You may be wondering why you've been charged from my Patreon out of nowhere. Well, I've been pausing the billing cycle each month manually since last year, unfortunately this time round I left it too late and Patreon wouldn't allow me to pause on the day of charging, which is very unfortunate given I planned to WARN you all in advance if I was t...
2024-05-01 13:37:47 +0000 UTC View PostHello PATRONS! I've decided to pause Patreon charges for October and will continue to pause each month's charges until I have a more concrete idea as to what's next and once I've figured out what to actually offer patrons from here on out. Rest assured I will notify you all on here and on the discord when I start charging again. Just doesn't fee...
2023-09-01 14:54:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey patrons!
First off, immense thanks for sticking around despite the lack of on-site activity. While I may be more active in the Deathbulge Patron-Exclusive discord channels, I appreciate that might not count for much if you're not particularly fussed about Discord. I really appreciate that you have stuck around during this time and I co...
2020-11-14 20:09:59 +0000 UTC View PostAlright so LET'S BE REAL. I feel like I've been very bad at having much of a presence/interacting with you guys on here. But since the Kickstarter and making the Discord, I have realised how good Discord is for just being around to chat, being available, talking about the game n whatever else. I've been very engaged with it! So I've decided that...
2019-04-12 15:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting straight into tackling one of the biggest hurdles of the whole game. Designing the main starting town. That's a lotttttt of visual content. Exteriors, interiors. Countless NPC's. So many doors to kick.
Given my usual focus on characters and jokes. I don't have as much experience when it comes to designing backgrounds, town layouts ...
2019-04-09 14:31:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just thought I'd post a reminder here too that the Kickstarter for the video game is ending very soon! Here it is if you're interested: https://kck.st/2STRdE4
Thank you to all those that have checked it out/played the demo/backed the project/told friends. I can't ...
2019-03-19 21:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
I feel like a full-on post detailing the state of Deathbulge has been very long overdue. I apologise for general lack of communication, so here goes!
As you may very well have noticed, two things have happened. The weekly comics have suddenly stopped (save for the occasional comic out of nowhere) and a Deathbulge video game...
2019-03-11 21:33:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently decided that due to my apparent knack for drawing these things superquick based on suggested themes, I'M GONNA STREAM MYSELF drawing silly Pokémon based off YOUR IDEAS.
It'll be happening here: https://www.twitch.tv/deathbulge at 5PM GMT/Noon EST, which is...
2019-03-03 13:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of you may have seen this about ALREADY but YES! The Kickstarter launched on Tuesday and is doing INCREDIBLY WELL. AHHH!!
Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deathbulge/deathbulge-battle-of-the-bands 2019-02-21 19:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post
How's everyone's Sunday? BORED? I hope so cause I got something to FILL YOUR TIME WITH. A GAME DEMO. OH BABY. Here's a doc file with all the necessary download links and information. There's links for PC Mac AND Linux!
![DEATHBULGE GAME DEMO [PATREON BUILD] IS HERE!](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/6/bl/wk/4e9b88-019e8706-a989-7a63-83c3-3d14c28a3b11.jpg)
I know I said I'd release this in early January and this is more like mid-January but WHATEVER. HERE WE GO. DOWNLOAD THE GAME DEMO HERE !!!!
I hope you have a lovely time. It's far from perfect right now but we have a good month or s...
The official Kickstarter launch for the game is in February, which will come complete with a PLAYABLE DEMO. But YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE SICK? If Patrons got a SPECIAL EARLY build over a month in advance. This will also double as an opportunity for you to be a GAME TESTER of sorts, to voice any opinions/concerns about the game which can be ...
2018-12-05 18:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Not sure what I'm gonna do with this. Originally designed for the Kickstarter page or for the title screen but I feel like it's giving off heavy LOADING SCREEN VIBES. Luckily I kept the bench separate from the characters, so could even do a thing where as the characters join the party in the game. They are added to the BENCH LOADING SCREEN. That wo...
2018-11-07 05:34:54 +0000 UTC View Post
You might recognise these CATS from the dancing animation I posted before. I was particularly ELATED about how SICK these came out. So I thought I'd do a cool collage of the drawing process for them all. I still need to touch up the shading here and there but other than that, I'm definitely improving rapidly as I do these. Which might be a PROBLEM....
2018-11-02 18:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Starting on the Kickstarter video ALREADY cause even though the Kickstarter won't be until like February next year at the earliest. The video is easily one of the most daunting parts of preparing a kickstarter. So I'm GOING IN BABY.
There's some really sick music in the demo (courtesy of my pal Leslie Wai) that I'm using for the video too. I'm so...
