23.11.2023 - 05.12.2023
I've had a vague idea for a videogame, but it was only in the middle of November 2023 that it started to make more sense, so I decided to work hard on it. I’ve been wanting to make a game for a while, and I’ve been studying a lot of different concepts. After much investigation, and playing a few games, I finally got an idea for a game that I am positive will fit my style just well.
This game is some kind of 2D Platformer Rogue-lite game in which you are an ant who is sent into different missions, to unknown and abandoned places to retrieve and retreat. And maybe kill some things. The description goes something like this:
Your colony is running out of resources! It’s been so hard to find food for the queen, and scraps for the geniuses around the colony to work on! You are an ant sent into missions, to abandoned and unknown places, full of different kinds of dangers and friendly faces, in order to find useful resources for your colony. But watch out! You never know who’s over there… but if you screw around long enough, you’ll find out!
I had been brainstorming a name for the game, and had some pretty wacky ideas. Initially I wanted to make a joke and called it Ant Scraps Station so people could just call it "Ass" at some point, but it feels kind of hard to say it. I feel like I’m gonna bite off my own tongue at some point… I’ll definitely use it though. Anyway, the game is called Lost & Tiny now.
First Sketches and Character Designs:
From the very beginning, I had decided that the end would just be a small little bean. So I started messing around with some sketches. I made a few in my sketchbook, and then drew them digitally.
As it is very common, mother nature tends to cause the effect of evolution on pretty much everything. So the first form of this ant was one unfinished sketch with 3 balls and no arms, then it evolved into a fly for some reason, then as you can see for the following 3 drawings, the design was pretty much figured out. At least for the 1st version.
I feel like there are still things that need to be worked on. This is definitely not the final version, and I will most likely regret animating them all without changing their designs. But for now, let’s say it’s a different ant species.
1. I called this guy Ant One… I’m not sorry for this pun
2. First running animation for the Ant character.
I might change it a little bit in the future, but for not this'll do.
I also made a sketch of the first enemy for the game. This is also definitely not the last version, but it will be used as an inspiration for future designs. The idea was initially to have it as an obstacle the player would have to overcome, run around or outsmart in some way.
This is all I have to post for today. I will be coming back next week to share more of what I have produced. I hope this somehow picks your interest! I am always kind of tired and sometimes some sentences might not make much sense, so feel free to ask anything!
Thank you for reading! Take care!
See ya around.
- Z
