Neofeud 2

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A coup d'etat against the posthuman, immortal Neofeudal Royalty has resulted in a tentative return to a long-forgotten world of "Democratic Republics", "Equality, Liberty, Fraternity", and "Rule of Law".

But the ultrarich do not go quietly as workplaces are co-operatized, fighting the redistribution of their quadrillions, even with the threat of the guillotine. Riots, shootings are on the rise as inter-species tensions increase between humans and the humanoid machines, transgenics, non-corporeals entering their communities.

An ex-con robot from the slumsprawl ghetto and the radical socialist daughter of a billionaire wind up unwilling partners in the Coastlandia Police Department. Called in to investigate a routine self-flying aircar crash, they uncover a spiraling conspiracy involving far-right "Humanity First" groups, sentient machine neo-revolutionaries, and diehard remnants of hypercapitalistic Monarchies that will shake the social and cosmological fabric of the universe(s)...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U8He6tjqoo&feature=youtu.be








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Cassiebsg

WwooooW :) New game already!  (nod)

Looking gorgeous!
Good luck with the project!  :-D
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

Blondbraid

Oh, how exciting it looks!!!  ;-D

And I'm still waiting for Neofeud to pass Steam Greenlight.  :(


SilverSpook

@Blondbraid: Thanks!  And yes, I'm still waiting for Neofeud to pass Steam Greenlight also! >_<

@Cassie: Thanks!  Yes, I can't stop making games!  It is a demonic possession! :)

Mandle

Looking quite breathtaking! You're on a roll!

CrashPL

You're on fire, man! Looks great so far, keep it up! :D

Will it have some connections to Neofeud, other than the setting (characters, events etc.)? :)

alphadalekben

That certainly was quick.

Again, from what I saw of the early version of Neofeud, I have a lot of faith that this'll be amazing.

Just thought I'd let you know that, if you ever want me to give any help (whether that be giving feedback or outsourcing any of the script to me), feel free to give me a shout.

Also, do you want me to promote Forgotten City through my social media outlets as well, like I did with Neofeud?

Ibispi

Looks great, SilverSpook. Keep up the good work.

SilverSpook

Thanks guys for the kind feedback!

@CrashPL: We're currently in the concept phase but it looks like it might be connected to the world of Neofeud. :)   Haven't quite nailed the concept down yet though.

SilverSpook

I'll be livestreaming development of Forgotten City tomorrow at 3 PM EST if anyone wants to tune in. :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur/live

Cassiebsg

Sounds great and hope you put it online later.  (nod)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook



Today's art progress on the adventure game successor to Neofeud! Things just got a whole lot more H.R. Giger-esque.   I wasn't really feeling this city scene, until my subconscious vomited up that somewhat Alien Covenant-like spacecraft / advanced alien building sitting way in the back there.  I call it, "The Anomaly", for now.  :)

@Cassie: Thanks!  As requested, here is the livestream of working on this.


SilverSpook



I think the only background that's ever taken me longer was The Neofeud Sky Palace.

Worth it, though, I think!

Slasher


Cassiebsg

There are those who believe that life here began out there...

Blondbraid

Wow, that's impressive! And all the details, I can see how much time and effort went into this!


CaptainD

Wow that's fantastic!  So much going in on this scene.
 

Tycho Magnetic Anomaly

holy cow, so this is what your up to? ;)  keep discovering little gems about this forum

Man, cant wait for this, its like a mix of bladerunner, constantine, starwars, terminator and much more..  so many ingredients here that I love.

Whats your time frame on this one?

Love the city image there, you have really gone above and beyond with the finer detailing and shading, in particular the left half of the image.
This must have taken a while and as I just saw you mention in another thread I can understand this level of detailing taking a week or more.

Super well done, I will continue to keep an eye on this.

SilverSpook

Thanks everyone for your support and kind feedback!

@Tycho: It took about a week to get this entire thing done.  The way I design, I kind of do concept art + the game art simultaneously, so part of the process here was just figuring out what the game itself was going to look like, before going into the, "churning out the art" phase.  This scene in particular is the biggest scenes, and so I wanted to really nail it, to identify the look, the feel, and to light the player's interest to keep on going with this game.

You're absolutely right about the Bladerunner, Terminator, Star Wars, and other influences.  If you haven't yet already, I would check out Neofeud, which has all of those influences, and more (it's almost a love letter to Terminator and Bladerunner). ;)  http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=54627.0

SilverSpook

I will be live-streaming work on this game tomorrow, 3PM Eastern Time!  Come hang out!

http://youtube.com/twiliteminotaur/live

SilverSpook



Today's progress -- spaceports and webcam-face scout robots!

You can see me livestreaming painting this over here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVrNKCanIPo

SilverSpook

I'll be live-showing and live-telling tomorrow at 9PM EST as I livestream work on "Forgotten City", the Silver Spook Games MAGS June entry.  ;)

Link to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur/videos

Here's a sneak peek for now though:



This is just the tip of the post-apocalyptic sunset-tastic iceberg, comrades.  Just the tip!  ;)

Blondbraid

That is a gorgeous sunset! 8-)


SilverSpook

#23
Thanks Blondbraid!

The latest and greatest of sunset-pocalypse!  Now with 200% more decimated space port, spacecraft and broken unobtanium-pipelines spewing radioactive green goo!




SilverSpook

You can see the livestream of me working on this MAGS June entry here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a19EZFU52og

SilverSpook

Being a small goth chick in the robopocalypse, with homicidal death machines everywhere, it goes without saying, you're going to have to do a lot of running. :)


Blondbraid

Looks cool, the trenchcoat really gives off Matrix-vibes!


SilverSpook

Haha, thanks Blondbraid.  I do love the Matrix, if it hasn't been obvious! :) 

(Crosspost from MAGS)

Here's a better illustration of why young cyberpunk girls definitely should not skip cardio day in event of Amazon buying out the US Military.  You won't have time to figure out that that Prime Drone that's flying your pumpkin spice latte to your house that you bought with Universal Basic Income?  It's actually there to vivisect you to steal your organs for use by richer old people Amazon-ordering kidneys and blood transfusions from young people to achieve immortality.



Forgotten City

"We Want Your Organs And Bodily Fluids.  All of them."

SilverSpook



"My vision is augmented."

Planning some (hopefully) really fun game dynamics with this, one of several of the main character's augmentations.  Along with a brand-spanking new stealth system that (hopefully) won't implode your computer and the presently instantiated universe with the convoluted programming needed to get a stealth system to work in AGS.  Also, she will of course have the ability to run, run, run like she's being chased by killer DARPA-bots, or like there's a Depeche Mode sale at Hot Topic.

alphadalekben

This is looking absolutely fab so far, fella.

I realise that this will be quite a way away yet (and I'm not even 100% that this is possible), but are you thinking of doing a bundle with both Neofeud and Forgotten City at a slightly reduced price, or something along those lines?

I hope you don't mind me throwing in my two cents.

SilverSpook

Thanks, mate!

I think one day a bundle sale with Neofeud and Forgotten City is in the cards, but I'd need a non-demo version of Forgotten City to sell.  If I make Forgotten City the same length as Neofeud, then it's not going to be finished for some time (months, possibly a year+). I know there's a big summer sale going on now, so maybe next summer. :)

Thanks for the input!

Blondbraid

The heat-vision looks cool! :)


SilverSpook

Thanks man!  I just realized it's essentially going to double all my work, but one suffer's for one's coolness, as they say! :)



"Survivor Punk-Wonderwoman resists the darkness of the patriarchy!  ...Oh shit, less conductance, more RESISTANCE!!!"

selmiak

try recording an action in Photoshop for the heat vision recolor and apply that to every thing that needs it. Or maybe a hue/saturation adjustment layer over everything that needs it helps. maybe.

