oldmanofthefire
@oldmanofthefire.bsky.social
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Artist, gamedev, enigma. Freelance art direction.
https://oldmanofthefire.com
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additional context here that's maybe interesting I've made a few combat prototypes before but never been totally satisfied with them. This concept sits on top of those, is meant to really get at the thing I want first real prototype was in Dark Thicket (more in thread)
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was struggling to wrap my mind around attack states, and had so many competing ideas. So drew up a plan for myself, derived from what I want things to feel like
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from 1982, before I was born. Why I like reading old things. He's not talking about AI, or NFTs, or whatever. He's talking about a continual cycle of anxious misdirection. Don't be distracted Rainer Maria Rilke, Appendix to the Sonnets of Orpheus
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a lot to improve here but fun to have come together
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sort of new to actually using discord, and the thing I like best about it is typing "disco" whenever I want to open it
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accidental keyframe art
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seems familiar
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ok much more vibing with this
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not quite the look I'm going for I think. I want more brutal and sparse and unique / specific. But looks nice
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I forgot to mention another way that I am a lunatic
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woah video dark, more like this
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ok, so I basically have these two rooms blocked out to a point where I want to start drawing, really think about platforming paths / patterns through them set dressing was a bit of a digression but I was into it and I like where I landed, so ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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ok much more vibing with this
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people being all like, legit thoughtful about the work I'm doing, I really appreciate it
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not quite the look I'm going for I think. I want more brutal and sparse and unique / specific. But looks nice
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so this color scheme is the result of me accidentally loading the wrong camera profile and I was like WHAAT and then immediately was like oooh hang on, some things here make sense narrative wise, I need to keep this happy accident
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so this color scheme is the result of me accidentally loading the wrong camera profile and I was like WHAAT and then immediately was like oooh hang on, some things here make sense narrative wise, I need to keep this happy accident
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nomad
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I think about this often, and recently
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Since I've decided to share my process thoroughly and candidly I have to talk about emotions now. Looking my emotions in the face and responding to them usually helps bring me back to a place where I can create more freely.
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environment plan for the next prototype. Thinking through a more cohesive and meaningful series of moments. Starts bottom left, ends toward the top
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now for the really essential partโthis face. A little intimidated, we'll see how modeling goes. Need to figure out my approach
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updates
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now we're talkin
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ok, sleepy time. Lots left to do, but, I'm liking it halfway tempted to just upload a build to itch in the next couple days and let folks run around? dunno. don't like when things just sit on my hard drive
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ok I'm tired but kids are in bed and playing video games sound boring so let's do this
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i like this conceptually but not in practice
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need to do some work to bring the player character up to speed, but expecting the model I made last year is a decent basis to work from
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first city area
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coming together
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