That's the normal map. It's a texture used to provide extra information for lighting and effects etc

Gotta roundhouse kick that anxiety in the face! But yeah it can get to you.

You have 5+ years of experience as an art/cinematic director and made a critically acclaimed game that has made waves internationally, that's just recently. What more did you want to do, get fired by a AAA game studio and experience major life disruptions? Plus you have a bright future ahead of you

Can we get those guys who shut down construction sites for kickbacks / jobs etc. to do their thing here?

The extra irony is I'm not sure if you're describing america or us....😂

Guaranteed when they say there's no real deadline there is in fact a deadline. Happens 100% of the time. Now if I get a "no real deadline" I just propose one myself. They either take that or the actual deadline they had in mind comes out.

The adult content filter is pretty rubbish here, almost marks everything. Turns out the main coders here are all proudly vibe coding the site. The actual main coder is a guy who dipped his phone into a pool after it was overheating in the sun and broke it.... not a bright chap.

might be because the same team did the marathon short

“Please enjoy the museum”:

Relooted is OUT NOW!

Please share!

A world map that features the times Relooted is launched in different African countries. Only Africa is highlighted.

WORLDWIDE release times for Relooted’s launch tomorrow!

This joke is for me too. Kinda crazy that an entire continent just doesn't seem to exist for some people

Horizon Hunters Gathering revealed + Ashes of Creation studio collapses | This Week in Videogames YouTube video by Skill Up

Been watching ShillUp since his early days as a Division content creator so was a pleasant surprise to see Relooted featured in his put this on your radar segment: youtu.be/p1mAgoaBR3U?...

Enjoy the first 20 minutes of gameplay, narrated by two of the lead developers, from Relooted, the upcoming action/adventure/puzzle game in which you "reloot" African artifacts in a future-set world with the aim of returning them to the cultures they belong to. https://bit.ly/4afdL77

From concept to cinematic! It’s giving “just make it exist first, you can make it better later”

#indiegame

You won't know till you try it.

You could do something there that would get a lot of free press for the game....😈

You definitely did, recognised them straight away

Random rant about a local courier service. They have bad service and prices due to mandates from their head office but when you rate their services badly it reflects onto the driver. Their driver is really good and a nice person so I cant complain because then its bad for him. Such a scam

It's finally been announced! Got to do some work on this. The background in the 1st scene was done by me.

Most Anticipated Games of 2026 YouTube video by GameSpot

Honoured for Relooted to be in @gamespot.com's Best Upcoming Games of 2026!

Our Release Date Announcement will be coming to a Bluesky profile (ours) near you VERY soon!

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/YmaPtQdtlAE?... #indiegame

A Video Game Lets You Take Back Looted Artifacts An indie game studio in South Africa has developed a heist adventure that reframes play, memory, and repatriation.

I like video games now ~
An indie game studio in South Africa Nyamakop's upcoming game, Relooted, is a heist adventure that allows players to steal back African artifacts from Western museums. Players are part of a rogue crew on a stealth mission to recover over 70 African artifacts,

Altman has to be some kind of CEO / Investor whisperer. How does he keep getting people to give him money for this?

The linework on them is really nice. Watercolour is such a fun medium to work in

Its like a metaphor for the current games industry...

Ooh, that looks amazing.

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Explaining in detail about what concept art is and the follow up question is 100% of the time: "So like graphic design?"

Can't recall, think so but was mostly just "Well that sux". Not much you can do.

Hope so, hey a small consolation prize is that it was clearly a good enough game to copy / rip. 😭They did a similar thing with semblance, stole the code, replaced the artwork and dropped it on mobile.

You could try send a DCMA to the hosting service maybe?