Humpty Dumpty

Here's another nursery rhyme for SBL. Did you know that Lewis Carroll made Humpty an egg. It was originally an old cannon in Chelmsford.

 Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the King's horses....

And all the King's men. Couldn't put Humpty together again.

This little piggy

Here's another nursery rhyme from the SBL app.

You know how it goes:

This little piggy went to market.

This little piggy stayed at home.

This little piggy had roast beef.

This little piggy had none.

And this little piggy went, "Wee wee wee wee!"

All the way home.

Hey Diddle Diddle

Here are some bits of artwork I created for a nursery rhyme app for Short, Bald & Lanky. That's the company name but the founders are actually short bald and lanky. I'll post other images from other rhymes over the next couple of days so stay tuned.

Kitten burst

I'm back working on these chaps again - exciting developments ahead!

Tower defence

 Here are some designs for a tower defence game I was working on. Sadly it was aborted, which was a shame as it played pretty well.

 Here are some goblins, the typical troop character of the game. I was going for a cute but deadly vibe.

This ogre would be the more defended muscle character. I was messing around with textures but the sprites would have been minuscule in game so you'd have never seen such detail.

 I really like this mangy feline warrior. I don't think anyone else on the team did though.

The most fun was designing traps for the troops to blunder into. The garden level was a particular favourite.

Frog spawn

I found these graphics from a puzzle title I was working on for a company that is no more. It never saw the light of day but I really like what I came up with - makes a change from sliding sweets.

Mag-Nets - the game of the future

Can this really be my first post in 2014? Looks like it is.

Well, I've been enigmatically busy working on concept and character designs for an old chum from my Pure Entertainment day who has a development studio in Devon, the Atlantis of England. His company, Total Monkery is making a multiplayer game for all your favourite consoles and computers.

 Here are some designs for a few of the fantastic characters you may encounter in the the game. I've been playing with various builds and despite my brain not comprehending the old school tester keyboard controls it's taking shape very nicely, thanks for asking.

Don't worry, it will all be totally 3D but we're going for some exciting rendering styles. If you want to follow the progress of this game, you can check out the blog on the Total Monkery site.