mortisghost

[mortisghost]

About the OFF Prologue

Thank you very much to everyone who played the Off demo! We're delighted that the response was so numerous and enthusiastic. Your comments and feedback will be invaluable to the team for the final phase of development.

Regarding the feedback that focuses on differences from the original version, which often necessarily involves the new soundtrack, but also a few other small changes : I can easily understand the difficulty some of you have in appreciating elements that replace those you've known and are attached to. But I want to remind you first and foremost that this version doesn’t intend to replace the previous one, which remains and will always remain available for free to everyone. At no point there's any intention of "removing" - one way or the other - the Alias ​​Conrad Coldwood soundtrack, which is a very important part of the atmosphere of the original experience. Constraints forced us to choose to offer you this new soundtrack, which should be seen as another musical dressing for the world of Off, and not as a "final edition," canceling the previous one.

Moreover, the creative process for this new soundtrack was not solely driven by an attempt to recreate the exact same atmospheres as the original. I personally asked the artists to maintain a certain degree of freedom, and thus avoid falling into the somewhat impossible exercise of identically recreating existing atmospheres. As an artist myself, I thought it was more interesting to give the musicians a certain amount of room for expression and interpretation, not only so that the pieces they compose are interesting in themselves, and not just as reproductions, but also because I believe this is one of the aspects that makes the experience of this new version surprising and interesting.

I also know that for several of the excellent artists tasked with creating new music for this version, it was a source of rather intense pressure! Everyone on the team loves the original game, and knows how important its soundtrack is.

All that being said, the Dedan battle theme, which seems to have been a specifically controversial point, will most likely receive some changes between now and the final release.

Finally, I've read a few times about Toby Fox's supposedly dominant role on the team. Please believe that, as involved as he is in the game's development process, not only does he have no final decision-making power (which is more in line with my position), but he also works with us with enormous respect (and fear) for the source material. Of the entire team, I think he's the one who felt the most pressure from the fans, and still does. I ask you, please, to be assured of his sincere involvement and humble devotion to the project and to the batter's messianic quest.

The idea of ​​replacing the dopefish with the dog from Undertale was mine, as the green fish is copyrighted; we were afraid Apogee would annoy us.

Well, that's all for now. I hope you're all well, thank you again for your support and your thousands of encouraging comments. I hope you'll like the final version!!

Have a great day everyone, go play Deltarune; my boss forced me to tell you.

Bye

[mortisghost]

Jurnal #64

Hi! Second issue of the Journal on Tumblr, and number 64 in fact, 64 like the Nintendo 64, a console I adored as a child and that I hate viscerally today, even more than the damned Wii. However, Ocarina of Time remains one of my all-time favorite games, and yes, I am a contradictory person, driven by unjust hatred. Don't send me a PM to talk about this; it'll make me seethe with rage!! (Really, don't do it). What interesting things did I do this week besides write a very long list of reasons to hate the N64 (which I won't share)? Well, like last week, mainly commissioned images that I'm unfortunately unable to reveal to you. But I also used my free time to advance two comic book projects I'm currently working on, and I can show that to you. First, with a few friends as geeky as I am, we have the ambition to create a small illegal fanzine with superhero stories. I've already written a short Silver Surfer episode for my friend Félix Laurent (which can be found here, but unfortunately only in French), and I'm now working on a little Superman adventure, which I'll draw myself. It'll be called "Superman Speaks," and I think it will be fun and touching. I love the Superman character, even though I find he's very rarely used. Here are some images!

The other comic book project I'm spending some of my free time on is a much longer story. I already showed you excerpts from it last time, here are a few more. It's a tragic story with doctors, a homeless man, and a sick baby. It's inspired by Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment," a book I love and recommend if you like mentally tortured humans; it's truly amazing.

Finally, I can't conclude this post without telling you that Fangamer released a demo of the new version of Off this month! It's called "Prologue," and it includes the entire first zone of the game. If you're interested, I highly recommend you try it out and send us and the development team your feedback so we can further improve everything we can before the release, which will take place later this year. OFF PROLOGUE ON STEAM

That's all for this Jurnal. My recommendations for the month are the film "Love Streams" by John Cassavetes, one of my all-time favorites, and also iced coffees when it's a little too hot outside. I love these things!!

Sending you kind thoughts, don't think about the N64 too much, see you next time!

[mortisghost]

Jurnal #63

Bonjour friends.

From now on, this Tumblr will be used by me as a continuation of the reports I posted in PDF format on my Patreon (now closed). I'll try to post content more or less every month, more or less loaded, depending on what I have to show you. I'll keep you updated on the various projects I'm currently working on, and maybe even on my real life, who knows? This month I've done a lot of stuff, but very little that I'm allowed to show; it's off to a bad start. I'm an illustrator on projects that are currently under NDA, so my mouth and eyes are tied up like the little monkeys statues. It's exactly the same.

Among the things I'm allowed to talk to you about, I did some research on mascots for my cousin's music project.I think they're amusing.

I've also been making progress on editing a comic book I've been working on for a long time, whenever I have time. It's a very secondary project, but it's progressing little by little, and I intend to complete it one day. Here are a few excerpts from the storyboard.

Finally, I'll end this first post in this new format with some personal information about myself. At the moment, I'm reading the manga "SlamDunk" by Takehiko Inoue; I find it really effective and captivating, and I'm eating quite a few chocolate-filled croissants; they're quite decadent, but honestly, they're delicious.

I hope you're happy to know more about me. Bye, and see you soon!

[mortisghost]

[mortisghost]

[mortisghost]

[mortisghost]

[mortisghost]

There’s this Kickstarter I’m part of, if you’re interested... It’s a project of a book full of imaginary maps, made by a lot of different artists. The video trailer is awesome, this is a good reason to click on the link, isn’t it ?

I hope you’re fine, cheers.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14421707/atlas-of-fantastic-worlds

[mortisghost]

I made the story of a manga, and my friend Marie Spénale draw it. You can read it here, it’s free and fully in English.

If you need more news from me, I’ve still got a Patreon with montly updates.

As we like to say in french : “Big bisou”.

[mortisghost]

My new game is slowly making progress.

You can check my patreon here, if you’re interested. And if you wanna help me in another way, my commissions are also still open, as is my RedBubble shop.

Take care. Bye !

[mortisghost]

[mortisghost]

It’s the map of my island on a little game you’ve maybe heard about.

Tarmasz made it first.

Also my commissions are still open if you are interested.

[mortisghost]

Covers for the PDF files I share with my patreons.

I hope everything’s fine for you and your surrounding, in theses strange period of time. Have a very good day !

[mortisghost]

My bloodborne character and her very long right arm.

I hope you’re doing ok, with the containment measures and everything.

On my side I’ve got plenty of time, and my commissions are still open. Juste in case ...

[mortisghost]

Another picture I made for my new game project.

[mortisghost]

Another concept art for my new game project.

Patreon Page

[mortisghost]

I’m making a new game !! It’s a metroid-like with robots and an armless killer. There isn’t any links with Off, but if you still wanna help me you can check my patreon page !

I see you on the other side. WIzzzz !!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.patreon.com/mortisghost