Unity. Aesprite. Pyxel Edit. Spriter. Probably Bfxr. Probably some sick tunes from the internet.
Made a game last jam with Ratstail91, and we're releasing an expanded version on Steam in October. This is a welcome chance to do something somewhat different.
There's a job listing on Gamasutra that's in the area of up my alley (http://jobs.gamasutra.com/job/2d-artist-seattle-washington-33108). It would be silly to apply for it, though... my driver's license is suspended, I'm on the opposite side of the continent, and I'd have to be pretty damn impressive for them to consider working with me around these issues, especially since I am an inexperienced, untrained self-starter.
But I've decided as a personal challenge to treat LD42 as if it's an application for that job. They want a Kawaii Urban Vinyl aesthetic, so I'm going to make one live on Twitch and put it into Unity and make it fit the theme.
I've also got a game coming out in October. I'd like for it to do well. So, in the name of self-pimpage, I'm totally taking the main character from that game and putting her in my jam game. She's a witch, so she'll be able to slot handily into almost any theme.
So, bonus constraints: I need to make a game in the time allotted that fits the theme and stars a kawaii urban vinyl witch. Can I pull it off? We're about to find out!
Made this live on Twitch once the theme was announced. We're doing this.
Let's see if I can make this sparkle before my programmer wakes up.
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.. not quite as far as I liked, but it's a definite start.
Man, this Game Jam proves once again that my eyes are bigger than my stomach! But for all we had to cut, I'm unusually proud of what we threw together.
Here we go.
So nat'ralists observe: the flea
Hath smaller fleas that on him prey
And these have smaller fleas to bite 'em
And so proceed, ad infinitum.
A blunderbuss is definitely not overkill for spooders.
and jump on them
Game put in a playable state, and me out the door just in time to get to the day job and grab lunch.
My co-conspirator will no doubt continue to improve it until the jam closes. But my part is done. And, courtesy my day-job, I have to wait 'til tomorrow to Rate and Review for the most part.
This is the best jam entry I have submitted yet. It's Wraithind's first, so that means it's also the best he has submitted yet. I am proud of the work we have done, and impatient to get to tomorrow, when I can take a closer look at what y'all've been up to.
Helped my programmer de-float the physics, and replaced the text UI with a more modern, icon-based UI.
Not to worry, though! The lame, older version is still the version playable on the jam page.
