Hey guys, we're going to dabble in a new feature for the blog. The blog has been a great success but as of late, has been a little repetitive. Since Pocket God has been out for almost 8 months, the reviews are pretty much in. And there are only so many times we can say "the update is coming!". Until we have our next project confirmed (we've been going back and forth on what it will be), there isn't as much to say lately.
Dave and I regularly receive emails from people asking us advice to do what we are doing. What tools do we use? What kind of education should one get? What other advice do we have? Dave had the brainstorm that we could supplement the blog with this kind of information. So that's what we're going to do. Periodically, you'll see Designer or Developer's corner (corny title, maybe will be changed) that will share advice, information, inspiration and point people in the direction to learn more.
For Dave, the subjects might include programming, development and game design or even favorite movies. For me, I might talk about design tools, animation concepts, or favorite pizza topping. Kidding about the pizza topping but I'm leaving it open. It might just be about random things that inspire or influence us. We'll see!
We'll post them periodically, so this is my warning!
Coming soon: Designer's Corner - Life Drawing and Pygmies!
P.S. the drawing above was found on deviant art by JPEDV
How would I go about becoming a beta tester?
ReplyDeletehey, when you start a new project would you carry on updating pocket god every couple of weeks or is that it? the end of pocket god?the end of life as i know it?
ReplyDeletehey, when you start a new project would you carry on updating pocket god every couple of weeks or is that it? the end of pocket god?the end of life as i know it?
ReplyDeletesince i posted this one on the forums, ill post it here! since ur looking for blog ideas and u guys came up with this one, try making a "backstage pass" video. its like a video showing u how to create an update. like it shows allan drawing and animating the pygmies and some other stuff...
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the picture didnt have piranas
ReplyDeleteWow cool picture! I'm gonna draw one too!
ReplyDeleteSounds cool. Maybe you could tell how to get started because I'm a 14 year old and Im getting into programming but don't know where or how to start. Right now I've been trying to learn the basics from online tutorials because they are free.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason this reminded me of my cousin. He's been going to some promming collage.
ReplyDeletetex_ratty - We plan on continuing pocket god updates for a while...even when we start the new project. There may be some slow-down, but we're talking about working with more people in order to do both. Still in discussion!
ReplyDeletemalcomjudd ...great idea! I've been wanting to do a video capture of creating an icon..but haven't found software that will do the time-elapse. But showing some of the production of the game would be a good idea too!
ReplyDeleteOh Great lords of Bolt Creative,
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that on your itunes information page there is a possible future additions section one of the ideas is: "visitors from afar". I was wondering if you have any future plans for this feature. I am especially excited for the visitors from afar, because it might imply visitors from other planets... such as from the red star that you see in the night sky. Will there be a future update for this? when i look up on the red star people always talk about just a simple spaceship coming in and abducting them and leaving forever. But i think you could expand much more on the possibility of extra terrestrials such as:
Instead of the pigmies being taken away and never seen again they could be beamed up- the spaceship shakes about - then that same oog is beamed back down after receiving an alien transformation. When i imagined this I thought of a more cartoony version of Dipsy from the teletubbies as he retains the same stalk coming out of his head as the Oogs and could be made to look similar to an oog just more alien :D.
An other Idea could be a new 'Island' The new island being part of the red star in the distance with weird looking animals and a whole island of Alien Oogs- this idea could come after my previous proposition if the alien turns out to be a success. :D
I hope you take my ideas into consideration as you think of future updates this would make me one happy chappy