ever made.
So it's not original, but what the hell, it's a reasonabl…
May 29, 2009
I've renamed the ol' journal, to better reflect the content (or lack thereof*). My mission is to avoid meaningful employment and preserve my precious free time for what is probably going to be my last two months of complete non-commitment until I retire. But I have a plan!
*Pretty sure this is a cl…
*Pretty sure this is a cl…
May 28, 2009
So I'm playing Mass Effect, which is a pretty cool game, if you're into awkwardly attractive monogendered aliens... and guns.
It's my first RPG since Pokemon. Hurray! It definitely reminds me of why I usually stick to FPS and pron, however. I never did miss the walking around place to place through…
It's my first RPG since Pokemon. Hurray! It definitely reminds me of why I usually stick to FPS and pron, however. I never did miss the walking around place to place through…
January 06, 2009
I'm Prinz Eugn, and I'm a recovering hobbyist game developer. That is to say I want to work on games more, but the past few months have been a near zero-zone in terms of game fungineering, or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays. I actually have contributed some, so it's not a total loss but w…
September 22, 2008
Sir Sapo hasn't had much of a chance to work on stuff this week, so I'd figure I could talk about some random art problems and ideas I'm dealing with.
In-Game
Note: Sir Sapo and I tend to call anything that's not a piece of art for a menu "in-game," meaning it's used during gameplay.
Alright, so I've …
In-Game
Note: Sir Sapo and I tend to call anything that's not a piece of art for a menu "in-game," meaning it's used during gameplay.
Alright, so I've …
September 15, 2008
Welcome to the Glorious Return.
Sort of.
I've been exceedingly busy with the whole gamut of life stuff, from writing for [PROJECT], which should be announced anytime now... *cough*, to starting school and my new job as a role model for all the kids, as long as they live on my floor. Sir Sapo has appa…
Sort of.
I've been exceedingly busy with the whole gamut of life stuff, from writing for [PROJECT], which should be announced anytime now... *cough*, to starting school and my new job as a role model for all the kids, as long as they live on my floor. Sir Sapo has appa…
July 23, 2008
I have been working very hard on [PROJECT], but apparently I'm not allowed to talk about it, so I'm going to post a rather random journal entry to top off a very long day.
Skirmish Online
Hopedagger, a former journal-land regular before getting his own site has been working on various projects for a …
Skirmish Online
Hopedagger, a former journal-land regular before getting his own site has been working on various projects for a …
June 13, 2008
This is has been the longest downtime ever on this journal, ever, I believe, but hopefully I'll be doing work that I can put up here.
The latest news is that I'll be writing a couple articles for a book, with Drew(Gaiiden) as the editor... I'm pretty sure I can talk about it in detail, but I'll chec…
The latest news is that I'll be writing a couple articles for a book, with Drew(Gaiiden) as the editor... I'm pretty sure I can talk about it in detail, but I'll chec…
April 13, 2008
Ok, so it's really hard to write a big enough journal entry to explain what's been going one, the file has been sitting on my desktop for 3 weeks, and it just gets... more... tedious...
So, I've decided to just try to get into the groove by posting a piece of artwork a day until I get back into the …
So, I've decided to just try to get into the groove by posting a piece of artwork a day until I get back into the …
February 21, 2008
Girls are Crazy.
Yes, that's an excuse for this journal being boring.
Yes, that's an excuse for this journal being boring.
February 04, 2008
Read the title of this post again... get it? Pixel Art(icle), it's a play on words!
Anyway, Gaiiden has inquired if I would be willing to write an article or two on art, particularly pixel art, but I don't see why I couldn't add one on technical illustration in Photoshop.
I'm actually posting this en…
Anyway, Gaiiden has inquired if I would be willing to write an article or two on art, particularly pixel art, but I don't see why I couldn't add one on technical illustration in Photoshop.
I'm actually posting this en…
January 30, 2008
So, um.... I'm a little bored right now, and I'd figure I'd talk about... stuff.
Game stuff has been slow going since school started again, mainly because Sir Sapo and I don't get to talk very often and we're both busy anyway. So nothing has really gotten pushed forward very much, although Sir Sapo …
Game stuff has been slow going since school started again, mainly because Sir Sapo and I don't get to talk very often and we're both busy anyway. So nothing has really gotten pushed forward very much, although Sir Sapo …
January 21, 2008
So today was busy, and I had a headache, so there's not really the super-awesomely edited video we had planned on(yet), but we did luck out and manage to forget that the mic was recording sound while we were recording clips, so now we have impromptu narration of some gameplay footage.
Some of them a…
Some of them a…
January 12, 2008
So, it's been the holiday season recently, which has put a damper on what I've been able get done.
The R-L
Real life has been interesting lately, I'm on Christmas... er, winter break, so I've been working really really hard at relaxing.
It's nice to be back home and close to all my friends, my first s…
The R-L
Real life has been interesting lately, I'm on Christmas... er, winter break, so I've been working really really hard at relaxing.
It's nice to be back home and close to all my friends, my first s…
December 17, 2007
So today I sat around and pretty much did a little of everything, some things that were on the agenda, and some things that weren't... at all.
Texture Sheets... Whooo!!!
So today's game-work involved simply organizing that tree and random crap texture into meaningful sections.
I think there will be a…
Texture Sheets... Whooo!!!
So today's game-work involved simply organizing that tree and random crap texture into meaningful sections.
I think there will be a…
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