DEVLOG: Swansong

The swan song (in ancient Greek: ????e??? ?sµa) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death

This is a small side project I'm working on to get my head out of my main project sometimes.

It's a basic 2 players platformer with a few fun things such as exploration and combat.

You can find a few images and animations in my Tumblr page.

http://swansonggame.tumblr.com/

The idea is to use comical imagery to tell a slightly dark narrative.

Your pixel art is really good. Nice style.

Yes, it make me remember Fez.

I'm jealous about you 2.

=P

— Thanks! Your game looks awesome btw

klabundee lol yeah I suppose there was a strong influence in the color palette

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Thanks!

Looks great mate.

GenkiGenga Thanks!

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http://swansonggame.tumblr.com/

Ito concept art illustrated by the concept artist Virginie Cabana for my project. Go check out her artwork!

Its really helping me with color palettes and overall mood when I do the transition to the sprites.

As an update, I finished most basic Itos animations and soon Shirudo too.

Now I need to focus in the several co-op mechanics to actually start making a real progress. So hope

to be able to show something more fleshed out soon.

For more updates you can check the tumblr page for my wip devlog which is in my signature.

If you like Virginies Artwork dont hesitate to contact her as she is always open for more freelancing opportunities.

https://www.artstation.com/artist/viecabana

Looks really cool and professional. Also I'd love to add co-op on my game too but I'm 5 months late to do that . Anyways, good luck.

I completely agree — Years ago I wouldn't have done it. Actually this project was born from a failure lol . I have a main project which advances slowly.

http://vagrantgame.tumblr.com/

And this one allows me to do something simpler. I previously had a small prototype for two players that works well so it was really easy to get it done.

I'm trying to keep things really simple this time. Previous project had customization of characters and rpg elements and it became difficult to handle properly.

I completely agree — Years ago I wouldn't have done it. Actually this project was born from a failure lol . I have a main project which advances slowly.

http://vagrantgame.tumblr.com/

And this one allows me to do something simpler. I previously had a small prototype for two players that works well so it was really easy to get it done.

I'm trying to keep things really simple this time. Previous project had customization of characters and rpg elements and it became difficult to handle properly.

That's exactly what I'm dealing with. Too much elements that interfere in the game =p. I might use that project with fake 3d to do the same thing, eventually.

Waiting on twitter to see the progress on both projects too. Cya

Dont worry, so far your project looks kick ass!!

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Thanks!:P

Another concept piece

Another concept piece

She's talented.