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Hi there! My posts are mostly related to indie game dev &amp; occasional digital/pixel art practice. :)
Current project: “Catharsis”




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The southeast of Vvardenfell by *LeKsoTiger
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25043db9b2d887e14d5cd25e610b6b66/tumblr_mmsibj20TJ1s9gigco1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theelderscrib.tumblr.com/post/50418022154/the-southeast-of-vvardenfell-by-leksotiger" target="_blank"&gt;theelderscrib&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://leksotiger.deviantart.com/art/The-southeast-of-Vvardenfell-304743746" target="_blank"&gt;The southeast of Vvardenfell&lt;/a&gt; by *&lt;a href="http://leksotiger.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;LeKsoTiger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/50540770592</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/50540770592</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:04:13 -0400</pubDate><category>reblogs</category></item><item><title>Game Development and Depression</title><description>calix9:

It seems that depression is a very common ailment among creative people - though that could...</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/50507747435</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/50507747435</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:59 -0400</pubDate><category>reblogs</category></item><item><title>I've been playing your demo and I just wanted to say that it's very good. When I saw the battle sprites I was just like "wow". I will play more when I have the time, but keep up the hard work, it's worth it ^^</title><description>Thanks, I’m glad you like the game! :D</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49978077451</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49978077451</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:28:06 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>“why is playtesting so tedious and painful”
The VX...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7bbd4b7f859bfabe616c2fd95e6d8fc9/tumblr_mmccb2j46E1qbv8auo2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3525ca0a1b52cf152cc987b3cdf19635/tumblr_mmccb2j46E1qbv8auo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“why is playtesting so tedious and painful”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The VX Ace revised demo of Catharsis is finally finished! It’s available for download at &lt;a href="http://rpgmaker.net/g/catharsis" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rpgmaker.net/g/catharsis" target="_blank"&gt;http://rpgmaker.net/g/catharsis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49774044733</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49774044733</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:23 -0400</pubDate><category>RPG Maker</category><category>catharsis</category><category>game dev</category><category>indie-games</category></item><item><title>
Bioshock Infinite - Emporia
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/239b450a26c91a6901b351cac0ac3ff6/tumblr_mlimmkqm441qgvvtno1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bioshock Infinite - Emporia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49123205608</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49123205608</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:11:32 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>

&amp;#8220;Walker-H&amp;#8221;
The H-series of mechanical walkers were the first attempts to create...</title><description>

&amp;#8220;Walker-H&amp;#8221;
The H-series of mechanical walkers were the first attempts to create...</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49111120605</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/49111120605</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:46:01 -0400</pubDate><category>catharsis</category><category>game dev</category><category>rpg maker</category><category>pixel art</category><category>art</category><category>steampunk</category></item><item><title>

Lorenz, idle battle pose.
This is a pretty heavy edit of a sprite from Rondo of Swords. It still...</title><description>

Lorenz, idle battle pose.
This is a pretty heavy edit of a sprite from Rondo of Swords. It still...</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/47639799604</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/47639799604</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:04:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Catharsis</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>game dev</category><category>pixel art</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>spacetwinks:


any motherfucker says they can’t relate to a character of a different gender, race,...</title><description>spacetwinks:


any motherfucker says they can’t relate to a character of a different gender, race,...</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/47602544797</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/47602544797</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:29:30 -0400</pubDate><category>reblogs</category></item><item><title>There aren’t many premade enemy graphics out there that...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff747b2ea440aead369f2ae3204f8c6f/tumblr_mksmadC1cy1qbv8auo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;There aren’t many premade enemy graphics out there that look good in a sideview battle system, much less mechanical or creepy ones, so I tried to pixel my own!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pixeling some exposed organs for the “slime” enemy was fun, heh.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/47203006314</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/47203006314</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:37:25 -0400</pubDate><category>catharsis</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>game dev</category><category>steampunk</category><category>pixel art</category><category>rpg</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>Catharsis March Update</title><description>Catharsis March Update: I made a lot of progress with my game this month! I didn’t want to...</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/46667150487</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/46667150487</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:00:16 -0400</pubDate><category>Catharsis</category><category>game dev</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>rpg</category><category>gaming</category></item><item><title>gameranx:

