My Sonic & Knuckles

by Alvin


I actually wasn't happy with Sonic (& Mario too for that matter) in the previous post.. it was more of a warm up.  so here's one I'm more satisfied in - Knuckles thrown in as a bonus, hehe..

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My Sonic & Mario

by Alvin

last night the idea just came to me - & I had to do my own take on the famous rivals from my high school days..

how I wish there was an actual next gen Sonic the Hedgehog game that wasn't terrible; sucked; underwhelming, *insert dissapointed synonym*.. I reckon they should base any new remake on the awesome cartoon series; not the slapstick kids fodder, but the almost dark & story driven series where doc robotnic was an actual badass..

anyway.. enjoy!

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Making a Video Game – Part 3 – a Preview of Sugar and a Call for Donations

By David

After months of plot and gameplay conceptualisation, we’re finally down to creating our characters.

Here’s a sneak peek of Alvin sketching up one of our characters, Sugar, on his laptop. I’m sure he’ll reveal a bit more (and maybe provide some drawing tips) in a later post. 

Like with our other soon-to-come stories, the game is set in the city of Old Majesty. Sugar will be one of the main playable characters.  

Just to remind everyone again, Alvin is an illustrator/writer, and I am a writer. This spells one word: poor. 

This poses just a BIT if an intensely massive hurdle for us as we need to hire the expertise of an app and web development team to produce something truly game worthy. 

If you would like to spare a dollar or two to help make our dream project happen, feel free to make a PayPal donation by clicking on the little piggy in our signature beneath every post. 

Bye (and thank you)!

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New "Donate" button!

by Alvin


David may have hinted upon - in an early post - that amongst our endless project opportunities, we're working on a game app for the iphone.

We've kept things a bit vague; a bit secret squirrel on the matter - but because you've passed the ancient ritual test of friendship, I have no reason not to think of you as fellow petrified stones.  David & I are working on essentially a digital comic book app - but with a twist!: interactive gameplay elements interwoven within the story & panel navigation.. I know right, exciting stuff!

Okay, I recognise Square Enix brought out a similar app - but I promise you we didn't hear any word of its development prior to it being released, so in our books we're still creating something revolutionary, hehe..

And here's where our friendship comes in - it takes a few chests of cursed spanish gold to get this off the ground, & we're working on the pre-production requirements; accumulating all the hidden treasure maps we have to find the funding we need, along the way.. but we wont look down on any helpful hand.

Any spare doubloons or ancient solidus' you have from your plundering days - that you wish to part with, to help us finish our dream project for you (our fans, friends, family, fellow gamers; geeks, & connoisseurs of all things awesome almighty).  David & I will appreciate to the high heavens your contribution & will reward you with an awesome app ready for your hungry iphone.

The Donate button is on the right, below our profile - or underneath this in case you want to see how sexy it could be without our profile pimping it up..

In advance: Thankyou.. if you subscribe to our blog, you'll get word via our chimpanzee delivery service: updates on how our app developing is going - it's hard work creating a game, but it's hella fun!


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Mutant Ninja Turtles

by Alvin

Even more so than the Transformers, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are my favourite retro property ever!

The early 90's cartoon was entertaining, but too kiddy for my liking - it was the original comic & it's subsequent media versions that I love the most.. I guess I'm too engrossed in my cynical age, but dark, gritty, violent & realistic are my tastes these days, & I remember the first ninja turtles movie being the best thing ever - not as dark as the original comic, but on par with realism and the spirit of the original that I appreciate it even more now.. the reboot of the franchise with the 2003+(?) cartoon series was also excellent - there's actual action!

I've been trying to do my take on the ninja turtles for quite some time now, & it's only recently my hand followed my brain & came up with something decent:  my versions aren't teenagers anymore, they're in their early or mid-twenties & have gone through a lot of maturity but are still at their core the characters we know and love.. story wise, I did have a synopsis but I think it needs a lot more thought & work.. I've decided to give these brothers a family name - seeing as how Splinter was a pet of Hamato Yoshi, I figured he'd adopt his surname in memory of him.  So the turtles would be sons under Splinter Hamato's family, hence: Leonardo Hamato, Michelangelo Hamato, Raphael Hamato & Donatello Hamato..

It's been real fun, so I'll definitely carry on with more re-designs of turtle characters.. at the moment I'm excited to do my take on The Shredder & Splinter.. so watch this space peeps!

p.s. If you want to know more about the turtles in a half-shell - turtle power!  I'd recommend checking out their wiki & just losing yourself in the richness of the characters & story.


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My Super Sentai!

by Alvin


Did you miss me?

I know its been yonks since my last post (my shiva like arms applaude David covering for me), but my 3rd semester of TAFE has been hell: the largest workload so far on top of a certain a-hole of a teacher = the eleventh circle of hell where I'm not as satisfied with my overall standard of work as I was last year..

it's been challenging to say it in "lame-man's" terms (hehe).. but at least I've come out of it with some bruises on my ego, repairable, damaged limbs & a love for deserving procrastination..

sleep & health are 2 things I've siphoned back into my life now that I'm on my semester break.  & during that time; alone in bed as I try to fit in a few moments of imaginative indulgence.  I've grown obsessed with trying to come up with a unique concept for a tactical, squad shooter game, ala ghost recon, mass effect & maybe even as far as calling MGS an example..

you won't believe how many concepts have fleeted in and out of my mind, & how many that have been chosen - only to be scrapped the next morning/night of pre-sleep imaginings, for another that was scrapped previously before this was scrapped or chosen before it was scrapped.. gaaah! the world just exploded!

you can see I'm not as good at this as I was when I was younger, but for fear of getting trapped in a cycle of indecisiveness - one idea has always been an underlying theme: a Super Sentai type of concept, whereby the members of the squad aren't hardened marines, or a task force of special agents.. but rather a team of "Power Ranger/Gatchaman" sorts fighting against an invading alien threat.. no camp, cheesiness or light hearted drama either - I'm thinking a bit of appropriate grit & realism that can be afforded for such an outlandish setting/theme, mixed with violence, headshots, aliens consuming humans, blood, gore, character development & adult themes.. think of gatchaman before the US took it's censorship scalpel to its beautiful brain..

I know you can see it as vividly as I can:

• imagine a mix of tactical, cover based shooting, with transitional melee based action
• on the fly ordering the other members of your sentai group to use their skills to shoot or melee attack.. 
• then add an experience point system where you can purchase "perks" to augment your combat & survival potency
• the levels you've racked up with said exp. - unlocking new "weaponry" to use/add to your arsenal
• full weapon customisation & equipment outfitting of your sentai force

 .. then imagine having robots too in the mix!!!  OH MY!

lucky for me, I started conceptualising my own sentai force for a comic I didn't end up putting anymore effort into - which was good, because I constantly reworked the designs; becoming more realistic than being a qute XD type of style..

being out of touch with drawing for a while: this pic of Falcon-O - the leader of my "gatchaman" type force, took all day to do..

his other 2 team-mates are in similar garb, so you can get a feel for their designs as a whole (& I'll release new images of them as time progresses) - but they'll specialise in different "things".. sadly I haven't thought off a proper name for their group or any villains or a story or ANYTHING for that matter - the XD version of them was called "Super Ninja WingMen".. which I want to change into something less tacky; more catchy & serious..

now, hopefully I won't lose interest in this indulgence of mine.. but we'll see how it goes..

It's good to be back at least..


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