Well folks, I hate to give updates too close together, but there are some key developments that I have to talk about. To put it plainly, there has been a change of plans. After hard consideration, I have decided to shelve the game I have been working on. I plan on returning to it in the near future, but for now my sights are elsewhere. Making it has been a struggle to say the least. I never feel like I know what I'm doing, and though I have all of these ideas, it is incredibly difficult to bring theme to fruition. The main reason for this is that I am simply making something too big. So, with all that said, I am now developing a smaller game! I think the whole process on my other game will be much easier if I get something more manageable under my belt first, so now instead of stumbling in the dark, I have something very clear to work towards. So without further ado, introducing: Mr. Bolognese's Laughter Spectacular! Play as Cheese-Man (left), a struggling stand-up comedian, as you try to rise in the world of comedy. Encounter a cast of odd characters in your struggle to be #1, such as Donny Gustaphalo (right). The game will consist of levels, with each level being a new comedy club. You will be presented with a number of options when on stage, all pertaining to the kind of joke you tell. You will have to play to the type of audience you have, with different types of people liking different types of jokes. Your score will also be affected by the things you purchase, such as outfits and equipment. The game has multiple endings, and is centered around a key moral choice that you will have to struggle with for the duration of the game. Right now, I'm looking at each playthrough being around 20 minutes. My goal is to be done with it by December 17 of this year. Honestly, it's nice having a deadline, and 18 weeks seems reasonable I guess.

and now the new demo is up! Wow! https://josh-bossie.itch.io/village-monsters#download (Available on Windows, Mac and Linux) It's free and available to everyone, so why not try it out, eh? I've had really tremendous response to this demo compared to the last one I put out in January. Gives me a great deal of hope that maybe this whole thing will work out after all

Episode 2 is up Youtube Video

Automata stream #10 posted. Next Stream (#11) Saturday August 10, 2019 9pm-11:30pm Eastern Standard Time

thanks Zayler, sometimes ill paint them in pixel art. I work in simulations as a 3d artist and have been doing 3d modeling for a while now. I actually made that playable too. It was just the most memorizing dream. I use to dream a lot about aliens but recently Ive been dreaming about life after death, which maybe sad. Had this one dream where it was like 4 rows of wooden boxes all lines up and ontop of eachother. We all had our heads inside of them and they were about to chop us down with the blade and then it happened. Next thing I know im in space and I can see those people next to me. Not sure where we were going. Anyway ill post some pixel art here as well.

The first batch was buried in some sawdust, and we started a bonfire over the top of it. Surprisingly most of it survived.

Hey man, that drawing is awesome. Did you do the poses/composition yourself or are you referencing something? Either way, it looks really professional. Confident lines, confident shading. I'm sure your racing game friends would appreciate your art to be honest.

I loved all the different cups for the drinks, that slime cup! And I scrolled through this a bit yesterday and the Weekly Hunter's Feast looks crazy, reminds me of WoW feasts too. Looking at this again now, I'm realizing how much time this would've taken to make, awesome job.

I never had a clue this thread existed. The Tony Hawk series has changed my life. Biggest impact any media has had on my life. Period. I've see so many of the bands, rappers, and rap groups listed above live in concert. I own multiple vinyl albums from some of these groups, I own tons of classic skate videos with some of this music in them, I have the best memories of my life skateboarding with friends because of this series (and playing it at night at sleepovers). Underground is my favourite for a few reasons but if we keep it soundtrack, it matched the "underground" theme of the game. A lot of the music in here was fresh in 2003. I come to think of Cannibal Ox's "Iron Galaxy" off their now classic album "The Cold Vein". That was when NYC hip hop went three directions: The classic boom bap sound, the new Swizz style beats of DMX/hype anthems like Dipset/gangsta rap like 50 Cent. Then there was this underground lane of like esoteric hardcore storytelling mixed with thick textured production. That was Cannibal Ox with El-P and that whole Def Jux movement. It was underground but had a PUNCH. Then over on the west coast, dudes like Del the Funky Homosapien were reinventing themselves with concept albums in Deltron 3030. Both groups had songs in this game. Underground was like a mainstream product that lifted up a vibrant underground music scene from the time. I don't think I was into underground hip hop and certainly never listened to hardcore punk until 2003 when this game came out. I was only like 8 years old after all. Up to then I was really into 50 Cent, and Green Day on the rock side of things, Sabbath on the metal side. The rest is history.

@oscillator Cubivore was just so outrageous that I had to buy it upon launch (glad I did too considering the damn price it fetches these days). I finally completed the game last year only to discover that in order to get the good ending, you need to mutate into 100 different varieties! So not I gotta do a New Game + to try and turn into the remaining 30 or so while redoing the storyline in order to try and get the true ending. Such a bizarre game.

I appreciate the Thanks and kind words. It's a delight for me to be the one making this, I super appreciate all the support. :) Warms my sweet little heart.

On my way to work so can't really listen but you have a Commander Keen avatar so I'll assume it's quality shit.

thanks for the support. it means a lot to me to just have people read this and reply. I'm definitely trying to get control of things, trying to reach out to local churches to see if they can offer any help as I've read sometimes they do. I'm far from religious though so it feels kind of disingenuous, but trying anything I can at this point. tried applying to a few places for a personal loan but unfortunately my credit isn't good enough for something like that. as of today, mentally I'm just pretty numb. literally sat on my couch for a few hours staring at my tv (which was off). I'm sure things will get worse as more days pass without a resolution, but I'm trying to keep myself from thinking about that too much. just a terrible situation, I wouldn't wish this on anyone. was told yesterday to check about my social security number as well so it seems like this is more widespread than I thought.

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