#game process

[silentmoonbutterfly]

clear midnight

#the witcher #tw3 #Regis #emiel regis #emiel regis rohellec terzieff godefroy #higher vampire #game process #my screenshots

[heartmachinehq]

Hyper Light Breaker: Meet PB

PIVOTING TOWARD CHARACTER-BASED STORYTELLING

A while ago, we shared that we were developing Hyper Light Breaker with a limited form of character creation in mind - our player “characters” would be specific species, all following the same character archetype. The goal was to reduce animation scope down significantly by sticking with the single archetype.

As time went on, however, we discovered that a specific story was taking shape. And it needed to be told through a discrete cast of characters with their own backstories, motivations, and personalities.

We are now pivoting away from broader character customization, in favor of enriching player experience and empathy through highlighting each of these unique characters and their journeys through the world. We are still retaining customization in the form of offering near limitless loadout options, hub options, and other ways for players to have agency over this world.

With that said, please meet…

PROTOBREAKER

PB was featured prominently in our Announcement Trailer, but the character’s identity and role in the Hyper Light universe has been shrouded in mystery since. We’re now ready to share a little more about her.

You meet PB in the Hotel Lobby of the Hub, the launch point for all of your ventures into the Overgrowth. A former highly skilled Breaker herself, she now works a desk job where she assigns and oversees Breaker missions.

PB has a long history in this world. But she is generally reserved, and minces few words. It is up to you to uncover her past, and play a crucial role in writing this new chapter in her story.

PB IN THE WORLD OF HYPER LIGHT

PB has a unique role in Breaker’s narrative. The abandoned wilds of the Overgrowth are shrouded in mystery, and PB has been here since they were first sealed away from the rest of the world.

Within the Breakers, PB is your commander, so she passes along your marching orders from Breaker HQ. But like you, she’s curious about the Overgrowth’s mysteries. In particular, she wants to learn the goals and motivations of the Crowns—why do they fight the Breakers? What are they protecting, and why?

PB knows many secrets about this place, but she’s not quite sure which of them are relevant to the mystery. When you discover some brand new information about the Crowns or the Overgrowth, you’ll bring those stories back to PB. She’ll share her own memories with you, and help you put the mystery together.

PB has a few secrets herself, too. She’s been living in the Overgrowth for a long time, and she seems to have a strange personal connection to the Crowns. If you help her discover more about the Overgrowth, she may share some of her history with you!

LET US HEAR FROM YOU!

How do you feel about our character-based storytelling process?

What do you think happened to PB?

#hyper light breaker #storytelling #narrative #story #game design #video games #gamedev #game development #heart machine #game dev process #game process #development process #protobreaker

[neo--queen--serenity]

Lena losing her patience and furiously berating Gwen for potentially endangering the staff members of the OAIR is quite literally the opposite of how Elias ran the Archives.

Elias used the Archival staff—as well as his Archivist—as pawns that can be readily replaced as needed. His patron offered them minimal protections at best (the Archivist’s privileges notwithstanding), and even then, he would never actually intervene to save any of them if they were in danger, much less take precautions to protect them at their headquarters. They are used as bait, as sacrifices, as currency, as objects. The listener knows, eventually, how easily he could discard them if his plans called for it.

But Lena. This episode showed us that Lena keeps her entire organization running through keeping her subordinates hidden, safe, and unnoticed by the Externals. It’s quite clear through her conversation with Gwen that such a safety risk has never happened before.

As far as we know, Lena has successfully kept all of her employees alive, watched them come and go, bemoaned the turnover rate, and then got them to look the other way while they documented and dutifully filed the horrors.

But most impressive of all, she’s kept her real work hidden from her subordinates, and her subordinates hidden from her real work—a feat Elias had no interest or desire to accomplish.

