#science fiction game

[qkayoostudio]

devlog 4

Hi friends,

Not as much to report this devlog--I've been in bed with a fever for 3 days and am only now starting to recover. But I do have a fun screenshot to share!

I coded in a good chunk of Wolf's "date" that you can go on! If you want to see the preview of that date, I uploaded a preview last week on patreon ♡

I've been messing a lot with things regarding readability--it's very important to me that the game is comfortable to play, and now that I'm actually coding some scenes I'm realising that white text on light blue backgrounds isn't optimal. I haven't settled on a final design yet; I'm still playing around with opacity/shadows/text outlines/etc.

and of course the background madness continues... these are WIP snippets from the satellite and the bridge! I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish the bgs in time for the demo, but at the very least I'm trying to make sure all the linework is in there.

that's all for now! much love,

qk

[patricksteel]

Ripout Game Lets Play Screenshots and Thumbnails of the Roguelike Sci-fi Shooter

[vxmpire-vxlle]

[oceanusborealis]

Planet of Lana – Video Game Review

TL;DR – A stunningly beautiful game that pulls at the heartstrings as it reveals the world one puzzle at a time. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Game Pass service that viewed this game. Planet of Lana Review – One of the things that you are always looking for when you boot up a new game is to experience something that pulls on your emotions. Does it build upon strong…

[cowinf]

Magnusposting

[filmgifs]

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023) dir. Francis Lawrence

[koyoriin]

"for all of my life, a stranger i remain"

https://twitter.com/koyoriin https://patreon.com/koyorin https://instagram.com/koyori_n https://bsky.app/profile/koyorin.bsky.social

[evelyn701]

games about a lesbian relationship between a former-human-woman-turned-evil-superstructure and a prisoner with incomplete memories trapped in a scientific research facility

[vintagerpg]

There is, I think, no arguing that contemporary genre art has a character distinct from previous decades. I also think that while there are big shifts in aesthetics somewhat aligning with each decade of the 20th century, here in the 21st things have definitely slowed down — I feel like the look of genre art has fossilized somewhat in the last 20 years. I don’t have a good explanation for why. Sometimes I wonder if I’m blinded by nostalgia, and that there really aren’t any obvious objective differences at all.

Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s (2023) is a compelling argument, I think, that there ARE definite differences. The book, by Adam Rowe (and spinning out of his social media accounts dedicated to, well, ’70s science fiction art) looks at both artists and thematic categories of art from the period, mostly from paperback covers, and offers commentary and historical context in the text. The result is startling: a body of work by a variety of artists working in their own styles that nevertheless seems visually unified. With the exception of a couple outliers, this stuff all feels of the ’70s. The fact that there are some inclusions from both the ’60s and ’80s makes this even clearer.

I think the most interesting thing about this is how bizarre some of the ’70s art seems to be. A lot of these artists appear to be entirely off the leash, delivering work they WANTED to produce rather than what they were directed to produce (you can see a shift toward clearly pairing the cover art with the content of the book in the later part of the decade). There was also more money in the work, then, so speed wasn’t quite so big a part of the equation as it is now.

And, greater questions of genre art aside, Worlds Beyond Time is still a mesmerizing collection, worthy of your time even if you just want to feed pictures to your eyeballs.

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

[qkayoostudio]

devlog 5

Hi friends,

We're closing in on finishing the rough draft of Resonance in Orbit's script!

I realised the demo is pretty much just hanging out with the LIs and some exposition, LOL. We currently sit at ~22k words, and I'm estimating ~25k words for the final demo. A lot of that will go to variables, but that does mean you're in for some great replay value if you want to chat up all the LIs!

I also put out a poll last week to ask if anyone would be interested in NSFW content on Patreon. if you haven't voted yet, there's still time to do so!

gotta bite the tummy--

CG sprites for Cipher, Nikolai, and Wolf are coming along nicely. I'm also debating on whether I want to add in cute little mini drawings... just for fun......... or so I tell myself while I sweat over my timeline........... :')

I know MC looks small here but it's really just Ethan being a giant...

much love,

qk

[patricksteel]

Voidtrain Let's Play Part 5, Assault Rifle Action (Pain Blindness)

https://youtu.be/BXlcwJEi2os

[zhjake]

A couple members of our Lancer group and I put together a module over the last two weeks for the Lancer game jam. I'll be posting the art I did for it over the next couple of days, but you can get the whole thing below on itch morganjanearcane.itch.io/a-wake-writ-in-void The pdf is pwyw since we'd much rather it be accessible to anyone interested in Lancer. It's designed to be played as either a one-shot for PCs to be able to try out new builds at a mid-high level, or to be slotted into a campaign around that level. Thank you to my co-creators in this, Morgan (http://tumblr.com/morganjanearcane) and MK for the writing and the layouts getting everything put together. We'd love to do more of these in the future and are looking to adding some extra material for this module over the next month.

[prokopetz]

By your recent definition, kingdom hearts is sci fi

(With reference to this post here.)

Kingdom Hearts has both too many belts and too many zippers, which means Kingdom Hearts is a contemporary technothriller where everybody is secretly a vampire.

[deerspherestudios]

If anyone's wondering how the new VN for the Monstrous Desires jam is going,,

[kotori-mochi]

Drawing finished!

Thank you socalledsavior for being so patience and for your support! Destiny 2 OC