Mystic Equine Vagabond

frd

Some screenshots from MEV, which I hope to have finished in the next few months.

It's about a horse-headed wanderer and it features combat, puzzles and memory mazes.

I'll be posting progress updates and demos here as I go.

MentalDonkeyGames

Damn! That looks awesome!

JSproject

It's like I always say; any man with a horse head as head deserves respect

owen_dennis

This is beautiful. You put a lot of thought into this and it shows.

8bitninja

Looking good!

robertkdale

Wow! I can't wait to play it. I love the art direction. Will you be posting a video of game play soon?

frd

@robertkdale
@8bitninja
@owen_dennis
@JSproject
@NipaDidIt

Thanks for the encouragement! It's really great to hear your kind words.

I'll aim to post a gameplay video next.

Hopscotch

Great art style! Going to keep an eye on this! I wish you speedy progress on this @frd.

pHghost

Wow, looks absolutely stunning, cannot wait for the video.

Duo you do the texture work all-digitally, or is there an analog element involved?

Socks

Looks wonderful !

Braydon_SFX

Looks sweet!

gamestudent

Woohoo! that's truly original!

frd

@Hopscotch
@Socks
@gamestudent
@Braydon_SFX
@pHghost

Thanks for the positive feedback! It's great to hear good things said when you've been working on something in isolation.

The textures are pen drawings. I work things out on paper first, then scan them and remake them as digital images. This time I re-introduced a lot of the pen work as detail/texture.

Here's an example -

pHghost

Thanks for the example. That's what I was thinking, and it's great! I really love the texture. Keep going!

frd

Here's some gameplay footage.

The game is still at a very early stage, but some of the mechanics are working now, some artwork is in place and I'm beginning to lay out the levels.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

frd

Working now on adding the ability to tame and ride the walkers -

pHghost

Looks really cool!

The video is unfortunately low-resolution, but I really like the style!

jamie_c

Very cool style, love it!

frd

Thanks for the comments!

@pHghost
@jamie_c

I did disappoint myself with the low quality of the video...next time I'll try harder to do it properly.

pHghost

@frd said:
next time I'll try harder to do it properly.

Good art deserves good presentation.

How did you record the video?

Armelline

Love the art style. Very original!

RThurman

This has a special feel about it. Keep at it.

frd

@pHghost said:
How did you record the video?

I think the reason it is low res is that I screen grabbed it from a smaller size than it's playing back at. Any tips in general about how to do it?

@RThurman said:
This has a special feel about it. Keep at it.

Thanks very much, that's a lovely thing to say!

@Armelline said:
Love the art style. Very original!

Thanks!

Socks

@frd said:
I think the reason it is low res is that I screen grabbed it from a smaller size than it's playing back at. Any tips in general about how to do it?

If you are on a Mac - use the built in QT screen recorder, open QT player > File > New Screen Recording.

frd

Thanks @Socks! I had no idea you could do that. I'll definitely use that method next time.

Lovejoy

So which one is the contributing factor, shrooms or LSD?

frd

@Lovejoy said:
So which one is the contributing factor, shrooms or LSD?

Socks

@Lovejoy said:
So which one is the contributing factor, shrooms or LSD?

Both + lots of mid-late 70s Prog Rock.

Approw

@frd Love the art style man! can't wait to play it:)

sebmat86

Ah! Again, like all the graphics in your games, this looks soon flipping´awesome!

frd

@Approw said:
frd Love the art style man! can't wait to play it:)

@sebmat86 said:
Ah! Again, like all the graphics in your games, this looks soon flipping´awesome!

Thanks very much, I really appreciate it!