Cassiebsg

Nice and smooth :)
Love watching your progress.
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Thanks for the tip selmiak, and thanks for the feedback, Cassie!  Just one more day till the demo comes out! (July 2)

Latest and greatest here for ya.





"Citizen, you are t---t--tt-t-trespassing on private property. I am r-r-r-required by law to neutralize you with non-lethal force."

dactylopus

That force looks lethal enough to me.  Unless those are rubber bullets...

SilverSpook

Yeah, the next line is, "Jesus! That anti-aircraft gun is your idea of 'non-lethal force'!?"

SilverSpook

I don't have energy to social mediate this thing right now, just spent the last 36 hours cramming as much as I possibly could into it, along with Mrs. Silver Spook who soldiered through the voice acting with much chocolate.

But here you go, AGSers:


The Forgotten City Demo!



Creamy

I've finished the MAGS demo.
It looks great but feels incomplete gameplay and story-wise. I love what I saw though. It's a glimpse of something bigger and truly fascinating. It gave me one more reason to play Neofeud so I finally bought it :P
 

SilverSpook

Hey Creamy, thanks for playing Forgotten City!

Yes, the story itself definitely is nowhere near complete as I intended this to be a full game in the future, hopefully around the same length as Neofeud (10+ hours).

Since we had a month (slightly more for this competition) I spent a lot of time just trying to get a small piece of the game working and looking right, especially the infrared vision mode and stealth mechanics.  So a lot of the gameplay isn't there, especially after the first two areas.  There will be much more to the gameplay in the future if this becomes a full game.

Also, thanks a ton for buying Neofeud!  I do mean it when I say that buying Neofeud helps to get Forgotten City done, because right now the finances are not going to pan out for me to finish Forgotten City.  So thanks for that!

SilverSpook

I will be doing live gamedev on this tomorrow, and in addition, I will be looking for a new title! "Forgotten City" was, as mentioned, always the working title, and so I am taking suggestions for the new name. :) 



alphadalekben

Before anyone else makes the joke - Neofeud 2: Electric Boogaloo.

On a more serious note, I'd think about some sort of thematic portmanteau (like what you did with 'Neofeud') or a title along the lines of 'The Runner' in keeping with the main character's role. Hell, you could even do both in a 'Title - Subtitle' format, like 'Neofeuder - The Runner'.

Hopefully, that makes some sort of sense.

dactylopus

I enjoyed that video.  Love the music.  Looks like the game is coming along nicely.

SilverSpook

@alphadalekben: Haha!  Yes, a portmanteau or made up word that's suggestive / evocative would work here.

@dactylopus: Thanks!  I'm glad you liked it. 

SilverSpook

#46


The drone mothership.  (WIP)

AKA, an artist's rendering of Amazon taking over the world.

EDIT: Here's the livestream of making this background.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVPBVDF0_fg&t=1848s

Tycho Magnetic Anomaly

Extremely impressed with this entry, although it was quite short. The time gone into its graphics and general presentation amaze me. I love the attention to details on the various animation sequences, the backdrops where awe inspiring.
Just the whole atmosphere was spot one and that surreal/grungy sound track playing in the background really added a cherry on top.
I love how you explored a variety of interesting mechanics from body parts system up to infra red viewing mode.
I was surprised to see most of it was voice acted too, however I thought one of the characters accent/culture of language was a bit over done in a stereotypical way
All in all a fine experience set in a believable world and if this demo is anything to go on I will most surely give the full game a solid play through. I just wish has been a bit of a longer experience.

And really amazing work getting this to such a state in so little time. Well done

SilverSpook

Thanks Tycho for the kind feedback!

Yes, I certainly wish there could've been more of this game for the competition.  Rest assured, if there is support for the game (and it seems like a lot of folks want it to happen), then there will be much more where this demo/prototype came from! :D

SilverSpook

Quick question: what do you guys think about these potential names.

Kernel Failure. Kernelclasm. Oblitera. Annihila.

I'm leaning toward the first one myself.

alphadalekben

Whilst I'm leaning towards the first one myself as well, it depends on what exactly you'd want from the title.

If you want something closer to 'Neofeud' as a title, I'd suggest the last two or another variation of.

The only one that I'm really not keen on 'Kernelclasm' as that sounds too much like a portmanteau without sounding like a real word.

You could possibly even have some sort of Latin or faux-Latin translation of the first one (as 'Neofeud' has that kind of feel to me), which is 'Kernel Defectum' in Latin.

Hopefully, all this rambling has been useful to you.

Pilchard

I've just played the demo, well done! Noria's augmentations and the stealth aspect of the game are nicely implemented, and promise to make for lots of interesting adventuring possibilities in the eventual full-length game. There was some heavy world-building in the dialogue and descriptions, but a demo needs to hook the audience in, and you've managed to establish an intriguing setting effectively across just a few rooms.

I'll follow this with interest, and expect lots more screenshots of majestic sunsets populated by terrifying spacecraft. :)

SilverSpook

Thanks very much, alphadalekben, for the feedback and suggestions.

And thanks Pilchard for yours. :)  There'll be more more terrifying machines, although I can't promise the sun will be up. ;)

selmiak

#53


Longplay'd!
this is really fun. I wouldn't mind having 3-5 hiding spots for the stealth scene and/or some variety to it like corners or so.
Also I want to find out what happens to noria when she powers up lots of things with her aug but then runs out of power before powering up the final thing ;)

edit:
@SS:
In you last devstream you always read the lines that are later voice acted in the demo I just played. Do you stream how you work on the lines for the walker killerbot somewhere?

SilverSpook

Wow, thanks a ton for doing that great playthrough, Selmiak!  Awesome intro, btw.

RE Stealth: Thanks for the feedback. I'm planning to rework a lot of how the stealth stuff works, do the Goldilocks thing (not to hard not to easy).  I kind of just had enough time to get that little bit out there and functioning in the game with virtually no testing, so yeah.

A big aspect of the game plan this point is to make having power and running out of power be a big issue, for sure. Having all the augs functioning all the time would make her kinda be able to Supergirl her way through many potential puzzles, negating the pnc adventuring. So yes, her running out of 'battery bars' on her technomagic is definitely going to be a thing.

RE Lines for the killer walker bot: I didn't actually stream working on the walker's dialog anywhere, no.  My writing process can be a bit slow so I don't usually do that live. Although I might throw some placeholder lines into AGS in a pinch, or go over some stuff I've already written to show how it goes from an MS Word or Google Doc to code.

selmiak

All these plans make a great game for sho!
but I mean I'm very interested in how you work on the audioediting for the walker, all these FX on the voice, not the writing of the lines ;)

SilverSpook

#56
Ah, I see. ;) Well I can tell you that I put the voice through a vocoder, a bunch of chorus, and then chop it up / stretch it in Ableton Live to get that malfunctioning robot version.  You could also do it in Audition, Audacity, or I don't know what else audio editing tools are out nowadays.

EDIT: The name has now officially changed to "Dysmaton"!  Plus, the latest progress.



"The Kernel".

Blondbraid

Cool artwork, as always!
And the title change is nice, it's good for games to have unusual words in the title if people google them.


Cassiebsg

That's a lot of drones. 8-0
Nice with the title. (nod)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Thankd Blondbraid and Cassie. :)

Yes, I have a list of literally around 200 potential titles.  A lot of the potential titles are likely to become place / character / object / organization names in the game though, so it's not dozens of hours wasted. :)

dactylopus

Not a bad title at all.  For some reason I keep wanting to insert an "R" into it, Dysmatron.  Still, I like it.  It's original.