2018-10-22 18:30:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright it's been long enough. So as you may already know, I did a Kickstarter for my first book back in 2014. And in the book one of the pages had a seemingly pretend URL at the bottom. HOWEVER, hahahahahFUCK.com DID EXIST, I PAID FOR IT MYSELF, and if anyone thought to check, would be greeted with a question regarding what was on another page of ...
2018-10-19 16:40:30 +0000 UTC View Post
If you saw the booklet I posted earlier. You will know this game will feature a class sytem. Much akin to the classic RPG classes but MUSICALLY THEMED.
I drew up some fancy images to be used for the Kickstarter video and possibly other promo stuff. I'm not sure if they'll be in the game. The idea is that these images will show up to introduce a c...
2018-10-10 22:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I designed a fun little 4-page brochure to hand out at London MCM later this month to HYPE THE GAME. Figured I'd post it here too, in VERTICAL FORM. While I've been posting tidbits here and there I don't think I've really delved much into the main narrative much. So here's a nice little SUMMARY. Of course, I'd be happy to answer further questions y...
2018-10-03 20:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hell yeah, the demo is really taking shape now. You can run around, activate a cutscene, get into fights, WIN FIGHTS, LOSE FIGHTS. CAUSE GLITCHES. I've taken some screenshots WHILE DOING ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE I CAN, THE PROGRAMMERS SENT ME A SICK BUILD TO PLAY. A lot of this may look familiar from previous posts earlier in the year but that was befo...
2018-09-09 21:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
If you thought walking/running animations were hard, try DANCING animations. Hoo-boy. I made these up as I went along so it's a miracle they resemble anything close to dancing. I'm super happy with them though. But yes. This is one of the bands that will appear in the game. They are a 2-piece glam synth band who love dancing. Walk into their house ...
2018-09-06 21:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm thinking about doing a run of shirts as part of the game's kickstarter. Since the game is an RPG with musical themes, I thought it would be cool to combine METAL BAND SHIRT AESTHETIC with RPG FINAL BOSS AESTHETIC (though I suppose there's quite an overlap there).
I basically merged the whole band into one being. You can see Ian in the middle,...
2018-08-24 22:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hell yeah this is a particularly momentous comic. I had toyed with "painted-style" backgrounds in the RPG comics but this was the first time I attempted to use it for characters too. I guess I stuck to just backgrounds before cause I felt lack of outline meant a high risk of lack of visual coherence. But I guess if you colour in with enough detail ...
2018-08-07 18:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Not much changed from sketch to final for this one. Though yeah there was initially gonna be a variety of phrases plastered all over the BAPTIZE BOYZ'Z outfits. But I figured they were spewin enough sick phrases already. And I liked the little logo of the pacifier in the splash, like they're a full on cult or something that tours the world to ensur...
2018-08-01 13:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a fun one! Due to the incredibly complicated visuals of this comic. I end up drawing out 4+ sketch layers that gradually increased in complexity/accuracy. Usually I only need 1 or 2 before I can confidently start drawing the final linework.
Rather than just post all the layers as separate pics, it turns out putting them in an animated loop...
2018-07-19 22:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone I GOT SOME GAME FACES FOR YOU. The faces that will appear alongside dialogue to capture the TONE of what they're saying. If there was ever an area of the game where my comic background comes in handy, IT'S RIGHT HERE BABY.
These should be sufficient for what's required for the demo based on the dialogue that's already been written ou...
2018-07-07 12:19:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Just finished this and couldn't wait a whole day to share it with THE MASSES cause I'm really happy with how it came out. So here's a patron-exclusive SUNDAY RELEASE.
Maybe this makes up for the entire month of no weekly comics? Probably not. BUT IT'S SOMETHING.
2018-06-24 20:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post
There has been great progress with the game. Just in case you guys were wondering why I've gone a month without posting a comic! I'm not a complete SLACKER. Thank you so much for bearing with me.
HOWEVER. A weekly comic will be hitting the site on Monday. Above is what I plan to post. Continuing on with the RPG family theme, albeit with less of a...
2018-06-23 18:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post
So the plan for the game is to have different CLASSES each with their own SPECIAL HAIRCUT. Each character will have 9 unique haircuts to reflect each class and of course I'm throwing in some real silly ones cause I know you love that shit. I'll leave you to have fun speculating what some of the classes are based on these haircuts alone.
The class...
2018-06-02 19:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hell yeah. The 420 comic, this one was a lot of fun. I was really happy that it did well. Something about the last 2 panels I find really funny but I couldn't explain why, it felt risky to go ahead with it but I'm glad I did because it's encouraged me to go with my gut more.
This was also the debut of my rainbow jacket that I wear at conventions ...
2018-05-13 17:47:04 +0000 UTC View Post