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Game Dev / Musician / All-round tinkerer. Friend to pixels and polys alike. Creative Director and Lead Engine Architect @EveningStarStdo
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Penny and Yo-Yo find their groove in our new vinyl pressing of Macaroon tunes! 4 sides of eclectic, eccentric and electric bangers 🪀
Spin it, bump it, loop it! Penny’s Big Breakaway OST is coming to vinyl 🤩
🔴🟡 2xLP in Penny’s fav companion & weapon colors
🖼 Exclusive art by
@EveningStarStdo
@PrivateDivision
game Art Director
@TomFryPWG
🎶
@TeeLopes
@SeanBialo
🎉 Preorder at
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So, for those wondering about the authenticity about the physics... (at least when it comes to slopes)
Yeah.
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It's Sonic's 30th, and also almost 5 years since we announced Sonic Mania. I thought I'd post a few random dev pics to mark the occasion. It's a series that has inspired joy and creativity for so many so hats off to the hedgehog!
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@LapperDev
Will have more to say on this when it's appropriate, but the Mania physics were indeed fully translated to modern 3D
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Starting work on Sonic Mania, I never imagined we'd have a physical copy, let alone a full-on mini series! Yet here we are... please enjoy their hard work on the complete Sonic Mania Adventures! 🤟
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Wow, 6 Years 😱 Thanks for caring and having fun!
Six years ago today. Thanks for everything
@CFWhitehead
,
@HCStealth
, and everyone else who made Sonic Mania happen. I've still never felt so much joy in a piece of art. <3
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Did you know that the Special Stage UFO was meant to get angry after you reached the Chaos Emerald and chase you down in sudden death for 10 seconds? Thankfully we had mercy and realized it would be challenging enough just reaching Mach 3 on the courses 😅
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A bit of trivia - here's the early story draft I talked about at SDCC years ago
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Alright, looks like I can finally come clean and say that RSDK(v5U) is putting in work on Origins
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I forgot I made this (circa 2005 it seems!). For context, it's not using the Retro Engine at all, it's actually the first time I attempted any kind of 3D programming. No pre-existing engine, just a janky little experiment using C++ & the Direct3D 7 API
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So there may be a few bugs lurking in Mania, but don't worry - we're on the case!
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Ah yeah mate!
Ready, set, YO! 🪀
Introducing our debut title: Penny's Big Breakaway!
Perform slick yo-yo tricks as you dash, flip, whirl, and swing to outwit a royally-peeved emperor and his penguin army. 🐧
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The Steam version has bug fixes and a separate super button, both of which are coming to the other platforms in the future.
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Hi everyone! I'd like to introduce you to Evening Star, a new game studio I have founded alongside:
@TheRealDPad
@TomFryPWG
@bradflick55
and
@HunterBridges
Follow us:
@EveningStarStdo
Read more:
(P.S. We're hiring!)
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I guess I gotta dig up another piece of Sonic Mania trivia since we've reached 7 years now...
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I am proud to contributed with my past work with
@HCStealth
on the previous remasters which are represented here.
@Head_cannon
has carried the torch to complete S3K I am excited to see the results
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Much love and Chrimbus magic to all of you who enjoyed & supported Mania team's Sonic journey this year. Now 2017 can be super 2018!
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Have a great and suitably silly season! Catch you next year peeps
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I loved this demo track! This was Heavy Rider's original stage, which was meant to be separate to Lava Reef. Sadly there was not enough time in the development schedule to realize another full Zone so we had to move Heavy Rider into Angel Island's HPZ.
Fun fact for Sonic's Bday!
"Lagoon City Zone Act 2"'s theme derives from a demo I created for a proposed "Hidden Palace Zone" in Sonic Mania. The idea marinated for 7 years, matured, and finally found a home in "Sonic Superstars" last year.
This is the 2016 demo!
I'm happy
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Thanks for all the Sonic Mania love everyone! We've still got plenty of work ahead us so stay tuned for updates from
@SEGA
:)
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This is me after seeing all the Mania reviews coming in: I'm truly humbled by the way the game has been received <3
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Yesss! Someone finally noticed it haha
Now the PC ver's out, here's our favourite Sonic Mania reference!
The sun icon here is from Mega Drive manual warning sections!
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Woo 12K Followers, thanks! Mania Steam version is coming in like 8 hours too
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Please enjoy! We had a lot of fun making this, and I defo learnt a lot 🪀🌟
Surprise! We are so happy to finally be able to say: Penny's Big Breakaway IS AVAILABLE NOW! 🪀🥳
🌟 Buy now:
#PennysBigBreakaway
#NintendoDirect
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Some whiteboard scribble photos used to brainstorm gimmicks and things
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@Head_cannon
@SEGA
Congrats to your team bringing the remaster collection home! I know how much completing S3K meant to
@HCStealth
in particular
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A solid patcharoo is out on PC now, and will be on consoles pending approval! In particular Switch patch gets a video mode to unlock the framerate to 60 ala Bombrush, or adds Anti-Aliasing if you choose to stay locked.
We’ve just released a PC patch for
#PennysBigBreakaway
version 1.2. See the full details below 👇
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Wholesome boys
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I thought I'd make a thread to answer this, in case anyone else wants to know:
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I've always loved the Hansen Writing Ball after seeing one on the TV show 'The Secret Life of Machines'. Press Garden Zone has them as a set piece!
Oh btw, if you’re wondering what the first commercially sold typewriter looked like, you are not prepared for the 1870 Hansen Writing Ball
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Bonus points if they play the "you suck" version of Unleashed's theme
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I am serving as Evening Star's Creative Director and Lead Engine Architect. Looking forward to pushing myself even further in this next chapter of my career as a game dev, and creating games that are hopefully even more fun for you!
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Thanks for the patience for those affected, this was a particular DX12 barrier thing that only RDNA3 seems to be sensitive to. Took some digging for us to find the cultprit!
I think we have figured out the crash affecting AMD RDNA 3 GPUs!!
We still need to have QA validate the build internally before we can release, but hopefully can have this hotfix out to you all very soon
#PennysBigBreakaway
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Update on Mania 1.03 patches: I believe they have arrived on PC / PS4 & Xbox, just waiting on the Switch one to clear out into the wild!
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Get yer Knux fix courtesy of the lovely Mania Adventures team!
Knock knock.
Sonic Mania Adventures: Part 3 is here!
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@Stuart_1990
DRM is not something our team makes the decision on, if you have feedback send it via customer service to Sega's steam account
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Check it, Freedom Planet 2 launches on Steam today! I'm delighted to see it come so far and to have played a small role in making it happen 🎉
Join the heroes of Avalice as they face their greatest challenge yet. Freedom Planet 2 is high speed platforming at its finest! Available now on PC and Steam!
➡️ Steam:
➡️ :
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A big thank you to
@dark1x
for taking the time and effort to make such an in-depth BTS video. Penny was such a massive learning experience for me, I’m really excited where it will take me next!
Today on Digital Foundry, it's
@dark1x
with one of the best developer deep dives we've ever done, going in-depth with
@EveningStarStdo
on Penny's Big Breakaway. Bespoke tech, amazing access and a unique presentation - check it out!
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I didn't really have a good grasp on Matrix and Vector math at the time, but a bit later my friend Hector aka Damizean basically came up with BlitzSonic and carried it forward
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Had a dumb chog dream last night where I watched the Sonic Rangers trailer. The plot was "Sonic gets sent to posh boarding school" Doing tricks and stuff in gratified playgrounds. This was the key art... I kind of like it?
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We have a release date, hooray! :D
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This OST goes places man 🪀🤟
Absolutely thrilled to finally announce I'm the main composer behind
@EveningStarStdo
's upcoming first original title, "Penny's Big Breakaway!"
I had the pleasure of collaborating musically with
@HunterBridges
,
@SeanBialo
, and even
@CFWhitehead
! Stay tuned for this pearl!
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@kinucakes
Sending you my admiration and good vibes for the future. Skullgirls and Indivisible's art remains utterly incredible to me, and you and everyone else deserve to work in an environment that matches that calibre.
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Have a peek at Penny in action next weekend with
@Completionist
and
@TOVG
!
Penny and Yo-Yo will be making a scene at
#IndieLand2023
giving you a FIRST EVER look at the gameplay in
#PennysBigBreakaway
! Swing on by October 29th at 7PM Pacific Time and save the link:
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@teelopesmusic
Titanic Monarch's theme is probably my favourite Mania track you composed and hearing it symphonized only further cements it. The fact we went through 5 completely different demo tracks to reach that sublime combination of harpsichord and modem sounds. Muah! 😘👌
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I'd need to put in loads more work to get stereoscopy working, but the new 3DS is quite a neat unit all the same.
http://t.co/9INVfqK6KL
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Man, can you imagine if we had to put DRM in DNA? What a world that'd be.
