Monday, September 24, 2012

I've fallen in love with a girl, and her name is Dove

Don't worry, folks, I haven't dumped my husband and gone over to the dark side. (I kid, non-gay readers.)

You see, the girl I've fallen in love with isn't real. Rather, she's the protagonist in an in-the-works "oceanic adventure game" called Sealark. Here's what Dove looks like:


As for who's working on this game: Chillicothe, Ohio-based programmer and pixel artist, Joshua Cross.

Sealark will be released for Windows, Mac and Linux sometime next year (July is the target, I believe) thanks to an enormously successful kickstarter campaign.

Said kickstarter doesn't end for 19 more days, by the way, so click on the link above if you'd like to join in (or if you'd just like to learn more about the project).


I pledged $10 myself over the weekend. I would have pledged enough to earn the "limited run physical copy of the game and OST" had it still been available, but it wasn't. Oh, well.

Anyway, to see even more of Cross' work, check out his deviantART page and/or his tumblr, Pigeon's Nest.

8 comments:

warp said...

So am I missing something, or has this person never made a game before? Sure the art is great, but that only goes so far.

Bryan Ochalla said...

Honestly, warp, I'm not sure if Joshua has made a game before! Given that, yes, of course it's possible Sealark will look great but be a stinker otherwise. I'm willing to give him and his game a try, though. Anyway, that's the good thing about kickstarter campaigns like this one -- if you don't see the person's vision or if you aren't interested in supporting them for any other reason, you don't have to!

Melody (Lizzi) said...

Awww I saw this Kickstarer-game some days ago for the first time and I fell in love aswell!
It looks so cute and these lovely grafics and pictures.
I need to play this game!
That's for sure.

Bryan Ochalla said...

Yeah, the graphics certainly look great, don't they, Melody? Let's hope the gameplay is just as good :)

Kimimi said...

Sharc showed this to me a few days ago and I fell in love immediately! The concept and the spritework look fantastic, I can't wait to play this one :D

Bryan Ochalla said...

Hello Kimimi! The spritework in this one is amazing, isn't it? Let's hope the gameplay is similarly wonderful -- or at least good enough to make the whole thing worthwhile.

Viewtiful_Justin said...

This looks gorgeous and wonderful! Wonder what kind of game it'll be and how it'll play...

Bryan Ochalla said...

That's the $100,000,000 question, isn't it, Justin? Certainly it will feature some sort of fishing component, but it'll also include boss battles? I have a feeling the end result will be "interesting" regardless...