72+ hr GameJam

My girlfriend and I had been toying around with the idea of putting together a little game for an idea we had but had trouble finding time to sit down and push something out. This week we finally decided to develop the idea a little further and do a 48 hr. game jam.

We've both done game jams before but with a few other people. This time it was only the two of us trying to put something together and 48 hrs was just not enough time. We're running close to 72 hrs now and I haven't even been able to start programming yet so this project is going to be a bit bigger than originally anticipated but we're not in a hurry.

Anyway, here are some samples of the artwork and animation I did.

I also came across some playback issues with the GIFs in different viewers. IE and Explorer wouldn't play them at the proper frame rate so if you find the animations are really slow, just imagine they're silky smooth... or watch them in a different program.

Western Town Layout

One of our assignments from last semester involved making an animatic for a western-themed short film for which we had to design backgrounds and animate a few sequences for. Well we continued on with that project as a refresher to Flash by taking one of the backgrounds we drew and cleaned it up. I chose this one  that I had used for a 3/4 walk cycle.

Here's the original drawing:

...and the finished piece. With a subtle pan.