Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces. Using a few detailed concepts from our art department, our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been working the past few sprints on modeling out each of our three Kota soldier variants and their accompanying armor sets.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Since then, we've been laser-focused on our next big milestone: completing the entire vertical slice for Kristala.Which means we're inching closer and closer to the official release of the game's demo too. Concept Art. Each clan's capital city will have its own unique starting point. 3D Modeling.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The last time we met, we were right in the thick of preparing an early, pre-demo build of Kristala for unveiling at the PlayNYC virtual convention. SYKOMANA CRYSTAL: The Sykomanans are masters in matters of the mind - gifted in the mental arts of both telepathy and telekinesis. Take a look!

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Nvidia

JULY 23, 2021

Check out GDC 2021 announcements, video sessions, and game development demos on the NVIDIA at GDC Official Webpage. To show our commitment to nurturing the Arm and Linux gaming ecosystems, NVIDIA has prepared a demo of Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Amazon’s Bistro scene running RTX on an Arm-based MediaTek processor.

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OPM Jobs

JUNE 9, 2022

In addition, if you have any game demos of your own, you may get some constructive feedback that can help. Roles Within the Video Game Industry Games Designer – This role creates and develops the concepts that become video games, including stories, characters and more. Network at events both physical and online through Discord servers.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We're also giving you a special first look at some new environmental concepts and progress made to our newest WIP level area. In the Kristala demo, you'll play as the chosen warrior from the nature-loving Nisarga clan. Concept Art. Ready to take a break from the mundane and dive head-first into the magic of Kristala?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

This talk highlights important points about functional programming, including advantages and disadvantages, brushes over some theoretical concepts, and shows how those can be applied when programming in GDScript. Talk: Visual Vertical Slice - Not just concept art, but not yet a demo | Matejs Balodis. The speakers.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Plus, you'll get a first look at some of the incredible environmental and character concepts we've got in the works too. After she finishes up this first set, Bianca will then move on to the additional sets our concept artists are currently working on. link] Concept Art. 3D Asset Design. Programming.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over the past few sprints, our resident 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been hard at work capturing the look of our Kota soldier concepts in 3D form. 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.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

You have very limited ways of communicating complicated concepts to your players with static cardboard and plastic, so what you imply and what you suggest through your game’s design is very important! This is something he slapped together quickly as a demo because his real goal was just to outline the country and the road structure.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

We're officially in the final development crunch for the vertical slice demo of Kristala! WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN THE FINAL DEV CRUNCH FOR THE KRISTALA VERTICAL SLICE DEMO! He also programmed the functionality for throwing consumables in the Kristala demo. Wait, wait, wait. clears throat*. We got yo' back, friends. Don't forget!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As you may know, we recently decided to give the model for our Anagativa player character a complete overhaul to better match its gorgeous concept. As a reminder, here's the concept Tiff's working from as she builds out this wintry wonderland: And here's the work Tiff completed thus far on the in-game version. link] Concept Art.

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Ovidiu Mantoc – Level Design, 3D Art. Gabriel Tanko – Concept and 2D Art. Cosmin Coroiu – 3D Art. Dragos Geomolean – Additional 3D Art. Some people finished the demo level in 4-5 minutes. You’re working in a bubble for 12 hours a day to get that last build ready for the demo and then suddenly: BOOM!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We've been classifying Kristala as a 3D dark fantasy since its conception, and these models are some that really help showcase the gorier side of Kristala's many storylines. This sprint, Tiff was able to finish setting up each clan biome based on the concepts our artist, l_aciel, sketched out. link] Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

link] Will also worked on setting up several of the original musical tracks that will be featured both in the Kristala demo and in the full version of the game. Concept Art. As Pete's first official task for Kristala, we had him work on revising the concept art for a very important NPC, Gustav Gondasa.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sample ASCII art from among the 100 new items. An ancient demo image from Cogmind pre-alpha with a deteriorating item state listed on a hypothetical item. Two different ways to implement the same general concept will be more appropriate for different kinds of applications, further expanding the pool of item design possibilities.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

We really loved how the demo was looking at the end of 2020, but we thought it embodied a bit more whimsy than it did darkness, so we've officially embarked on a complete overhaul of the entire demo level, including character models, level design, environments, and more. Concept Art. Trust us.we've got you covered.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

In last month's dev blog installment, we introduced you to the progress we'd commenced on the overhaul we're currently giving to the entirety of the Kristala demo—including characters, enemies, levels, and more. Concept Art. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Although we've tasked our newest concept artist and character modeler, Pete, with trying his hand at the textures for our main Anagativan characters (which you can see later on in this issue), Shelly spent the first half of this sprint finishing up her own textures. We can't wait to see what the other three will look like. Check it out!

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

It’s more important than ever to protect the hard earned spoils of successful live operations – both by spending wisely and by protecting product leadership from the randomization that comes with new product concepting. A game concept can come from anywhere. Standardizing the materials provided for the process is a good start.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

We were so fond of the game that we used it at our FOSDEM booth to showcase the editor and the fact that yes, you can do 3D games with Godot (it's not PBR yet, but for a demo it was already quite nice). A pretty interesting and challenging concept, as you control each car using a single key, so it's not your typical driving game!

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Yobob Games

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I even applied some of the concepts into my own game! And putting up a demo for players to try the game out. I’ve also added another steam page specifically for a demo page where players can review the game and engage in the steam forum page to express their concerns or give me feedback! It was an extensive study.

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Game Designing

JULY 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making its presence felt in a wide range of industries, including art and design. AI art — meaning art created with AI — is now a popular art form that offers many benefits and applications. But what is AI art? What Is AI Art?

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. This aligns with the concept that although Exiles prototypes are meant to be very good, they’re also usually flawed in some way, such as eventually breaking down, blowing up in your face, or something in between :P. Overload utility art. Trap Extractor demo.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

With a newfound passion for game development, the team put together a demo of their game and released it on Steam as an early access title. The concept of the metaverse, despite its recent negative connotations, still carries much potential. Don’t even think about art, man. The fear isn’t entirely unfounded.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

demoed his technology around 2018, which is specifically around making 3D kind of scenes and world building with A.I.” AI in Art: Balancing Creativity and Ethics In the realm of digital art, AI technology is stirring up a mix of excitement and controversy.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

” Tadej, who brings experience from the European demo scene, co-founded several gaming and backend software companies before joining forces with Patti at Coherence. Interestingly, Patti and Tadej addressed the trend of blockchain technology and the concept of the metaverse in the gaming industry.

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