#elias enjoyed the cat-and-mouse game of playing with his staff’s knowledge of the fears (or lack thereof) #but them figuring it out was a natural process to him. one that he found very amusing #the magnus protocol #the magnus archives #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #tma #gwendolyn bouchard #lena kelley #elias bouchard #oiar #the archivist #the eye #the magnus protocol spoilers #tmagp 16 #anti social #ink5oul #jonathan sims #neo queen serenity’s posts #tmagp meta

[moonsnqil]

after practice outing

#i actually really love how this one turned out #i could talk about my thought process and all the details here but ill spare you #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #andreil #tfc #neil josten #andrew minyard #nora sakavic #kevin day

[figuringthengsout]

My Roman Empire is Andrew's decision to stay in the car with Tilda during the crash. I think he could have done any other way, but he decided to do it in a way that could harm both instead of harming just her. And I think he did it because deep down he hoped he wouldn't survive either. We all know he's already passively suicidal and, if he hadn't made it, he wouldn't have had to face Aaron during the aftermath. It would have been easier to leave him and Nicky to sort themselves out, after all

#Andrew's whole brain and thought processes are my roman empire actually #aftg #the foxhole court #tfc #all for the game #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #nicky hemmick #roba mia

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Reasons to play In Stars and Time: Canon Pronoun Warfare.

#in stars and time #ISAT #Siffrin #Loop #Context: early on you meet a character who tries to get you to use the royal We pronoun for them and you shut them down. It's great. #The gender swag and non-binary rep in this game is lovely. #I sketched this out when I was in Act 2 - and as of posting this I have not yet finished the game so *please* no spoilers. #It is rare for me to get into something spoiler free and I have been getting my shit rocked by this game in the best way. #Yes I *am* taking another detour to talk about a video game I love again. I will have some fun crossovers. Trust the process. #I will also do my best to pitch this game as spoiler free as possible. Because you *should* play this game: #ISAT is a very lovingly crafted RPG with very fun and emotional writing. #The characters are great and the mysteries you slowly uncover are intriguing! #The way the gameplay ties into the player's own emotional state is nearly always in sync with the protagonist. You *will* feel things. #And it is not afraid to let those things be hard emotions! Do mind the content warnings and know your limits though. #As someone who sucks at video games I also appreciate that it is so generous with your time and keeps things fun. #Not to mention it is honestly underpriced for the amount of content in it. Buy this game. I need to spread the brainworms.

[shu-bullshit]

Bullied poor little priest

Funny enough I'm a tattooer but this is my first take ever on the heart cuz I've barely done any traditional stuff

A chaotic time lapse of this piece under the cut, hope it works?

#faith game #faith the unholy trinity #john ward #my art #process videos

[bardspeak]

VERY late entry for Ulysses Week's prompt "the divide". Lyrics are from Autopsy Garland by the Mountain Goats. I have a project for fnv planned involving the whole song, but I couldn't get this concept for an alternate Ulysses thing for these lyrics out of my head. I love Ulysses and the divide very much. >24 hours of drawing on this one.

#fallout #fnv #fallout new vegas #ulysses fnv #ulysses fallout #ulyssesweek2023 #courier six #kel #fanart #digital art #illustration #so my process for this was taking screenshots in my game and basically tracing them for the backgrounds. collage style sometimes #i think it turned out well but i will NOT be doing this for the main project. mostly bc of how long it took #also bc i felt like a dingus for tracing. nothing against tracing esp if its your own image. but i wanted to challenge myself more than tha #for composition and simplification of the details which i obviously did not do FNSVSMS #art #500 #!! #1k #tee hee heeee

[flying-ham]

sansa and lady in the godswood at winterfell

#this is my magnum opus #fr #if anyone is interested in the process or has any questions pls id love to share #sansa stark #pro sansa stark #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #art #fanart #embroidery #hand embroidery #crafts #my art #valyrianscrolls #game of thrones #got #lady the direwolf

[unfriendly-aesop]

blows a kiss for all of the voices except for the opportuntist

#would anyone be interested in my design process for all of these silly little guys #slay the princess #if blacktabbygames sees this please do not reblog it <3 thank you so much for the game its been such a treat

[what-a-childishthing]

what if we 🙈🙈🙉🙉🐒🐒 hard launched on the youtube community tab 😜😏😝😛 and we were both boys 👬🧡

#still processing #dan and phil #dan and phil games #daniel howell #dapg #dapgames #phil lester #amazingphil #danandphilgames #dnp #phan

[silentmoonbutterfly]

#the witcher #tw3 #Dettlaff #dettlaff van der eretein #higher vampire #Detty #my moth #game process #my screenshots

[gardensnakie]

Faraway Stranger AU

Haha no belongings, no family, no friends, no peace, no home.