SilverSpook

Yeah, I had about 200 name ideas, but I've settled on this for a few reasons.  "Dysmaton" is an utterly non-existent (not even in any other languge) word, it's short, it suggests dystopia / dysfunction, stuff going generally wrong or brokenness. And machines (automaton) being the root cause. Or alternatively, Dysma-ton 'the place of dismalness' (like Charleston, Kingston, Brighton).

Here's the updated title:


alphadalekben

I like the new title. I was interested to see if / how you might have the portmanteau method, a la 'Neofeud'.

You've sort of answered this already, but are you using 'Forgotten City' in any way?

SilverSpook

#63
@alphadalekben: I'm not currently using "Forgotten City" right now, no.  I am listing Dysmaton on itch.io, the Silver Spook Games site, etc. as "Dysmaton - Formerly 'Forgotten City'" so that people who saw or played FC will know that Dysmaton is the same thing.  I suppose there might be a subtitle later if it makes sense.


SilverSpook

#64


Latest progress on Dysmaton!  I call it, "Crashed and burnt."

Bonus: be the first to find and name all the Easter Eggs in the pic and get a shout out on the Dysmaton site. ;)

selmiak

there is some giger imagery on on screen and a neufeud title screen, a green colored number matrix like the matrix, and some funny joysticks that are computer controllers, not spaceship controllers...

SilverSpook

Quote from: selmiak on Sun 23/07/2017 07:27:03
there is some giger imagery on on screen and a neufeud title screen, a green colored number matrix like the matrix, and some funny joysticks that are computer controllers, not spaceship controllers...

Very good eye, sir! Almost got'em all- but not quite! :D

Blondbraid

Quote from: SilverSpook on Sun 23/07/2017 07:48:40
Quote from: selmiak on Sun 23/07/2017 07:27:03
there is some giger imagery on on screen and a neufeud title screen, a green colored number matrix like the matrix, and some funny joysticks that are computer controllers, not spaceship controllers...

Very good eye, sir! Almost got'em all- but not quite! :D
I spotted a Neofeud Easter egg too! :)


horusr

Is there a stick dog plays with a stick man sitting on floor?

SilverSpook

@BlondBraid: ;)

@Horusr: Hm, I'm not sure what that is... Thanks for playing, though!

horusr


selmiak

Quote from: selmiak on Sun 23/07/2017 07:27:03
there is some giger imagery on on screen

and a firefly title screen above it. No idea what is above the neofeud titlescreen though. the middle filebrowser folder structure is from some telnet bbs or so?
and you just mirrored the blue screen on the top row ;)

SilverSpook

@Horusr: Ah, I see. :)

@Selmiak: Yep!  The one above the Neofeud screen is one.  I'm sure someone on the AGS board would know it. ;)  And once you figure that one out, there's one other Easter Egg.

Hobo

Quote from: SilverSpook on Sun 23/07/2017 20:45:17
The one above the Neofeud screen is one.  I'm sure someone on the AGS board would know it.
I'm 100% sure that Cassiebsg knows what it is, unless she has trouble reimagining it.

It's a great backround, so much detail, so many things to discover.

Cassiebsg

I do have trouble reimagining it, yes... but yes, I thought it looked like the neothingy.... (roll)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

Stupot

#75
Either I have a dirty mind or that is a cock 'n' balls beneath the Firefly screen.

[edit]Yep. Dirty mind. I've just realised that's the Giger image Selmiak mentioned :-:

SilverSpook

@Hobo: Thanks! Took a while to work, and not quite finished yet. :)

Hm, there's still technically two Easter Eggs missing. You guys can do it, I believe in you! :D

Stupot


Tycho Magnetic Anomaly

Wow Silverspook,  this project is getting more and more tempting. The last background you posted (Control/Cockpit) is really sweet, so much details for the eye to catch. Atmosphere and mood spot on as I would expect from you.
Keep it up!

SilverSpook

#79
Thanks Tycho. ;)

Alright, since it seems it's a bit trickier than I first thought, here's the full-resolution version of this scene.  In addition to getting a kudos on the Dysmaton site, if you get all the Easter Eggs, I'll give you a copy of the Neofeud Short Story Collection. ;)

EDIT oops!  Forgot the full res image.  Here it is: http://i.imgur.com/iuTKXtq.jpg

alphadalekben

The 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' was some sort of anti-piracy measure in the arcades back in the 1980s, right?

SilverSpook

It was from the 1980's, but "Winners Don't Use Drugs" wasn't about stopping piracy, but drugs. :)

Stupot


SilverSpook



Just so everyone knows what's going on: the first to find and name all the Easter Eggs in the pic above gets a shout out on the Dysmaton site, plus a copy of the Neofeud Short Story Collection. ;)

And here's a higher res pic: http://i.imgur.com/iuTKXtq.jpg

I think there's just one more Easter Egg to find!

horusr

#84
Is this ship uses windows 10 or 8? And the image above Neofeud is Battlestar Galactica?
http://i.imgur.com/bZ1S24d.png

yes windows 10
http://mexgeekeando.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/windows-10-start-button.png

edit by darth - non-game production related images changed to links
edit by horusr - opps sorry

SilverSpook

Alright, I think horusr has won the secret thingy hunt! :D

Thanks everyone for playing, you all did a great job. Now I can finally stop procrastinating development! (Damnit!)

horusr

Thanks to everybody whofound things I can't find... Thanks to bill gates for windows 10 and of course SilverSpook for giving away a copy of Neofeud game(just forcing my luck).
https://cdntr2.img.sputniknews.com/images/102118/18/1021181873.jpg

SilverSpook

I love Leo gifs! XD 

Anyway, here you guy, horusr, you're on the Dysmaton site!

SilverSpook

Hey AGSers!  If anyone would like to talk about one of their adventure games (a sci-fi / cyberpunk game would be cool, but not necessary!) and/or their art, gamedev process, etc. with Silver Spook in a podcast / video in the near future, please let me know! (post here or message, etc!)  I want to help spread the word about your game, AGS generally, and talk to some cool people (you are all super cool, so don't worry about that!)  I'm hoping to do this sometime this week, although the time is not nailed down.  Let me know!

SilverSpook

#89
"Coworking"



"I'm sorry. Your cinnamon chai latte delivery could not be completed. We will require additional information to verify your account."

In other news, don't hold me to this, but it looks like I'll be having a chat with AGS veteran and adventure game maker extraordinaire, Fitz next weekend!  Stay tuned!

SilverSpook

#90
Hilarious playthrough of Dysmaton by a Youtuber called "Clown Nebula".  It sounds great with an Italian playing it!  Bravissimo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxHYDRcHXqg

EDIT: Accidentally posted the trailer, here's the right video!

selmiak

you embedded the trailer, not the italian vid.

SilverSpook

Woohoo! Dysmaton is big in German, or possibly despised- I'm not sure cause I can't read it! 

QuoteSilver Spook Games, die Entwickler von 'Neofeud' arbeiten an einem neuen SciFi-Adventure: 'Dysmaton'. Darin kämpfen wir mit der jungen Ingenieurin Noria auf einer Raumkolonie ums Überleben, nachdem die Maschinen die Kontrolle übernommen haben. An diesem verhängnisvollen Tag hat Noria alles verloren und ist seither auf der Flucht vor den feindseligen Robotern. Auf der offiziellen Homepage kann bereits eine Demo des Spiels heruntergeladen werden. Dort findet Ihr auch einen Link zu Patreon, über den die Entwickler um Unterstützung bitten.

http://www.adventurecorner.de/news/7049/wochenecho-nr-407

Click'd

#93
It's a neutral description of the plot. Then they tell the readers where to get the demo, and that you have a Patreon.

