SCREENSHOT SURVIVAL 20XX

author=Dookie
Quick map I did this morning, the inside of the Bee Hive Castle.
Still needs a good bit of cleaning up.

The Queen Bee has been being fed poisoned nectar by the Roach Clan, trying to seize power from the Hive.

She's being force-fed poisoned nectar without restraints? Shouldn't she have an army of worker bees at her disposal to fend off the Roach Clan?

These are important questions.

Slow acting poison was being administered into the nectarwell in secret. Originally the bees thought there was some airborn disease or plague going about, it wasn't discovered until it was too late that the nectar had been tainted.


The emblem of the scarab is for the Insect Kingdom as a whole. Over the course of years various clans of bugs have vied for power, the roaches, the bees, the beetles etc. So the insignia is just a symbol of the Bug Kingdom in general.

Good points though Corfaisus. I dont want to get sloppy here. Maybe ill modify their insignia to prevent confusion.

Paralax mapping for lyfe

author=Craze
everything with skeletons is a knock-off of grim fandango

like corf said just because undertale did it well doesn't mean people haven't been using that style for-fucking-ever. you might as well say IT LOOKS LIKE A DOS GAME

I actually said something like "Grimfang Dingo did the deaddy do first" but it sounded too hilarious so my agent suggested I omit it and keep it for the game.

I will admit the Flower of Sentience is a little on the nose, but tell me... have you met with the FLOWER OF IMPATIENCE!?

He's kind of angry about how you and that other flower talk so much, and have such pleasant vitriolic exchanges about puns and mannerisms.

That battleback needs a little work... Also going to make the Health bar white and go to black. There's a white border so that shouldn't be a problem.

author=Dookie
Quick map I did this morning, the inside of the Bee Hive Castle.
Still needs a good bit of cleaning up.

The Queen Bee has been being fed poisoned nectar by the Roach Clan, trying to seize power from the Hive.

I hope some heroes, bees, ants or age ants (GEDDIT??) will help her out, I always did like bees!

Brb adding a snarky bumblebee to Boned.

Done. Character art below.

The grey will be transparent. Thanks for the inspiration, Dookie.

I actually am really beginning to like this palette, though I've been a fan of matte noire coloring even since I began reading homestuck in late 2011. I came to dig it even more so after Problem Sleuth. I love the way pure black and pure white can contrast and do contrast SO VIOLENTLY and yet so somberly... too!

It's really good for evoking emotion.

I'm surprised I hadn't started on something like this sooner, to be quite honest!

@Dookie: Being inspired by your tale of the bug kingdoms, I wanted to do a couple insignia concepts.

I however made the grave mistake of googling bee face, those fuckers are terrifying close up. I probably shouldn't be doing this when my Doctor saying I may have a heart condition, but inspiration is a powerful thing, as is my completely inert knowledge of bugs.

Bees on left, Roaches on right.

Might be a bit too imperial or empirical to work, but I wanted to do them, feel free to use them if you wish.

author=Sated

With the best of the royal family and the hive in mind, wouldn't they have an official taster to ensure none of what makes it to the queen is poisonous?

I don't waste my time with "the telly"/Netflix/Hulu/etc. so I don't understand what you mean by this. Also, reaction gifs outside of Welp, Welp! have been against the rules forever. I'm certain you're more than aware of this.

i thought it was funny

Really digging those tiles, Craze! Especially those cliff tiles.
It kind of reminds of Grandia 2/3 a little, which is a good thing to me.

The road feels a bit too big though, but it's not a big deal to me.

My guess is that the map is some kind of route, connected to various areas.

It looks empty in-game. That road is wide as France. I'm curious what's the project, a new Crazegametm on its way?

bahleted

bahleted