Nara Makes Games

My old art photography

I have been updating my personal website (anthonywallace.com), and a large portion of what is contained on that site is my previous art photography collection. From age 16-37ish, I considered myself an art photographer and that wa...

Hippo&Buttercup now in Beta!

Yes, after a few months of nonstop work... Hippo & Buttercup is finally nearing the finish line and is officially in beta. The first fully playable ROM has been sent over to the film studio for review and we will be making final adjustments in January.

I'm not entirely sure the plan fo...

Hippo Poster

This is the current working cover image/poster for the upcoming "Hippo & Buttercup" video game. The game's logo and the poster design were both created by me, with the poster utilizing some of the environment art from the game and the main balloon imagery recreated by the one and only -IZMA- ...

What's Next?

Most of you are probably aware that I have been back in Japan for about a week and a half now. I returned on December 3rd with my partner, and we were in vacation mode since that time. We pretty much cancelled all of our big touristy outings in favor of just playing Echoes of Wisdom on our Switch...

Writing video games with my wife

I am married to a Thai woman whom I met on my second visit to Chiang Mai at the beginning of 2019. She was a major support to me during the pandemic, and we kept building our relationship during that time while she was locked down in Thailand and I was locked down in Japan for all of 2020. We are...

Hippo & Buttercup - Exclusive Patreon Preview Video

This is a Patreon exclusive video clip of the first section of the upcoming "Hippo & Buttercup" game for the Game Boy Color. Things are still deep in development, and some of this is still very much under construction. But it gives a nice idea of what to expect from the game later this year!<...

The Future of Nara Makes Games (Part 2)

The results of the poll showed that 80% of you feel like you want to support Nara Makes Games no matter what I am posting or where. And 20% like the exclusivity of Patreon to get something for their investment. So what it sounds like is I should place emphasis on Patreon, but it's cool to share s...

The Future of Nara Makes Games

Been thinking a lot about the future of Nara Makes Games, my possible game dev future, and what I should do with social media. My game dev career aspirations were stomped on (and continue to be behind the scenes, even today). And social media is absolutely exhausting lately. So I'm thinking the b...

The Music of Sanctuary

Nara Makes Games and Joseph Tomkins presents The Music of Sanctuary - a unique randomizer for the Game Boy Color (or digital emulator) featuring music and art from "The Mayor of Sanctuary".

2024-10-22 14:42:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Incube8 Games

Yeah, man. What else can you say or do? I've said it all. They are still trying to drag me down with them. I'm done fighting for what's right and done letting Olivier from Incube8 affect my life.

http://anthonywallac...

Patreon Early Access - NMG Episode 20

Latest episode on my Youtube channel is available early to my Patreon followers. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKqFp6SNx_4

Patreon Early Access - Upcoming Release

Just a little something I have been cooking up for the past week or so.

The hardest part about making a game (for me)

The hardest part about making a retro style pixel art game by far is finding pixel artists.

I am not a pixel artist myself, so even though I have 20+ years of graphic art experience, it doesn't mean I can make really awesome pixel characters. And animation... forget about it. But it is ins...

What happened with Sen'i?

After all was said and done, I decided that the Sen'i project might not be something I need to do or want to do. As you know, Sen'i was intended to be a smaller step towards finding my passion again. A lesser commitment to see if I even had it in me anymore. And that effort is very much a work in...

Sanctuary & Chill B-Sides

During the development of "Sanctuary & Chill", the lofi remix soundtrack for my game, Joseph and I were in contact with quite a few artists who wanted to contribute to the project. Many of these potential contributions didn't work out for one reason or another, and this left us with a handful...

My Next Nara Trip

My next long stay in Japan is set for December-February. Needless to say, the main point of this trip is to return to Nara for an extended period of time to just enjoy it without major distractions. The primary plan is rest and time away from work. But I do have some plans for a few creative thi...

I'm not dead :)

Been grinding away at the "Hippo & Buttercup" game, which we would like to complete this year. Seems doable. Still early and rough, but the plan is there.

I released my Anbernic RG40xxv review and the views have been great. But no affiliate sales. These reviews actually end up costing...

Patreon Early Preview

As you guys know, my focus has shifted to working on the HIPPO game. We may have our official title, "Hippo & Buttercup", as you will be able to play as both characters in the game. And this is my vision for the logo. I created an onscreen (on the Game Boy) version, and this upsized version f...

TMOS Expanded - FOR NEW MEMBERS

Hello new Patreon members. First and foremost, thank you for your support!

If you signed up for my Patreon looking for the digital ROM file for "The Mayor of Sanctuary - Expanded Edition", I do not host that here. If I were to keep my game behind a paywall, that's technically you paying for...

Patreon Early Access - Nara Makes Games Episode 19

An update on what's been going on, most of which my Patreon people will already know about. But here's the latest catch up.

https://youtu.be/WAKc9vDOWg8

Game Boy Dev Insight - Too Many Actors II

As a followup to my previous post regarding some of the limitations I encountered while developing my first game for the Game Boy, I wanted to breakdown what is for sure the most complicated scene in The Mayor of Sanctuary. Surprisingly, it is not the collectibles menu... it is actually the fire ...

Game Boy Dev Insight - Too Many Actors

I am currently reviewing my game files for The Mayor of Sanctuary as I prepare a new folder and GB Studio file for the HIPPO game, and I wanted to share something with you guys that I find particularly interesting and impressive.

When developing for the Game Boy, there are a lot of limitati...

My New Project! Patreon Early Access

The next project from Nara Makes Games will be the official Game Boy experience for the film "Hippo". Hippo was produced by Rough House Pictures (Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill) and directed by Mark H. Rapaport, who is somebody I had the pleasure of working with in ...

Sen'i Update (July 24, 2024)

Hey guys. I wanted to give you a bit of an insight into what's going on with the development of Sen'i. To be totally honest - I haven't touched it in a while. And the reason is because I wasn't entirely sure if I had the passion to actually complete it after all this adversity. The whole idea beh...

Sanctuary T-Shirts

I designed and printed The Mayor of Sanctuary t-shirts earlier this year. And I even asked Incube8 for written permission to sell them, since I'm technically not supposed to due to our now void contract. They said no. Since I don't really make a profit from any of the merch I sold in the past, I ...

TMOS v2 Cartridge Labels

I created new cartridge labels for myself earlier this year, and printed them & sent to a few friends. Since people have been asking for label artwork after the launch of v2 of The Mayor of Sanctuary, why not get this out there to you guys? If you happen to make use of them, please do share! ...

TMOS 3d Model (Repost w/file)

The 3d model of Yuu, the main character of "The Mayor of Sanctuary", is now complete thanks to some major reworking done by my man Tony Mora ( https://www.instagram.com/tonymora/ ).

*REPOSTING THIS CAUSE THE FI...

TMOS Expanded v2.1

I'm sure if you follow me on here, you also are on my Instagram. But in case you did not notice on there - the Expanded edition is now in version 2.1, because somebody discovered a bug with the collectibles menu. That doesn't surprise me, as that is literally the most complicated thing in the ent...

The Mayor of Sanctuary - Expanded Edition

The new Expanded Edition of The Mayor of Sanctuary is now complete and ready to play!

As you guys know, the original game is still being sold by a publisher who does not have my consent to do so. They were sent a termination of contract effective on June 1st, which they said they will 2024-07-08 10:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post

The Beta Is Coming

Anybody who has signed up to be a beta tester for The Mayor of Sanctuary Expanded should check their email in a little bit. Cause this bad boy is ready to test! Full instructions in the email.
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