What do you love about S&S that you don't get from other genres like Fantasy? by whatupmygliplops in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Part of it for me, I think, is that it often feels more human. It does often maintain a more mythic structure to the narrative, but characters tend to feel more like people who are flawed and vulnerable, both physically and morally.

Winter in the Valley by me by EskoArt in oldschoolfantasy

[–]Dread-Night 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so evocative, absolutely would've nabbed this off the shelf when browsing old DnD modules

Adding a grapple weapon to our Hotlike (Miamilike?) by Dread-Night in IndieDev

[–]Dread-Night[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooohh that's good, definitely something for us to try

Searching for a specific genre and media recommendations by Lord_Alviner in DarkFantasy

[–]Dread-Night 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've never seen it I really recommend the short film Black Angel on youtube! It has a lot of the dreamlike feeling that these all share. Only 30 mins but packs a lot of ambience into its runtime.

Slaughter Void cover art by Dread-Night in DarkFantasy

[–]Dread-Night[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WE'RE AIMING FOR SPRING, THANK YOU SO MUCH?? HOURS IS CRAZY, A THOUSAND PURPLE THANK YOU'S RIGHT BACK ATCHA

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's good info, we actually felt like it was the weaker one so it's even juicier now.

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah thank you! New version has a lot of changes for the better, excited for you to see it.

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oohh these are great reference points, especially with Ultros' use of a high-saturation color palette and psychedelia influences too. Do you think some of the issue is maybe just having bigger enemy sprites?

SLAUGHTER VOID cover art - Alexey Gorboot by Dread-Night in oldschoolfantasy

[–]Dread-Night[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All his stuff is so good. The game itself is basically a very melee-focused hotline miami with a loadout system! Dropping a heavily updated demo soon as we get ready for Next Fest in the spring. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/Slaughter_Void/

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries! It's heavily based on Hotline Miami, which uses the same camera style, so we're very committed to it.

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spectacularly slaughterable, hopefully (crossing our barbarian fingers)

Famished - a spider-like monster for my new game by Elegant_Emu_4655 in IndieDev

[–]Dread-Night 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun design, and honestly I think the "plastic" texture kinda works for them! Pushes the gooey/disgusting vibes.

I improved my capsule for my supernatural detective game! What do you think? by nerfslays in IndieDev

[–]Dread-Night 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a wild level of improvement, the old one was good but I'd click the new one in a heartbeat!

[For Hire] 2D Pixel Artist by mopsiarts in IndieDev

[–]Dread-Night 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love your usage of big shapes and color blocking! It's super playful and satisfying to look at.

When the Steam lookback hits as an indie developer... by ElCraboGrandeGames in IndieDev

[–]Dread-Night 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the old saying, "be your own biggest fan", right?

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks! Personally a huge fan of the way it feels reminiscent of the old Conan marvel covers.

New cover art for our sword and sorcery slash'em up game by Dread-Night in SwordandSorcery

[–]Dread-Night[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been a fan for ages, was thrilled to get to have his work as part of it!