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Monday, June 11, 2012

Week #027: Meanwhile, at SND Headquarters...

It sure has been a while. Again.

You can more or less prefer to my previous post on why things have been so slow lately. We're still hard at work to catch up to where we were before, but from what I've heard and seen, things are coming along nicely!

I was personally very happy with the vast amount of creative ideas everyone came up with in regards to pets. We haven't even had a chance to start going through to pick our favorites yet, but I can tell they're going to be a ton of fun to work with. But that doesn't mean that we're not still open to more ideas! Just be sure to direct such ideas back to that previous post, or wait for our next big call-out, to ensure that your ideas aren't lost in the shuffle.

Meanwhile, I thought I would take the time to share what the art team (we're a team now!) as a whole has been up to over the last few weeks.


Before Bill took his extended vacation, he was happy to lend his love for creatures to HTD. Sharing in my philosophy in regards to originality, however, he wasn't happy doing anything that might've been done before. This little guy unfortunately comes from before we decided on the change of direction in regards to the game's graphics, but the design will still see some life.

Images represent a game currently in development.
As for me - in between assisting Evan with the development of the new graphics - I've been working on creature designs of my own, including but not limited to the Reanimated Hero here. Most of the other things I've been working on are far too young in the development stages to be shown just yet, including my own "Project Endless", which is a story for another time...

Images represent a game currently in development.
As for the new graphics (can you tell I've been practicing my segue skills?), Evan has been hard at work getting the human males ready for action... again. It should be noted that this is a pretty early work-in-progress that was all I could grab at such short notice. For example, the final in-game graphics are still planned to be cel-shaded, and, you know... textured.

Images represent a game currently in development.
Another testament to my philosophy of originality comes from our newcomer, Josh. Spiders are one of those generic creatures that just makes me want to gouge at my eyes, and not because of arachnophobia. How out of ideas do you have to be? Spiders? You would never see giant flies as enemies (even though that would, by relation, make them an original idea). When Josh had the idea of a half-spider-half-octopus, though, of course I was quick to jump on board.

We hope you enjoyed this sneak peek at some of the ideas we've been working on for HTD! Hopefully once the new graphical system is in place, I'll be able to start bringing you more regular updates once again.

17 comments:

  1. Second! Maybe xD

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  2. Hey Kevin, would you ever consider making the First! Scoreboard bigger?

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    1. I guess I could, I'm not exactly hurting for space over there am I?

      It just seems unnecessary since all of the fifth place are obviously tied at 1 post, and there are a lot of them.

      It's alphabetically sorted if you're wondering how I pick which of them to show.

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  3. Fourth! Maybe :3

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  4. platypus best pet ever

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  5. A ghost crocodile with one floating yellow eye bouncing around its skull. A hole in the lower jaw allows for swallowing of its body turning it into an armored wheel. I'm not sure how this would work as a pet, but it would be great as an enemy and quite original (to my knowledge).

    The graphics are looking good. Is the Spiktopus an enemy idea or a pet idea? Really loving the fire gecko.

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  6. 3rd to put one of these comments!

    -Pat

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  7. there should be a megaman tower defence game!

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    1. I AGREE.

      Coincidentally, I was putting together an idea for one with a friend before I got picked up here at SND Games. I think I still have the files, but I doubt I'll have time to make it happen anymore.

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  8. pet:what about a little dragon whith hair like a horse and a pigtail whith an icy look, you know, bluish...

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  9. Lazy Harp Seal. All I have to say. (If you don't know where that's from, Google it).

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  10. Are you considering the butterfly idea? - Clarinerd

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