Tales From Windy Meadow - fantasy pixel art Visual Novel

[Aure]

Thank you very much for your kind words, Thalanor! I find it amazing that back in the 80's-90's pixel art was just a way to squeeze as much content as you could from very limited hardware and low-quality TV screens, but now we can take build upon this artystyle and create something much more impressive and speaking to one's imagination without being so restricted. : ))

[Aure]

We are in an awkward spot where we have many parts of the project being a work in progress. Because of this, for this ScreenShotSaturday we've made a mix of our graphics, showing a scene that is not related to the game's story itself. WIP goblins, WIP boar and WIP wilderness background, just to tease your fantasy appetite. ; )

[Jubal]

That is a pretty sizeable boar! The goblins are fun as well - quite ape-like in style

[Silverspook]

This looks great! Looking forward to this coming out and seeing more of the production.

[Aure]

A second video showing the process of making some of our pixel art. : )

[Jubal]

Again, very nice work!

[Aure]

Work in progress of some of our in-game areas. ^^

[Aure]

You can now find our January devlog on IndieDB. : )

[Aure]

Another speed draw from us. : )

[Aure]

We are not sure about this one... What would you like to be changed?
EDIT: By the way, I like the new Exilian logo a lot. A nice step forward.

[Glaurung]

EDIT: By the way, I like the new Exilian logo a lot. A nice step forward.

It's a version that we usually put up temporarily to mark Saints Cyril & Methodius Day on 14th February - see this thread for what it is and why we do it. If there's enough demand we could always leave it, though we would then have to design another logo to mark C&M day.

[Aure]

Oh, I see! I actually know their story pretty well.

[Jubal]

Yeah, we kind of stole their saints' day and made it a festival of writing, we usually fundraise for charity for it as well

I see what you mean about the logo - the parchment background does make the Exilian text stand out more, I guess? We need to do more design & update work on the site generally, but I'm a pants designer and I'm quite stretched keeping things running most of the time

As for the image, I guess I'd say it depends if you want a "warm" or "cold" feel to the house. If you want a colder, emptier feel, I'd make the wood colours paler - if you want a "sleepy but lived in" feel, maybe a warmer palette for the pans and the oven, which currently look very much like the moonlit palette outside.

[Aure]

We have a great week behind us and a very promising one coming up next. Not only we participated in an interview for TwoHappyCats blog, but we actually made a gigantic progress making the game's prototype. We had a huge delay, but it finally starts looking pretty good... Though we still have a lot of graphics to complete.

Such as these ones! We almost finished portraying our villagers and they are turning out great. For this #screenshotsaturday, we're sharing one happy family - Mita, Castus and their only son, Pudens. These farmers are the owners of the best fields in Windy Meadow, but their most important source of income is definitely the apiary and their mead-producing business.

[Jubal]

Nice! Is that a birthmark, a scar or an illness that Pudens has on his face?