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[Concept Art] Fantoccios Outfit Changes for the Boss fight

Fantoccio has a couple of outfit swaps throughout the song, most notably a pirate outfit and a "fun house" outfit. The jester outfit came first but Ash changed their mind and opted for the Ring Master outfit. The Sherlock outfit will...

[Concept Art] Fantoccio Pirate Stage Props and Attacks

Ash made some lovely concepts for the set changes for Fantoccio's pirate boss fight section, along with some attack ideas

[Concept Art] Fantoccio's Lobby

Not intended to be part of the slice but our concept artist, Jovi, got pretty excited! You can follow him here  https://www.instagram.com/jovi_medalla/?r=nametag 

Here's an additional top-down view of his stage area also<...

[Concept Art] Fantoccio's Movie Posters

Some thumbnail concepts for posters to be displayed around Fantoccio's theatre by Jovi! Ash will be redrawing them to add more detail and the BBU art style. Can you guess all the references?

[Boss Prototype] Fantoccio's Theatrical Show Full Breakdown WIP

Here's a small update on the boss fight thus far and some behind the scenes insight into our development. Fantoccio's boss fight is an interesting process for us, and certainly a learning experience. Not only is it our first boss fight, but a musical one, meaning we have to time the attacks to the music. To tackle such a big ...

[Storyboard] Fantoccio Boss Fight Ending

Minor spoilers!

This will be the cutscene that plays at the end of Fantoccio's boss fight, however, this is only half of the storyboard for the full scene, the last frame is a joke Ash added and I kept in. We will not be revealing the other half as it contains end game spoilers. This will be edited slightly as we had to...

[Prop Concept Art] Fantoccio's Pride

Originally Jovi was working with Ash's original concept for Fantoccio's stage but adapted it with feedback. Ash stated that the stage should almost be more "clockwork" in feel. Like a giant clock mixed with into the stage. Jovi had an excellent idea of a giant clockwork Fantoccio head above the stage that moves around during ...

[WIP Environment Concept Art] Fantoccio's Stage

We have a new team member! Jovi Medalla who is our office friend at spelkollektivet was the perfect fit for our environment concept artist, an addition we desperately needed to progress with...

Quick Billie Bust Up-date, Pandemic Edition!

We're currently working on Fanto's boss fight with the first draft expected 4th May! I'm really excited to see how it comes out and you should expect it in the next build update. I'll be making a new video update soon. 

We've been accepted for a switch developer copy, we do not wish to confirm If Billie Bust Up wil...

[Storyboard] Fantoccio's Theatrical Boss Fight

This week we're working on the very first draft section of Fantoccio's boss fight, using 2D storyboards in-game to help represent the eventual 3D elements and test the visuals early on, above is a very rough video demons...

[Concept Art] Fantoccio Mouth Shapes

The mouth shapes used for the singing parts of Fantoccios song

[Build 0.0.23] New Billie is Finally Here!

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Check the full patch updates along with future planned updates here:

 2020-04-03 00:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post

[Character Concept] Penguin Tourist

A penguin tourist staying at Dutch's hotel! there will be multiple penguins staying at the hotel

[Character Concept] Dr. Eamer

A tourist staying at Dutch's hotel! A form of scientist finally taking some much needed time off.

[Character Concept] The Poison Toad Brothers

Two brothers staying at Dutch's hotel! Business partners 

[Developer Vlog] New Billie Ready to Play! + Fantoccios Big Show with Commentary

Timestamps

• Team Updates 0:00 - 10:16
• New Billie 10:16 - 38:37
• Fantoccio's Song 38:37 - 54:06
• Block Out and Level Design 54:06 - 1:02:00
• Aristotle's Model Preview 1:02:00 - 1:10:08

Developer Notes

Big big update this month! With...

[Concept Art] Doodle Page, Fantoccio, Aristotle, Oscar and Quokka

Some misc character sketches! 

[Concept Art] Dutch's "Family"

Dutch has taken in many unfortunate souls over his years of running his business. Promising them stability and help, labeling them as a family but exploiting their kindness for profit. Billie joins his ranks in an attempt to steal away his prized possession, but can she pull the wool over his eyes.

2020-03-15 19:31:46 +0000 UTC View Post

[Character Concept] Hayes the Steward

The Steward at Dutch's hotel! Hayes is a chameleon and a pretty nervous guy. He will turn invisible when Dutch screams his name 

[Character Concept] Dutch Turn Around Sheet

Getting ready to start 3D modeling Dutch! One of our bosses, owner of one of the biggest hotels around. He loves painting, business, and money. 

[Game] Billie Jump Improvements

As we reanimate the new Billie we are also reworking her jumping, to make it more animated and bouncy, just like a real goat!

The first change is the current system of how Billie's jump works, changing it from a state-based system to an animation blend. Note the following animations being shown are rough tests and not i...

[Concept Art] Aristotle the Axolotl Expression Sheet

Billie's magical mentor! Expression sheet 

[Character Concept] Dutch Character Study

Exploring the character, Dutch the Wolf! 

[Storyboard] Aristotle's Introducing Billie to the World of Magic

Aristotle teaches Billie about their previous research of magic with her deceased father, Arthur. Promising to teach her if she can help them recover some stolen artifacts 

[Character Concept] Aristotle Turnaround Sheet for 3D Model!

Aristotle's design has changed quite a bit! Now they have bigger eyes and a fancy new outfit! Aristotle is an axolotl and Billie's mentor to learning magic! Currently working on their 3D model. 

Original Design:

2020-03-01 21:32:07 +0000 UTC View Post

[Song] I've Had Enough of You Piano Demo V1 PREVIEW

The piano demo preview for Fantoccios boss song! We will reveal the full song once the storyboards are ready! The singer is a Gabriel Brown, the song will eventually be sung by Micahel Kovac and the piano music replaced by...

[Character Concept] Aristotle, Fantoccio and Billie

Misc sketches of the gang! Would anyone be interested in a sketch suggestion tier? request BBU characters in certain scenarios and the actual physical sketch being sent through the mail? They'd be drawn on paper! 

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[Storyboard WIP] Billie Heckin' Dies

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Being the sassy goat she is, Billie laughs as she attempts to sneakily swing right past Elaine during her escape. Spoke too soon, Billie?

2020-02-26 17:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post

[Storyboard WIP] Retrieving the Bell

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After Elaine leaves Billie spots, two cat pirates, playing with her magic bell, Aristotle is here to save the day...