Hey everyone
There has been loads of great stuff happening with Geo 2 over the past few weeks. Heres whats been going down in Geo town!
Kickstarter
As you may have seen the Geo 2 Kickstarter was a roaring success! It was fully funded in under 5 hours and finished at around 250% funded, achieving 2 stretch goals! This means that Geo 2 will now have an extra galaxy to explore, there will be hidden arcade mini games to find and play in the galaxy maps that will unlock cool stuff and thirdly you will be able to send nano drills off to bring you resources!! Wooo!
A big part of the Kickstarter campaign was to allow people to put their own stamp on the universe by designing planets, rooms, investment sites and more. I am now getting back the information from the amazing backers as to what they would like and OH MY MY... we have some awesomely weird and wonderful things going into the Geo 2 universe!
Environment art
At the top of every planet in Geo 2 is a nice slither of art, the ground level of that planet. I have been furiously designing these assets and I absolutely love drawing alien landscapes. There will be a ton of variety throughout the planets and hopefully these will help build that feeling of descending into a strange alien planet. Here is a few of the designs.
Drills
I have now designed all of the drill components for Geo 2. As you play through the game you will unlock new drill heads and drill bodies. These are inter-changeable so you can build a drill that best suits your play style! Each has its own stats that can be upgraded and all the components have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Each drill piece was designed in a large version for the HQ and the Garage and also a smaller animated one for when you are drilling and scooting about in space. The graphics change depending on your choice. Additionally each drill body has its own coloured trail when you fly.
Arcades
As stated above there are now arcade mini games to find throughout the universe. If you can beat certain high scores you will unlock some really cool prizes (like the changdable HQ backgrounds)
The first game is “Mr Banihans Banana Drama”. As with Geo 2 itself the game is played entirely with the mouse. Left click to shoot and right click to change lanes. Avoid the evil vegetable monsters and drop off bananas for points!
UI/HQ Update
A large job I recently completed was to modify every single UI and the entire HQ with damage, marks, scuffs and patches. It was a large undertaking but one I feel gives the entire game a much more “industrial” vibe. An intergalactic mining corporation run by strange aliens wouldn't be pristine and well kept now would it.
Whats next? I have a lot of art to do! I am chipping away at the mountain as fast as I can and rest assured, Geo 2 will be here soon and it will be all the better for all this extra love.
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Much love
Anthony (Windybeard)