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New Menu Music

Here is the music that will play during the Butt Punchers menu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Svf65dUamo

Made using my son’s iPad, consider donating so that I can use better A/V equipment.

https://patreon.com/boeltronics

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Sometimes changes have to be made

So while I enjoyed the company name Boelectronics (pronounced Boel electronics) that handle was already used on Twitter, so I had to make it b0electronics.  There is also the issue that people may thing it is “Bo Electronics” which while having a southern twang, does not get the image across that I am looking for.

With this in mind, I decided on my own to change the name of the company to Boeltronics.  It has a cyberpunky feel and is probably a better name in general. 

Here is the new logo

This also means I have a new Patreon link.

https://www.patreon.com/boeltronics

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Butt Design has never been so Fine

We have a game called Buttpunchers, so butts are a rather important focus of the game. Because of this much time and effort should go into the main star of the game, the butts. Here is my glorious design process.

PHASE ONE: OUTLINE

The heart shape was actually made to look like that to represent the ass, so I started with that in MS Paint. I also decided we should give the butt little legs.

PHASE TWO: COLOR

Here I went with a pinkish color, I know it isn’t inclusive to make our butt a white person’s butt. But I have to think of my target audience of white males and this will be more relatable.

STAGE THREE: PIXEL ART

Now, many of you out there know that the easiest way to pass off shitty art in your game is to make it pixel art.

‘But Boel’ you ask ‘surely you cannot pixelize this drawing it is unable to be pixeled’

Worry not my gullible friend for I have an ‘old industry secret’

I navigate to www.pic2pat.com and upload my image to be turned into a cross stitch pattern. Check out the results (but this secret is between you and me).

People want to believe in sentient butts. So in order to create this illusion I have added eyes to the top of the butt. Since we are punching these butts they are likely angry so I have also added a furrowed brow. I also filled in the gridlines with black to give it more ‘pop’.

And there you have it, sprite design is as easy as that.

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Unveiling of the company logo.

Building a brand is the most important thing there is to game design.  A large part of that is having a logo that gives some ‘pop’.

I have gone with a minimalist design so that the main focus is on the name of the company.

http://patreon.com/boelectronics

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Getting the old feet wet.

One of the biggest problems with new game developers today is that they do not objectively assess their skills at the beginning.  They tend to overextend into difficult projects that they have no hope of accomplishing.  To avoid this I have thought about my skillset and what I can hope to accomplish within it.

Art - poor

Music - decent

Coding - abysmal

Using a game engine - slightly less abysmal

Game Design - more than ten Sirlins

Ideas/Creativity - Astounding

Now we are all ‘Idea Men’ in the end because all of us have a game we think we could make but don’t execute.  Since my ideas flow freely my biggest hurdle will be to condense them into something doable and putting out a product.  Putting out something shitty is better than nothing at all.  With that , and I will expound upon it later, I present to you my first project.

As always here is a link to my Patreon to help get this off the ground.

https://www.patreon.com/boelectronics

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I installed Unreal 4 last night

Here is a link to my patreon

https://www.patreon.com/boelectronics