The player won't see the maps linked up like this but you're right. That'll help make it feel more continuous for sure. Thanks for the feedback.

I'd pick Minecraft back up if the character models were that cool.

Man, I got my bible study and sweet tom fills rolled into one. This is great.

@SolarLune - Thanks and yeah it's for the grappling game thatshelby and I are working on. Man, I'm a sucker for the 2d sprites in low poly 3d environments. Keep it up 

Thanks. I was searching for a way to show some depth without drawing bricks in the walls. I didn't want to use a zelda-ish perspective but it turns out it's a lot easier to program ledges and depth related things using it.

Some sprites I made for a small prototype.

I took a screenshot of the two last sections of the first island and linked em' together to show the continuity.

Click to view the actual size.

The little video store "VIDEOMAN" I used to rent games from as a kid closed down recently. The owner Tru is a great guy.

It's been about 3 weeks since I posted about my coworker getting into that motorcycle accident and thought I should give an update. Turns out he broke multiple ribs, got a huge gash in his arm, and broke some toes too. Amazingly he walked into the office today to say hi to everyone. So yeah, he'll still be out for awhile but he's recovering quickly and gets to keep his job!

this game looks so stupid

you dum idiots better offer something better than stupid GRAPPLING. are there any explosions??? boobies??? any guns?????? you guys suck man.

Do you see the bird in the screenshot? There's birds... 

Talking shop with one of the locals.

Oh weird. It looks like their site is down or something.

I feel like there was a thread already that had a huge list of tools. I'll search for it.

Edit: Here's a huge list of pixel/art tools for mac on pixel joint.
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/links.asp?id=2243

@Joseph Gribbin - I'm liking the tight/clean design. Looking forward to it.

Congrats on finishing. I played all the way through and really enjoyed it. The music was spot on. I don't have to many followers but I'll be sure to give this a mention on twitter.

I found the bbc radio production of Isaac Asimov's foundation trilogy. I loved these books and now I'll be able to listen at work. Internet Archive - Foundation Trilogy

If you're into sci-fi you'll love this.

I love the music so far. I'll buy the whole ost when you release it.

I was tweaking the filter in photoshop and thought it looked cool swinging it back and forward in the preview window. I just took screen shots of that preview window every few steps and animated it.

Cool design but I think it might be the black outline that's hurting it. It looks more like water. Try removing the white spots, the outline on the back where the fog is trailing off, and the outline on the pieces that are separated from the critter. Some nice browns/blacks would work well too like in the examples Bones posted.