Averles Eternal Offical Posting

The official blog of indie game Averles Eternal

[averles-eternal]

Averles Eternal Intro Post

Hello, hello, hello party people of this webbed site!

I am a student who is about to undergo the arduous task of making an indie game demo over the next semester of school, and want to bring y'all along for the journey! As a brief intro to both myself and the game concept, I'm making this post.

Averles Eternal is a post-apocalyptic fantasy world where the gods brought about mass destruction, many with the intention to destroy humanity to prevent them from progressing into an industrial age, the rest in a failed attempt to stop those gods from succeeding. It tackles themes of death, but places much more of an emphasis on humanity's will to survive, with the people that you meet doing their best to thrive despite the harsh landscape and grueling celestial curses that are spreading across the land of Averles. If you are looking for a fantasy game that is inclusive and representative of people of color and members of the queer, trans, and disabled communities, then this may be the game for you.

I, the creator, am an animation student, and this will be my concentration work to serve as the capstone of two years of artistic studies. My goal over the semester I have is to create a working proof of concept for this game that will be released on Steam for free. I will work alongside my teacher to learn the necessary skills and alongside my peers to help with parts of the production that I am not suited for, like voice-acting, music, and getting an outside eye on the script.

I hope that anyone that sees this and is interested will hop along for the journey or keep this game in the back of their mind as it develops! More posts to come in the future!

Feel free to follow me on instagram (@averles_eternal) for more updates, too.

[toastyglow]

I need,,, gods that don't look like they're using superpowers. I need gods whose magic couldn't be boiled down to "pyrokinesis, mind control, transformation" for an "ALL ABILITIES COMPILATION" video on youtube. gods with abilities that make those youtubers go "okay honestly I don't know what's going on here". gods who are incomprehensible forces of nature, who change their environment by their mere presence, not by waving a hand. gods who ARE their realms, not just rulers or representations of them. gods who don't just add to the effects budget, but change the cinematography entirely when they're present DO U GET ME.

[snailfen]

indie game protagonists be like fuckkkk ive got to perpetuate the unending cycle tomorrow

[averles-eternal]

[averles-eternal]

wait guys no uhhh im not late i promise please let me and my overly long table hang out please please please

[entryn17]

i have to think of unique designs for dozens and dozens of npcs

[carlyraejepsans]

that halfway stage of oc creation when you're closing in on the design or the personality or both but the other half of the character's still a nebulous concept and they don't even have a name but now they're alive and they demand to be heard. agonizing

[averles-eternal]

Okay…… so this is an animated music video I made…….. with music by hit musician Chonny Jash (not Johnny Cash)

Have a good time

[sabertoothwalrus]

I am being so serious when I say: if you have the financial and time privilege to get a group of friends together and make an indie project, PLEASE do. Indie games, indie animations, indie comics etc etc

the art industries are kind of in the shitter. It’s not so much because of AI (though that doesn’t help) but because studios just aren’t hiring people and funding projects anymore. People who’ve been in the industry for decades are finding themselves struggling, and once you have a mortgage or kids it’s harder to do something as risky as making something on your own.

completing projects is hard. it takes a lot of time and effort, and most people can’t afford it. so if you CAN afford to make art, even at the risk of no financial gain, I strongly encourage you to be as resilient as you can. We’re at a point where these industries are not going to turn around by themselves, and waiting for jobs to open up again in order to get experience and portfolio work might not be realistic.

people have been making art and telling stories longgggg before we were getting paid for it, and people aren’t going to stop just because no one has hired them to do so.

for everyone else: support indie artists when you can!!!! That person who made that cool indie game or youtube animation or webcomic might be doing this full time! your support might be the only reason they’re able to keep doing it.

and if you have already started an indie project: you’re so brave and I’m very proud of you!!! in fact, drop a link to it in the reblogs if you want! 👇

[what-even-is-thiss]

Hey if you’re over 18 and have time this summer and can make it to Fresno, CA and you wanna take a niche class in acting, animation, writing, music, visual art, design, or dance you should see if CSU Summer Arts has something you want. The deadline to apply is May 15.

Students | Summer Arts

Students | Summer Arts

I’m not getting paid to do this or anything. It’s just that one of these classes like literally changed the trajectory of my life a few years ago and they’re so fun and idk if even one person out there decides to check the program out because of this post I’ll be happy.

You can get college credit too if that sweetens the deal for you lol. I did Summer Arts to substitute for my senior intensive seminar for my English degree when I took a writing class there.

And they accept international students fyi

[what-even-is-thiss]

They’ve also got two virtual classes this year. The business of acting and scoring for video games.

Also keep in mind that these classes generally aren’t for beginners. They’re niche classes for at least somewhat experienced people to get an intensive learning experience. Some classes may have an audition process.

But I know tumblr has a lot of artists of various types so I think some of you might really get a kick out of this.

[vang0bus]

thinking about that post thats like. to avoid bloatware every game dev team should be required to have one guy that has to play the game on a shitty laptop. in the same spirit i think every movie and tv director should have to watch their movie/show on a small tv or laptop screen in a bright room and fix the lighting until its possible to see whats going on on the screen in those conditions

[contemptible-scoundrel]

my bitch wife took my mortality in the divorce and now I am cursed to walk the earth a shambling husk forever trapped in the gray nothingness between the beauty of life and the release of death 👎👎👎👎

[friendlyfangs]

Yes I die and come back. Yes you've seen it happen multiple times. But it would be NICE if you acted a LITTLE surprised every time. You don't know what it's like when you're dying in someone's arms and he asks you if you'll make it back in time to play Crash Team Racing later

[averles-eternal]

Finally finalized the short film I was working on (then delayed posting here to the point that I’ve gotten accepted for a film screening 😭😭)

Feel free to watch it and have a grand ol’ time! Or hate it. I’m not your parent

[drawnsnake]

Marketable

[averles-eternal]

Big things on the way… blink blink

[the-apocrypha]

"We'll fix it in post" is a phrase from the film industry, but it is inherently funnier when it's spoken by a writer because--tragic--you are also the post-production team.

[averles-eternal]

Some progress I’ve been striking out on the player character’s design. Turn-around, model, UVs, final? We’ve got it (plus one bonus photo below the belt)

Stay safe, have fun, live long and sleep some tonight maybe