So first of all, today I have a flat render of Akello's sprite body to share and UGH this man is so beautiful. Atlas is really a wizard when it comes to thick and muscular body types, they're really great at nailing so many different looks.
Contains official sprites used in Mori and Amir's chapter.
Coming soon: Akello.
2022-10-24 23:09:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Q&A Session #11 is up and ready for you! This time I tackled how to participate in Game Jams/Community Sprint type events, especially since NaNoWriMo is next month!
As always, send me questions here or on discord and I'll be happy to offer what i know!
2022-10-21 19:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Atlas and some of the discord were discussing what Mori would look like cleaned up and with a nice new haircut.
He's cute and the short hair works but he needs his grunge back lol!
Take a look at this preview of Akellos' chest care of Atlas. While it wasn't originally planned, we've kinda been tossing around the idea of a few tattoos for him. Check out the options below and let me know what you think!
When TCM was small I did my own logo work as necessity demanded. Thanks to Patreon support, I was able to contract Camila Fortuna of Gunkiss.com to design a much more dynamic an professional brand look for TCM. This gallery has the process images from one end to the other.
2022-10-13 21:37:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the concept art gallery for Amir's introductory Tri City Monsters chapter. Included is all the development for his sprite, costume, face, hair, monster form, and CG.
2022-10-05 03:06:08 +0000 UTC View PostI'm finally Covid negative and most of my symptoms have abated, hooray! I still have pretty intense lingering fatigue but I'm hoping that won't affect my work load too terribly and intend to be running at mostly normal capacity from here on out basically! Thanks for all of you that checked in with me here and on discord, I felt very ...
2022-10-01 19:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostI answered some FAQs about indie game development! Remember, you can always hit me up for Q&A content on the discord or send me a message here on patreon.
Check out this and other Q&A sessions over on the dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/home/Q%...
2022-09-25 02:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello lovelies!
Unfortunately, I tested positive for covid last week and while I'm starting to bounce back without any major complications it has left me very tired and weak. I'll have some content to share (more of Akello's body, a Q&A, etc) later in the week/Saturday but for today I'm just here to deliver this little heads' up...
Like loc styles, I wanted Akello to be a large guy early on. I love fat characters and think "boft" bodies are super hot and definitely wanted to try and incorporate more shape diversity in the character line up for TCM. Where Mori's a little muscular and compact, Amir is long and lithe- Akello being wideset and strong really plays i...
2022-09-16 04:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the concept art gallery for the final version of Mori's introductory Tri City Monsters chapter. Included is all the development for the upgrades to Mori's original sprites.
2022-09-08 23:10:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the concept art gallery for the original Spooktober Visual Novel Jam version of Tri City Monsters. Included is all the development for Mori's original sprites.
2022-09-08 13:21:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello! The 1.2 backend update for Amir's chapter SHOULD be up and in working order- knock on wood. In this update, I did a number of small fixes:
- Fixed error where game would crash on credits screen on restart
- Changed credits music and made some organizational edits on credits text
- Adjusted font scaling for Android ...
2022-09-08 12:49:13 +0000 UTC View PostSo today's post (which I was going to push on Saturday but had some social stuff come up oops) is going to cover the design process Atlas and I went through in trying to nail down what features would really bring Akello to life.
So, starting with my notes, I knew right away I wanted a face that was strong and a little on the wide side, to ...
2022-09-06 00:07:27 +0000 UTC View PostPatron ranks that include concept art (Lower East+) will get a look at how Atlas and I hashed out this beautiful man's face but for today, have a look at the VERY beginnings of the latest RO. Definitely Expect some design changes coming up but this sketch is by and large about where we want him.
2022-09-01 15:13:30 +0000 UTC
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A couple of weeks ago Atlas had a rare break from the Well of Toil and graced us with some really great sketches for the patrons hanging out with us that day. I'm here now to share the highlights with all of you. :D
I decided to break the ice with a request that I know everyone wanted to see lol.
2022-08-28 00:25:09 +0000 UTC
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Okay! Now that Amir's chapter is out to all patrons, I'm going to begin doing some cleanup/bugfixes to get it as optimized as possible. This will be the 1.2 release and I'll probably push the update out on Sunday evening.
Important to note that this update won't have any new content but will instead be focused on cleaning some code u...
2022-08-26 01:04:12 +0000 UTC View PostRemember, yall can always post questions or specific topics to be addressed during the monthly q&a both here and in discord! I try to vary things up when I don't have sitting questions though, just to keep yall on your toes lol.
This month I've got another ask meme style zine but Kazu and Raath are in there along with Akell...
2022-08-18 22:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostTCM's one year anniversary is coming up at the end of September and while that's a bit off still, I'd like to take the temperature on a few ideas I've been mulling over.
I can't do anything super extravagant as international shipping is a nightmare but for small items I can send a few out or flat/paper things that can go regular postage wi...
2022-08-13 01:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for your patience, Amir is finally ready for you to play! I'm super excited to finally show him to you and I hope you enjoy! Please be sure to let me know what you thought- these intro chapters function as character betas so I fully intend to work on refining the cast of TCM with help from the community! In ad...
2022-08-08 13:33:58 +0000 UTC View PostJust like last time, if you want to be surprised by Amir's CG ingame, save this post for later! Otherwise, please enjoy!
Last time we looked at my initial sketches for Amir's cg and I passed on some notes on how I thought we could best convey Amir's absolutely ludicrous confidence and over the top sexiness.
2022-08-06 20:12:11 +0000 UTC
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I was asked some fun nsfw questions about Mori and decided to compile my notes and responses into a nasty little quick read for y'all. Even though his demon ruts haven't made an appearance in game yet, I'm planning on them showing up later in his official route and in side stories. As you can probably infer, the following text is ext...
2022-08-05 06:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith his chapter release looming I wanted to get into the process for mapping out and creating Amir's CG. If you want to be surprised by his CG in game, you might want to save this post for later!
If you wanna see all the behind the scenes juice before the game's ready, please continue!
So right away I knew I wanted to do somet...
2022-07-30 14:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for your patience while I was away on a (COVID responsible) summer vacation! I really needed the rest!
Now that I'm back, things are going to pick right back up again. Barring any major crises, Amir's chapter will begin rolling out to patrons starting August 5th.
Stay tuned for a look at Amir's cg process an...
2022-07-29 15:36:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm out of the office starting next week so no patron posts the 21st or 23rd and then as soon as I get back I'll be throwing myself into implementing the last of Amir's art and doing last minute bugfixes before deploying to Galleria Patrons on August 5...
2022-07-15 01:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostThis time I did a visual style guide specifically for Amir in a kind of fantasy type setting. You can check out the ebook here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1pavqh8et2ulgb1/Amir%20Style%20Guide%3A%20Fantasy.pdf?dl=0
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Atlas now only has 1 MORE THING LEFT to do for Amir's chapter, at which point I'll spend probably a day or two implementing everything and doing last minute bug fixing and then DEPLOYMENT!
We're close! Yall have been tremendously patient an...
2022-07-08 00:26:11 +0000 UTC View PostSo! As y'all know, the upgraded Mori chapter (with the 18+ scenes) is currently exclusive to Patrons. The plan was to release that chapter publicly once Amir's chapter started releasing to patrons. We're still working on the last few art assets for Amir and many non-patrons are still eagerly and excitedly awaiting Mori's chapte...
2022-07-03 04:12:14 +0000 UTC View Post