Author: Brad

Three years since my last video, six since the 1st World 3 Report. Yikes!

Still can’t upload a video on time to save my life, but man am I out of practice. Tried to put my dumb face on video to say hi and start the new series out but that just wasn’t working out, maybe once I’m back in the swing of things again.

Now go, watch, FEED IT VIEWS, BEG FOR MORE VIDEOS 😉

Last image I posted showed off the crazy amount of backgrounds I have for the cave level, with the bit of ground in there being closer to the earlier sketchy FPA style. This time around, different styles will actually be of some importance, rather than whatever I can scratch into the computer at the time. Since it’s Dr. Seuss’s birthday, it seemed like a good time to show of a later part of the level, which uses a more solid, physical style that’s partly inspired by Ted Geisel’s amazing, twisty landscapes.

The question, of course, is what happened to cause landscape to change, but I’ll leave that up to speculation for now 😎

We still haven’t been updating as much as we had hoped (totally my fault), but maybe this will make it up to you guys.

I’d like to present, the first ever official World 4 screenshot:

What can I say, caves and The Fancy Pants Adventures go pretty hand in hand. I think World 4 will be much better at contextualizing level locations, though (I love the reason you end up there, but that’s a secret for now :X )

I’m still playing around with the style, I’ve always loved the old scribbly style of World 1 (hence the Remix), but you’ll be seeing more diversity this time around. I look forward to running some new styles by you guys, so stay tuned!

– Brad

Wanted to share this earlier, but the whole house somehow managed to get runny noses (except me… somehow…).

Now I know if looks like a simple animation, but-

ACK, I’ve already said too much! *runs away*

😎

Just one more art update until we get to the good stuff, promise!

Fancy Pants Adventures has always been most personal to me, it’s always a reflection of my skills at the time, and I’ve always made them as simply the games that I want to play. One aspect of the game, however, that’s been heavily influenced by player feedback has been the parkour influence. Even from the beginning, I’ve seen players excited about playing a ‘parkour platformer’ (which there seems to be criminally few of), and since the style certainly goes well with FPA, I’ve let more and more moves creep throughout the series (remind me to go over the original influences one day… And no it’s not just Sonic :P).

So, figured I should just ask you wonderful people. Would you like to see more obviously parkour influenced moves in World 4, or push the series to be more unique?

Either way, parkour makes for some great poses to draw Fancy Pants Man in :woot:

– Brad

Hey guys, Brad finally here! Been wanting to post some art for awhile, there was supposed to be something for New Years but I ended up liking it more than I thought I would and spent too much time on it, heh (though part of it ended up as a cover photo).

I picked up an iPad Pro and have been able to finally draw and work on the game away from my desk, which is far better for the more creative stage of the project. Took a bit of time to adjust to a new workflow, but it definitely helps when I want to, say, drop new images with hints and such for you guys 😉

Got a lot more coming soon, so stay tuned!

Combat is going to have a much larger role in World 4, so it has to be really, really good!

What do you think of the new up swing attack?

Now you can do a golf swing wherever you want, not just at the beginning of World 2!

But I’m sure you want to try it out for yourself, so stay tuned!