Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer

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Unearthed Almanac: Glensborough

Unearthed Almanac will run once weekly until I finish up some of the more boring aspects of game development (item lists, back-end coding, etc…). Enjoy! Overview Glensborough is a small farming community, tucked away in a region of rolling hills and scattered forests. Mitchell and Chase live with their parents on one of the many farms in Glensborough and spend their days avoiding chores...

Unearthed Update: October 2nd (Sprite Conversion)

Sorry for the late update this week! Right now I’m busy implementing sprites for Unearthed, which is a rather lengthy process involving Photoshop, JHack, and whiskey. It’s not that exciting, but it does let me reflect on all the wonderful sprite work that was done for the game. During the conversion, I managed to find some Glensborough villagers sprites that had not yet been posted on...

Unearthed Update: August 19th (Textual Interlude)

Hey everyone! I’ve been occupied all week launching a website and helping out at a gaming convention, so no new sprites this update. I know, this totally sucks and I apologize sincerely for my lack of production. However, I have not come to you entirely empty-handed. Radiostorm has been working hard on the dialogue for Unearthed, and has sent me the near-finished draft for Glensborough (the...

Unearthed Update: April 22nd (Glensborough Citizens)

I’ve been working pretty hard over the last couple days to put together some sprites for the Glensborough portion of Unearthed. Making farmers and townies is a bit trickier than I thought it would be, due to the somewhat erratic art style within EarthBound. I’ve tried to edit existing sprites while adding my own personal touches, to create new NPCs that still fit the artistic...

Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer