Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer

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Unearthed Update: Item Implementation

Work continues on Unearthed! I have been slowly integrating items into the game (all 150 of them) using EarthBound’s wacky and confusing item formatting codes. It is slow work but progress is steady. Luckily, I was very organized while putting together the game outline so finding data is relatively easy. I’ll keep posting incremental progress updates on my Twitter, but I may not be as...

Unearthed Update: September 17 (Mitchell and the Debug Room)

Sorry for the lack of Unearthed updates lately! It has been a busy couple of weeks for me, compounded by the fact that I’m learning two entirely new toolsets (Coil Snake and CCScript). I finally managed to get some preliminary work done though, and I’m going to show it off to all of you internet peeps. First up, Mitchell’s character sprites are 90% complete! Here is our unlikely...

Unearthed Update: August 13th (PC Sprites II)

Just a short little update this week! Here’s another gameplay video showing off Mitchell’s PC sprites. There are some minor changes from the original set; mainly the fact that Mitchell has a slightly bigger shnozz that looks better while he moves diagonally. You can check it out below, as well as a small preview of the game’s Crystal Mine area. On the “boring but necessary...

Unearthed Update: August 6th (PC Sprites)

EarthBrent and NinjaMaru have been hard at work this week, putting together some really great sprite-sets for Unearthed. Although they’re not completely done yet, they are a great sign of things to come for the game! Take a peak below for some pixellated artwork of both Mitchell and ISAAC! And as an added treat, I made a little walkabout video with Mitchell in his hometown of Glensborough...

Unearthed Update: July 16th

It’s been a bit of a slow week for Unearthed development, and quite frankly I blame myself. I was immensely distracted by a stray kitten that showed up on my doorstep. I took it inside and now it won’t stop harassing me when I’m on my computer. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SAVE HYRULE WITH A CAT IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN. ANYWAYS, here are some super duper sprites that were made for the...

Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer