Happy belated spoopers everyone! 🎃
I enjoyed minimal spoops yesterday (aside from the dog getting out) but it was a great Spooptober overall! I went to a party as a goblin and while the mask was arguably the most painful thing my face has ever experienced, I persevered. Could everyone tell I was in pain? Absolutely. But what are social gatherings if not enduring the masks we wear? To shed them is to lay the soul bare for all to see—to expose oneself for who he truly is: his authent...
2023-11-01 18:08:11 +0000 UTC
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Howdy Gamers!
I spent the first week or so finishing up some UI stuff before moving back to my arch-nemesis: level design. There's always a bit of an adjustment period when hopping between programming and art production, but environmental art has always been a particular pain point as it's simply something I don't have a lot of experience in. I've kinda dipped my toes in it here and there over the years, but this is the first year I've sat down and really tried to figure it all out. As ...
2023-10-03 15:55:10 +0000 UTC
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Howdy Gamers!
Just got back from FanExpo (which was fun) with con flu (which was less fun), so it's been a slower month than I would have liked. That said, FanExpo was great! I got to help my partner run her booth and bless her soul, she managed to do quite well for herself! I also snagged some prints and other goodies while I was there, so all in all it was a good time. I did however come home with a bit of a cold (thankfully not COVID) so I had to chill for a few days afterwards, BUT ...
2023-09-01 17:11:54 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, Bearers!
This month, I return to you a changed man. A better man. After saving the realm of Valisthea, I expected to return a hollow shell of what I once was—a lifeless being devoid of all hope and purpose in this world. But instead, in accepting my own truths, I became something much greater. I became inspired.
Final Fantasy XVI
I finished XVI. It's got prob...
2023-08-02 16:39:18 +0000 UTC
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If you're wondering why this is two weeks late—Clive. That is all.
June was hell. Work-wise it actually went pretty well, but my soul was nearly broken by CONSTANT social commitments. One of which was a wedding but the other of which was a bachelor's party weekend that was 5.5 HOURS AWAY. Imagine a supposed "good friend" asking so much of you?? And on Clive's release weekend?? The audacity??
But I did my duty as requested. Such is the burden I bear as an honorable squire of Lord...
2023-07-10 14:43:42 +0000 UTC
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Y'know what's crazy? I think we're in what might be one of the greatest years for video games literally ever. The last year I can think of that was this crazy would have to be 2017 with BotW, P5, Nier, etc. But now we've got Hi-Fi Rush, TotK, FF16, Jedi Survivor, Diablo 4, SF6, MK1, Tekken 8—ALL IN ONE YEAR?? I'M STILL SITTING HERE HELPING ADDISON FIX HIS GOD DAMN 12731827312ND SIGN AND FF16 IS THREE WEEKS AWAY! IT JUST DOESN'T STOP!!!
But it's a humbling yet insp...
2023-06-02 15:31:21 +0000 UTC
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Morning gamers. There is no joke to be made at this time—this is simply a Tears of the Kingdom waiting room. I guess I'll talk about Arby a bit but who even CARES when Ganondorf is waiting for us looking like THAT. I simply cannot compare!
Architectural Anguish
I started this month by making a simple testing area with some of the new environmental assets. All in all that went pretty quickly and while the result isn't anything special (it's literally just a circle), it's more t...
2023-05-03 14:43:22 +0000 UTC
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What's up fellow citizens! It's once again tax season which means, as usual, I send my accountant a nice little email with all of my expenses and deductibles for the previous year. But there's another layer to these little "chats" we have.
Do you know how hard it is to sound authentic? It's really hard! That's why I use exclamation points and make stupid jokes at the start of these posts! Being professional? Considerate?? KIND?!? Ew! But my accountant... He does it naturally.
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2023-04-04 19:21:11 +0000 UTC
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Y'know Patreon's prompt for these posts says "Share what's new in your world" and the fact that I've been struggling with literally building my game's world for two months is making me not only feel called out but outright CHALLENGED, so fine, you win. I'll SHARE.
Sharing What's New in My World
What's poppin' gamers. I spent most of February making assets and/or learning how to make assets. I've also started to play with the actual art direction of the level, so lots of playing ...
2023-03-03 14:54:03 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
I want you all to know that I deadass spent an entire week this month modeling ROCKS. It wasn't too ROUGH, but it was a bit HARD at first. At one point I hit ROCK BOTTOM, so I had to get BOULDER—I had to find something more CONCRETE. After digging through the RUBBLE however, I finally got there. I became what I was always meant to be. Maybe it was something I always was. I became a STONER.
Anyways, this month was all about THE ENVIRONMENT!
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2023-02-04 19:29:52 +0000 UTC
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HAPPY NEW YEARS YA FILTHY ANIMALS! 🥂
Hope everyone had some banger holidays! I took a two week break to spend time with friends and family, do some music studies, and start setting up a new D&D campaign!
It's funny because while I expected those last two to be a nice break from work, I ended up finding a lot of parallels between them and some of the stuff I'm planning for Arby. The D&D prep was especially motivating as one of my milestones for 2023 was to start se...
2023-01-02 21:59:17 +0000 UTC
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❄🎄🎅🤶🎄❄ MERRY HO-HO GAMERS ❄🎄🎅🤶🎄❄
Okay we're still a month out but I could either do it next month and be late or this month and be early and considering that I've already been BLASTING Christmas music since mid-November, I'm down to be a little bit early :^)
Anyways, let's get to it!
Transformations
Arbiter's Transformation System is now more ...
2022-12-02 22:14:21 +0000 UTC
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Happy (belated) Spoopers everyone!
Hope you all had a great weekend and only cosplayed the finest of husbandos and waifus. My partner and I went as a Pikmin and Korok respectively, so naturally our slim spandex suits invoked nothing but the pure, unfiltered yearning of all who gazed upon us. Yahaha!
Animation
I spent the first bit of this month wrapping up on the last form's animations. I've had to polish them up a bit throughout the integration process, but...
2022-11-01 15:01:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks!
Honestly this post came out way longer than expected, so we've got no TIME for quippy intros. Give us the meats!
Animation
I spent most of August continuing to animate the last form. I'm still a bit behind where I want to be (due to those pesky art blocks), but I've made good progress since then and can comfortably say I'm almost done!
There will always be a little extra animation work once I start putting everything in-game, but as of right now I'm ...
2022-10-01 14:44:14 +0000 UTC
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HOWDY GAMERS!
This month begins the arc of "I'm going to be working on something secret so I'm gonna talk about random stuff each month instead of showing off actual progress." Exciting!
It also began the arc of 3ds Max systematically breaking me down into a puddle of what I once was—my sense of self, shattered. Was Max always in control? Was my confidence merely a figment of my imagination? Did Max plant this idea of confidence in me, only to take it away? Or... was it ne...
2022-09-03 14:20:05 +0000 UTC
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OH WHAT A GLORIOUS MONTH IT'S BEEN~
I finished up Omen's transformation and started planning out work for the Final Form ™. I had a lot of momentum coming out of Omen, so once I finished I got started on rigging the last form almost immediately. With progress like this, I could even start animating the next form within the same week! Cool!
...and then I got COVID. 🤡
I didn't catch anything when my entire family got sick but you go to one little Thor movie and s...
2022-08-01 18:39:40 +0000 UTC
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HELLO THERE!
It's once again time for me to talk about all the neat stuff I'm working on while showing off literally none of it! Okay fine, I might show off a LITTLE but only because I like you.
Yes, you.
Anyways I spent the month of June finishing up Omen's animations and starting to get him in-game! As of right now he can run around, throw out his basic combo strings, and use his attack charging mechanic. Al...
2022-07-04 17:16:51 +0000 UTC
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WHAT'S UP GAMERS?!
I've been blasting Elden Ring music all month and I'm still riding the high of that FFXVI trailer so apologies if I'm feeling a little LOUD. But anyways, let's talk about Arby!
I spent pretty much the entire month working on our beloved edge-lord Omen and his animations! Overall I'd say it's been going pretty well! I think I'm about 3/5ths done as of right now, so I expect to be wrapped up animation-wise within the next couple of weeks or so.&nb...
2022-06-03 15:54:17 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy! Hope everyone's doing well as always. It's been a bit of a slow month again but it's all in preparation for fun stuff this month, so let's get to it!
With the first two weeks of April I was able to pretty much finish up Scarlet's Form! That puts me at a little over 50% of the way done with Arbiter's transformation system at about seven months in.
Truthfully I'm about a month behind schedule, but I think it's because I underestimated how many systems I'd have t...
2022-05-02 16:25:19 +0000 UTC
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Ahoy! Hope everyone's staying happy and healthy. It's been a long-ass month so apologies for this recap being a bit shorter than usual, but I've still got some fun stuff to talk about!
I had some PC issues at the start of March which took up about a week of my time (which have since all been resolved, thankfully). I also had to do my taxes (fun) which took up a bit of time as well.
On top of all that my entire family got COVID, so that's been fun too! I've been a little concerned ...
2022-04-04 16:33:57 +0000 UTC
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GREETINGS YE TARNISHED! PLEASE KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE WORK IN THIS UPDATE (AND EVEN WHILE WRITING IT) I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE SPENDING MY TIME VANQUISHING SHARDBEARERS AND EXPLORING THE GREAT REALM OF LIMGRAVE, HOWEVER, SUCH A QUEST REQUIRES SUSTENANCE AND SUSTENANCE CAN ONLY BE GAINED THROUGH THRIVING IN ONE'S DAY TO DAY LIFE, SO ALAS, HERE WE ARE.
Anyways, I spent this month implementing most of Scarlet-Ashe's core gameplay! As I've mentioned before, this form is focused...
2022-03-02 16:45:52 +0000 UTC
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Greetings, gamers! ✨
Hope everyone's staying happy and healthy! It's crazy to think we're already a month into the new year, but alas, time's a devilish seductress that waits for no one.
...SPEAKING OF WHICH!
I spent the month of January working on my own devilish seductress—only mine's named Scarlet! Or... Scarlet-Ashe. Ashe-Scarlet? Scarlashe?? Eyelash??? I don't know, man.
I pretty much spent the entire month animating, having only just started getting her in-ga...
2022-02-02 19:18:03 +0000 UTC
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HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU WONDROUS DIVAS!!! 🥂
Once again I'll be rolling the December Recap into the Annual Recap to create a new, more powerful recap. Let's get to it!
DECEMBER
First off and most importantly, I hit Diamond in TFT. This is important because it means I am no longer Riot's slave and can play other games in my spare time! Playing games...
2022-01-03 15:57:33 +0000 UTC
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GOOD AFTERNOON BEAUTIFUL GAMERS AND GAMETTES!!!
It's finally that time of year where I blast Christmas music and excitedly run around the house in my birthday suit. Pillsbury doughboy cookies fill the stomach and the 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer plays on loop in the background purely for its historical ARTISTIC MERIT. Occasionally, I also make wolf boys.
With that, Wolf's form is pretty much finished! I still have a couple of things left to do, including some extra VFX work...
2021-12-03 18:26:15 +0000 UTC
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Good morning gamers!
Hope everyone's doing well and got plenty spooped yesterday! I spent the day binging a horror show and while I didn't get tooooo scared (he says, face hidden under the covers), it did make every little ambient sound that night just that bit more unsettling. Oh I also carved a pumpkin and enjoyed a calming power fantasy as I removed its innards and set it aflame. Good times!
Anyways, this month was all about WOLF! For those just ...
2021-11-01 15:48:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey there gamers!
Hope everyone's been doing well, as usual. Apologies for the late update—it's been a very exciting couple of months and I wasn't entirely sure what I could/couldn't share publicly. But now I know! The answer? Absolutely nothing!
What I can say is that it's all good news, so no worries there. But this update will likely be a bit shorter as I can only talk about the stuff I worked on outside of that. With all that said, let's get t...
2021-10-18 15:09:10 +0000 UTC
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Oh, I didn't see you there gamer! How's it hanging? Still gaming? Are ya winnin'? Of course you are, little rascal. *ruffles hair aggressively*
Development for this month was... all over the place really. That said, I've mostly been focused on two things: enemy revisions and publishers/grants.
For the former, it actually ties back into the rest of my level design goals for the near future. Basically, I wanted to make sure I genuinel...
2021-09-03 17:56:50 +0000 UTC
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THE CRYSTALS MASON—WHAT DO THEY MEAN!?!?
Ahem, hello! How are you? Oh really? No kidding?! I'm doing all right, thank you. I have an update to show you. Would you like to see? Come hither...
I spent the first bit of the month working on destructible objects (specifically crystals). These will be scattered around the map and will reward you with Spirits that can be used as currency to purchase new abilities! They'll also restore a bit of...
2021-08-02 14:58:35 +0000 UTC
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HAPPY BELATED PRIDE MONTH GAMERS!!! 🌈🌈
I hope everyone had a great June! Honestly all the environment stuff is kinda blending together so I'm not entirely sure "what" I worked on this month, but I have a bit of an idea.
I spent a pretty good chunk working on WATER. I'm still experimenting style-wise but as of right now I've got some nice smooth refracting/reflecting/whatevering that's more than serviceable for my needs. Might make it a little shinier/toonier but otherwise I'...
2021-07-02 19:06:55 +0000 UTC
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WHAT'S UP GAMERS?!
Hope you're all well! I just got my first vaccine shot (#PfizerGang) so I'm about halfway there before I start feeling guilty for not going outside again. Can't wait.
I spent the past month mostly working on different foliage and environmental assets, on top of minor bug fixes and such. I started out with the grass, which was inspired by this effect. Arbiter is very VFX heavy, so...
2021-06-03 18:23:27 +0000 UTC
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