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these American- UNFINISHED images because tomorrow you got a stream so can use them.

?to remind you guys, these are the “Single clogged memory” and the “Schematics” of the whole location. we don’t have a properly designed location schematics image as we designed this place and changed it as we went along the design area. so i’ll make some kind of cute black and white design, i also think This will present the idea for the clogged area.

?this place is so complex there must be a schematic image, i wouldn’t of understood what goes where just by looking at the art.?

?i want the boss fight to be when the player will need to jump from platform to platform, each platform is a box / memory. so the sky of the mech is full of boxes and everything is very airy.

?the rising up boxes and the clogged area and the underground forest and the brain tree, properly placed in and designed-

Cool stuff!

See you on the stream soon! There WILL BE PRIZES!

From Shanghai with Black Eye Goo,

-American

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Simulated to keep you Stimulated

8/3/2021 American Leave a comment

Dear Insane Children,

I am currently reading through the Narrative Outline for Alice: Asylum – just turned over to me by Alex after his last editing pass. It’s a great read so far and I am really happy with how it’s turning out.

One line I just read – not even sure if it’s mine or Alex’s (we’re pretty in tune!) – is…

“Everything here is simulated to keep you stimulated.”

And woo boy what a simulation!

Main image (top, above) is from Joey. It’s from a section where Alice is exploring a submerged vision of London. The second image (above) is from Omri. It’s a vision of the Infernal Train as seen through the lens of Umbraland.

And if these images don’t stimulate your imagination… you might be dead.

There WILL BE a Live Stream this week at the usual time. And we can catch up on all this great art, story, and other developments. There’s lots going on!

Join us over on my Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/americanmcgee

From Shanghai with Umbrabrain,

-American

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Spectral Hands are Coming TO GET YOU!

7/29/2021 American Leave a comment

Dear Insane Children,

Remember the Dollmaker’s scary puppet hands from Madness Returns?

THEY’RE BACK.

Well, sorta. Check out the spectral hands in this latest illustration from Adam. They are inspired by Bumby’s Puppetmaster Hands. And, wow, are they awesome!

Joey also used them in this image…

Of his image, Adam says…

Here is the painted update, I chose to show Alice facing the valves to add more suspense as if the hands were sneaking up to her.

?Besides the valves and pipes, there is also a gate that will close and force Alice to go up the stairs on the right, where I made a subtle suggestion of the reddish light coming from the flames.

?Also, I’ve placed some wooden platforms and objects to suggest the gameplay aspect of platforming in this level.

?Generally, I’ve mixed the feeling of a Victorian sewer made of bricks and metal with wood and porcelain coming from the original Dollhouse environment from Alice Madness Returns.

?Apparently, the spectral hands (inspired by Bumby’s hands) were supposed to be made out of water, so I fixed that, though Omri asked that I also upload an older version where I made the hands out of flesh, so here they are.

Let Adam know in the comments below which version of the hands you prefer – fleshy or boney?

And did I share this already?

Excellent illustration from Omri of The Dollhouse area in Umbraland. Love it!

SO much great art flowing from our team these days.

And Alex has just finished his house move and is 100% back on the narrative work we’ve been doing for the past couple of months. Great progress there. Hoping to share some updates soon.

I’ve successfully “rescued” my family from death-by-boredom in Yan’s hometown and am back at my desk in Shanghai. This week is China Joy here in Shanghai and we’ve got some meetings lined up with REDACTED and some other major Chinese Game Publishers. Plus our Financial Advisor is making great progress on his work bringing together Hollywood, investors, publishers, and others to make Mysterious Studios a reality. Again, hoping to share some updates on all that soon!

OH! And the prototype for OCD Rabbit Arrived. I posted this up over on my Instagram with some additional photos. Join the Crowd Design Discussion over there (or leave comments below here).

We’ll be back with a Live Stream next week where can we catch up on all the amazing progress being made!

From Shanghai with Crinkly Brain,

-American

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Print Reminder For You All

7/27/2021 American Leave a comment

Dear Insane Children,

Font Lord here fulfilling the promise we made in the previous art print poll that we would try to give you plenty of notice about the ‘next print’ each month before it happens.

As you see above, the next print is THE CAGING for July Patrons charged in August.

So if you want this superb print, simply make sure you’re set at the $75 tier or above BEFORE August hits.

And yes, all you 3x$35 people, this print will also become a choice for you when August rolls around too 🙂
As usual, those 3x$35 print choice emails will be going out around August 6th, so keep an eye out for that.

– Cheers

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Typhoon Madness!

7/27/2021 American Leave a comment

Dear Insane Children,

Woo! It’s been crazy here in Shanghai. Typhoon In-Fa ripped along the eastern coast of China and made landfall just a few kilometers away from my backyard in Fengxian, Shanghai. Literally just down the coast from where I live. BUT… despite what the title of that video says (WTF?) China was in no way destroyed. And, as far as I am aware, there were no deaths from the weather but a lot of people were temporarily evacuated – especially along the eastern coastal areas.

Here’s a map to illustrate…

The storm moved up from the south along the eastern coast of China. It passed Yan and Lucky in Shengzhou (circled on the map) a few days ago. They got some rain but no serious winds. When it arrived in Shanghai it landed almost right in my backyard! You can see the wind estimate on that map at 59kts… 70mph winds. But we saw winds hitting closer to 100mph multiple times. Trees flying around, stuff getting knocked over… But the scary part for me was the water. Because the rain was so heavy and constant… water levels in the nearby creeks and rivers just kept rising. I thought our house might get flooded! It felt something like this…

(Cool art from Joey!)

But there’s really good flood control stuff in place around here – makes sense, it’s a coastal area that sees several typhoons per year. And they managed the water levels so that there was no flooding of homes.

Things are calming down outside now but we still have several days of rain in the forecast.

Lucky called me via video chat this morning (well, Yan called me but Lucky was on the call) – yelling “Home! Home! Home!” … so he really wants to come home. I guess it’s boring being stuck inside for a week while there’s a typhoon raging outside.

All of this is a long-winded way of saying: There will be no live stream this week!

I need to clean up around the house and then drive south and “rescue” my family (from boredom). They’d normally come back via train, bus, or share ride… but all those options are over capacity (or nonexistent) right now due to the backlog created by the storm. So… road trip for me!

Your understanding and patience are much appreciated!

Still lots of great progress being made by the Alice: Asylum pre-production team.

This Umbraland image from Omri of the Mysterious East is especially fitting given what’s just gone on here in China!

And this Dollhouse Umbraland is 100%! Love it!

And I uploaded the Technical Design for OCD Rabbit over on my Instagram. If you want to join the Crowd Design discussion on that, head over and check it out!

Alright… going to start road trip prep. Hope you’re all safe and warm and dry!

From Shanghai with Wet Shoes,

-American