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Where Icicles Fall

A loud splintering sound echoed through the cave. An icicle the size of a broadsword plunged down, missing Craven's head by inches before shattering on the floor. He carried on regardless; it didn't phase him in the slightest. "Be careful you old fool, it could have taken your head off!" said Aura, unimpressed by Craven's careless approach. His attitude certainly didn't live up to his name, she thought to herself. "Quiet, miss. Or do you want the beast we are hunting to feast on our innards?" asked Craven. "Well, if one of those huge icicles you seem to so readily ignore decapitates you, I'll leave you here to that fate!" "So witty." he said, staring at her with a deadpan expression. Suddenly, the air grew much colder, and they both shook, even through their thick winter gear. "Be on guard." Craven drew his spear, raising his shield and Aura followed, keeping watch should they have nowhere to retreat. The creature was upon them before either had a chance to prepare more than a token defense. One moment the air was calm, and then it felt as though an ice wall had been erected between them and the world. Aura staggered to her knees, nearly losing her footing, as the thick clouds of the beast's breath chilled her. The beast was enormous, large enough to crush Craven and Aura into the ground if they weren't careful. She did her best to focus on the beast, but the ice wall was closing them in. The Ice-Wolf howled, an ear piercing sound that disoriented both adventurers. Craven, regaining his senses, rushed forward, weapon raised. He would have to trust to the element of surprise. If he hesitated, the beast would probably kill them both. "It's no use. The beast is too fast." The creature was already out of reach; it was as though it had been waiting for them. Its sudden appearance had fooled Aura. She backed away while Craven took a deep breath and followed her example. The monster gave a deep, booming howl, and they retreated into a darkened recess of the cavern. "Damn, damn, damn!" Craven cursed, running his hands through his long, silver hair, repeatedly. Aura sighed, leaning her back against the icy wall. "Well, this is going to be the stupidest hunt of my life." She sighed. "Do you have any ideas?" Craven turned to face her, his red eyes seeming to gleam with hatred. "I believe I know how to defeat it. It's what my grandfather did." "Well, you don't know for sure that you will have the same luck. It caught us completely off guard. We weren't ready. And it was much bigger than I had worried." A deep, guttural growl came from outside the recess. The creature was closing in. Aura quickly looked around. "Well, as the creature is going to be on us before you know it, you better think of something." She said, as the sound of shattering ice echoed through the cave. She prepared a telekinetic blast, ready for when the beast showed its face. Craven hunkered down, weapon prepared like a soldier in a phalanx. He was preparing for battle. He was also preparing for his death. The monster appeared before them. It seemed to hesitate for a moment before bounding toward them, claws outstretched. Craven raised his shield and was ready to defend himself. The monster pounced, and Craven was thrown off his feet, crashing into the wall. He quickly leapt to his feet, readying his spear to strike. Aura tried to summon the energy to shoot the creature as it closed in. But she found herself distracted by its eyes. They seemed to glow, even though it was pitch dark. She focused her gaze on its eyes, a piercing light flashing from her stave. The creature was thrown back in the blink of an eye and landed on its feet. Craven raised his spear in one hand and the shield in the other. "Well, you sure are one powerful beast! It was enough to put me on the defensive!" The creature made another attempt to lunge, but Craven deflected its arm with ease. He was being pushed back now. The creature had the advantage. Aura was now close enough to use her powers on the creature, but not enough to destroy it. "Focus!" her mind screamed. She lifted her left hand, bracelets charged with energy. "Watch out!" She cried. Aura unleashed her powers. The creature roared in pain, a blue energy surged through its body. Its head disintegrated. "Well done," said Craven. "Well done indeed." Aura, still shocked at her victory, smiled. The creature lay in two parts. "What now?" "I believe that is your responsibility, young lady." said Craven. He turned to her. "Your gift as a sorceress is powerful, but even the strongest has its limits. I have a suggestion. I have a weapon that may be more to your liking." Aura took a deep breath and followed Craven out of the cave. "Wait. What's this about? What kind of weapon are you talking about?" "A lightning-spear. It was owned by my grandfather when he protected the Dawn Refuge from the Ice-Wolf fifty years ago. As you were the one to bring the beast down, it should be passed on to you." They stopped for a moment at the cave's entrance. Night was falling. "We should talk more on this when we reach the Refuge." "Agreed!" They headed back down the mountain to bring news of their triumph to their commander. After such a victory, nothing could stop them now.

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Here’s the chiptune theme I wrote yesterday for my new mini game project, Thinking With Wormholes. I used Super Audio Cart, my favorite chiptune VST for getting Authentic Retro sounds.

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Long time since I have posted on here, here is a little game project I started work on a couple of days ago. It’s a little mini project, that’s conceptually going to be a hybrid of Asteroids and Portal!

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Sailing to the Edge of the World IV - the 4th in a series of paintings I’ve been working on. Made with Krita.

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Just a quick Junk Droid concept, made in 3d coat.

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Just a quick dinosaur render from 3d coat :) Took about 2 hours, and today I re-rendered it.

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Just a quick fan-art of Winston from Overwatch - made in krita

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Just a quick surreal digital landscape painting - made in krita

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And here’s some of the stuff I created in blender as part of a course. #stillanoob

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Gonna share some 3d renders soon.

Just a quick follow-up, not shared them here yet but I made a bunch of quick 3d coat renders. I'll share them soon when I'm on my PC.

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Gamedev - Maybe not?

Hey, just a quick post from on my phone. I've not been on here much as I've been busy with IRL problems. I've come across a problem with gamedev for me. For the last while while I've really enjoyed working on pixeling and 2d art, I've had a real desire to give 3d a go. And with a couple of years experience of using 3d coat for fun from time to time and 20 euros worth of discounted udemy blender courses, I thought why not. And then I went ahead and downloaded unreal engine 4. A few days later I thought "what have I done?" I had found myself clueless, scrounging through bare bones tutorials, and not understanding anything of even the supposedly simple visual scripting language. So after getting nowhere with 3d game dev, I thought maybe I should explore a different area of 3d, that being 3d animation for short films. No coding needed for that, just a lot of time commitment. And it would help me learn more 3d skills for if I'm ever working on a 3d game as an artist. So maybe in a couple months time I'll have a better idea of what the next plan is. For now it's learn 3d.

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Gamedev Doldrums (Wasting time between projects)

Hi again, just a quick post for today.

I’m in a bit of a crappy situation in regards to game development, I’ve been trying to get started on any new project but lately I just have been feeling down and not really capable of doing anything. I’m just going through a bit of a messy time until I finalize an idea for a new project. Hopefully once that happens I can get back to being busy and actually happy for once.

So if anyone has got some basic project ideas for what might make a good basic game I’m all ears.

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Just a quick Fan-Pixelart of #Reinhardt from #Overwatch.

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This time a higher detail version of Mal’Damba from #Paladins - I’m having fun making these quick fanart pieces so I’ll keep it up.

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Grover & Fernando from #Paladins :)

Should I keep making Paladins fanart?

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Yay more Paladins fanart.

This time Starslayer Ruckus.

I’m thinking Fernando or Grover will be next.

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Today’s piece for #Pixel_Dailies tagged Winter.