Welcome to Viceroy Studios.
Viceroy is a community-based enterprise gaming studio dedicated to creating high-quality pixellated games. Basically, we make good games, and everyone helps out. That being said, this is also a good place for beginner and intermediate gamecrafters to test their skills, and voluntarily be a part of something big. (Experts, you guys are probably already employed by big fancy game studio corporations. Good for you.)
There's not much to look at at the moment, but feel free to take a look around, sign the guestbook, and if you're up to it, help us out!
6.1.07
www.gmclans.com, im tellin everyone.... that's where the magic happens.... oh, and we operate under the name of mindsnapstudios.... check this sprite for an upcoming game:
[IMG]http://www.freewebs.com/viceroystudios/zak1.gif[/IMG]4.25.07
Its not much at all, but it exists... (hah!) And it's being worked on. We're trying to craftily work our way around some Godaddy issues... but yea... check it out. Also, a surprising amount of stuff is happening over at www.gmclans.com ... if you're really interested, go check out the Viceroy thread in the recruiting section. But yea... We're still moving right along...
4.17.07
You can tell we're moving now, because everything is quiet. All people are busy at work, production is moving, and i'm feeling rather optimistic. There hasn't been an update in a week, but there's been nothing to say. I've been talking with several other developers, a couple partnerships might develop rather soon, but we shall see. Also, our website is nearly finished, so in another week or two, our short but pleasant stay with freewebs will come to an end. But yea, until then, happy gaming all....
4.10.07
Some huge changes and advances in the Altawings storyline, but it's looking really good, really polished. It should be pretty much finished in the next couple of days. Our team for the game is pretty concrete, however, certain levels, art, or parts i'll still have some guest help come in, because this is quickly turning into a decent sized game.
In other news, we might have a second game in the works! A concept guy/programmer named Flare whitefire had a really good idea, one that i wasn't ready to pass up on. From the look of it, the came will be an RPG-type sidescroller based in underground Venice, italy. It's a very promising concept, but i don't want to rush things. But yea, the game is called Mascherina, which literally means template in italian.
4.9.07
ALTAWINGS, everyone, Altawings. That is the new title. I don't like it very much, honestly, but that way it gets us out of the way of any trouble with licensing and other stuff. I want to rename it one last time though, with help from people on the forums... I've come across several other helpful prospective team members in the last couple of days. If all goes well, who knows, we might be introducing our second game soon... =) Word. More sprites and info on that later today.
4.8.07
Happy easter, all. We had a new pixel artist sign on with us today, Ego. He's already produced some high quality work, which will be displayed in the gallery later on today. I also got in touch with a freindly logo/ icon maker named Havok, and he said he'd touch up the sight and provide up with a few ads and banners for free. Ah yes...
EDIT: as i can't post pictures in the forums yet, only links, here is a player ship that Ego recently completed:
4.5.07
Well. Let's see. I made some friends today, one of them being an uber-pimp god-king that is an editor for two of the biggest indie gaming communities on the planet. I even managed to get a snippet about Viceroy Studios put in there. For those that really care, you can check it out here:
http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html (Look in the news section, april 5th)
And: Ah yes, the demo. No worries, team, just a 1-2 level sort of thing. Consider it like a press release. But yes, more and more interest in our little project is slowly coming in... which leads me to my advice of the day: NEVER.GIVE.UP. for the last week, i've been tirelessly sending emails, joining forums, browsing through portfolios, just to find people that seem to fit Viceroy's work ethic. Do i go to anyone, desperately beggin for help? of course not. I'm selective in my inquiries. But yea. Don't stop. Things will happen.
ps i think all the attention is from 2 things: 1. My logo, and 2: Dylan.
haha word. peace.
4.3.07
Booyakasha.
Ight so being as how my computer still hasn't arrived, and thats where ALL my sprites are stored, i decided "hey, what the hell, i'll just make some more." Excuse Me for being a bit rusty in paint and all, but here she is:
IMPORTANT NOTE: this is NOT the type of art i want in game, and its not going to be used. It's purely to show that when motivated, i can produce. Our in gmae sprites look much more rounded, and frankly, less detailed. But yea. Haha this shows we actually are doing something as well though. i kinda wanted some artowrk on the front page...
An important thing to note about the pic is that I drew it much bigger, then minimized it, causing some blur. on top of that, it was all pretty and blue, but then i inverted the colors, and when i inverted back, it was slightly more blurry. Heres kinda how it would have looked if i hadn't made an uh-oh, all nice n blue, just imagine it more defined and sharp:
It was inspired by a spasheship miniature. I actually like the yellow one better, becuase it depits my shading skills more accurately.
Ok, anyways, enuff about me. In other news, i dunno how big i can strech this news paragraph on freewebs until it'll reach the max, so in the next few days, im probably gonna start an archive page. Being as how the news is gonna get slightly less frequent, the archive room'll probably be month by month. More on that later. Peace y'all, i'll put the pic in the gallery later on today. word.
4.2.07
Few things going on... admist mass recruiting, i had time to make a banner for our sight, which, in a second round of mass promoting, will get a few places to post. It's pretty basic, and at some point i might make a nice fancy GIF and all, bt it woorks, and its recognizable. Check it:
http://freewebs.com/viceroystudios" target="_blank">http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o36/ralfyrules/viceroylogo.jpg" width="88" height="31">
^post that anywhere and you will get it with that pic and a link to our home page hurray!^
eh? eh? ot too bad, our boy ralfyrules (dylan) did it, he's a beast.... Slap that in your signature on other forums, and see what happens...
Secondly, i finally got around to posting some rules and a couple other posts on our forums, which now boast about 10 members... The only thing i don't like about freewebs forums is that they're EXTREMELY basic, no counters, no warnings, nothing. But im not complaining. Yay forums!
Third thing is, as said in the mission statement, this is a community effort, and i beleive in giving ppl credit for what they do. We recently got an inquiry from a pixelartist named Blackdragon (Jeff on the forums) and hopefully he'll be working with us. He's a pretty talented artist, it looks promising....
And lastly, if you are on our forums, please get an avatar. I dunno, its just sort of a pet peeve i have. Cool. Thanks all, peace...
-Icedemon
^oh yeah, thats right! im finally gonna have to start bustin out a signature, cause my other team members are finally gettin around to puttin in work... things are going pretty good...
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