The last two days have been spent doing the mouth, setting the Y motion for the head and finally polishing everything. Previous parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Tabatha is pretty much completed! Aside from a few extra features like different hair and her hat that I will be adding later. Here … »
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Visiting London
Past week, two of our team-members visited London for EGX: Rezzed and to do some reference research. We finally boarded the ship which inspired the Herald: The Cutty Sark, a 19th century tea clipper which has been rebuilt into a museum. It was really great getting to finally see the ship up close and feeling … »
The making of Tabatha Veazie – Animated 2D portrait – part 4
Yesterday I finished working on the eyebrows and eyebrow shadow. Today I am working on the eyes! Other parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The eyebrows gave me a bit of a headache at the start because I had to find the right … »
The making of Tabatha Veazie – Animated 2D portrait – part 3
After all the preparation work I did the last two days, it’s now time for the fun part. Did I say fun? I meant the hardest and most tedious part, but also the most rewarding in the end! Other parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 … »
The making of Tabatha Veazie – Animated 2D portrait – part 2
First of all, thanks for all the positive reactions so far! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. I must warn you though, things are going to get a bit weird. Other parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Today I prepared Tabatha’s texture map, … »
The making of Tabatha Veazie – Animated 2D portrait – part 1
Hello, I am Aïda, the 2D artist and art director of Herald! This week I’ll be blogging about the making of an animated portrait in our game. Other parts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 At the inception of Herald, we already knew that we wanted to use … »
Early Concept Art
Some older concepts for Herald done in pre-production. After and before we had decided upon the Protectorate’s style and color scheme.
Casual Connect Europe 2015 and Narrative Award!
A short demo of Herald was part of the Indie Prize Showcase at Casual Connect Europe 2015. Demo’s are a great way to set a hard deadline for production, and it was good for us to push for a polished and manageable final product. Aside from an earlier demo we showed at an internal networking … »
Gamasutra: Nick Witsel’s Blog – How history and society can inspire narrative design.
How history and society can inspire narrative design. How history and society serve as a meaningful basis for choice-based narrative design. gamasutra.com Nick Witsel, who does our marketing and helps with the narrative design for Herald, wrote a post about some of the underlying inspirations of our game’s themes.
Herald wins Indie Prize Award for Best Narrative!
Herald was part of the Indie Prize Showcase at Casual Connect Europe 2015 this week. We got some great reactions and feedback on our first public demo and we want to thank all attendees for playing it. To top it all off Herald was nominated for Best Art and won the award for Best Narrative! Thank you … »
Herald’s first teaser trailer featured on Polygon
Wispfire has released a teaser trailer for Herald which got featured on Polygon today! Read the article by Colin Campbell here. Music by Bart Delissen
Wispfire Presents: Herald
We at Wispfire are proud to announce our upcoming title: Herald, a 3D interactive drama inspired by 19th century history! Check out our brand new site and enjoy our very first screenshots! heraldgame.com