Based off a coloring attempt i did at school

I like the bottom one cause he looks more distressed but i dont like how i did the body proportions and as i am typing this down i realized i forgot his SHADOW ARMS IM GOINg uh whatever i already doing this womp womp im taking the L

#omori #omori stranger #stranger omori #omori fanart #omori game #digital art #art #faraway stranger #my art #art process #snakie art

[hyakunana]

When you need to lie, but you're a good boy.

#Lies of P #lop #neowiz #pinocchio #fanart #comics #interrupting your local d2 art fever for puppet time -- we shall return soon #I'm not done with the game yet so i ain't checking tags #steamrolled this one bc i still wanna do another d2 comic for the weekend #cant lose momentum yet yelp #as i prepare this post i'm stuck on the cathedral boss for two afternoons already #like-- i am having progress with the battle and improving my timing so i guess that's something? #i'm not a souls player -- that's my brother -- but when i doubt myself he pats me and #'nah you are a souls player - you have persistence' and honestly he's not wrong #i'm actually enjoying the learning process of the battle even tho i'm stuck for two afternoons #i mean i spent 37 hours on the demo so at least i am taking my time sdfghjhgfd

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.

#art #ive literally just been treating this game as a library simuator #i walk from bookseller to bookseller opening up all of their books #vivecs sermons are either a highlight or the point at which i stop reading #ive been trying to convince the ordinators that imitation is the highest form of flattery but it hasnt been working #let me wear your helmets please theyre so funny.. #posting morrowind in 2024 isnt a cry for help but youre not wrong to be concerned. #morrowind #almalexia #vivec #im going to explain the chitin armor give me a moment #so the bonewalker nerevar on the shrines is adorable and it was only after drawing it however many times that i realized #it looked relatively close to a modified chitin armor #and so i modified chitin armor a few times and this was probably the cutest result #i also know i drew almalexia relatively pristine and untouched by years and vivec not so much but my thought process was #vivecs role as if not a favorite then the most accessible divine or the most “hands on” in a manner of speaking #acting in ways visible to the general population or actions explicitly brought to their attention #like not that almalexia isnt doing anything she is #but the dissemination of information regarding that is very different etc etc etc #anyways to a certain extent a god is the face on a shrine or in art or upon a statue or carving #but vivecs presence is interwoven with the geography of vvardenfell especially and his actions and writings with pubished materials #and the arts and culture and customs etc etc etc #so to me the face of a god you know and feel a commonality with or a god that walks alongside you is a face you would recognize #and vivec is already otherworldly looking enough #the simple mark of the years on his skin in some way grounding him in reality felt more right #that and i think the ways in which he and almalexia care about outward appearance are slightly different- they prioritize different things #and the ways they present outward power and their embodiment of their respective attributes share some similarities as they both have that #important preoccupation with physical power and physical strength to a certain degree #oh my god nobody read this i am yapping so bad. #tes

[ahhrenata]

GO TIGERS GO 📣

@chocoarts has once again blown my mind by bringing my little steddie lines to life. I don’t even have words to describe how in awe I am of choco’s skills. The lighting, the colors, the style, EVERYTHING is just so breathtaking- I’m forever grateful and honored to collab with you 💕

Concept: I say both of us! I said a pre-s4 steddie pep rally and you specified s2 :)

Literally everything else (including Reefer Rick 🤩): @chocoarts

the bare-bones sketch i sent under the cut:

#guys it’s young Pedro as reefer Rick #my life will never be the fckn same 😍✨🤩 #the little yoda pin ✨ #y’all don’t understand when I say I laid face down trying to process this piece when choco sent it #I still keep covering my face trying to keep all the screams and emotions inside while I type this up #you’re seriously the best choco #I’m so glad I met you #collab2.0 #pineyoufools #steddie #steddie fanart #stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson #s2 steddie #inspired by a photo of cliff in bring it on where he’s reading at the game lol