The Journey Down

#1

Some might know me from before, most of you probably don’t. I have been lurking this forum for some years under the alias “flumpa” but am now poised to use my real name, hence creating a new account. I hope this does not violate any rules. :slight_smile:

Now, I think it’s time for me to introduce myself.
I’m a Swedish indie game developer, running my own company with three friends. Our main project right now is our point 'n click adventure game The Journey Down. I will be doing all animation, rigging and rendering for the game, as well as some modelling and simpler scripting when needed.

         [b]The point of this thread is to post WIP animations on a regular basis during this project.[/b] I have animated characters before, but this is my first actual story driven game project so I'm looking forward to a lot of fun and learning lots of new  stuff. I know for a fact that there are many skilled artists out there so I'm open for all input and advice you might have to share.
         
         [img]http://henrikenglund.com/skygoblin/JD.jpg[/img]
         
         [[i]The Journey Down[/i]](http://www.skygoblin.com/) is a classic point-and-click adventure game title for PC, planned to be released in four separate parts. The first chapter [i]"Over the Edge"[/i]  follows our brave pilot hero Bwana and his sidekick Kito as they, while  trying to make ends meet, end up getting thrown into a twisting plot of  corruption and adventure. The first part is scheduled for a 2011 Q4.
    
    My colleague and best friend [Theodor Waern](http://www.twgrafik.com/) made a shorter, low-res, no-speech version of [[i]The Journey Down: Over the Edge[/i]](http://www.skygoblin.com/) in summer 2010 as a prototype for the current hi-res commercial version of the game. This prototype has among  other things won a bunch of funky indie awards, one of them being the  coveted “AGS Game of the year” Award.
         
         This past week I have been animating a hallway  scene from the intro, and I managed to get about halfway done. A sneak  peek at an playblasted version of the scene can be seen here at the bottom of this post.  (When finished, by the end of this week, it will contain a second animated character.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCPNZm_Vw_c

[[img]http://henrikenglund.com/skygoblin/university_hall_anim_20110616-poster.jpg[/img]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCPNZm_Vw_c)

#2

Bumpin’ with a little progress update

We’re slavin’ away at a crazy high tempo now, churning out Bwana and Kito animations at the speed of light, also we’re hard at work finalizing and animating our backdrops. Here’s a sneak peek below straight from our dev-blog:

Visit the dev-blog for some behind-the-scenes stuffies if you’re curious

Comments are as always appreciated!

#3

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