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Haha! That mimic is great :D
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It's been a week since I last worked on Walthros. Time to get back to it!
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Walrus Family
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Reginald Walrus Man - Hank's father, a famous wizard who lost his wife Diana to illness. Reginald studies forbidden magic to return her to life and vanishes into the abyss in the process.
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The Wobbler wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:21 pm It's been a week since I last worked on Walthros. Time to get back to it!
I want to play the next release so bad :gonk:
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I hope the whole game is finished and released this year! Things have been difficult lately so I haven't been able to get as much creative work done as I'd like.

30 years ago today Bob Surlaw made his debut -

These comics were in Hamster Speak 10 years ago and now they're back, in Twitter form
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Testers were confused by some of the world background established in this zone. I'm reworking it a bit to be more coherent. Change for the better! I'm really curious to see what kind of ways people interpret the backstory.
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Wow, 30 years! Bob's built up some esteem in his years, maybe still pretty low on gravitas.

I thought I would post the links to the HamsterSpeak issues where those comics were published 10 years ago, since it's far more pleasant than Twitter for viewing them. (Because they're in iframes I won't link directly to them, so you can see the rest of these issues.)
HamsterSpeak Volume 60 containing Sky Flyers #1-3
HamsterSpeak Volume 61 containing Sky Flyers #4-6
HamsterSpeak Volume 62 containing Sky Flyers #7-10
Sky Flyers #10 ended on "To be continued", but you never posted any more in HS. Are there more?

Of course, the game updates look great, even if I've been lazy about replying. I was particularly surprised you reformatted all the textboxes, really taking polish seriously.
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There are a bunch more comics, but my scanner died right after I scanned issue #9 all those years ago. I actually JUST got a new one, so I might continue scanning the rest at some point!

Game work has been slow but I caught up on all my bestiary entries, here's the newest monsters.
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Hahah, love the way everything has a backstory and The Mr. Pepper Show lore.
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Thanks! I should be working on finishing some dungeons but I'm having too much fun with enemies right now.
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First pass on Sealsquatch, the heavy-weight champion of the world! You'll get to challenge him and a variety of other lovely weirdos in the coliseum in act 3.
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Music man Mr. 8bit, myself, and OHR engine devs James and Ralph for a cameo in the Walthros: Renewal developer room
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Looking at the very first monster graphics I drew in 1997's Walthros vs. the ones drawn for the remake. I'm not a professional but I think I've gotten a lot better!
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Wow, the gap is bigger than I remembered.

You should get some sleep! Do you have a stack of googly blobs or a robo-thing on your actual desk?
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say what you will about the technique but the old sprites have TONNES of character
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I honestly can't remember the last time I've had a good sleep, I'm running on a series of daily naps!

My actual desk has all kinds of blobby friends on it
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