Posted July 16, 2021 by EnbyKaiju
#devlog #character art #animation
Hai folks, Kaiju here,
It's been a little while since we last caught up. I recently got a new full-time job and that's taken a lot out of me, as well as shaking up my routine. Which can be hard when you're working with folks all over the world.
We're only a couple of months out from testing so I wanted to let you know where we're at. Going to be doing my best to get this game out on time, but there will be no crunching so if there's a bit of delay it's because I want folks to be safe & happy.
We do have some big news though, all our base character art is done! I sat down with our artist over the last couple of weeks and we nailed out the last couple of designs that have been little more than concepts until now, and HECK, I am damn impressed. I cannot wait for y'all to see them.
Kaiju Noir has nine unique kaiju designs, along with a couple of cameo appearances from the team's personal characters, and I've fallen in love with each one of them over the last year or so. We've even gone the extra step so now all the characters are animated throughout the game. This might not seem like much but it's a not-often utilised trick in the game engine, and I think it gives the characters a lot more personality.
This does mean that I've upped the complexity level of this game's code by quite a bit. Mostly in making sure everything sits right & doesn't break, so I'll be working pretty hard for a while making sure everything is in place. Totally worth it.
So what's left?
We've a few frames of character animation left to draw up, but minor compared to the task of creating unique monsters, plus some action shots to organise. From there it's just housekeeping until September when Kaiju Noir goes into testing phase where the testers will pick up all my spelling mistakes. Haha
Anyway, thanks for hanging out folks. If you have any questions as always you're free to ask & I'll answer as best I can.
Stay safe out there folks, life can change in the blink of an eye.
-Kaiju