Filmustage

JANUARY 22, 2024

For Indie Filmmaking, the magic of crafting a cinematic vision often clashes with the harsh reality of limited resources and tight timeline production. Making a successful Indie Film Schedule is an art form in itself. Fight for the moments that make your heart sing, the shots that capture your artistic vision.

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Indy Cinematics Film Prop 111

Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Here's a look at just some of the props Harold was able to complete this month. If you're just joining us, welcome! Concept Art.

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Dev Demo Concepts Prop 52

The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As the parents fight their way through the crawl-space, attic, clock, and extra-planer wonderlands in their house, you will hear them whine, complain, and deliver constant passive-aggressive insults. It skips from action to pvp games to puzzles to boss fights with blinding speed. Props to them for trying. I've met those people.

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Art Writing Indy Fighting 52

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!). Welcome, beautiful creatures! Take a look.

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Dev Demo Concepts Animation 52

Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects. Luckily both engines offer asset stores that allow users to download free and paid props, shading, textures, and many more.

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Engine Engineering Game Engine Asset 52

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The individual assets seem nice, but together they sort of clash -- a random junk prop will have the 4k photogrammetry HDR treatment, overwhelming the nearby gameplay pickup that you're actually supposed to notice. The final boss fight is a conversation, and the ultimate weapon is. philosophy and logic!! Take that, god!

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NPC Fighting Art Dev 52

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. So to survive fights for the first half of the game, you have to trust the level designers to leave enough health consumables around, Doom / Quake style. They're small little bottles that blend-in with junk prop set dressing from a distance.

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Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 52