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Carrot v Stick: July 2012
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Thor: God of Thunder - Birth of a female troll. While designing out some of the trolls we wanted to make sure they stood out from the Lord of the Rings trolls and fit within the Marvel universe, and in trying to differentiate from LOTR I got to thinking: were there any female trolls? Are there ever really any female trolls? So with that said, let's see my foray against my upbringing and creative instincts! It all st...
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Carrot v Stick: July 2010
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Friday, July 16, 2010. New title and layout. As the few of you who come here may have noticed I have changed the layout of my site a bit. Pretty nice, right? Slow their speed down more, have the shield break over time, don't let them carry a second weapon? Thursday, July 1, 2010. On Reading and Proofreading. When all I want to say is "yeah, I know, I already accounted for that, read the goddamn gdd motherfucker! But of course someone paid to...
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Carrot v Stick: August 2010
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. My Love For Dark Water. 5th grade was my height of fascination with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and I had fashioned myself as an artist amongst the kids at school and extensively drew Ninja Turtles, and only. Ninja Turtles. And then came Dark Water. I created a cover page, complete with the signature sword which looked nothing. Like the one in the Dark Water logo. Arrowhead is a master marksman. He was once a ...
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Carrot v Stick: Looking back on Flippy Bard
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Thursday, July 17, 2014. Looking back on Flippy Bard. It's been about 4 months since I released Flippy Bard, and I thought it would be good to look back and reflect (and to think how weird it is that a few months is long enough for something to be considered "dead and gone" in this day and age.). One of the highlights of making the game was getting Genzoman to make a piece of art featuring Filip the Flippy Bard. More cheap somehow, and ironi...
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Carrot v Stick: July 2014
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Thursday, July 17, 2014. Looking back on Flippy Bard. It's been about 4 months since I released Flippy Bard, and I thought it would be good to look back and reflect (and to think how weird it is that a few months is long enough for something to be considered "dead and gone" in this day and age.). One of the highlights of making the game was getting Genzoman to make a piece of art featuring Filip the Flippy Bard. More cheap somehow, and ironi...
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Carrot v Stick: New Super Mario Bros. 2 Blur Effect - A Mistake?
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Friday, August 24, 2012. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Blur Effect - A Mistake? Hey Nintendo. I've got something to say. I love my 3DS. I love it more than I thought I would. Games like Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 3D Land, and Mighty Switch Force! Shameless self-plug) look great when turning on. If you haven't seen NSMB2 in 3D, you need to. Rent it, borrow it from a friend, see it in a store kiosk. Whatever you do, see it! As the slider is...
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Carrot v Stick: September 2014
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Friday, September 19, 2014. Game of Thrones: An appeal to Maisie Williams and book fans. Spoiler warning: This post will talk about everything leading up to the finale of season 4, but not reveal book spoilers. Back in July Maisie Williams had some things to say about snobby book readers of George R.R. Martin's books,. Imagine if season 2 had not ended with the sea of white walkers bearing down on the men of the Night's Watch (although, argu...
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Carrot v Stick: March 2011
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. If It's Not One Thing, It's Another. Fair warning, spoilers ahead. Now on with it! Bulletstorm. I bought it for my wife for Valentine's Day and she absolutely loved it. It is an incredibly fun and over the top game. One of the things my wife really. So of course after my wife's new-found fandom for Trischka I felt like buying her Trischka's outfit for her Avatar. And what I found was this:. Next: John Marston from ...
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Carrot v Stick: Thor: God of Thunder - Birth of a female troll
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Thor: God of Thunder - Birth of a female troll. While designing out some of the trolls we wanted to make sure they stood out from the Lord of the Rings trolls and fit within the Marvel universe, and in trying to differentiate from LOTR I got to thinking: were there any female trolls? Are there ever really any female trolls? So with that said, let's see my foray against my upbringing and creative instincts! It all st...
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Carrot v Stick: February 2014
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The ramblings of Austin Ivansmith; game designer, artist, geek. Sunday, February 16, 2014. A week ago when Dong Nguyen said he was going to pull Flappy Bird I wasn't sure I believed him. It seemed like an odd stunt at the time, especially when (I assume) the app could have just been pulled right away. But on Sunday I was shocked to see the game pulled, and even more shocked by the crazy death threats he received. So since the Game Maker bug is not. Which I am hoping to submit the game too. It's prett...
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