Centerpieces - Luigi and Zelda take the lead!

This is our first update on our centerpieces. As you can see we got our Zelda and Luigi themes finished!  Pictured above is a test run of how they're going to look when they're put together. Let us know what you think!

Centerpieces - Get Ready. GO!

Here are some updates from our first weekend of making centerpieces for our wedding!

[Update] Life Gets In The Way Sometimes

Life Gets in the Way Sometimes

I was really hoping that my next post would be about showing off more about our game.  Unfortunately, life got in the way a little bit and I wasn't able to dedicate as much time as I'd hoped to working on our game.  Between a full time job, preparing for a wedding (coming up in September!), and just making sure we still have time to ourselves so we don't overload, I didn't progress as far as I had hoped. 

We have made good progress though, but sadly it's not very visual. I've been working a lot on getting the game menu & multiplayer lobby functional,  polishing the character customization, making sure games restart properly, and finding & adding sound effects.  It might not sound like a lot, but for a first time team that does this in their spare time, I'm proud of what we've been able to do. The menus and such still have a lot of placeholder art, so I hesitate to throw out screen shots so we don't give out the wrong impression of the end game quality.  If you are interested in seeing them, post here or on our twitter @TeamAndrecca and as long as you keep in mind it's a WIP, we should be able to hook you up :)

New doodles!!!!!

It's been awhile since I shared some art with you guys! I have some new doodles. Some game related, some just "sketches" I've done. It's been a pretty busy couple weeks for me, but I'm still trying to focus on game art. I've been putting a lot of time into making a font for general use in the game, but that didn't seem too exciting to share with you guys.

I've been looking at some more tutorials for different techniques. Most recently I looked at this tutorial for how to make pixel art clouds quickly. The clouds to the right were made following that tutorial, and sure enough, it really was quick.

Anyway, on to more art!

Making progress!

Lately I've been focusing a lot on the game menu functionality and I'm happy to say that I've passed a milestone over the weekend!  I've been working a lot on:

Nintendo and Nostalgia

In the last month, Nintendo has released two Nintendo Directs about games that were a huge part of my childhood and teenage years. It makes me "nostalgia pretty hard" about the good ol' days and how much fun it was to just kick it with good friends and beat the heck out of them (through Nintendo characters of course), but it's also made me think about where the industry is going. I wonder things like "What will my nephew play when he gets older?"