Candy Girl Text

Working on some ting for a ting. I was going for an authentic retro text look, so it could still use some work.

Nes Game Demo, Now With Moving Platforms!

Finally, an update! I know you still care, five months later. *crickets* I just don't get the free time to tinker around with my NES game anymore. Anyway, we've got moving platforms now! Isn't that exciting?! :D They looked easy enough to implement in the tutorial, but I've muddled up my code so much by this point that I had to start from the ground up. And the math was driving me CRAZY. It's a wonder I have a working demo to show you at all. But enough about me, how was YOUR day?

Let me know what you think needs improvement, even if it's been said before. Every little bit helps. Thanks, guys! And have fun. :D

New in this update:
- Moving platforms (Yes!)
- New enemy: Slugalug
- New music: Skyway
- Spikes
- 2 way doors
- Zonked out animation
- Began improving my equations and making sense of 1500 lines of my Total Amateur Hour code

Things I want to work on:
- Improve enemy collision detection
- Stop that annoying jump when there's only 1 space to move
- Finally pick a name for the character I've had for almost 2 years. I'm thinking something like Zubby. Or Zib. Any Arabic slang term for penis will probably be fine.

Slugalug Sprite and other NES Baddie Sketches

Workin on some new bad guys for my NES game, and tryin to keep it simple. Pew pew! Splat! There's an update coming soon, so get your Power Gloves ready.

Japanese Dig Dug Commercial for the Famicom (1985)

I'm glad somebody uploaded this amazing Japanese commercial for Dig Dug (which is one of my favorite arcade games ever (as you can see from my avatar (I know you care))), because it is the most wonderful thing to happen to my eyes and ears all week. I mean listen to that music! It's magical. :D

There's even an additional 30 second version, and one for Dig Dug II from the same campaign- which of course fills my heart with even greater happiness.

Captain Ecto's Phantom Funship up for voting at Threadless!

"Ahoy, mateys! Climb aboard Captain Ecto's Phantom Funship, if ye dare. Set sail for spooktacular fun and adventure! But heed this ghostly warning, or face certain doom: No pizza or drinks in the play area, please. It's *company policy*... OooOOooOOOooo!"

Wowzers! These ghosts with the most made it from sketch to finished design in only 5 days, and it couldn't have happened without all the quick advice and support I got from you guys along the way. Thank you! :D

Vote here if you're a Threadlesser!

Yarrr! it's Captain Ecto's Phantom Funship! Help me pick the colors, landlubbers

Ahoy mateys! Thank you to everyone for the support so far! I think I'm almost done.

I gotta tell ya, I really like the idea of keeping this 2 colors, and printing it on silver, slate, or sand. But what are your thoughts? I'd love to hear em. I'm all ears, and I'm not afraid to change things up. Thanks, guys! :D

Captain Ecto's Phantom Funship (In Progress)

Ahoy hoy! It's finally coming together, I think. Crits always welcome!

In the meantime, let's have a drink.

Paper Toy Robobot Sketch

I've always wanted to design a paper toy, but I never had the GUTS to go for it. So I'm just gonna jump right in. I have no freaking clue what I'm doing, so I'll have to rely on already existing models and trial and error to show me the way. *tips over* Naturally this guy is lovingly inspired by memories of everyone's favorite learning robot, Alphie II, and I'm sure he'll evolve even more as I play around with the design. ROBO BOOGIE!

Anybody have any cool models to share? I know that Matt Hawkins is the baddest mama jama in the paper toys game, but that's about it.

Totes T-Shirt at Vintage Vantage

John Keddie from Vintage Vantage came to me months and months ago with this redonkulous idea after seeing the totem in my Ernest Goes to Camp "I Can Read Movies" cover, and it finally debuted this week. I love how it turned out! It's perfect. Strong enough for a man, but gentle enough for a woman. John's vintage treatment and speech bubble took it to a whole new level.

On sale now for $14 in Mens and Womens, but not Raccoons for some reason. Hmm.

Practice Your Texting

A fun little design now up for voting at Threadless. Don't forget to sharpen your pencils!

Dangerous Accessories

I don't know what I'm thinking. Maybe I'm thinking I'd like this to become something cool. Yeah! And I think maybe I'll work on it some more as soon as I get back from 1992.

Game Buddy "Cardboard Edition" Package Design for Attract Mode

I mentioned last week that I had designed some unique box art for Adam Robezzoli's brand spankin' new video game culture shop Attract Mode, but this is the first chance I've had to see the design out in the wild. He had this idea to hand print his mailing boxes to make them look like an old handheld gaming system, and I think they turned out FANTASTIC! :D I'm floored! And I can't wait to put in an order so I can get one of my very own.

(Photo snagged from the lovely friend of Spacesick Offworld, which was in turn snagged from the just as lovely Bryan Lee O'Malley's flickr)

Sea Podling Treequarium

The colors are temporary, whilst I figure out what is actually going on here. Though I like that minty color.

Glug glug!

Naptime in the Podling Nursery

A zany idea for a Threadless design which I clearly haven't thought up a good name for yet.

Nakatomi Invitational Season 2 Now Available!

Holy hell! Look at that incredible list of names! Kevin Tong, Guy Burwell, Jeff Kleinsmith, Nick Derington, Jim Mahfood, Jay Ryan, Craig "Fucking" McCracken, and... Spacesick? That's gotta be a typo.

No, it's true! I was one of 8 peeps invited to be a part of this year's Nakatomi Invitational at the completely awesome Nakatomi, Inc. I'm so honored and excited it's SICK. You may ask, "Mitch, how in Crom's name were you lucky enough to even be mentioned in the same SENTENCE as these talented people?", and all I can say is "Hey, screw you too, buddy."

Read all about it here!

This year's theme is Robots, and each month a new limited edition T-shirt/poster combo will be released. Now dig THIS: you have the option of getting yourself the T-shirt for $20, the poster for $30, or BOTH for just $40. That's awesome! And each of the artists' prints and shirts are limited to just 100 each, so you know you're getting something special.

Kevin Tong's amazing design became available today, as well as the option to go for the whole shebang at once and purchase one of the extremely limited Series 2 Subscriptions for $300- only 10 of which will be sold. If you're a bad enough dude or dudette to afford something that epic, I suggest you drop your NES controller right now and hop to it before they all sell out!

P.S. - I'm not reading any of that