It’s hardly a party if you party too hard

Stupid post titles aside, here’s my PSA after the last 240 hours I’ve endured:

Don’t drink whiskey on an empty stomach. It can result in broken hands.

Don’t believe me? Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, I give you Exhibit A:

My broken right hand.

That ain't right.

That’s what my hand looked like before the operation, provided you have x-ray vision, in which case I have a business proposition for you.

The reason I’m sharing this with both of you is to tell you that even when your most important tool is broken, you can’t stop creating.

Be a good human and adapt.

Here’s a current iteration of the robot gorilla that was done post hand smash, pre hand fix:

GOrilla

GOrilla. The capital O was a typo, but I liked it.

By no means final, but definitely hilarious in the context of the prototype. Mostly because he’s not animated and oddly happy about it. There’s definitely life in those eyes. Just look at ‘em.

More concept art is on the way, but it’s actually harder to do post operation because the doctor’s splint and bandage job has rendered my right hand pretty much useless.

Worth it though cause the titanium plate and screws in my 5th metacarpal mean I’m technically bionic and can definitely lead the charge in a post apocalyptic war against the machines by way of smashing them with my robot fist. /runOnSentence

I love you all. Except you, and I think we both know who you are.

 

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Character concept 1

I sort of love the idea of a robot gorilla running about smashing things. This is a concept sketch of said robot gorilla. Also, there’s that little cannonball with legs up top. Kinda dig him too.

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Legal forms can be fun too! Right?!

No.

No they can not.

And to think I considered being a lawyer. I actually took the damn LSATs.

This post is just so I can remember what this period of life is like. When Jake and I are gazillionaires I can look back on my “Where’s rent come from and why does Philly tax law hate me?” days and laugh. Laugh so hard I shoot 30 year old scotch out of my nose and soil my golden fleece.

For now I’m going to do what any self respecting aspiring Game Artist should do to close out the business day… Drink a beer and draw something awesome.

Also, that game concept I alluded to in the last post has evolved. It’s now more of a celebration of running, jumping, and smashing things.

I know. I’m fuckin excited about it too.

The only speed bump in terms of development is wrapping up some client work, filing taxes, and wrapping up all our LLC paperwork. Sighclops.

Concept art to follow soon. Maybe one of you lovely three people will gimme some feedback. Perhaps you can even vote on some potential graphics and shape the game itself!

Unless of course your opinion doesn’t align with ours.

 

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MUST….CREATE….OR WILL….DIE

Jake and I have been on a streak of NOT CREATING THINGS since we left for SXSW and it is basically killing me.

Between that and Tax season, I’ve still maintained a solid will to live however, and that impresses me. Must be because I love how we spend the vast majority of our time that it’s just much easier to deal with crap like taxes. Pursue your passions people.

Anyways. Yesterday we came up with this idea for a shooter. It’s like if Contra made a baby with a puzzle of some kind, that’s our game idea. Does that make sense? It doesn’t have to. It just has to be fun. Jake’s already begun prototyping, I’m gonna start some concept sketches, and we’ll see where this goes.

I’ll be posting concept art as I go so if you’re interested in seeing it slash telling me you think it changed your life irreversibly for the awesomer, be sure to subscrollow(tm) up top right of your screen over there.

Ok bye.

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Goodbye again, Texas

So SXSW is over and Jake and I are beat. This is due to 6 days of irregular sleep and a mysterious amount of alcohol consumed, best measured in tonnage.

We went with our Indy Hall family but stayed with one of my best friends who lives in Austin. Suffice it to say, it was insane.

First, on the advice of Indy Hall SXSW veterans we didn’t buy a badge. This was a good idea for a number of reasons. One, they are expensive and there’s a crap ton of cool unofficial things you can do instead. Two, not sure we’d be awake and/or able to process information at the hours some events were held.

What we DIDN’T know, was that a great deal of the cool unofficial parties require a simple RSVP to get on the list. Doh. Oh well, we had a blast and met some genuinely interesting and awesome people. For example, we had a beer with Ben, the CEO of TestFlight, an app which has changed our workflow in developing for iOS devices completely and irreversibly.

We’re back in Philly now and inspired to start a new title. Going to play some cool games today to get the juices flowing then start drawing right away.

Bye now.

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