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pineboxgames

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currently creating metaphysical scifi #pointandclick / #JRPG #indiegame 'Future Ghost'

#solodev / #indiedev / #hobbydev / #個人ゲーム制作 in Melbourne/Naarm, AU
he/him EN/日本語

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pineboxgames, to animation
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It took a bit of tweaking to get the frame rate right, but here is the second walk cycle on an in-game sprite for my game 'Future Ghost'.

Earth gravity this time!

#indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #solodev #animation #comicart #scifi #pointandclick #turnbased #rpg #jrpg

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pineboxgames, to animation
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Partially rotoscoping directly on the computer speeds up the animation process considerably. So far, the output seems consistent with the Mars walk cycle for the protagonist. This was based on footage of my youngest child, which I'll show in a comment.

Next to add some finer linework and colour.

#indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #solodev #animation #comicart #scifi #pointandclick #turnbased #rpg #jrpg

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pineboxgames, to accessibility
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Future Ghost is primarily a light point & click adventure game with turn-based combat, but there's also this action puzzle. If the player has difficulty navigating the floodwaters, they can choose to skip this stage and the young Song will swim through the debris without player input.

This is an feature. As a / Future Ghost can be enjoyed by variously-abled people.

NOTE: Watch full size! The comic book textures scale up well, but not down.

A figure floats on a red barrel in brown floodwaters full of debris, in a short clip of gameplay footage from a 2D indie game with cartoonish visuals using comic book print textures. A giant, foaming wave chases the player character from the left and overtakes him. A "game over" state screen is displayed, with the protagonist as an adult stating "That's... not how I remember it...", followed by the options "Hm. How

pineboxgames, to comics
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Vai Kuei in her younger days. She is the adoptive mother of the protagonist in the game I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

Pencils also shown.

This image will appear in a comic book-style cutscene.

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pineboxgames, to scifi
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Brief gameplay footage from the game I'm making; 【Future Ghost】

It's primarily a point & click adventure with RPG-style turn-based battles, but this will be broken up with some action and puzzle sequences to provide some variety.

★ Please watch as BIG as possible for best results! It may be particularly important for anyone with eyesight/perception issues to watch on a PC at full size, to avoid moving moiré patterns or at least reduce their effects.

The player character swims away from an approaching wall of flood water, avoiding assorted flotsam as he goes.

pineboxgames, to scifi
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【SOUND ON!!】【SOUND ON!!】【SOUND ON!!】

My game's title screen, featuring music by the deeply talented Old Man May (aka The May, ex Vienna Ditto). Here are his links...
FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/Old-Man-May/100093071222067/
Bandcamp: https://themaythemay.bandcamp.com/

A view of a mountain range in transitions between seasons, with the title "Future Ghost" and a video game starting menu superimposed

pineboxgames, to indiegames
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Comparison of the sketch animations and final walk cycles for the protagonist in his "envirosuit" outfit, from upcoming point & click / RPG 【Future Ghost】

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pineboxgames, to indiegames
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Saturday, it's a Saturday
It's another

Cutscenes in 'Future Ghost' look like the pages of a comic. Here's the very first one.

kateri, to random
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I keep failing to post Chymicalia screenshots, so here are some Chymicalia screenshots.

Young man in pink shirt looking irritated, saying: "He were picking his nose and popping the bogies into the packet from his After Eight mint, y'know, table manners."
Backstreet at night, phone texting interface open.
Young woman talking to old man: "People need to understand that any co-operative endeavour has inbuilt challenges, such as complex and competing community needs, and what to do when everyone brings houmous."

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@kateri This looks so great! I really like how you're working at a perfect balance point between modern resolutions and that old-school point & click pixel art aesthetic.

pineboxgames,
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@kateri I really do think you've found the sweet spot.

The recent-ish "remastered" LucasArts p&c titles go a bit too far, in my opinion, by abandoning the pixel in favour of the vector. Your visuals look to me the way I would've preferred those re-releases to have looked.

pineboxgames, to Dragonlance
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Looking for recommendations of audio recording equipment.

Specifically, the kind of older equipment that should be cheap to buy second hand in Japan. Like, really f'n cheap.

My intention is to record sound effects with it, both ambient and foley, for use in game dev. Whether or not I actually will is another question. 😅

pineboxgames, to animation
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Come for a little mountain hike on an atmospherically conditioned Mars.

Tweaked a few things, based on feedback. What do you think?

From work-in-progress indie game 'Future Ghost'. Watch in full screen for best results!

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pineboxgames, to animation
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Which do you prefer, Old (left) or New (right)?

View at full size for best effect.

Experimenting with backdrops for my game 'Future Ghost'.

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pineboxgames, to animation
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For I bring you the first bit of proper in-game footage from my game 'Future Ghost'.

Would you want to keep playing after an opening cutscene like this?

(Full-screen, sound on for best results!)

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pineboxgames, to art
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One third Earth gravity walk cycle, for wip 'Future Ghost'.

Next up: back view

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pineboxgames, to indiegames
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Did someone say ? Here's two from the cutscene animation I've been making for my game 'Future Ghost'.

Animated version (so far): https://mastodon.social/@pineboxgames/111906759227977818

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pineboxgames, to art
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Here's an old pencil drawing of the protagonist Wei Song (below) and his offsider Creed. Won't explain this one; some things are better left to the imagination. Click/Tap to zoom in!

Coloured version of Song in this pose also provided.

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pineboxgames, to RPG
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FINAL POST IN THIS SERIES!
Do you have a favourite ingame environment?

This week I am recapping the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

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Laboratory, somewhere in Dome City, Mars

pineboxgames, to RPG
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This week I am recapping the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

[Post 6/7 - Previous posts in comments]

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pineboxgames, to RPG
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This week I am recapping the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

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Server room, somewhere in Dome City

pineboxgames, to art
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This week I am recapping the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / RPG indiegame I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

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Transit Terminal

pineboxgames, to retrogaming
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So it turns out Shinseiki Evangelion: Battle Orchestra plays great with an arcade stick, emulated on a PS3.

Also, made a shadow box display of some N64 carts to liven up the space. Weird photo angle for privacy's sake.

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pineboxgames, to art
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This week I am recapping the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / RPG indiegame I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

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Shopping District, Elizium, Mars

pineboxgames, to RPG
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For the next week I will recap the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

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Creed's home, Pindus Mons, Mars

pineboxgames, to RPG
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For the next week I will recap the locations revealed so far from the point & click adventure / I'm making, 'Future Ghost'.

There are 59 of these in total, 14 of which have been shown publicly to date.

Armn Kuei's study, Earth

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