Metin Seven 🎨20h ago

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A thread about my game dev years (late 1980s - late 1990s)…

Our small Dutch dev team's name was initially Soft Eyes. An Amiga shooter titled Venom Wing was our first internationally distributed game, published by the British Thalamus in 1990. I made part of the graphics.

Downloads and more: https://linksta.cc/@seven ➔ Team Hoi

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Show threadMetin Seven 🎨20h ago

🧵 Game dev years, 2/x

The box cover artwork for our Venom Wing Amiga game was painted by the late, great Oliver Frey. As a youngster, I was so proud to see the ad in one of my favorite game magazines at the time: Zzap 64. 🤩

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🧵 Game dev years, 3/x

Our composer Ramon Braumuller's four-channel title track for the Venom Wing Amiga game, published by Thalamus in 1990. The repeating track was made in our own SIDmon Amiga music editor.

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Show threadMetin Seven 🎨11h ago

🧵 Game dev years, 4/x

Following Venom Wing in 1990, our next major project was an Amiga platform game called Hoi. I penned down preliminary ideas and sketches in a ruled notebook.

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Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈11h ago
@metin There needs to be a finished game that looks like those pen drawings!
Show threadMetin Seven 🎨11h ago
@RobeeShepherd Yeah, that'd be nice indeed. 😃
Show threadDr. Daniel Dizdarevic6h ago

@metin @RobeeShepherd In fact, there is a game that uses this idea, and I think it works really well aesthetically:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3150030/Paper_Battlefield/

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A strategy where battles are limited only by the boundaries of the notebook! Experience a unique real-time strategy experience where every battle unfolds on the pages of a sketchbook, and all your units and structures are drawn with ink!

Show threadLee Schneider11h ago
@metin Line drawings! Beautiful to behold.
Show threadMetin Seven 🎨11h ago

@docuguy Thanks! 😊 Looking back at these sketches, I'm jealous of how nonchalant I drew them straight away using a ballpoint.

These days, if I would still draw on paper, I would carefully start sketching roughly with a blue pencil and an eraser, then clean up with a regular pencil, and then ink the final result. 😅

Show threadDr. Daniel Dizdarevic6h ago
@metin I absolutely love all your ballpoint pen drawings! They remind me of the sketches I used to make in my school books during boring lessons. But yours are much more elaborate and unique! 🫶