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[Thomas Finch]

Devlog Update #45 - 04/02/14

The artist revised the Seething Spirit's style. I think it looks a lot better now. Here is what he looks like attacking the player:

[clockwrk_routine]

looks great!

I think you could give a nice vertical sine wave hovering to the player characters movements, and any other hovering spirits.

[Thomas Finch]

looks great!

I think you could give a nice vertical sine wave hovering to the player characters movements, and any other hovering spirits.

Thanks! I planned originally to do something like that and I might still. If I do, then I'll definitely implement it in the animation stage, rather than actually moving the player in a pattern.

[Therocode]

Wow, I really like the art for this game. Sets a very cool atmosphere. Very impressed!

[DarthBenedict]

You should probably put everything on a sine wave, they're easily the spookiest part of trigonometry.

[Thomas Finch]

Wow, I really like the art for this game. Sets a very cool atmosphere. Very impressed!

Thank you!

You should probably put everything on a sine wave, they're easily the spookiest part of trigonometry.

I don't know, man... tangents creep me out!

Devlog Update #46 - 04/03/14

I just wanted to update you guys on what's going on. For a while I've been working on a short demo to test out my level designing skills and to give to certain people. The good news is that according to testers, the level design is great! Other notes are that people loved the difficulty level (challenging but not frustrating) and said it felt really polished for such an early build.

I've decided that I want the game to keep a consistent tone, so I'm removing a couple of the sillier sides of the game. The game will have cheat codes and one will add the pause music back in. I also plan on having cheat codes to unlock Easy Mode and Hard Mode. Easy Mode will make the player move faster and fall slower so its easier to get past precision and timing based puzzles. It will not lower the difficulty of figuring out how to solve puzzles though. Hard Mode will add hell voids at specific spots throughout the worlds to make puzzles harder.

We have big stuff planned for the next three months. In about a month we'll be making a big announcement. One month after that we'll be launching a kickstarter campaign. We might be holding back a lot of stuff we'd usually show for the next two months so that we have a ton to reveal throughout the kickstarter. This is of course my first kickstarter so if anyone has any big awesome tips, let me know! I still haven't decided if I'm planning stretch goals. I don't want to tack on features that are unnecessary.

Last note, we don't need any more testers for now. We always need translators though! So if you want to translate for Ethereal, email me at [email protected].

You guys can also follow me on twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/despawngames

[Thomas Finch]

Devlog Update #47 - 04/04/14

A few new animations to show you guys!

Seething Spirit Idle:


Seething Spirit 'Death':


Player Respawn Animation:

 

[alvarop]

Your pixel artist is amazing.   

[Thomas Finch]

Your pixel artist is amazing.   

Thanks, I agree! I'm really proud of the work he's done. My composer too!

[Thomas Finch]

The artist wanted me to pass on that he is glad you all like his art so much! Some people have also asked what program he uses, so I asked him. He said: MSPaint. I was surprised. Apparently, he's tried a lot of programs and felt mspaint was the best tool for him.

[karlozalb]

The new art is amazing Tom! :O

[Thomas Finch]

The new art is amazing Tom! :O

Thank you!

Devlog Update #48 - 04/10/14

Here for your viewing pleasure is the finished version of the door animation! The door will start as debris floating in the air. If the player has a key though, then when he reaches the door it will assemble itself.


Also, here's a preview of our gravedigger, colorless at the moment, player Sprite to the right for size comparison:

[Zav]

Crazyness 

[Thomas Finch]

Crazyness  

I'm glad you like it!

Devlog Update #49 - 04/11/14

Some things I'm posting for screenshot saturday later:

 
This is a concept for how spikes, platforms and grates will look.

 
And this is a concept for how gravestones and other scenery in the cemetery will look.


This one is really simple and I usually wouldn't bother showing something this small by itself, but I love this. The artist did such a great job on them. They're just birds flying away from the cabin fire in the woods.

[karlozalb]

 

[Thomas Finch]

That was my face when the artist showed me it too.

Devlog Update #50 - 04/19/14

Sorry for the lack of updates. Our whole team has been terribly sick for the whole week.
We don't have much new to show, so here are a few things I haven't shown yet.


Dad's Pocket Watch Memento
 


Small Preview of World 1 Concept Art



Demonic Spikes Concept Art
 


Mouse Cursor

[Thomas Finch]

Devlog Update #51 - 04/22/14

That's the main character of my game dead on the floor. Of course, the game is based on my own father's life and death so that's basically my own father's dead body in pixel art. Never thought I'd ever ask an artist to draw that!

In other news, right now I'm working on a teaser trailer. It should be done in around a week. Then we'll hopefully have a huge announcement around the same time. Another month after that we'll be doing our kickstarter.

[Thomas Finch]

Devlog Update #52 - 04/25/14

Since the fire and body are done, the cabin area is 100% complete now! I may add falling leaves in the background eventually, but it's not important. So, I made a wallpaper to celebrate!
Wallpaper #1 - 1920x1080
Wallpaper #1 - 1600x900
Wallpaper #1 - 1366x768

I was also designing and coding the "Credits" part of the game. I thought it looked neat so I made a wallpaper from it as well!
Wallpaper #2 - 1920x1080
Wallpaper #2 - 1600x900
Wallpaper #2 - 1366x768

If you guys have requests for certain resolutions or even different wallpapers, let me know!

On the news front, two things:
1. Thanks to Wii U supporting HTML5 and Game Maker exporting to HTML 5, we should be able to get Ethereal on Wii U fairly easily! This means our planned platforms are now: PC, Mac, Linux, PS3, PS4, PSVITA, and Wii U! Not sure if we'll be able to get on 3DS yet. Maybe in the future.
2. Our kickstarter will launch on June 3rd!

[alvarop]

As always, amazing art. 

[karlozalb]

Wallpaper #2 is my wallpaper now