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We're also happy to announce that we'll release two bundles with other wonderful games! The first one is with Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous: for those who enjoy dark & atmospheric RPG games.
The second one is with Skul: The Hero Slayer and for those who value serious challenge.
In today's update, we'd like to tell you about the creation of Samedi, one of the game's main Heroes, his face with a creepy smile, you probably have seen him before 😈
The need for this character arose at the stage of creating the character progression.
We needed to understand where the player would get new abilities from.
That's how the idea of a mentor was born, that will stand apart in relation to the conflict that is told in the game. Without spoilers, you can't tell his lore, so let's go straight to the design.
As always, good ideas come by accident. My eyes came across an artifact of Path of Exile and an artist sketch, which is long lost in the depths of Art Station.
The first sketch was drawn on my knee while riding the bus home.
When the idea of adding a deity with south-African mythology vibes as a mentor was approved by everyone, we began to delve deeper and search for his mood. Hat-Long Nose and Mask, these distinctive features determined further iterations.
The color palette in shades of green and purple emphasized the character's connection to the afterlife.
The jewelry, the spikes on the metal nose and the smile accentuated the eccentricity.
In 2019, there was an idea for Samedi (though at the time we just called him Baron) to carry around a strange-looking coffin in which he collected the souls given to him by the hero. Later on, we decided to remove it because it was too cumbersome.
We didn't revisit the character for about a year after that, because he didn't appear in the game at the time, and we only came back to him when we were working on our first Kickstarter trailer. After a year of work, the team's skills grew and we were able to shape the final design.
The butterflies symbolized rebirth.... which Samedi patiently deals with in relation to the blond boy.
Next, we iterated his game sprite.
As a result, good old Samedi got his present form…
I also think we owe it to Marcelo Orsi to show the process of creating the best illustration of Samedi.
P.S.
This doesn't show everything we have on this charismatic character.... so my advice, blondie, is to make sure your karma is green by the end of the game.
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