Hey Friends! 👋
Urban, our man responsible for all the visual juiciness in Elroy and the Aliens (a.k.a. Art Director), is sharing a bit of the vision and challenges behind the game's colorful and vibrant cartoony art style.
We always wanted the game to feel like you're playing your favorite childhood cartoon or adventure movie. 🎬 We started searching for inspiration in classics from the '80s and '90s, an era very close to us.
From a visual perspective, we’ve always been in love with LucasArts games, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Spielberg movies, Disney classics, and so many other creations that trigger that special magical tingling — the one you got as a kid when you sat down in the living room on a Saturday morning and started watching your favorite cartoon. ✨
Speaking of inspiration, here’s some suuuuper early concept art of Elroy! It's taken from The Art of Elroy and the Aliens, a making-of book that we'll release later this year.
Urban got his first inspiration for Elroy's look from Disney's short film Paperman. Read more about it in the excerpt below.
Fast forward about 11 years... and here we are today! Just 13 days before the launch of the game on April 2nd! 🚀
We are so incredibly grateful to all of you who have supported Elroy and stuck with us through all these years. ❤️
If you haven't played the demo yet, now's your chance!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3144250/Elroy_and_the_Aliens_Demo/
See you in a couple of weeks in Slope City! 😎
Team Elroy