I’m a big fan of Tyson Ibele’s artworks. Just look at his site – there are plenty of really inspiring animations!

A week ago I have suddenly noticed a new tutorial on his site.

It’s – Animation workshop #1: roboBall

Tutorial consist of four parts: Animation, Shading, Rendering and Compositing. But the most interesting is the first part. I was stunned when I saw his straight workflow and his animating speed! Especially compared to pose-to-pose technique I am trying to use in my animations.
It was really great experience watching how Tyson is animating his robo. If you have missed this guy – hurry up to his site.

It’s always a fun to find out who is linking to your site. It’s a bit childish, but anyway I’m happy with any new link where RetroStyleGames.com is mentioned.

Today I have found a job request from Mode 7 Games who are creators of original game called Determinance.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs_view.php?job_id=17107

And they have mentioned “RetroStyle Games Artwork” along with such great sites as:

http://www.fengzhudesign.com

http://www.allied-studios.com

Also, it’s pretty cool to find out random testimonials from other players even if they have found your game 8 months after release. Somewhat distressing is only one thing – that some of those players are playing pirated releases.

Anyway, here is funny Mars Miner testimonial in Russian:
http://www.li.ru/interface/pda/?act=comments&jid=1527107&pid=59404278

In a couple of words he is writing:

“Last week I got attracted by two small games.
One is called “Mars Miner”. It’s essentially good old Bomberman. And I think it’s the reason I got soooo attracted by this game!
In that game one dude in environmental suit is running from “various kinds of life” – spitting out spiders, ants, some kind of poo and big monsters in size of full-screen. There are some other features, but I have no time to look into them. Something similar to teleports and some other items with strange purposes.”

Such small things are really inspiring!