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25/11/2022

Where in the world is Jeff Johnson? Not updating his game blog apparently!

Today, I'm diving into what's been going on the last few months, with vacations and some healthcare issues.

Looking forward to getting back into this long passion project.

Hey everyone, long time no post. I feel an update is long overdue. Work on No Light Town and The New World Saga was going well until June came along. Summer time is a notoriously busy time of year …

13/02/2022

I promised I'd provide more regular updates on my game project in 2022. That's proven to be tougher than I thought.

So here's the first big update to No Light Town in 2022. A lot of work has been going on for the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, so that is all documented here. Been working hard and I can't wait to see what it looks like when it comes all together.

https://thenewworldsaga.ca/2022/02/13/no-light-town-update-december-2021-january-2022-and-february-2022-1st-half/

Projects I’ve Been Working On – No Light Town – Development Log DECEMBER 2022 December 1st – SPRITES – A larger farm silo December 2nd – SPRITES – school l…

06/11/2021

extralife4kids

Our fifth year of the Extra Life marathon is about to get underway!

As a milestone year for us, we're starting our day off with a sundae celebration! Hopefully these Sundaes will help us last until Sunday!

Our goal is a 25 hour gaming marathon, to support and raise awareness to children's hospitals. Essentially, we're playing games for those who can't in hospitals.

We are supporting the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. You can learn more or donate by following the link here.

https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Jeff-Johnson

https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Shayla-Brissette

05/08/2021

Its been a long process, but work on continues!

If you'd like to see the latest artwork for the game I'm working on, you can visit our website, https://thenewworldsaga.ca/character-library/

The game's very much a work in progress, but I'm getting closer to the finish line every day!

The number of enemy characters and supporting characters planned for The New World Saga is growing daily, with each of them inspired by a blend of mythical and modern day influences. From townspeop…

24/06/2021

I've been focusing on backgrounds and enemy battler design s for the while. Today, I'd like to share one of the big projects going forward.... Sprite work.

You see, just about every character in the game and every item in the game that appears on a world map or a regular map needs a sprite.... and that's seriously a lot of work!

So today, I'm sharing an early picture of a master sprite sheet. Basically, one version of each sprite character or item that will appear.

All of the sprites shown here are characters who have already been shared (or are going to be shared soon)

The next goal is to fill this sheet up completely!

This is going to take a while....

14/06/2021

Been a while since my last update. Been having some good times with the kids.

Project wise, got plenty of backgrounds done and quite a few new character and enemy sketches.

Here's a sample of some of the backgrounds I've been working on. Some are sketches, while the others have been digitized and are in a more complete state.

It's coming along! But man, backgrounds are a lot of work. Looking forward to getting to the next face of this project.

21/05/2021

I'm currently trying to nail down what monsters will appear in the third section of my game, which will largely include underground caves and poison swamps.

- Current brainstorming for both...

Caves - Flying eyeball with wings, magic rat, bandits, Cave bats,

Poison Swamp - Slime Toads, Hornets, Thistle Monsters, Ogres,

So I hit the sketchbook last night to work on a few monster designs and start some unfinished ones. The blocky picture with the cross on its face is the start of an ogre. Got too tired to make much progress on it.

13/05/2021

A few more monster designs done for my project. It seems endless some days, but still looking towards the finish.

The darker colored rat turned out a lot better than I thought it would! I also liked making the Treant. It made me think of The Living Woods from Mortal Kombat 2.

02/05/2021

Another landscape drawing done today. This one was a little faster to finish, a little simpler than the forest clearing I did last time.

That being said, some of the initial drawings sections didn't exactly line up in the final draft and when I tested the background in the program, it kind of looked like my characters were floating.

That's why I've done up two different versions of the final drawing. One gives more focus to the top of the buildings and the skyline, the other picture gives more focus to the sidewalk, roads and standable area for the characters.

I like how the drawings are looking in the program. Unfortunately, these aren't quick projects to get done. We'll see where this project continues to take me.

28/04/2021

After a few days of working on this, I finally finished one of those background pictures I had been drafting over the weekend.

This one is based on a picture of a forest clearing that I saw a couple of weeks back.

25/04/2021

Lots of battleback backgrounds done this weekend, including the two done today. One is pretty bland, but I wanted to do a roadside setting without a mountain in it, so I took a picture of the elk area near Wycliffe as my starting picture and just didn't draw the mountains.

The other was a wrestling ring! Found a great picture online to use as a base and went from there to draw it.

Hoping these all workout when colored, but so far so good!