Project Pumpkin

Showcasing art and development notes from Princess Pumpkin, an upcoming 8-bit adventure game inspired by the Legend of Zelda. 

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Working on Pumpkin's room for the demo.

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Still playing with dungeon entrances. I like how it turned out.

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Not a huge update, but I made some small houses for the gnomes to live in. They didn't like the caves.

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Made tall grass and pots. Started working on gnome village.

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Friday Update:

Most of this week was working on Pumpkin's design since I'm still not 100% sold on it. I made a regular one and an armor upgrade version. As for dungeon stuff, I created an underground wall and floor tile, so now I have some variety to work with.

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This is where they're handing out the free hugs, right? #princesspumpkin #gamedev #indiedev #8bit #gameart

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Late Friday Update

I’ve been continuing to add tiles to my tile sheet and had to expand it to an entire screen of 400 x 240. Most of this week was working on a fence, some broken tiles, more grass, adding a recolor of the mountains, and making the winter scene I posted. I’ve found that a great way to figure out which new tiles I need to work on comes from just building a screen with what I’ve got. Then, I notice how bare it looks and think to myself “What would make this look better?” So far I’ve been pleased with the results.

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Since its that time of the year anyway, here's some snowy weather. Also, bigger trees. #princesspumpkin #8bit #indiedev #gamedev

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Finally far enough in development to start sharing screenshots of our game. Enjoy the beach! #princesspumpkin #indiedev #gamedev #8bit

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Working on NPCs. Most of them are Gnomes. #princesspumpkin #8bit #indiedev #gamedev #gnomes

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Friday Update

Currently working on the main entrance door for dungeons. My first attempt did not play nice with the dungeon walls. Back to the pixel board!

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A mock up of the pause/inventory screen!

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Rockberto! He’s invincible! And an enemy!

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Shield Squid likes spiky hugs.

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An amoeba enemy, because slimes are so blase.

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Welcome!

Hello! My name is Randy Hudson and I’m part of a two man indie crew creating Princess Pumpkin, an 8-bit retro adventure inspired by the Legend of Zelda. We’ve been working on it for a while now (3 years) and I thought it was time to finally let the world in on our little secret.

I’m the artist, story, and general concept guy, so I plan to post art and screen shots (and even video when we get that far) so everyone can see what we’re up to. If you have a question about what we’re doing please ask! I would love to engage with anyone who loves games, game design, and game theory!