Hello Wizards & Sorceresses,
I bought Aseprite.
If you are a pixel artist or a pixel enthusiast you should really consider to make yourself a gift this Christmas and buy a copy. This is not any kind of promotional message, but just my sincere enthusiasm for this well designed program David Capello developed based on several requests and feedbacks he got from Aseprite community in the last few years. Continue reading
Hey Wizards & Sorceresses!
Our summer pause is almost over and we’re back at work! Actually as a game dev you never really quit to fantasize about what and how you should improve your game Continue reading
As you may have read before, Wizards of Unica started as a 7 Day Rogue-Like in 2014. This year, to test how my skills developed, I participated in the yearly 7DRL Challenge. The result is Black Jack is still at large, a western roguelike based on a unique Blackjack inspired game mechanic for action resolution developed in little less than 24 hours.
Brand new Demon Rift’ mock up
Hi Wizards & Sorceresses,
since the beginning of my art direction for Wizards of Unica, I wanted to avoid traditional tileset. I made several statements about this decision, choosing an unconventional approach to art assets. Well, in case you didn’t notice yet: I was wrong. Continue reading
Fire+Necro = Necrosis
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Here I come with the finished challenge and a bag full of brand new spells! I’m so proud I’ve been able to finish all the 45 spells right on schedule with a homogeneous quality in such a short amount of time. You can check out part I here and part II here. Continue reading
Hello Wizards & Sorceresses,
can’t belive I’m right on schedule with all these new spells!
As explained in my last post I gave myself two weeks to finish all the 45 new magic’ animation, and after these 7 days week I’m in the middle of this challenge, with some juicy stuff! Continue reading
Hi there Wizards & Sorceresses,
I’m so glad to let you know that very soon a new Wizards of Unica alpha will be released!
Luca worked hard on refactoring and the game main skeleton is finally ready, but by my side I still have a bunch of work to do. There is a whole branch almost unexplored: the spells! Continue reading
As we move forward it is time to go into a deeper detail about the design of Wizards of Unica and finalize the various game mechanics. This is the first post of a serie of article that will accompany us for several months while Daniele and I refine and finalize the gameplay of our game, and the starting point are WoU’s Design Goals.
Hi there Wizards & Sorceresses!
Now that the main soundtrack for Wizards of Unica is completed is time for final mix and master! I’m an art geek, not a sound engineer, so I always used my ear and my ow taste for this delicate and important phase, and I always make hundreds of mistakes and need a huge amount of time for a satisfying mix, but nevertheless, in the end, I get what I want! Continue reading
Kharab Shams: The Whisper Ruins (mock up)
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I just finished to write an email to my man Luca with a big issue I’m fighting with, and I was ready to send it to him, when I just realized that would have been so much better to make it an article! Continue reading
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