Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Hello, and welcome to the official Kristala dev blog, where we break down the development process for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala each month. If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs already, you know that they're pretty hefty when it comes to content. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Kristala at Play NYC 2021. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Kristala Official Gameplay Trailer.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Welcome back to ACS headquarters for another rousing installment of the Kristala game dev blog. We can't say too much just yet, but you're definitely gonna wanna tune into next month's dev blog to see how ACS kicks development into high gear. Stay tuned to next month's dev blog issue for a look at the finished piece!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. Stay tuned to the Kristala dev blog—and to all our socials—to learn how you can get exclusive, behind-the-scenes access into Harold's entire, step-by-step process. Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! 3D Environmental Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Plus, we'll introduce you to three of our newest talented dev team members too! Game Production / Rigging / Animation.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2023

Most of the sets, characters and props were built by hand over a period of 3 years. So our solution was to 3D scan all the things we built in order to then process them in a more conventional game dev sense.” If a little bit of that positive oddity gets to reach someone out there that’s excellent.”

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

About Overwrite Interactive's global game dev team & their roles. In October, CG Spectrum graduate Dogyeong joined from the US as Concept Artist , creating the looks for the game’s characters, environments, and props. Alexios did this as part of his research stage, a vital component of starting any new game dev project.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Builds, adjusts, and maintains animation skeletons for animators to make motions with. Sometimes called “ technical animator ”. Animator : [ Sculptor of time ]. Prop Artist : Creates the wire frames that form the shape of not living things. Rigger : [ The skeleton master ]. Who makes them work?

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 17, 2023

All branching conditions and where the branches lead How this scene handles the different branches that lead to this scene A brief description of what happens during this scene Any sort of other requirements for this scene (props, character models, voiced lines, environments, animations, etc.) Got a burning question you want answered?

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Perfect for pretending to have played Deathloop if you find yourself talking to a game dev. Not that you should ever talk to a game dev. They're small little bottles that blend-in with junk prop set dressing from a distance. where the main drawback is you're still vulnerable during the 2 second execution animation.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

Their job is to choose the clearest, highest-quality words they can assemble, and (usually) give them to other devs to be put into the game. This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? And that’s humans!

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Props to them for trying. This leads to the most infamous scene in the game, where you try to destroy the daughter's beloved stuff animal to make her cry. Fellow indie devs have privately, harshly turned on me for saying this, but it is true. Oh, many were the obscenities we shouted at the simp that play session.

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