Then again, EVERY adventure game is big in Germany. It's our thing, kinda.


Fitz

Confirmed. It says:

QuoteSilver Spook Games, the developers of 'Neofeud'. are working on a new sci-fi adventure game: 'Dysmaton'. In it, as a young engineer by the name of Noria you fight for survival in a space colony after machines took over. On this fateful day Noria lost everything and has since been on the run from the hostile robots. On the game's official website you can already download a demo of the game. You'll also find a Patreon link there, through which the developers are asking for support.

Nixxon

Jesus dude, these screenshots are enthralling. Such a unique and impactful style.

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-GrPo5yVvQ

Today's work on Neofeud + Dysmaton!  (The sketching of some future Dysmaton assets happens towards the end)

SilverSpook

#98
After seemingly infinite days of marketing / coding / suit brain, I've finally gotten to doing something actually creative! 

Here's a little backstory snippet, some world / character building for Dysmaton.  (Don't worry, no spoilers!)


    Micro-homesteading on the edge of the Floodlands, Wolf wasn't in the best of spots. Auto-trucks, autoplanes, there weren't shit-all left to do. Some deep-seated sense of libertarianism, installed by his Alex-Jones-loving lunatic of a father wouldn't allow himself to kick his last-season lumberjack-hipster boots up and collect UBI. "Drip-fed existence was another slower death. Once we're all lobotomized by their media, games, drugs, then the next step is the Fema Camps. Like herding cattle, mark my words."

   Wolf had been some kind of hot shit on the game circuit, before game development itself was automated and schools and universities were a cross between a social media flamewar and an MMORPG where your 'grades' were 'in-game achievements'. Subscribers in the five-figures, almost scraping by on pop-tart ad revenue and unbox-whoring the latest triple-A game. Last one he did was, "Democracy!" - a roguelike politics-sim where you played a citizen of your own country, and got to rage online over which candidate was more asinine, fascist, or in cahoots with evil countries. The results of "Democracy!" counted as actual votes, as voter turnout both to physical booths and mail-in had plummeted to less than 5%.

   "A Games Journalist", if there ever was a definition of a non-job, nine-to-ten odds you could find that in urban dictionary. A fan of the 'antediluvian' (pre-2000) classics, Wolf had worked the beat on Atari, went to every Apple II Lovers convention, had met and took gratuitous selfies with the very first zx-81 programmer. Then enter robo-journalism, and bye-bye mortgage qualification and adult-ish independent existence.

   Sitting in the boarded-up recesses of a mall that piped in a noxious mixture of stale Kalvin Klein scent, CNN, and fifty-year-old Michael Jackson tunes.  Nearly abandoned, save a few 70-year-olds with alzheimers and countless grandchildren, abandoned by their millennial parents for more globe-trotting and "career-dabbling".

   A Glamagle drone found him, even with his phone off, and GPS disabled. Wolf glanced at the octo-copter's glaring eye, the camera phones of an Asian tourist taking selfies with a Trump statue, and Wolf in the frame.

   I better not decide to go back into actual investigative journalism, or I'll be assassinated in seconds.

   He shouldered his way past a rack of "Russian Hacker" t-shirts in an empty Hot Topic and headed for the exit.

SilverSpook

I'll be livestreaming work on Dysmaton Saturday, 3 PM EST! Come hang out! https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur/live

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dujd3UyRDE

In this episode, I try to do some work on Dysmaton but get utterly decimated by driver SNAFUs and Windows 10 system overhauls! :D


SilverSpook

I'll be live again tomorrow around 4 PM EST!  Here's last week's live stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vczTVdo_3hQ&t=253s

SilverSpook

"Domestic Tranquility"



Dysmaton just got a whole lot more dismal. :)

SilverSpook

Here's the latest stream where I'm working on this piece, as well as talking indie game business, asset flips, why buying 10 monstertrucks, two houses and three yachts is stupid and you should instead spend it on funding more indie game projects, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOu-jBap1pc&t=5693s

SilverSpook

Almost but not quite done with this scene here:


Blondbraid



Cassiebsg

Weir feeling I'm getting from this... "motherly sweet" and "horror creepy".... 8-0
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

selmiak

this cyborg looks ace but I can't stand the fuzzy borders in your paintings, like on the left side of that chair in the foreground (bottom right). Man, just block in one color on one layer in PS, Ctrl+leftklick that layer and fill in color in that selection on another layer and in the end merge them down to one complete 'object chair' layer.

SilverSpook

@Blondbraid & Cassie: Haha, yes that's pretty much what I was going for here.

@Selmiak: Yeah, but then again, it is supposed to be work-in-progress! :) But yeah I gotta go back and handle that later.

SilverSpook

Finally got these damn artificially gestating fetuses done! Took so long I almost threw the baby out with the bathwater! :D



SilverSpook



Dysmaton version of someone's fancy office!  (Work in progress)

selmiak

cool and shiny! That tentacle ship is impresive, will it move across the background in game? Will we be able to walk over or run over that halfring in the background (on the left) sometime in the game? Would be cool, also some purpose for it would also be cool, just some occasional mention in dialoges here and there :)

Hobo

Quote from: selmiak on Sun 08/10/2017 10:45:38
Will we be able to walk over or run over that halfring in the background (on the left) sometime in the game?
Yes, don't tease us with awesome locations, when we can't actually visit them :)
Great work with colors on that last pic, that skyline looks exquisite.

Blondbraid

The last image with the sunset is just lovely, it truly looks fantastic! 8-)


Gurok

Quote from: Hobo on Sun 08/10/2017 17:03:37
Quote from: selmiak on Sun 08/10/2017 10:45:38
Will we be able to walk over or run over that halfring in the background (on the left) sometime in the game?
Yes, don't tease us with awesome locations, when we can't actually visit them :)

Yes, all locations should be visitable at all times! :P

I love this beautiful, cloudy sunset. Very nice colours and some nice silhouettes in the skyline.

I watched a bit of your previous stream. I agree about the value of watching playthroughs. Unfortunately, they're hard to come by. I am probably not the only one who recognise that the AGS community has a shortage of players who do this. I thank the people who do regular playthroughs -- in the past, Bulbapuck and currently, I believe, selmiak. I also think we should do more to encourage it.
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SilverSpook

Thanks guys for the feedback! I am experimenting with more paint-mixing / more impressionistic approaches to the art to make things more interesting. Someone has made a Braid comparison, and being a huge fan of the art there, that's a big complement.

@Selmiak: I haven't quite yet decided what I'm going to do with that tentacle ship, although your suggestion sounds like a good idea!

@Selmiak/Hobo/Gurok: I hadn't really thought about being able to walk on that arch thing, but now that you mention it, that is also a good plan! I'll have to concoct a bit of plot that makes it make sense for the player character to get up there.

selmiak

yeah, it looks cool, but  moving it across the background (or more than one somehow similar ships for that) will give some life and total scifi feel to it. In case you have it on a separate layer send me the png with transparent bg and I could try to animate some tangling tentacles to the ship :)

about that arch: running over it while fleeing from someone or rather something (more armed bots!!!) could be fun. I imagine Noria running to one side on a bit curved structure (the arch in close up) that moves under her feet while she stays in the center of the view and something is behind her and the arch crubles to dust everywhere she set foot on already while only the background turns to indicate the roundness of the arch. Noria's magnet boots can handle this...
Of course she could always jump off that structure and grab on to one of these tentacles from the tentacle ships to escape whatever follows her.
So yeah, thanks for sharing this cool background, it is really inspiring :)

alphadalekben

In response to the playthrough thought, I'm sure my aforementioned friend at DMG will be do a few bits, if you send anything his way.

