Murder Drones: The First Encounter — Video Game

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Murder Drones video game.

Free, playable on PC & Android.

Trailer below.

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First draft sketch from em-bandaid-boy.
Final illustration from @frostcorner_inc

Interesting fact: the sketch was drawn half a year before the corresponding game part, so it was more like an inspiration while working on the final illustration later.

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@wefefq70594 @PIXEL_animateMD Because all the characters are portrayed on a separate layer in the front.
With an already existing character in the background, it looks strange.

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First: old sketch from em-bandaid-boy.
Second: final illustration from @PIXEL_animateMD

The sketch was made even before the idea of character portraits in the foreground. Since then, we've been avoiding placing characters on backgrounds.

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I found the original sketches made by our first artist, em-bandaid-boy.
As you may see, they look the same as the final illustrations from "Prologue".

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A funny story.

A while back, I shared a little snippet of text about Nori from the future episode in our Discord. But I didn't think about how it looks without context...

So our chat went completely mental.

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If you didn't catch the difference, I slowed the new animation down 20 times.

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We're constantly improving the look of our game! We've added a small animation for text transition to make everything look smooth and nice.

P.S. Don't worry, you'll be able to turn it off in the settings if you want to.

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@wefefq70594 I wouldn't call that a "revamp". More like a polishing

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We're constantly improving the look of our game! We've added a small animation for text transition to make everything look smooth and nice.

P.S. Don't worry, you'll be able to turn it off in the settings if you want to.

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@wefefq70594 Thanks! We have plans for buttons and illustrations, too

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@dronestahl Yes! The main idea behind "The First Encounter" was to make a story that can be believable in the context of the series (to some degree)

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One of the main comments about the prologue was that it had virtually no connection to the series. And I completely agree!

So, one of the most important characters in "Planetfall" will be Nori Doorman!

(Not a final illustration)

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@wefefq70594 Yes, but people want to see familiar characters. And people will see familiar characters!

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@DrFear69 Yeah, it is fun. But I also want to warn you that you can't measure it the way you would a novel, for example. Since it's a game, these 16k words involve different answers and decisions, etc. So the final size for the player will be smaller

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No flashy updates today, sorry.
The truest fact about game development is that it involves a lot of tedious, boring work.
We're working on the "Planetfall" episode. Current size of the script: 16127 words.

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@wefefq70594 Unfortunately, it doesn't. We're planning to add cross-saves between future episodes, but the prologue won't be implemented in this feature

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Katie's fans here?

The prologue was so small that Katie Green (yes, she has a last name) has barely any lines. "Planetfall" will change that drastically! Get ready for lots of interactions with her!

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@DrFear69 Thanks! The first episode appeared to be much bigger than we expected. It's not even half of it

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@Sami_algo_idk I know, right?

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@Sami_algo_idk I guess I can share a little sneak peek from the future episode. Don't tell anybody

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@Sami_algo_idk Spoilers😜
But I think that you're gonna like it