Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer

Unearthed Update: July 22nd (A Couple Of Bosses)

Last week I made a point to polish up two very important sprites for Unearthed. They are both very important bosses for the Stompin’ Grounds area, and were a bit complicated from a technical perspective. I’m quite happy to have them complete (except for perhaps a bit of colouring), and even happier to show them all off to you.

You may remember the Spore Machine from last week! I polished it up a bit since you last saw it, and changed the colour scheme to make it a bit more vibrant. It doesn’t match the in-battle sprite completely,but I think this is about as close as I can get it.

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Next up we have the Ancient Colossus, an optional boss from near the very end of the game. He was a little tricky to put together since he is composed of three parts, none of which had counterparts in EarthBound. I used a few sprites from a GBA game as a starting point, and spent a good amount of time trying to match EB’s wonky perspective. I think it turned out rather well!

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I’ll be working on smaller scale sprites for the next little while, so expect more frequent updates. As usual, you can catch the most up-to-date work-in-progress on my Twitter.

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Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer