i just realized that i never posted this ryley that i drew last year after first beating subnautica!! dreaming of painting a subnautica poster sometime....
The 042-series Alterra Submersible Cave Exploration Droid from Subnautica.
This guy was scrapped in the end and remained purely a concept, but it would have been an automated probe deployed by the Cyclops sub to investigate caves (relatively) risk-free.
Here it is encountering the (also unimplemented) "Cave Thing" (likely an early version of the also scrapped Grabcrab) from the player’s perspective. Evidenced by Ryley’s reflection, this guy would’ve been pretty small.
The droid has the unit designation "6872" on its side. Unlike the Camera Drones this machine would’ve been fully autonomous.
I have this thing where I become really desolate about something, and then really excited about a possible solution.
Yesterday, I felt so down about the state of gaming and how modern games don't thrill me as much as old ones do. Then I googled my favorite developers and surpriss, surprise!
Compulsion games is coming out with another game and it looks like it has a black protagonist! It's called South of Midnight and it's the same team as We Happy Few! Also, Unknown Worlds is coming out with another Subnatica game and I'm calling it now, it's either includes tropical world, freshwater, or some version of a forest.
I feel revived. Even if they let me down, it's okay bc I can have this feeling for a bit longer.
re: OC making and orientalism, when you're asked to read edward said's orientalism it doesn't mean to use the book as a guidebook or checklist to see if you "pass" or "fail". it means rethink your motivations for writing this character/culture altogether