I also noticed something about typos in the Steam patch for Neofeud. I would be more than happy to try and squash any typos in the 'Dysmation' script at Christmas, Easter and the summer (seeing as that's when I'm 'free' during the degree), should you want a second eye or something.

SilverSpook

#119
@selmiak: Thanks for those suggestions. I had a thought kind of like that, sort oflike those old 80's / 90's racing games, where you have just a few repeated objects (or in this case the sides of the arch thing) to indicate movement.  The main character already has a running animation so it's not so far feteched. :)



@alphadalekben: Yes, it would be great if your DMG friend could do some play of the game at some point. I don't yet have the Dysmaton story finished up but I will consider your offer when I'm closer to that point!

EDIT: I am going to be livestreaming work on Dysmaton on Sunday 4 PM EST instead of the usual Saturday if anyone was thinking of stopping in!

selmiak

yeah, I like the demo with noria proceeding fast through the rooms with quick actionpacked gameplay while still solving puzzles here and there :)

SilverSpook

The action sequences take the most time to implement in AGS but I do want to have at least a few to vary the experience a bit. :)

Also, I'll be livestreaming again this Saturday at 4 PM EDT (Eastern Time) if anyone wants to see more of Dysmaton being made, and possibly help with the making itself! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahMMDKx858M&t=322s

SilverSpook


I call this one, "Sun Goddess".  It took me a loooooong time to sort this out, about two weeks in all, but I think I've finally nailed what I was envisioning. Yes, there is some definite Blade Runner 2049 influence in there as I had seen the movie twice during the course of working on this. And the scene is definitely suppose to exude that Tyrell/Wallace "timeless, near-godly grandeur".

I'm going to look into animating the reflections in that pool of water there.  If I can get Roger Deakins or Ridley Scott to help me with the gold-aquatic lighting, it would also be much appreciated, lol.

Cassiebsg

Wow!
Looks stunning! I particularly love the painting on the left and the Egyptian statue! And good water effect there too! (nod)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

selmiak

WOW, this is beautiful. It is dark here already but I had to blink and blink to get used to the bright sunset. I can feel the warmth of the setting sun here.

SilverSpook

Thanks Cassie and Selmiak. :) 

@Selmiak: That's a good point. It is bright and warm in there!

@Cassie: She is a lover of the fine art. :)

CaptainD

This pic so makes me think of Rachael in the Tyrell Corp building from Bladerunner (not saying that as a bad thing at all, of course!) :-D

 

SilverSpook

Yeah, the Tyrell "Future Palace" vibe was definitely something I was trying to allude to, there. :)

In other news, while doing work on Dysmaton, I will be live, in costume, AS NEOFEUD CHARACTERS tomorrow, at 4 PM Eastern Time!

One of these two main guys that I voice. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3GX7kHRK-Q&t=6s

Be sure to subscribe!


Blondbraid

That latest screenshot looks gorgeous, great Bladerunner homage!
Anyway, I saw a pretty funny video on cyberpunk and wanted to share it (Here's the link!). 8-)


SilverSpook

Thanks, Blondbraid! I have also just recently seen that video, and I'm glad that both Neofeud and Dysmaton seem to have dodged the biggest cyberpunk cliches (neither of the protagonists are detectives or hackers, for example!).  Also, having a group that actively fights for the rights of the marginalized people (sentients) is a theme in Neofeud, and I'm looking at working more of that sort of material into Dysmaton. :)

I do strongly believe that writers, game devs, film makers, etc. need to make cyberpunk *PUNK* again. But I guess it's the never-ending paradox of living in an actual cyberpunk society dominated by a corporate/political elite -- the cyberpunk reality itself "will never be televised" precisely because it is against the interests of the elite who run the corporations that fund, market, and distribute the books, games, movies. Public Enemy is still "fighting the power", but they will never be televised, because they aren't "fit for popular consumption" (could destabilize the elite-manufactured consensus reality). So we only get gangsta rap trash that glorifies consumerism, getting 'bling', pimping, boosting cars, etc..  Same thing on the punk end (mall-punk is just about getting drunk, having sex, break ups)

But there is always the indie scene, and that's always where real punks of all stripes will always be.

The (cyber)punk game revolution will not be AAA, bitches! It will not be lootboxed, Massively-Multiplayer, or featured on game sites!


SilverSpook

More Dysmaton work, plus, to get in the Halloween spirit, Silver Spook cosplays as a character from Neofeud!

(I have the video set to jump to the part where I enact a scene from Neofeud, in the voices I played for two of the main characters; Karl Carbon, and The Six Billion Dollar Baller. :) )

https://youtu.be/qltKyDFXx38?t=1h31m54s

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4ndfekZhg

In this episode, I implement some item interactions in Dysmaton, fix some walk-area/walk-behind issues, implement an infrared vision mode for a scene.

Silver Spook also discusses crunch-time, unpaid overtime, poor-mental/physical health norms plaguing the game industry (especially AAA), why they should be changed, and some ideas on how they could be changed.

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFJFtJjxs8s&t=25s

Silver Spook Live #27 - Neofeud II, Venezuelan Cyberpunks, AI-Generated Digital Heroin.

In this episode, I discuss some ideas that came up during my chat with Mark Yohalem writer of Primordia in the podcast this week, including the rapidly evolving nature of the game industry, the eerie rise of F2P, microtransactions, arena-style spectator-e-sports and the impact on adventure games and other narrative, single-player games, why VA-11 HALL-A Cyberpunk Bartender Action is possibly the most cyberpunk game based on its origins, and much more.

KyriakosCH

Well done!!! I admire the dedication it takes to finish a large and intricate game (I doubt I will ever be able to). Good luck with your games (nod)
This is the Way - A dark allegory. My Twitter!  My Youtube!

SilverSpook

Thanks Kyriakos! it is a lot of work for sure, but I'm glad that I've got at least one out there. :)

Well, here's a the latest work on a new and extra cyberpunkish character design:



And here's the livestream while working on her:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKvBhECPRP0

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7FGMqMvdU

†‹Today's stream! I lose my Wacom tablet drawing pen, talk weird Thanksgiving customs, and continue painting my cybergoth bartender chick. :)


SilverSpook

Doing some more work on Dysmaton, with guest appearance by Selmiak / Future Vintage Gaming!

Hydroponic bonsai trees of life and programming Tetris in Assembly language are explored in today's Silver Spook gamedev lesson. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y0C8wbidSA&t=1s

selmiak


SilverSpook

Mystery tree design!  Plus, "The Six Billion Dollar Baller vs. Karl Carbon is at-risk urban youth versus Mr. Miller in sci-fi clothing." I play Neofeud w/ developer commentary part 2!

A bit of work on Dysmaton and then I get into Neofeud about 1/2 way through. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFEOApoam5s

Blondbraid

I was really reminded of Neofeud when reading this article: https://www.themarysue.com/gym-bro-robot-kengoro/ :)
The robot even looks like some of the robots in Neofeud!


SilverSpook



"Death is the path to life." A little sneak peek. :)

Also, sorry Future Vintage Gaming / Selmiak, I was so sleepy and loopy this morning I couldn't get my head straight! Thanks for stopping in though, at any rate!

selmiak

that really nice! The left side of that tree trunk is a bit to straight for me, I'd make it more jagged like the right side, but these chrome trees are very well polished :D
But why sorry, everythings alright, any chance a dysmaton devstream happens anytime soon?  ;-D

Blondbraid



SilverSpook

@Blondbraid: Thanks! Took forever to paint but it has worked out I think. :)

@Selmiak: Yeah I will try to get to one of those next week! This time I did less devving and more playing. Haven't heard much feedback from people wanting to see more development which is why I kind of have been mixing it up.

Here's another late-night stream that I did when I had more of my mental faculties intact:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ze8W3LHymU

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYf5sRHPT0

In this episode, I respond to the "BALLISTIC MISSILE ALERT: SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY" warning I got in my phone this morning (I am Hawaiian from Hawaii). Also continue some work, and also talk a bit about the nature and scariness of releasing indie games in 2017/2018, especially a first commercial release.

Special guests Selmiak / Future Vintage Gaming and Funkpanzer / Definitely mortal (from AGS forums!)

SilverSpook

Just for Future Vintage Gaming / Selmiak (who didn't show up this week!!) I did some Dysmaton painting.

Find out what "The Illuminati Ice Cream" is all about! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25z7qjwo4O4

selmiak

#147
Oh noes, I missed the live painting. Will watch the replay :)

edit: Happy bday Silverspook, that illuminati icecream looks delicious  :-D

SilverSpook

†‹"Please come back, valued customer."

†‹

Currently working on animating this particular scene from Dysmaton. :)

If you'd like to support this one-person dev in completing this game, please consider picking up my first cyberpunk adventure, Neofeud. :D

Cassiebsg

Looking great as usual! (nod)
Just wish I knew what the h*ll is happening there. (laugh)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Thanks Cassie. :)  I can't really go into it now as it would definitely be spoilerific. Just use your imagination! :D

Here's the livestream where I go into more of some new developments regarding Dysmaton and Neofeud 2, including a major change! (Hidden by Cassie's request :3 )

Spoiler

TheFrighter


Okay SilverSpook, I'm not asking for spoilers but...

Spoiler


it's more a cyberpunk adventure or a steampunk one?

[close]

_

selmiak

u serious?
of course it's

Spoiler
historical fiction! ;)
[close]

Blondbraid

That army of swarming drones in the last gif looks terrifying! 8-0


SilverSpook

@TheFrighter: It has elements of both I would suppose, although more post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk perhaps.

@Selmiak: Lol

@Blondbraid: Thanks! :D

Neofeud Devstream #4 - Global Malfunctions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2VU1afJAA

SilverSpook

#155
Hey guys, for those who haven't heard yet, Neofeud 2 and Dysmaton are being merged into a single game. It is currently tentatively being titled "Neofeud 2".

Brand new synopsis below!



'A coup d'etat against the posthuman, immortal Neofeudal Royalty has resulted in a tentative return to a long-forgotten world of "Democratic Republics", "Equality, Liberty, Fraternity", and "Rule of Law".

But the ultrarich do not go quietly as thrones become town-halls and corporations are turned into worker-owned co-ops; the plutocrats fight the redistribution of their quadrillions, even with the threat of the guillotine. To make matters worse, riots, shootings are on the rise as inter-species tensions increase between humans and the humanoid machines, transgenics, non-corporeals entering their formerly mono-cultural communities.

An ex-con robot from the slumsprawl ghetto and the radical socialist daughter of a billionaire wind up unwilling partners in the Coastlandia Police Department. Called in to investigate a routine self-flying aircar crash, they uncover a spiraling conspiracy involving far-right "Humanity First" groups, sentient machine neo-revolutionaries, and diehard remnants of hypercapitalistic Monarchies that will shake the social and cosmological fabric of the universe(s)...'

SilverSpook

Been taking a short break from working on Neofeud 2, but for a good cause!

I just interviewed William Gibson. The future is unevenly distributed, but the author of Neuromancer et al. has graciously fenced some atemporal sci-fi-continuum to Silver Spook.



Podcast coming here: https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur


Fitz

Holy heck! Dude! In two posts you've reached a critical mass of awesomess that might trigger a singularity! 8-0

I'm going to miss Dysmaton, it was a cool title - but the merger will definitely make Neofeud 2 that more awesome.

And an interview with Gibson? How did that happen?!

SilverSpook

#158
Thanks Fitz. :)

Well, you know how I mentioned that I met my wife and William Gibson at the same time in the podcasts? It has to do with that. To be honest, I am kind of surprised that he found an interview with me to be worth his time, given that there are just a handful of video interviews with him out there, but to speculate on what makes me special would probably be a public act of narcissism on my part. Needless to say, I am honored.

To be honest, I think that Bill is just a very nice and chill guy. Probably helps that he likes weirdness, and I think I have a good amount of that. :)

Fitz

Look at how far you've gotten with your podcast! From chatting with the little ol' me to interviewing to your idol! In under 20 episodes! The big question now is: who do you interview NOW?! Hm... Rutger Hauer? Keanu Reeves? The digitized consciousness of Stephen Hawking?

SilverSpook

#160
Quote from: SilverSpook on Wed 09/05/2018 19:26:46
Been taking a short break from working on Neofeud 2, but for a good cause!

I just interviewed William Gibson. The future is unevenly distributed, but the author of Neuromancer et al. has graciously fenced some atemporal sci-fi-continuum to Silver Spook.



Podcast coming here: https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur

Quote from: FitzLook at how far you've gotten with your podcast! From chatting with the little ol' me to interviewing to your idol! In under 20 episodes! The big question now is: who do you interview NOW?! Hm... Rutger Hauer? Keanu Reeves? The digitized consciousness of Stephen Hawking?

I was joking with a friend of mine, "So now that you've interviewed William Gibson, how do you top that as cyberpunk podcasts go?"

I was like, "Maybe I could interview Keanu Reeves, and we do the entire interview both in Matrix-shades (I have my pinhole glasses version)."

He was like, "No man, even that is not as epic. You cannot get more legendary than the Gibson interview."

"Well, I guess I can interview God, or like, the digital H+ superintelligence post-singularity God-Machine, or the gestalt of Wintermute and Neuromancer."

"Yeah, sorry man. You've reached your peak."

:D

I am going to look into Keanu though. I actually do know someone who knows him, and we are both Hawaiian. :)

selmiak

wow, that's just awesome, can't wait for that interview :D

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUwFHsagN0

My William Gibson Interview, Living Near Active Volcano, And More! We now return to your regularly scheduled program :)

SilverSpook

Going to be streaming work on this tomorrow, 5/27 around 12 PM Pacific! Come say hi and hang out! :D

https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur


SilverSpook

Neofeud 2 work-in-progress. The green and blue is more evenly distributed... for a time. :D



I will be streaming tomorrow around 9 PM Pacific here: https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur

Stupot

I always thought Dysmaton was Neofeud 2.

Oh well, loving the new screens :-)

SilverSpook

Thanks Stupot! Yeah, they actually were distinct games at one point, but as of now they are the same game. It's better this way. :)

Here's the latest stream with a special shoutout for AGS's own Sick Chicken Studios upcoming epic p-n-c Guard Duty. Wishlist it now! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxAgYuMis0

Also an update on the volcano that's erupting a few miles from us (we are ok!), and a bunch on Neofeud 2, etc..

Cassiebsg

There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Thanks Cassie. :)  Here is another one!



Hand painting all of this for Neofeud 2 takes ages, but I'm always happy with the surreal/impressionistic effect. Trying to go for more something more consistent and readable, but still hallucinatory. Also, yes there may be a bit of a Monkey Island vibe going on here. I'm from an actual tropical island so I have all the reference in the world. :)

(Here's the still version)

Blondbraid

Wow, that place looks both gorgeous and weird! 8-0


Cassiebsg

Wish I could paint just half of that. (nod)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

mkennedy

Quote from: SilverSpook on Sat 09/06/2018 23:29:05
Thanks Cassie. :)  Here is another one!



Hand painting all of this for Neofeud 2 takes ages, but I'm always happy with the surreal/impressionistic effect. Trying to go for more something more consistent and readable, but still hallucinatory. Also, yes there may be a bit of a Monkey Island vibe going on here. I'm from an actual tropical island so I have all the reference in the world. :)

(Here's the still version)

Is that Proto-J from the first Neofeud down in the lower right corner?

selmiak

this is cool. I like weird constructions like this. And this is not the critiques lounge, still let me tell you when the bus is so close to the waterline it is very hard to read where that bus is, if it is a giant bus on the shore in the background or part of the construction. I'd just move the whole building up a few more pixels so that there is a gap between the bus and the horizont. or move the building also to the left, rule of thirds like...
Keep it up!

Is that vulcano by any chance inspired by recent event in hawaii? But then, when I see something like this in a game I also want to visit this place in game, to forge the one ring or to melt proto-J like the terminator in T2 ;)

SilverSpook

Quote from: mkennedy on Sun 10/06/2018 11:59:01

Is that Proto-J from the first Neofeud down in the lower right corner?

Very nice catch, mkennedy!

@Selmiak: Thanks for the suggestion, I see what you mean about the bus' position, will see about modifying the water level or bus level. The scene itself isn't quite final at any rate and I'll be adding and changing things a bit more before it's shipped.

@Blondbraid & Cassie: Thanks! :)


SilverSpook

My cyberpunk adventure game Neofeud about my experiences growing up a POC in an American ghetto then working with homeless and immigrants is on sale all over the place today! Any money that you give me (I am the writer/artist/programmer/etc.. all the money goes to me) is going to go straight into cleaning our water catchment tubes which are full of leaves, and so the water comes out like arboreal tea and smells like old dogs when we wash our clothes, lol. 😂 😭

Neofeud on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/
Neofeud on Itch: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud



I'm also featured in this article on Polygon discussing why big game companies deal so poorly with political topics and social commentary in games:

Quote"Christian Miller released Neofeud, which melds politics and social ideas in a cyberpunk world. He says the way big companies address divisive issues is 'a little a silly. They want to say, "we're just making fun entertainment." It's disingenuous'"

https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/20/17480666/video-games-companies-lying-politics

SilverSpook

#177
EDIT: Oops forgot the art!



Latest Neofeud 2 art! I call this, "The Wall".

I'm going to be livestreaming work on Neofeud 2 tomorrow and hanging out. Do stop in! https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur

Also, if you'd like to be on the Silver Spook podcast,  I'm hoping to interview an indie cyberpunk/sci-fi gamedev or other creator during this big Itch & Steam Sale, to help boost some signal for fellow devs. Reply here or message, etc!

Here's that last podcast I did with William Gibson, author of Neuromancer, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhkoIwKs5P

(Don't worry, you don't have to be a living cyberpunk legend or anything, lol)

sawyer

First pic of neofeud 2 thats Jeff Bridges. First man on left...lol

SilverSpook

May be of interest to anyone developing or interested in getting into indie game development, especially regarding business, marketing, and attempting to make it as a sustainable indie game company, based on my own experiences running Silver Spook Games. Steam vs. Itch vs. Gog, crowdfunding, things to help get your game selling, when to expect it to sell, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2-fNODs00k



SilverSpook

Some very creepy sketch that emerged as I was freeform drawing in Photoshop last stream :)  Not sure exactly where this is going but I'm freaked out in a good way.


SilverSpook

I'm streaming around 11 PM Pacific showcasing some brand new material on my cyberpunk Deus Ex-like RPG I've been working on, also cool new cyberpunk/indie games and reacting to the latest Terminator sequel news :cool: Stream will be here: https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur


SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqyE9XVBpRA

I start out here going over the top 25 cyberpunk games (Technobabylon and Gemini Rue in the list!) with Neofeud included :)


SilverSpook

Thanks Kyriakos!



The sequel to Neofeud, rated "Top 25 cyberpunk games" by GamersDecide and "Top 100 indie games of 2017" by IndieDB remains in production! I'm hand-painting, writing, coding, etc. on this game as with the first.

Neofeud 1 is on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

And Itch https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud

Or you can support me through Patreon: https://patreon.com/neofeud

SilverSpook

#187
Crankin' out some new anims for my cyberpunk adventure, Neofeud 2. Neofeud 1 is on sale a couple more days! I'm a one-person dev on this so all purchases go to help me pay bills while making the sequel :D

This is in 1360 / 768 so it takes forever to paint but worth it in the end! I'd like to go shopping in this glitched-out cyber-supermarket with some haunting vaporwave piped in.





Neofeud sale ends in 2 days! https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Also you can get it Linux and Mac here: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud

Cassiebsg

It's looking amazing.
And believe it or not, that ceiling looks so awesome. Very eye catchy!  (nod)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

CrashPL

I love that small screen with Windows on it, heh. :D It's always a delight to see such impressive (and large!) backgrounds!

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Cassie and Crash :)

Yes, I spent like a full day on the ceiling alone lol. XD

SilverSpook

Latest work on my #cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2, adding some music to this scene :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQrvFD2E6ys&feature=youtu.be





SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxhzvLXqro&lc=z23ocxmrikftittoh04t1aokgtofnzrtspzj0dvpgo15rk0h00410

Some of the latest animation and interface test for my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2! This a test for a hacking interface involving mass-surveillance, facial recognition, etc... (some of the specific details and info will be different in the actual game, no spoilers! :D )

Neofeud 1 is on sale for one more day: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Creamy

Nice. The sun goddess living room looks awesome too.
 

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Creamy!

SilverSpook

Working on designing some new hair/makeup/resting facial expression for the different 'states' this Neofeud character will be in. :)




SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKWKQIHcjn4

Giving cyberpunk megacorporations the finger - in Neofeud 2! Neofeud 1 is here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Demo of Neofeud 2 (Dysmaton): https://silverspook.itch.io/forgotten-city

Help me finish this game: https://www.patreon.com/neofeud

Click'd

That green-haired woman reminds me of someone I know (but you probably don't). So, question: Where did she get her looks from?

Disclaimer: It might all be in my head.

SilverSpook

She got her looks from her parents, of course! :)

But seriously, I'm not quite sure. My wife is a goth with green hair who used to work in IT so that might have something to do with it.

SilverSpook



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWiwKBc-7E&feature=youtu.be

Literal Coffin Apartments for the 99% and Palaces for Trillionaires! Latest art and animation I'm working on for my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2

Site: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud2

Neofeud 1: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud




Cassiebsg

Damn, those 99% have the good live! So much space! Most have less than half that space!  8-0
Awesome work as usual.  (nod)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Indeed, it's a tale of two cities! :D  Thanks Cassie. :)

SilverSpook



Latest scene I'm working on for my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2!

Dystopian Cyberpunk Coffin apartments... I mean, "Minimalist Residential Inhabitations! Cool, trendy, chic microhomes for the modern urban citizen!" :D

In the latest stream I worked on connecting this external area to the actual coffin apartment from the previous post.

(Even larger version of that image)

SilverSpook



Zooming in on more of that cyberpunk city street. Working on flying cars, holograms, and trying to hone my volumetric lighting painting techniques. :)

SilverSpook

#204
Working on some new animations for some new Neofeud 2 characters. :) Haven't tried doing one of these 'walking with gun down' style anims before so it was a bit more time consuming but a good learning experience.



Robot cops FTW XD


Retro Wolf

It's Chappie's cousin!

Excellent artwork as usual SilverSpook!

Blondbraid

Wow, your latest animation looks just awesome!


Retro Wolf

#207
Yeh the way the rifle tilts inwards just adds that little bit extra to it. I know critique is against the rules but maybe make the antennae on the walkie talkie wobble a bit (maybe the holstered handgun too) and I think it would be perfect.

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Blondbraid and Retro Wolf!

RW: Yeah, I might go back and add a few more details like those if there's some time. And yes, I'm glad you noticed the gun swinging - that one took me the longest to figure out how to wrap my head around!

SilverSpook

Yes, you will have guessed right! :) I try to make everything have a deeper meaning or significance in the games and writing... which is why it can take quite some time!

Here's the latest work on Neofeud, illustrating liquid crystal hallucination in a cyberpunk dystopia of interlinked cells. :)



Also just a reminder that Neofeud is still on sale! Get one for that special adventure game and cyberpunk-loving someone. :)



"A cyberpunk materpiece"It's been too long since I've played a game with this much soul in it" -Steam Reviewers

https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Also recently Neofeud got mentioned in a "Choose your top 10 games of all time" thing everyone was doing, which is pretty neat.

Steamshovelers also commented:
"Neofeud is such a powerful game and knowing it draws from personal experiences as well as broader national discussions makes it more so

It's difficult to play for all the right reasons and makes players question and reevaluate their places of power and privilege"

(Here's a link to that Tweet)

If you have a moment to give Neofeud even a short review on Steam I would greatly appreciate it!

SilverSpook

The brave new hyper-automated cyberpunk dystopia of Neofeud 2 is better than 2019 because at least it's more stylish!



Some of my latest work on Neofeud 2. I'm experimenting with different transparent material types as well as new gameplay elements like facial rec and other biometric surveillance. Neofeud 1 is also on sale for a couple more days!

SilverSpook

Working on some character designs for Neofeud 2. :)


Blondbraid

Woah, I love the neon shine on his coat and metallic parts!  8-0
He looks amazing!


SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Blondbraid! Adding the lighting effects to the characters and backgrounds is one of my favorite parts of gamedev. :)

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-p-Q_LtG1o
Neofeud 2 WIP, testing new cam behaviors. Because any Deus Ex-inspired cyberpunk dystopia that doesn't kick the Orwellian surveillance up to 11 may have its silverized mirrorshades revoked. :)

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUklNLFND-k&feature=youtu.be

Latest from my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2! Took all day to animate  frame-by-frame the restocker-bot, the holograms, facial recognition scanners, etc. but came out pretty good!

Myshkin

Love the lighting in that shop! So much depth, and the glowing translucent signs look awesome :)

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Myshkin! Yes the translucent bits are a bit tricky to pull of in AGS, but it's going to be well worth it I think!

SilverSpook

"Fake It Till You Collapse" - Latest work on my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2!


SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlneg9chDNU&feature=youtu.be

Animation work-in-progress from my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2 of a heavily augmented 'Sentient Humanoid' playable character. May be helpful if have trouble parallel parking. :)

SilverSpook

"Cyberpunk Sleuthing in the Homeless Village" Some of the latest animation and art I'm working on for Neofeud 2!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLUaHertNvs

SilverSpook

Neofeud 2 Teaser: "Motherships and Moonwalking"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df1xMp0U5Gs

Also don't forget the Neofeud 1 sale ends in a few days!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

SilverSpook

"The Border Wall", added smoke and drone-swarming animations to my cyberpunk adventure sequel to Neofeud


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsImblptTI


Cassiebsg

Looks awesome as usual...  (laugh) The more you draw the better you get!  (nod)
just one thing that bothers me... those old style sierra cursors... maybe time to make your own? Some that actually fit the mood and style of game?  ;)
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Thanks Cassie! Yeah, I have some cursors, just haven't got to putting them in game yet. Will try to get to that sooner than later. :)

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avTs4zXOqN0

"Alien" asylum seekers wary of Thought Policing in my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2 (in progress!).

Also, sorry Cassie, forgot to update the cursors. XD

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSnpekiRhdQ

"Homeless Cyborg To Neofeudal Success" Neofeud 2 teaser!
Neofeud 1 is 70% off in the Steam Summer Sale :)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

SilverSpook

#227
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JInFbuq6nXo

"Sentient Revolt on Cyberpunk Street"

Just a couple more days to get Neofeud 1 70% off in the Steam Summer Sale :)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Currently in some not-so-good financial straits (and we're not sure where we're going to live after July 31) so every sale of Neofeud goes to keeping a roof over myself, my wife and kids head while trying to finish Neofeud 2!

sawyer

Nice looking game

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot!

Here's some of the latest work on Neofeud 2, with some more of the world and potential areas to visit showcased!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnJZkI3T9II

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey7OKHABtYQ
A short teaser for my cyberpunk adventure Neofeud 2 :D
Neofeud 1 is 70% off right now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Cassiebsg

Looking great.  (nod)
Keep it up.
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

KyriakosCH

Looks excellent!!!
This is the Way - A dark allegory. My Twitter!  My Youtube!

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Cassie and Kyriakos!

Here's the latest, playing hide-n-seek with giant freakin' robots in Neofeud 2 :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZKmJddb_qc


SilverSpook


Neofeudalism goes inter-galactic colonial in Neofeud 2!


SilverSpook

Good news! I'm going to be providing a demo version of Neofeud 2 for my Patreon supporters at the $5 and higher level, in the near future! Here's a little trailer of Neofeud 2 to get an idea what this cyberpunk adventure game will be like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey7OKHABtYQ

In the meantime, you can always pick up Neofeud 1 if you haven't yet!

SilverSpook

Latest animation from Neofeud 2! This took all day to figure out and I watched a bunch of action sequences from Blade Runner, 2049, The Matrix etc. to get an idea for how to do choreograph it. But it was fun to learn how to do it, make it, and I like how it turned out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mftqYksv0

MiteWiseacreLives!


shaun9991

This keeps getting even better every time I see something new Spook, really nice work :)
Support Cloak and Dagger Games on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=460039

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot Shaun and Mite!

SilverSpook


Neofeud 2 WIP. Robo-driving Uber for $6.50 an hour to pay $599 Galaxy Brain S7 mortgage, duct tape & olive oil for broke cyberarms. Livin' the dream.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

CaptainD

That's a fantastic screen mate! ;-D
 

Nestor

Quote from: SilverSpook on Sun 09/06/2019 05:41:41
"The Border Wall", added smoke and drone-swarming animations to my cyberpunk adventure sequel to Neofeud


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsImblptTI

Wow this looks incredible. How long has this one taken?

SilverSpook

Thanks a lot! That took a while, probably about a week for the concept, the background, characters, animations, etc..

SilverSpook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHCWVA7V8rA

Neofeud 2 is a cyberpunk adventure game where you play a homeless ex-military robot and an alien revolutionary in the collapsing mega-city of Neoliberon, attempting to overthrow planet-consuming Earthling trillionaires.

Help me finish this game by grabbing Neofeud 1! Itch: https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

Cassiebsg

Looking amazing.  (nod)
Keep up the good work.

Just out of curiosity, how far along are you in the game now? roughly...
There are those who believe that life here began out there...

SilverSpook

Thanks! Hard to say exactly but probably more than halfway as far as art goes.

Neofeud 1 is also 70% off right now, by the way! https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/

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