Workshop

 

An average day at a workshop. The program I use to create 3D models is Anim8or.

Sax-Gals

 

 

 

Inspired by Skullgirls, Sax-Gals was going to be a MUGEN project that plays like the Marvel vs. Capcom games. The "-" in the title is pronounced "dash". I  was developing this game alongside the first Infight Kids game. Sax-Gals would have been the 1st appearance of 3 of the Skampfer Squad members, and Senka the Ghost who eventually appeared in Eternal Ghost Town. Oken previously appeared in the ending of Emma's older sister Elaine in the second Infight Kids game.

 

By the time that I started producing this game, I already had Isabell worked on for the Infight Kids series. Shinobi, a character I used in a previous MUGEN game, Cosmi vs. eGames  was used as a placeholder. I had each character's emblem designed for the  game.

1. Characters

Diane
The leader of the hunters.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Kikimora (Puyo Puyo Sun), Phoenix (Marvel vs. Capcom 3), Arthur (Ghosts 'n Goblins), Jin (Marvel vs. Capcom)

Emma
French schoolgirl looking out for her older sister.

"Can I have a cupcake?"

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Chloe (Madeline), Morrigan, Roll (Marvel vs. Capcom), Blupi / Eggbert, Skate (Streets of Rage 2)

Isabell
A human-shaped robot built by Mayo and Zep that attacks with her carnivorous dress.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Bishamon, Anakaris (Darkstalkers), Princess Morbucks (Powerpuff Girls)

IceChick
The Ice Samurai.

"All you scrawny mindless dweebs are going down!"

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Icepick (Double Dragon cartoon), Strider Hiryu (Marvel vs. Capcom)

Popsickull
She once lived a happy life, but due to an accident and surgery she became a speechless killing machine.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Lalaloopsy, Black/White Kyurem (Pokémon Black 2 and White 2), Juggernaut (Marvel Super Heroes)

Oken
Rhodney Thomson is a member of the Skampfer Squad who also joined the hunters.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Cheetah (Justice League Task Force (Genesis)), Sabrewulf (Killer Instinct),  Bishamon, Felicia (Darkstalkers), Solid Snake (Super Smash Bros. Brawl), Werehog (Sonic Unleashed), Pikachu (Super Smash Bros.), Charlie (X-Men vs. Street Fighter), Fox, Mr. Game & Watch (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Julia
The insect girl, secretly equipped with an illuminator.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Q-Bee (Vampire Savior), Baxter Stockman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time)

Bennie
An abandoned soldier that randomly mimics other characters' normal moves and special moves.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Doraemon, Benny Bull (Dora the Explorer), Mokujin (Tekken 3)

1a. Extra Characters
with Gameplay concepts to come

Senka
The half-dead ghost girl, capable of teleporting.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Yu & Rei (Puyo Puyo Fever), Socks the Cat, Onnanoko (Wrecking Crew '98), Casper the Friendly Ghost, Raiden (Mortal Kombat II)

KneelSin
Description

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Atelier
One of Diane's best friends. A servant of the Divine Fish.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Maria Takayama

Lopi
Leader of the Skapmfer Squad.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Rash (Battletoads), Yoshi (Super Mario World)

Zado
A shape-shifting Zombie.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Pimple (Battletoads)

Zila
This little girl has a crush on Oken, given how she likes cats.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Love*Machine
Created by several geniuses.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Iron Man and War Machine (Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom), Rogue (X-Men vs. Street Fighter), Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races, Perils of Penelope Pitstop), Sorceress (Dragon's Crown), Marvelous Melmo, Wonder Pink (Ther Wonderful 101)


2. Bosses

Elaine (Emma's story only)
Emma's older sister who got posessed by the Sax-Gals.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Jessica Rabbit (Who framed Roger Rabbit?), Dark Queen (Battletoads)

Metal Oken (Oken's story only)
The robotic version of Oken was created by Selena, leader of the Kotten League.

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Silver Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)

Bland-X

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Huitzil (Darkstalkers)

Parijono
(parijono means Crocodile in Finnish)

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Gunstar Green (Gunstar Heroes), Vergil (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3), Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat 3)

Tetralogy
The Sax-Gals were a 4-girl band.

Red: Magneto
Pink: Storm
Orange: Sentinel
Yellow: Strider-Doom

Design and Gameplay inspirations

Magneto, Storm, Sentinel, Strider Hiryu, Dr. Doom (Marvel vs. Capcom 2), Decap Attack

Cosmic Seethe

 

In 2012, I started working on a beat 'em up inspired by a fan game named Ögonbryn, which was created by TatsuSoft. It was going to be a crossover where characters from various franchises meet each other. However, the game was never finished and was ultimately cancelled.

3 years later, I reworked this game's engine into Skampfer Squad, a Battletoads clone. Grabs, blitz attacks and additional aerial attacks were added. Invincibility after wakeup like in the Streets of Rage games was also added. It was also my very first time making use of sprite origins and having the characters change their image_xscale value in order to face left or right. Nowadays, I consider Cosmic Seethe as an engine. Some of the code I used for this engine (mostly the lifebar code) would later be used for a mini game in Hisoka The Babysitter!, Ultra Hisoka.

A prototype of this game can be found in my Game Maker Archive.

Franchise Overview

Dr. Lunatic: Dr. Lunatic stars Bouapha, a bald guy who throws hammers, collecting brains necessary to clear each level. The titular maniac (Dr. Lunatic himself) steals zombie brains and turns into a zombie himself.

Madou Monogatari: This series consisted of first-person dungeon crawlers where the player takes the role of Arle Nadja. Unlike most RPG's, some statistics are displayed differently and not by digits. Arle's facial expression signifies how much health she has. Experience is shown by jewels which form into various shapes when leveling up. Madou Monogatari also saw a spinoff series titled Puyo Puyo, a puzzle game in the vein of Tetris and Dr. Mario. This game was also the basis for Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Ghost Trap / Avalanche.

Blupi: Blupi is a yellow egg-shaped species created by EPSITEC or Daniel Roux in 1979 (judging from their history page). But actually, it appears Blupi was created as early as 1974. He appears in a few action-packed and educational titles. Some of his first games were created for the Smaky (short for Smart Keyboard). These games would later be ported to the DOS, most notably Blupimania (it was even hosted somewhere a year before its 3D sequel came out). Unfortunately, the other DOS Blupi Games were all but impossible to find (until blupi.org was created in 2017). Blupi is probably best known for his appearance in Speedy Blupi. It was marketed by eGames as Speedy Eggbert and since then the game has been featured on their website.

Blupi quote: "The instruction list allows you to view a basic program!"

Codes

Left Right Down Right Up Right Tab+Space

Ctrl+1/2 to change any character

01 Bouapha
02 Arle
03 Blupi
04 Alex Kidd / Stella
05 Galsia
06 Donovan
07 Freddy
08 Bonehead
09 Happy Stickman
10 Mumble
11 Slum
12 Roll
13 Onnanoko

Candra Minsky Plush 1st Anniversary

 

Today is the 1st Anniversary of my Candra Minsky plush! It now has been a year since I received the plush.