Hey all! gamedev month is in full swing. I've mostly been working on progressing the intro this week. I set up a project in After Effects where I'm putting everything together and trying to sync things with music. It's coming together nicely, but I still need to create more assets for additional ...
2020-06-05 16:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all my pixel friends! It's been another strange month with a lot of chaos unfolding around the world. I hope you all are staying safe and healthy. My situation has fortunately allowed me to ride out the storm that is 2020 with relative ease so far. However, humanity is a global community thes...
2020-06-01 20:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Choose your fighter! What sub are you taking treasure hunting?
Here it is, the patreon exclusive complete gallery of the Sunken Planet series. This might have been the most fun minis series for me so far. I'll have to visit this world again sometime. I'd also love to do a spaceship series...
The flame of life resides somewhere deep within her ever shifting labyrinthine chambers. Do you chance entering before the maze rearranges itself?
This is just a quick spontaneous piece. After working on tiles for the past couple weeks I was itching to create something free form. So there...
Learn how to make background tiles with various layers of vegetation, clouds, and sky. More explanation and tutorials in full feature.
2020-05-26 12:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s common convention in older games but there’s something that irks me about floating platforms, so I often create support tiles. More explanation and tutorials in the full feature.
Jump into side view tile creation with the basic ground tiles. More explanation and tutorials in full feature.
2020-05-26 12:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post
16 colors. Some say that’s all you need.
The following download link includes aco, ase, and png files to easily load the colors into your favorite pixel program.
This includes the Photoshop file for tutorial 72, and the Pixel Edit file with all the tiles loaded in ready to create levels. Gain insight from these original project files.
2020-05-26 12:40:52 +0000 UTC
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This asset download includes all the tiles presented in Pixelblog 28. Enjoy using these in your studies and projects.
From the foreground to the background, learn how to make tiles to create a complete game environment.
2020-05-26 12:40:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya! I've been busy working on the upcoming Pixelblog this week, but there's always stuff going on with TD. As usual, this week has been mostly testing, bug fixing, and adjusting minor balancing issues. Also, got in contact with some audio guys who previously helped us with sfx and voice o...
2020-05-22 16:42:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Echinopod - The sole vessel of a mysterious private company, reportedly setting the record for greatest depth. It will surely change the game if put into production.
64x64px (128x128px frame)
21 colors
Photoshop
This is my last entry in this series. I had a lot of fun mak...
Hey everybody! Slight remix with the scheduled content today. Instead of a regular Pixelmotion piece I'm sharing an animated scene I'm working on for TD. This is part of the intro sequence. I admit, I didn't have to do too much animating with this, as I already had the background created when I m...
2020-05-13 20:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Artwork featured in Pixelcast 40
188x188px
22 colors
Photoshop
6 hours
Hey! Watch me attack the canvas in this exciting episode. In order to capture the twisted organic forms of the landscape, I approached this piece with a looser and sketchier style than usual. When I sketch on paper it's gestural and full of chatter. This leads to a lot of improvisation as my imag...
2020-05-06 17:10:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi again. Got a quick update for you from the Thyrian universe.
Here are a few more idle animations for the map screen. These are all completed and implemented into the game now. In addition to animating the planets, I updated the sprite work quite a bit. Some of these were originally made...
Hello! Hope everyone is doing well in these strange times. Things have been going surprisingly well for me lately. I suppose there are a lot of people stuck at home and looking for entertainment, or utilizing the time to learn new skills. I wish this awkward reality could be undone, but I'm delig...
2020-05-01 15:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Decashuttle - A rare design with the ability to transform into loco mode, which allows the craft to use its mechanical legs to crawl or propel itself like a shrimp.
64x64px (128x128px frame)
24 colors
Photoshop
Yo, got another TD update for you!
The first image is another frame from the intro sequence. Yep, fun with hands again. I took my time setting up a quality reference photo and it's going pretty smooth. Still WIP, working on animating the trigger finger.
Also, I'm creating sub...
Well, it's Friday again, and time to talk TD. I've been spending most of my time working on the graphical assets to go on our steam page. This is the point we really have to decide on the game's image as far as marketing goes. Even if a game is pixel art, the box art and marketing assets are usua...
2020-04-17 20:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post
What will you find in this cursed landscape? The key to existence, or eternal madness?
As promised in the schedule, here's my random original piece. Had a lot of ideas floating around my head but felt I was due for an isometric piece. This is loosely inspired by a fiction I was working on...
Hey! I've been deep in the Thyrian universe this week and making progress. We're in the polishing stages, so a lot of little things going on, like color changes, and the addition of subtle details. I've spent a ton of time testing the game recently as well, which is also really important work, bu...
2020-04-10 22:05:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Angelfish - Another all around performer from the 'Fish' makers. Showcasing an elegant outer appearance, and a stylish interior, these craft provide luxury within a dangerous abyss.
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15 colors
Photoshop
Yo, got the first of many TD updates coming this month. We've recently been focused on presentation details. The first image you see is more WIP from the intro scene. The perspective is a bit odd, but I felt the ship needed to be tilted a certain degree to read well. I think it will work for the ...
2020-04-03 19:57:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings everyone. I hope that you all are safe and doing well.
Pheww... I survived March. It's been difficult times with the pandemic the world is experiencing, but I'm glad to report I'm staying safe and doing as well as possible given the situation. Things escalated so quickly, thinking ba...
Bubble Pod - Economic and easy to pilot, this small craft with a max capacity of only two passengers is a great choice for novice explorers.
64x6xpx (128x128px frame)
22 colors
Photoshop
Not quite in line with the other natural studies in this lesson, but it’s also important to study man made objects. More explanation and tutorials in full feature.
A general reference for various algae species. Try researching and pixeling some that aren’t featured here! More explanation and tutorials in full feature.
A general reference for various coral species. Try researching and pixeling some that aren’t featured here! More explanation and tutorials in full feature.
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