Cherub
@polygoncherub.bsky.social
Video game maker and compulsive side project starter. Did art direction for SlimeRancher1&2, SpiralKnights, ThreePanelSoul, & MacHall. Currently obsessed with making a mecha game about a rabbit named Clover. #CherubDev -> 🎮 #CherubArt -> 🎨
"...and she's modified her perfectly good med-arm! Pre-pitfall. Series X-7. Autonomous medical droid chassis. Designed for androids and high-level corporate medics. This model was only really used in very expensive hospitals. Very very expensive hospitals." —Frank assessment #CherubArt
"...and she's modified her perfectly good med-arm! Pre-pitfall. Series X-7. Autonomous medical droid chassis. Designed for androids and high-level corporate medics. This model was only really used in very expensive hospitals. Very very expensive hospitals." —Frank assessment #CherubArt
Tonight's progress. Animating the rail. The camera angle will hide the model swap to the augmented arm. I hope. Have I programmed any of this gameplay system yet? Nope! So why am I making art assets for it? Well, how else will I know if it's fun? And I'm crazy. #CherubDev #UE5
Cherub meets the humidity blobs at the summerfield. #art #anthro (gift art for @polygoncherub.bsky.social)
I finally worked up the courage to open the LC project again tonight. Have some screens. #CherubDev #UE5 #PILEBUNKERRABBIT
combo💢punished💢disrupted💢 PUNISHED💢DEFEATED💢bonk #gamedev #indiedev #unrealengine5 #anime
"And for the love of all that's rusted, try to talk her out of using you as a pilebunker. It's a travesty." #CherubArt
(Design subject to change), some early concept art for the Phantom Limb protagonist, lots of style exploration
I have a hard time keeping large tasks in my head. Yet I've had the entirety of the game I want to make complete in there. But keeping all that information 'loaded in ram' so to speak is taxing, so I make lists and slowly check them off. This list was started in Dec when I began the refactor.
Tried writing some scenes with Ether (the possum) interacting with Clover. I'm not sure how to write an extrovert and introvert together with out being cringe.
I had a dream last night that I had released a hit steam game that I didn't remember making. It was flagged as a 'match four othello metroidvania'. I have some questions for my subconscious.
Why are regular human characters just so boring. I just... I just don't care. Take any single player narrative and swap the mc with a robot or something and suddenly I care. That's probably not a good sign of my ability to relate to humanity.
The name 'Fix' keeps showing up in my lore posts. That would be this gal here. The dock master and leader of the Teeth. She is a stern, parental figure for many lost souls, including Clover.
Cherub@polygoncherub.bsky.social · last yr.[Overheard civ conversation]: "If you need something from the surface, you talk to Chains. If you need something from the pit, you talk to Fix. Her many Teeth will pick every morsel from the corpses below. Yeah, but be careful what you sign with her, or you might find yourself tossed to the pit."
The docks air, thick with the tang of metal, coolant, and the damp, earthy smell of recycled water, was electric but welcoming. Divers, their faces hidden by respirators, shuffled past in heavy coats, their movements weary. This was Fix's domain, a place of order wrestled from chaos. #CherubArt
I provide the local dog wardens with free design work. If it helps get doggies homes, it's well worth my time. They asked me to make a coloring book. If you run a dog shelter or what not, and want to use them for kids to color, have at. I hope it helps. Here's some pages;
"Soul is overrated." Clover prodded at Pocket, "Function is what keeps you alive down here." "That's easy for you to say," Pocket retorted, "You're a perfect killing machine. Top of the line. What do you know about being a mismatched part? A problem to be put up with?" #CherubArt
"I don't care what you THINK it looks like. You see that THING again, you drop your salvage and get the squad back to the docks. And mother below, do NOT listen to it. No matter what it offers you, it's never worth the cost." #CherubArt
"These? Oh man, no I hate'm. Absolutely disgusting. Worst thing on River's menu. It's just that my sponsor wants to taste a little bit of everything we eat down here. Now shoo shoo, I gotta wash this down before the kelp-helpers get served." #CherubArt
"Is it true? The other divers say they see... things in the Hadal zone. That the flux starts to swim like fish. Have you seen that too? They say I'm not allowed to go that deep yet, but I'll show'em. I found a diving bell!" #CherubArt
Two cats, a mage, and Death walk into a bar...and now they're in a bar together 🙂 3 panels, 3 souls (the cats count as one), 3 pins! From the 1 webcomic, Three Panel Soul! By the 2 people, @3psboyd.bsky.social & @polygoncherub.bsky.social! 🐈 Topa.to/threepanelsoul | threepanelsoul.com 💀
