Yes, what I had long suspected has now become official: PAWS is cancelled.
It’s sad that it will never be released, as it was a fun game and with more time put into I think it would have made quite a spiffy game; however time is a resource that is in scarce supply. To find out more about what happened you can read Lemmy101′s blog entry about it (it’s more to do with his and CaptainBinky’s experience with another project, but it does go into why PAWS is not possible).
On a more positive note, I did learn quite a bit from the experience (my first runcycles, tiles, and more), enjoyed working on it, and I’m hoping to use the sprites I worked on in another project so it won’t be a complete loss :) I may release some more art later on, but for now here are two character portraits from the selection screen of Mr. Spiffo, the sly raccoon, and Pancake, the cheerful hedgehog:
11th March, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - 2 Comments
I’ve been a bit lazy about drawing lately, but finally took the plunge again a couple of days ago :)
It’s a sad state of affairs that overprotective/fussy fairy owners make their pet frogs miss out on the chance of playing in the rain because they don’t want them getting wet ;) Click on the pick for a bigger version!
17th December, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 5 Comments
In a shocking turn of events, I did finish cleaning up the man with the strawberry head.
His eating habits remain… peculiar. Some might even say unsettling ;)
24th October, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 1 Comment
…Ahh, there they are.
My hand felt a bit gnarled after modelling for this one.
And it’s surprisingly hard to hold a pointing gesture. A good reason for people not to jump to conclusions and start pointing fingers willy-nilly ;)
21st October, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
Just some practice sprites I made in the PAWS style. 13 or 14 colours with transparency, I can’t remember ;)
Speaking of PAWS, if you were wondering where it is… it took a largish break in production due to a spiffy game called Privates, by friend Zombie Cow Studios (the other members of the PAWS team were the ones working on it, btw–I was just a scientific fact checker ;) ). I have been that assured PAWS will be finished some day!
9th October, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 1 Comment
Just finished the second season of Flight of the Conchords in a day long binge, and have Bret and Jemain <3 to spare ;) So, fanart!
3rd September, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 2 Comments
Not that the monkeys are overdue, just the post. In fact, not even the post, as these were for a baby shower that happened just last week. The blog, I suppose ;) I hope to fix that soon!
2nd August, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 1 Comment
In the heat of summer day
Walks the Lady of Decay.
Her skin is pale like gone-off milk,
Her clothes are made of rotted silk,
Millipedes surround her face,
Her dress is trimmed with dirty lace.
With maggot pet and fungi’d hair,
She parades around the square.
She’s a sight from head to toes,
But whilst you look, hold your nose!
For nothing festers like Decay
In the heat of summer day.
14 colours, and the poem was written spur-of-the-moment when submitting to PixelJoint ;)
31st January, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 2 Comments
