This is perhaps the simplest of all the weapon designs for Modular Frame Tactics.

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Another promo render for Modular Frame Tactics, this time using the low-poly game models themselves, but using the more powerful glass shader to create the refractive surfaces. I've also switched to a simpler grid as a backdrop for the weapons, which should help put them into perspective as far as their scale to one another.

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Black Lace Bullet is side project of mine that explores one of my favorite game genres, top-down shooters. Top-down shooters are more commonly known as "shmups" (short for "shoot-'em ups") and are distinguished from the more popular "FPS/first-person-shooter" and "TPS/third-person-shooter" genres by it's overhead perspective and focus on having the player navigate through waves of enemies and traps in a largely two dimensional playing field. Shmups are further divided into two subcategories, the elder being often known as "traditional" and a newer variant known as 弾幕 (danmaku, literally translated as "barrage"), or "bullet hell" style. Black Lace Bullet leans towards the newer, “bullet hell” style of gameplay, but also incorporates some elements of physics simulation similar to what you might expect to see in a billiards game.

One line synopsis: A gun-toting magical saloon-girl has to send interdimensional slime monsters back where they came from while dancing through a deadly storm of magical attacks.

This is a fun little animation I did a while back. It's not official, just something I did as a fan of Polytron's retro-cool designs.

Part of  a weekly series where I go over some of my favorite artists in no particular order. Today's subject is one of the kings of cute, Ryusuke Hamamoto!

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