//=time() ?>
So I finally got around to making an update to "Giftmas with the Grimms", my game that nearly got published. I'm not sure if I will actively bother pitching it in the future, but it's one in my pocket for those "do you have anything else?" moments.
A three-player test of Squirreled Away this morning and some great feedback which helped us focus on the shortcomings of the game as it stands. I think we are currently half-heartedly trying to do several things here, and need to focus more. We have plans...
Turning back to an old project I've been doing a bit of reworking of my art for Giftmas with the Grimms. I already have the characters done, and now mostly there (aka probably good enough for my use) on two of the six gifts.
On the subject of squirrels, my old game, Invaded, is having a major makeover. Not done anything with the board yet, but we have squirrel and acorn tokens, and that's not nothing.
Progress is happening. Is anyone out there available for a quick Hangout or Skype test of a relatively simple 2-player roll & write game from a novice R&W designer?
Today's displacement activity: puffins. The proportions (and head shapes) are a bit on the cartoony side, but that's kinda the intention. They will eventually (probably) be wearing hats, after all!
A bit more messing about and it's coming along. I've left the pencil layer overlaid here because I can.
I'm not doing the drawing every day thing this year, but I haven't given up. I thought I'd try something new to me and try some digital painting and this is a first effort. I'm regretting not using a reference, but other than that, it doesn't seem too bad.
Day 365. Celebrating the final day of #ADrawingADayIn2019 with something from the Glorious Republic of the Puffins. I might not draw something tomorrow.
Day 354. I cannot freehand wheels with a brush-tipped marker. Still... (Image derived from a few pics floating about.) #ADrawingADayIn2019