Welcome to the second part of Making the Demo. This time we will elaborate on some things we’ve talked about in the first part of this series, and also introduce some new ones. Last time we explained why the demo will start in the town of Arum instead of Kimswerd. Maybe you we’re wondering if [...]
Hi, welcome to the first part of a new series that will be solely about the demo! We know that you of course haven’t played the demo yet, but we have. Extensively… So in this mini-series we will talk a bit more about what you can expect when playing the demo. In this first episode [...]
Creating an adventure game like Cross of the Dutchman involves the creation of many different characters. In previous articles, we’ve demonstrated how the creation process takes place, however this article takes a more detailed view at the creation of Grutte Pier in Cross of the Dutchman! Fist, sketches are made to give an impression of [...]
Our game is set around the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century. Our hero Pier Gerlofs Donia himself lived approximately from 1480 to 1520. One thing we know for certain is that life was a lot less civilized at that time. Corporal punishment and death penalties were carried out on a regular basis. Each [...]
Our previous concept art articles already showed the perspective and style that Cross of the Dutchman will feature. It is now up to the artists and designers to stick as close to the concept as possible, and that means coming up with solutions to problems. One of these is the ground textures in CotD. The [...]
Most of the people following the blogs are completely up to date on the progress in CotD. You also know that we’re hard at work getting the word out about the game to the general public. Because we need to convince people to like our game in under a minute, we’re working on a video [...]
Developing a video game is a tremendous effort for a team. You have programmers, designers, artists, testers and managers all collaborating on a single project. During these often long development cycles, it is possible to lose track of what your goals are, and for us that is creating a kick-ass videogame. Sure, you can always [...]
Ah, finally. An article about the development of CotD! We’ve been looking forward to these articles for quite a while now, but we also know that we can only make one first impression. The main reason for us showing mostly concept art and not too much about the game (if anything …) is mostly due [...]
A new week, a new update! A lot has been going on the past few weeks. Not only have we launched this community website, but we also have been preparing for the next stage in the development of CotD. Erik, our senior developer took a late summer holiday, giving the rest of the the team [...]
First ‘fresh’ item on the CotD blog. Good moment to explain what you’ll be able to find over here, and why it is definitely worth your time making us part of your daily web-routine! Well, first off is the blog, items like this will keep you up to date on progress of the game, tell [...]
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