Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team. 3D Modeling. You'll definitely find candles like these used heavily throughout the game.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Concept Art. Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. 3D Modeling. Green Potion: Cures poisoning.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. Once finished with the environmental concepts for the six clan capital cities, Harold then joined James in completing a few designs for items that still needed to be replaced with custom assets in the Kristala game build: Modular tunnel pieces. We can't wait to go back again next year! In-tact and broken Amulets.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In today's issue, you'll get an update on all the custom 3D assets we've been working on for the capital city of Nisar, plus a peek into our process for creating a fully functional facial rig for our female main character. 3D Asset Design. Ready to take a break from the mundane and dive head-first into the magic of Kristala?

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here’s a short preview of the game that we’ll create: Download The Assets And Complete Project For This Tutorial. Download The Assets. You can download the assets and the complete project for this tutorial by clicking on the button above. to open it.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The first big mistake most developers make is starting with pretty art, making a simple prototype, and then expect to develop the rest of the game the same way. Over time, a number of situations are highly likely to arise: Assets are OK, but gameplay sucks. These are common scenarios and the reason most projects fail.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

3D Asset Design. We can't wait to see this come to life even further as Nick continues working through his list of assets. Here's a look at Tiff's diagram for our Myrtunan Caves level, as well as a diagram Allie drafted up of the City of Nisar for our concept art team to utilize. link] Concept Art. Programming.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

3D Asset Design. Once considered a thriving mecca for Anagativan art and entertainment, the Nisargan city of Nasahara was set ablaze during the Great Kota Rebellion, forcing its frightened denizens to flee the city they call home in search of safety and solace. link] Concept Art. link] Sound Design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Both are a mix of art and science. Will you make another puzzle game?”. Some of the puzzle games I’ve worked on. Puzzles are one of the biggest market categories and it continues to grow each year. But now I have a team of specialists making puzzles. Building teams is like cooking to me, my other passion.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

3D Asset Design. Make sure you stop by our Concept Art section in this issue of the blog to get a sneak peek at what the armor sets will look like. link] Concept Art. We already introduced you to the two new members who joined our 3D modeling team, but we also welcomed a new addition to the ACS concept art team too.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. Idle RPGs (not to be confused with Idle games) and Puzzle RPGs were the biggest growing sub-genres in 2019. Nevertheless, Puzzle RPGs look to be at their peak while Idle RPG revenues have already declined.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Arts The art of Cookie Run: Kingdom is core to the game’s global success. This chapter will investigate the art of Cookie Run: Kingdom , its origins, its characteristics, and its efforts to expand into new markets during globalization. Art Style To talk about the characteristics of this art style, we must start at its origin.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The misleading ad push was succeeded by the famous "Pull the pin" puzzle-style ads that put Evony and Hero Wars on the map in the past few years. The audience that was looking for a slightly different type of puzzle gameplay, the gameplay that was featured in the ads they were clicking on. Since its launch in February 2021.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

Nathan: Given the engine and assets of TWP, would a sequel be significantly cheaper / quicker to produce? There is a lot of Thimbleweed Park fan art (and even people selling it), and I don't have a problem as long as 1) You can't use our trademarks, 2) it's not confused with official/licensed merchandise, 3) you're not making too much.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires. This makes RPGs the third-largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.0Bn) and Puzzle ($5.1Bn) games. One has the lowest possible production values, while the other boasts assets built by a multi-hundred team. RPG games on mobile in the West reached new heights during the lockdowns.

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Game Daily

JUNE 19, 2023

A separate game invites players to solve a logic puzzle. Fantasia is made up of four members – Catherine, Luceo, Betty, and Andal – whose art style is based on X World’s Dream Card NFT game, an RPG in which players buy and trade digital assets.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

While these assets don’t have the returns of traditional investments, they grow in popularity largely due to the “fun” factor. I propose three core components: Fun Assets. Fun Assets Thematics make dull things more fun. Likewise, art history buffs tapped into the declining prestige of Jackson Pollock. Skill curve.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

To put the Strategy genre in proportion, it generates a whole Billion more than all Puzzle games combined. Though several puzzle genres do boast significant ad revenue streams, which bridge the gap in net revenue between the genres. The publisher has many Puzzle RPG and ARPG games with above $10M yearly run-rate.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

Concept Art. When we last met, our concept art team was working on finalizing a few last-minute items needed for our Vertical Slice. With all core mechanics and elements now in place, the last thing on the list is to add any last-minute assets and address bugs.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Concept Art. Over the past few weeks, our Lead Level Designer, Tiffany, has been carefully blocking out the revised version of the Dalamase, placing materials and detailing each level area to match the dark and whimsical concepts created by our Concept Art team. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. Let's dive in.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2019

In May 2017 Lilith launched its first strategy game, Art of Conquest and followed it with a second smash hit of a strategy game, Rise of Kingdoms (which deserves its own deconstruct) in July of 2018. Similar to Heroes Charge, Puzzles and Dragons, Empires and Puzzles, Idle Heroes, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Legendary, and Marvel Strike Force.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. The stunning Cruising Pavilion installation at the 2018 Venice Biennale My previous cruising game The Tearoom focused on the emotional and psychological aspects of cruising, and eventually went on tour with the fantastic group art exhibition Cruising Pavilion.

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