Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

a fantasy multiplayer RPG, but the project was shut down in May’24. Experience at a powerhouse like ATVI is an asset in capital-raising efforts, adding to investor confidence. Lightforge Games, founded in 2020, raised two funding rounds — $5m in a Seed funding round in May’21 and $15m in a Series A round in Mar’22.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. Take a look at some of the recent armor concepts our talented artist James created this month.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Greetings, friends and fantasy aficionados! In today's issue, you'll get an update on all the custom 3D assets we've been working on for the capital city of Nisar, plus a peek into our process for creating a fully functional facial rig for our female main character. 3D Asset Design. We've got you covered.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

3D lighting involves simulating the behavior of light in a real-world or fantasy situation, including shadows, reflections, highlights, and color, using specialized lighting software and rendering tools. Creating or applying light rigs based on concept art or on set reference. What is 3D lighting, and what does a 3D lighting artist do?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. Ready to see how things are going now in the fantasy world of Ailur? Concept Art. Let's dive in.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!)

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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. In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces.

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iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Perfect for vector graphics, logos, typography, and making scalable assets for different platforms. Consider using other software like Procreate (for iPad illustration), Affinity Designer (an alternative to Photoshop and Illustrator), or 3D software like Blender (for creating 3D assets to include in your 2D work). 3D Asset Integration.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you can get front-row seats to the development process for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the first title from female-owned-and-operated indie game studio Astral Clocktower Studios. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? 3D Asset Design. link] Concept Art.

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iXie gaming

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Since NFT games are still a relatively novel concept, there is still considerable uncertainty surrounding them. NFTs are a type of digital currency that can represent both digital and physical assets. The development of non-fantasy tabletop (NFT) games is relatively new, so there are few well-established conventions.

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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. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! 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. Now, let's get ready to amp up the magic and dive headfirst into the dark fantasy of Kristala.

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s figure out what this concept is about and then dig a little deeper for more details. This means that the in-game assets owned by gamers are in the form of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), so players gain full control over them. These games offer total control of in-game assets and allow trading them in different ways.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! Plus, you'll get a first look at some of the incredible environmental and character concepts we've got in the works too. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala. 3D Asset Design. link] Concept Art. Programming.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Concept Art. Welcome, beautiful creatures!

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Fantasy Realism. Fantasy realism is used for games full of movement, action, and drive. Games developed with the fantasy realism art style often involve aliens, races, and creatures that aren’t “real” yet are depicted realistically within the game world. This style can be a nice option for adventure, mystery, and puzzle games.

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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. Concept Art. We hope you enjoy this month's updates, and we appreciate you being here and supporting us along this journey.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This is the only place where you'll get a monthly, in-depth look at the development process for our inaugural title, Kristala - an enchantingly delightful 3D dark fantasy action RPG developed lovingly with Unreal Engine 4. 3D Asset Design. If you're just joining us, welcome home! There will be rum!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts! 3D Asset Design. As has been the case for the past couple months, 3D Asset Designer, Nick, has steadily been chipping away at the long list of models he's working on that will be used to help detail our Nasahara Ruins level. Concept Art.

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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. Concept Art. This means that our artists have been diligently working on cranking out fresh concepts for existing weapons, armor sets, consumables, and other important goodies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

While these assets don’t have the returns of traditional investments, they grow in popularity largely due to the “fun” factor. I propose three core components: Fun Assets. Fun Assets Thematics make dull things more fun. You can trade Air Jordans on StockX , Monet paintings on Masterworks , or rare Pokemon cards at TCG Player.

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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). 3D Asset Design. The concept Bianca's working with is pictured first, and then Bianca's (totally badass) model follows. o [link] Concept Art. Check it out!

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Producing these assets takes a long time and a lot of money. Artificial intelligence may be used to create these assets quickly and cheaply at scale, in a variety of aesthetic styles. AI Dungeon 2 is a well-known example of such a program, a text-based fantasy simulation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

While the game steps towards the vaporwave future with its concept art, Dislyte also looks back and draws upon ancient mythologies in its character design. The music OST in these marketing assets also embodied the urban trendy theme of this game and received a lot of positive comments. Scenic design inspired by vaporwave.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Last Voyage concept came from a wish to bring my stylized art into a realistic world. I had been playing the Supergiant Games game Hades and started wondering what the River Styx could look like in a fantasy/fairy tale world. Aurore's journey down the River Styx.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Violence is usually the first thing to prototype in an action game, but here it surprised me how much work it took to hack violence into an existing system that had no concept of it. Since cops ignore consent, I had to program special cop-only exceptions in my core TestSexMood() code function. L of semen for each one.

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