Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls.

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Cocos

MARCH 25, 2024

Here is what I know, somebody from our team is trying to make an animation. They need to make two animations and the first one worked great. At some point our animator was no longer able to enter animation editing mode from within prefab edit mode… he would click enter animation editing mode over and over and nothing would happen.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation. Directional Dashes. Combat Combos.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. Let’s look at what it means in practice, though keep in mind that it will vary wildly depending on the game genre, project structure, studio, and even country. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

After fiddling around and running some tests, Will was able to make it so that the character can effectively roll through various environmental objects - like the barrels shown in the clip below - to destroy them. Animation / Rigging / Production. Pretty cool, right? Lucky you!). Behold the beauty! link] Sound Design. Don't forget!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. We also provided some clips that capture the new run and flip animations themselves.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But here's what I'm playing and what I'm talking about: Immortality Wayward Strand Cult of the Lamb Betrayal at Club Low Atuel Immortality by Half Mermaid The third "FMV game" helmed by auteur Sam Barlow and his studio, about collecting short video fragments to assemble complex psychological stories. But also veganism?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. Rigging / Animation. link] Programming. You can wishlist the IWOCon app now on Steam !

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

In the clips below, you can see the Dodge issues in action. The first clip shows a lack of forward momentum when the dodge mechanic is engaged. The second clip shows the broken dodge mechanic during combat with a Twigativa enemy. Luckily for you, we've got a couple of gameplay clips that showcase just that.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here. Check it out!

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Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

See the documentation “Render Debugging - Run Time Using Render debugging”: [link] • When the node animates, add the tween ‘destroySelf’ method to destroy the front nodal point. Android Studio will run in the Release configuration if the build panel is insufficient to select the Debug option.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Refactored blueprints and fixed animation bugs. Rigging / Animation. Started implementing an IK Setup.

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As you may guess from the name, 2D animation relates to 2-dimensional game art based on flat shapes and objects. We were living in the bits era until 2D art finally deployed distinct visuals making each one unique, and as technology kept on advancing, so did 2D animation. Clip studio paint . What is 2D Art?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

“Throughout the game, there were issues with assets clipping into each other, models popping in and out, and huge frame rate drops,” Stanley said. “Throughout the game, there were issues with assets clipping into each other, models popping in and out, and huge frame rate drops,” Stanley said.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. link] Rigging / Animation.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Many comic book artists study graphic design and animation to help them advance in their careers and create a solid portfolio. Even if you don’t get to work on a major comic book, you could have the opportunity to work on some out-of-the-box webcomics, graphic novels, manga, and anime which can help you build your portfolio.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 29, 2020

Visual Studio-like C# XML comment autocompletion support has also been implemented, and I'm currently focusing on generating an optional XML file for each documentation page, which could be exported to HTML by the user if needed. Jiggle is great for adding complementary, motion-based animations to your characters.

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