As a bonus, here's an uninterrupted gif of the most important part of that clip that I should be able to share without getting blasted off to smithereens, since it's part of the demo. Use it responsibly.

That's it for now - what will next week bring? To be honest we're not quite 100% sure ourselves though we have o p t i o n s, so look forward to it! Toodles!

Animating parts of the UI to showcase information through narrative and character was one of the parts that I think worked best in Honey, and I'm glad I get to re-explore those ideas in more detail here. Look forward to the new and improved energy bar!

For the bubble selection that means showcasing how Red interfaces with the outside and how she relates to both her inner world and social surroundings, both sides being the key elements that are altered during bubble selection. Add a little animation to highlight which bubble is selected, and voila!

The first "done" animation for MMS that drove the balance of level of detail/motion as a style guide to the rest was Alys' idle, a fitting role since her character is essentially the only "returning" one from Honey (though still very different, as you'll see).

Honey is the project I learned animating on, and even though my technique and process has grown since thanks to a number of different experiences and partners/teachers, the fundamentals have mostly stayed the same: it's all about drawing each new frame as individually as possible.

It's Mighty Magical Sunday and it's time to look a little more into what the game *is*! I've mentioned previously it started as a reimagining of my first released steam game, Honey Rose: UFE, and when figuring out what to keep from there, the first thing is "the graphix". Let's talk animation!

While I initiated MMS and it is rooted in my anxiety*, my initial plan was transformed and sublimed by the people and poets I presented over the past few weeks. I hope you'll grow to love our work as much as we grew to believe in it 💜

Next week: juice and bounce?!

*supposed

I'm a curator for the Spawn Festival (stay tuned, it's coming again this April 👀), and a huge fan of *too many games*, the latest of which is In Stars And Time - a project that profoundly affected me and whose influence you'll sense in MMS. It has sincere, humane moments of bonding.

(emojis and content are the work of their respective authors and not my responsibility)

Just in time for our regularly scheduled Mighty Magical Sundays, day 6: Hello, My Name Is Camille✨

(given that I'm super uncomfortable with the idea of introducing myself, this was written by Valérian and Sybil)

Mighty Magical Sundays 5✨: Introducing our head honcho producer, Simon @blackcorn.bsky.social !
He's the business face of the project when it comes to interacting with the world, as he does the tragically unsung work of gathering money (which requires an amount of energy few can deliver).

Mighty Magical Sundays Ep 4 and it's a big one: feat. Barry Topping, our citypop master!
I've been a fan of his music ever since that literal Paradise Killer title drop and commissioned a track on Moods 2 (that I talked about last week!), galvanized by how Ben and I had started working together.

I offered to develop a series of small projects together to get to know each other and see how well we clicked. It turns out we did, very much so! The series was rather short-lived because our lives kept happening, but the Moods are still dear to my heart (and on itch.io: pehesse.itch.io !)