Grazelands Caravan by ~TheMinttu
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://theminttu.deviantart.com/art/Grazelands-Caravan-147482574" target="_blank"&gt;Grazelands Caravan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;by&lt;/span&gt; ~&lt;a class="u" href="http://theminttu.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;TheMinttu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/44647776670</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/44647776670</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:38:00 -0500</pubDate><category>reblogs</category><category>morrowind</category></item><item><title>Hi c;</title><description>Hello :3</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/44348261114</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/44348261114</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:52:16 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Revamped the status menu with a custom background image and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9a8a37752e3c891e17a638e781ef688/tumblr_misu5kDnrR1qbv8auo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Revamped the status menu with a custom background image and character portraits I drew.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to some scripting help from a friend, the menu icons on the left have been changed from yellow icons to multicolored icons that are easier to distinguish. :)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/44016439311</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/44016439311</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:30:00 -0500</pubDate><category>game dev</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>screenshot</category><category>catharsis</category></item><item><title>turnipfritters:

i mean let’s face it, “AHHHHHHHHH!” is the only...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f9ca2e10d7ee286f30e085220939155/tumblr_mifsf7OQyq1qlkbeho1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://turnipfritters.tumblr.com/post/43432668166/i-mean-lets-face-it-ahhhhhhhhh-is-the-only" target="_blank"&gt;turnipfritters&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;i mean let’s face it, “AHHHHHHHHH!” is the only real answer you can choose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/43782367952</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/43782367952</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:19:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>What program are you currently building your sprites with?</title><description>GraphicsGale. It took me some time to get used to its interface, but overall it’s pretty nice!</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42677343718</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42677343718</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:47:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>New sprites for cleric NPCs
credits: Mack, cocousagi</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7c66411a44f35d0dfc0e7c50ca3d3a8c/tumblr_mhxei8Rwbr1qbv8auo1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;New sprites for cleric NPCs&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;credits: Mack, cocousagi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42662900892</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42662900892</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate><category>game dev</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>pixel art</category><category>catharsis</category><category>revision hell</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>A sample of random NPC sprites I’ve been churning out over...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/94706edc39e1bbccc9b8ca10b15d559a/tumblr_mhxckaD7Uq1qbv8auo1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;A sample of random NPC sprites I’ve been churning out over the past couple of days. Recolored them so that they look like they actually belong in an industrial town.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;credit: Mack&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42617660696</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42617660696</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:40:00 -0500</pubDate><category>game dev</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>pixel art</category><category>steampunk</category><category>catharsis</category><category>revision hell</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>artforadults:

Zodiac Signs by yuhon not only very talented but...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco7_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco9_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08df9zQc11qllucco10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://artforadults.tumblr.com/post/42032475077/zodiac-signs-by-yuhon-not-only-very-talented-but-a" target="_blank"&gt;artforadults&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Zodiac Signs by &lt;a href="http://yuhon.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;yuhon&lt;/a&gt; not only very talented but a very sweet girl, follow &lt;a href="http://yuhon.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;her&lt;span&gt; around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://yuhon.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42032746818</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/42032746818</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:05:54 -0500</pubDate><category>reblogs</category></item><item><title>I’ve been trying to get the hang of GraphicsGale’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85eed6f43e99e03ee54a36459beb2643/tumblr_mh66hpFE5W1qbv8auo1_250.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’ve been trying to get the hang of GraphicsGale’s interface lately, and ended up finishing some taller sprites for three characters. They look kinda cute and you can see their legs!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, I’m not sure if I want to convert all of Catharsis’s sprites to this style. If I do, I’d have to throw out all of the old chibi battle sprites and franken some new ones…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/41440956666</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/41440956666</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:00:33 -0500</pubDate><category>game dev</category><category>RPG Maker</category><category>Catharsis</category><category>revision hell</category><category>pixel art</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>Screenwriting Tip #1191</title><description>screenwritingtips:

Step back and look at the big picture. What arguments are made by Acts One, Two...</description><link>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/38995568260</link><guid>http://invocation.tumblr.com/post/38995568260</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:01:44 -0500</pubDate><category>reblogs</category></item></channel></rss>
