Campaign Progress and Key Art Sketches
about 3 years ago – Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:36:24 PM

Key Art Sketches

Today I wanted to share a couple of really cool sketches that Steph made while developing the key art for Shrine's Legacy (the one you see in our Kickstarter image). Think of these as possible alternate Rio, Reima, castle, and weapon designs that could have been! Even an alternate layout for Rio's and Reima's stance in [B] in the image right below here:

If you want to get a closer look at the text in the above sketches (since KS runs some compression on it), feel free to join our Discord as we'll have them posted there in full resolution! By the way, the campaign funding is slowly but steadily on the up! Take a look!

Shout-out!

Hollow Knight is one of my favorite games, so it was a no-brainer shouting out this cool looking title on Kickstarter called Suono's Curse. Enter and lose yourself in a beautiful and emotional action platformer inspired by Hollow Knight and Journey, featuring metroidvania elements  and a moving story about regret and living in the moment.

• Immerse yourself in the beautifully hand-crafted world of Souno’s Curse, featuring a unique hand-drawn 2D art style.
• Discover a magnificent soundtrack and thematic music that pays tribute to the genre’s recent classics.
• Unveil a touching story about profound themes.
• Navigate through different environments and test your platforming skills using different abilities.
• Crush your enemies quickly by using both melee and magic attacks.

Link to the project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kiroteam/sounos-curse?ref=evvgl6

Until next time,

-Joe

Design-a-Postcat Art Contest!
about 3 years ago – Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:20:49 PM

Get your Postcat design in Shrine's Legacy!🐱

Postcats deliver all the mail in the world of Ardemia! Join this contest to make your own Postcat design that could appear in Shrine's Legacy!

Make it like a purrfect digital portrait or a cat-scratchingly fine pixel art piece! Or even a cool sketch that makes you meow with happiness. However you can do it, we'd love for you join the contest! 🐈

The best five Postcat designs (as decided by Alan and myself) will make it into the final game! The focus is on creativity and what we believe would look great and fun in the game more so than it is about raw art quality, so keep that in mind! So please join in even if you aren't the perfect artist. You could still win, especially if you have an awesome idea! The contest ends in four weeks on November 17th at 8PM EST.

Full rules below. And please share this image to help get the word around about the contest!:

Here's a template for a pixel art version of the cat how they currently appear in the game. Yup, they are small! By the way, if you come up with multiple designs, you are free to share as many as you want! If any one of them is selected, you'll still be counted as a contest winner!

Campaign Progress:

We're also at 63% funding right now! Pretty awesome! It's worth mentioning that we're down to the last two early birds for the Adventurer of Ardemia tier, so if you are interested in playing the beta before the final launch, make sure to grab it for the early bird discount while you still can!

Shout-out!

This time around I want to shout out a great looking RPG title on Kickstarter called Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action. They have less than three days of their campaign remaining, so be sure to take a look while you have the chance!

As a Singer in a world without music, play with your band, date cyborgs & fight for Saturn's freedom in this Tactical Rhythm RPG inspired by the Mario RPGs and Chrono Trigger. The trailer is awesome, so be sure to click the campaign link at the bottom (or either of the pictures!) and check that out!

They JUST reached their Switch port stretch goal as of posting this update, and are on their way to the New Game + stretch goal which also adds more to the story! And they are also offering Physical copies and a Collector’s edition with Merch, as well as a Limited Edition special Jacket! Very Cool!

Support their Kickstarter campaign here:  Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action 

Until next time,

-Joe