Let sleeping donuts lie. 🍩

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“One day long from now you shall awaken, on the shores of a great salt water basin.”

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A Panorama Sketch: A Shadow in the Clouds Stretches Across the Sky.

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If you could wield any weapon of your choice, no matter how conceptually fictional it may be, what would it be?

For my answer, it has to be the main weapon of Merchanted’s Main character, a glowing golden orb that can squash and stretch to take any shape the user wants.
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Hey BlueSky! It’s been a long while since I posted anything new, I’ve been pretty busy in my own life recently but I’ve had some time to start new concept sketches! I decided to redraw an old sketch and when I was done I pasted the old over the new for a final comparison!
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Hey, Bluesky! I've recently been working on concept scenes! This shot here of the MC's pet Sun Serpent, comes from an early event, and since I liked the sketch I thought l'd show it here!

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~ SK ☀️
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Hi Bluesky! It’s been a while now, but as time passes, more concepts are brought to life in the world of #Merchanted! Here’s a rough concept sketch of one of the games earliest locations that offers a great view over the rest of the country, Sun’s Rise, Ventura. #IndieDev #OpenWorld #ConceptArt #UE5

A concept for the First Boss Battle in my Indie Game #Merchanted! A hill of disturbed ground has come to life in the forest! Will you defeat or tame this grassy beast?

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I’ve been writing a lot recently as I’ve been understanding the sheer magnitude of the story I’m creating. Sometimes it surprises me how much is really going into this, but then I look back on old works such as this, and remember what it’s all for, the joy of it all.

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I really wish sometimes that #Bluesky allowed longer text posts. There are so many lore bits I wish I could share, yet I’m limited by the short text limit. Yet still, the creative flow never stops!

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The markings on MC’s arms, face, and body, are a kind of scarring given to him during specific traumatic events in his past. They are also directly associated with the innate abilities of the MC.

As the player progresses to later stages in the story, new items and abilities will change the way the player interacts with the Open Globe. This sketch is of #Merchanted ‘s MC after obtaining a Legendary Pair of Winged Sandals!
Fast Travel? Now, YOU Are The Fast Travel!!
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, Bluesky!

This was a concept of an item I had designed way back during #Merchanted ‘s early development, and now seems like the appropriate time to show this small piece of development history!

A Grass Dual-Weapon known as, The Luckrams!

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If you like Open World games with rich stories and freeing momentum physics, you won’t want to miss any info on #Merchanted.

🌎 Open World
⚔️ Real-Time Combat
🧙‍♂️ Magic
🗺️ Exploration
📖 Rich Story
🐉 Mythical Creatures
👑 Vast Kingdoms
🌴 Tropical Islands
🌊 Great Sea
⛅️ Great Sky

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This was an animation I made way back during the first demo’s development, I intended to use this to represent a dropped item, but now that I’m moving to a 3D space, I feel like I could repurpose this as a loading icon or possibly something UI related.

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Happy Friday Bluesky! Not a cloud in the sky and the sunlight is warm and bright! ☀️

Am I the only one that’s noticing the plateau of innovation in Open World games? I notice most only offer basic action RPG moves we’ve seen since the old Zelda days with movement options feeling very static and automated. When did devs stop testing actual player skill in favor of reaction mechanics?

Hey Bluesky! If you’re interested in an Open World Indie Game that takes place across an entire Globe, follow along to learn more about #Merchanted, an Epic I’ve been writing for well over 5 years now. The Final Demo is in the works, I can’t wait to start sharing progress with you all!

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As much as I’ve shared about my indie game so far, I’m just unsure on how I can introduce the story without spoiling anything important. I’ve shown a few early maps and I know what location is first, but I’m still figuring out how to truly introduce everyone to the grand story of #Merchanted.

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If you could use any ability/item/weapon of your choosing, what would it be?
For me, it would be to have the same abilities and physical properties of an old squash and stretch character, just bouncing through life as I please!

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Hey Bluesky!

I wanted to take a moment to chat and apologize about the recent inconsistency with posts, the work schedule has me sleeping at weird times!

But rest assured #Merchanted is still well in development! The creative flow never stops!

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I’ve not been here long, but I’m happy to find such a decent bunch who enjoy seeing dev content like this!

If you enjoy seeing updates of my game dev journey, Follow for more on Merchanted!

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As we near 30 followers, I want to say Thank You to all who take time to view and support my content! The likes and shares really help a ton!

Footage of the FIRST #Merchanted Tech Demo in Unity, before I decided I wanted to build a more immersive game in Unreal Engine!

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This was my MC’s First successful steps into 3D! This model was used for my second tech demo for #Merchanted! Since then, I’ve been planning a new demo of the game with a new model that will suit my visions for the gameplay style!

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This was one of the animated sprites that allowed me to recreate my MC in 3D! It’s just a basic run cycle in 8 Directions, but without this I wouldn’t have been able to move on to the version of #Merchanted I’m now working towards!

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Happy Sunday, Bluesky! ☀️
This concept of the MC is what I’ve used going forward when referencing art for the mid game MC. When I have a model ready for the early game MC, I’ll be ready to showcase more concepts of mid game details!

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These two concept images are depicting the same event. It’s a Historical piece of the complete story of #Merchanted!

These drawings came about soon before I had finalized the drawing for this specific kind of dragon in the story!

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An angle of an early concept in the World of Merchanted. ☀️

The second kind of magic in #Merchanted is called Mana. This energy is created by all mortal beings in the Universe in the form of an Aura, and can alter or enhance any ability or power physical properties of the being emitting the Aura.

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In #Merchanted, There are 2 kinds of natural magic energy in the universe. The first kind is like to go over is the Æther, this energy is what makes up the Cosmic Magic Background of the Universe, or CMB for short. This is the lingering energy left over after the creation of the Universe.
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While developing my Indie Game, #Merchanted, I often wonder about the kinds of weapons and abilities people would think of for themselves!

If you could wield any kind of weapon or ability with absolute mastery and creative flow, what would it be?

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