CG Spectrum

JANUARY 11, 2023

He is currently employed at Californian indie game development studio Turtle Rock Studios as a Lead Character Artist. Studies and heads and sculpts and texture, whatever, just things that are interesting and will look finished. Some of the reasons might surprise (and motivate) you!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

Hello, fellow indie gamers and RPG enthusiasts! link] 3D Asset Design. We've shown off Bianca's progress on the tree trunk spider enemy in previous issues, and we're super pleased to be showing you the fully textured and painted fiend. First, Shelly gave a little facelift to the texturing used on our Masarusa enemy.

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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

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. 3D Asset Design. Once he's modeled all three sets, Cass will then begin the tedious texturing process for each one.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Kristala has been approved as an official selection for the 2020 Indie World Order digital convention, IWOCon! 3D Asset Design. In our last issue, Nick had rounded out the month of August by getting started on the assets needed for our Nasahara Ruins level. There will be rum!

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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!). Welcome, beautiful creatures! In-tact and broken Amulets. Check it out!

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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. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls. 3D Modeling.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Behind every immersive world lies a meticulously crafted game art pipeline, a process where raw ideas evolve into interactive, polished assets. Whether its a photorealistic RPG or a stylized indie game, every visual element follows a structured journey from concept to integration. Game art isnt just about making things look good.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Coming from an indie film background, I’m accustomed to thinking about ways to creatively squeeze as much production value out of a project as possible while working within my limits and not overstepping my boundaries. Now in the world of indie game design, I find it beneficial to take a similar approach.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world. Unity still lacks the shading details.

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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. 3D Asset Design. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? Here we go.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” You spent hundreds of hours painting all the art assets in the game. In the 15 years since Braid came out, every man and his dog has made an indie game. It’s something different.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” You spent hundreds of hours painting all the art assets in the game. In the 15 years since Braid came out, every man and his dog has made an indie game. It’s something different.

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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. 3D Asset Design. This sprint, Karena was able to tackle the UVs and begin texturing. Take a look!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

and try your luck at winning a FREE PS5 Disc Edition, courtesy of women-lead indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. In fact, our 3D modeling team has been working overtime just to ensure we have all the models needed to replace the existing assets in the Dalamase: the Nisargan level that's featured in the demo.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Low poly art has no textures but poses a strong focus on shapes, materials, and lighting. . An interesting fact: such visuals can still seem more realistic than forms of digitalization that cast everything in the same chromatic and textural scheme. The most popular tool for texturing and creating materials is Photoshop.

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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!). Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. 3D Asset Design. Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts!

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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. Here are two of the different texture variants Pete showed off this sprint.

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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. If you're new 'round these parts, let us help you get properly acquainted. Concept Art.

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