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Artist Details the Process for ‘Blasphemous’
It’s been a while since we’ve had any updates on The Game Kitchen’s Blasphemous, which had demolished its Kickstarter goal back in May. The team has been hard at work since then getting a new protoype ready for the end of the year.
In a small Kickstarter update, the post details some of the things we can expect in the prototype due at the end of the year, including a wider range of movement and combat mechanics, a dynamic sountrack and the first boss fight. There’s also a cool-looking animation for saving at the ‘Prieu-Dieu’ Save Point.
In addition, the team has released a peek at their process for creating some of the pixel-art impact effects used in the game. It’s a lengthy 19 minutes, and is basically just timelapse footage of artist Raul Vivar working in Photoshop. Not entirely exciting for the non-artist types, but for those who are inclined, it’s pretty cool.
Blasphemous is due out on PlayStation 4, XBox One, Nintendo Switch and PC November 2018.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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