iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Artists have always played a crucial role in game development, meticulously creating characters, environments, and animations. Machine learning algorithms now generate realistic textures, procedural landscapes, and lifelike animations, reducing the time and effort required by human artists.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

The event kicks off August 10th and runs through the 16th (that's an entire week of bashin' on baddies and getting immersed in the fantasy world of Ailur). Last issue, we gave a hearty ACS Games welcome to our newest Concept Artist, Pete, and showed off some of the work he'd done on a very special Kotakayan NPC named Gustav Gondasa.

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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!). The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala. Behold, friends!

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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. Even cooler, Neil is modeled after studio founder Allie's IRL late father, Neil, who had a penchant for all things animal and a deep love for the Grateful Dead. Rigging / Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. It's home to a special NPC we haven't revealed yet too.one who plays a very important role in Kristala's core storyline.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. For now, let's leave reality behind and take a step into the dark fantasy world of Kristala. Rigging / Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. Trust us.we've got you covered.

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Game Global

JUNE 28, 2021

The wide selection of video game genres means that translators won’t be stuck on high-fantasy language or racing games for the rest of their careers but might also need to learn about cooking, board games, politics, astrophysics (okay, maybe I am exaggerating), and so on. so TMs are very important.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts! Last issue, we shared 3D Character Designer Bianca's progress on the model for our Nisargan forest nymph NPC. NISARGA CLAN: MYRTUNA CLAN: TANDARA CLAN: KEOZA CLAN: SYKOMANA CLAN: LYUMINA CLAN: Animation / Rigging / Game Production.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. So simulationism was born as a way to make fantasy worlds richer, more immersive… in a sense, to “make the ride better.” Earlier in MUD design, these zones even “repopped” all at once. So is FFXIV.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Only MMO like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14 are still generally recognized by western gamers. This is primarily because the Korean art team does not have the same historical and cultural burden as European and American teams shoulder when designing western fantasy elements. This genre is getting marginalized in the West.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Kristala's next big content update is officially LIVE MEOW on Steam , which means a brand-new adventure is about to begin in the dark fantasy world of Ailur. This new curated collection includes a ton of fresh merch items featuring some brand new Gustav-themed illustrations that we're super hype about. The best part?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Some players may try to guess an NPC's sexual mood based on stereotypes like muscular tops, skinny submissive twink bottoms, etc. As in Skyrim, my animations are charmingly janky, with penises occasionally clipping through eyes and noses, or even through the back of the skull entirely.

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