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This is exciting! It's been a loong time since I helped back in 2015 so I can't wait to see FP2 in its final form 🔥. Best of luck to
@SDiDuro
and the rest of her team!
We are pleased to announce that Freedom Planet 2 has a release date at last! The game will be officially releasing on Tuesday, September 13th this year.
More information below on why this date was chosen.
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Introducing our main cast of characters in animated form! Big ups to
@yetifarm
and symphonic sicco
@TeeLopes
for helping us put this trailer together🪀🤟
The stage is almost set... 🪀Join Penny and Yo-Yo and face-off against a star cast of Bosses in
#PennysBigBreakaway
, a brand new 3D platformer.
Coming to Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S early 2024.
⭐️Wishlist now:
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@Sonic_Hedgeblog
I went to Sega World once back in the day, I think I still have the map and entry cards packed away somewhere. I remember being supremely embarrassed when the stage show was on and my parents were like “hey it’s Sonic let’s go see him” lol
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Yes there are more reinvented stages in Mania than brand new, but Mania is a big game so...
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I wonder why Fang, Bean and Bark aka "the boys" are wanted in the Wild West anyway?
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My neighborhood has about as much visibility as a N64 game, and I'm not even close to the bush fires
#DearYourMajesty
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Twerkin' Dango was an animation glitch during dev. We loved it so much it became immortalized in the SSZ2 cutscene. To this day, we have it as a slack emoji
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She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene
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Enjoy a smaller Breakaway on us with this free demo!
Haven't tried
#PennysBigBreakaway
yet? Give Penny and Yo-Yo an audition with their NOW AVAILABLE demo!
Available on all platforms:
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Honored to have a Penny DF video from
@dark1x
, I must admit I didn't realize the game can run 4K 120hz on the Series S as well as the X!
Today on Digital Foundry,
@dark1x
circles back to celebrate Penny's Big Breakaway - one of the best games of the year so far - 4K 120fps on all Xbox and PlayStation consoles with a brilliant, fresh, original design:
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It's a pleasure to have you on the team Justin! Here's to our most ambitious work yet 🌟
So...I'm part of
@EveningStarStdo
now!
Couldn't imagine being part of a greater team of folks than these guys, very happy to be working with them.
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Ahoy-hoy! We've just posted some new job openings at
@EveningStarStdo
:
- 3D Character Artist
- Lead Environment Artist
- Producer
These roles are all local to Los Angeles. Remote candidates will not be considered. Find out more details and apply at
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Can I just say how much I'm nerding out at seeing Yasuhara's design documents of Sonic 2 when it had Time Travel planned? So cool! :O
Here are some un-used overworld maps (and zone names!) from sonic 2, courtesy of
@Yasuharah
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Return to 20, home of scene kids, myspace and moody off axis stares
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I was also a child of Visual C++ 6.0, even had the WinCE Dreamcast environment for it at one point 😅
When I was 15-16 something I worked at warehouse packing stuff during Xmas/New Year so I could buy this!
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@tha_rami
Mania - In the Zone transition from Press Garden 1->2 we needed explosion SFX playing during a point where the engine swaps to a new scene, but SFX can't be played during scene load. So we baked explosion sounds into a music stream, which is able to play between scenes lol
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Performance mode on switch will get you 60fps most of the game when docked, and a decent amount in handheld too. Some levels like VanillaTown will drop to 40/30fps in places where geometric density is high
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HNY moits, I hope 2021 treats you right. Fingers crossed gonna be working on more cool stuff this year ✌️
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1. First language: Q/Visual Basic
2. Had difficulties: Objective-C
3. Most used: C/C++
4. Totally hate: Android NDK java+native hellhole
5. Most loved: C or C#
6. For beginners: Any language sandbox you can start coding for in like 15 minutes
1. First language: QBASIC
2. Had difficulties: C++
3. Most used: C++
4. Totally hate: JavaScript
5. Most loved: Ruby
6. For beginners: Python
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Shout out to fellow Melbourne devs
@Tantalus_Games
who are helping us out with the Switch version of Sonic Mania!
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Yo yo we are partnering with Private Division on our new thing!🌟
Today we’re excited to announce that we’ll be publishing new IP with four outstanding developers. Please give a warm welcome to
@gutefabrik
,
@EveningStarStdo
,
@Piccolo_Studio
, &
@YellowBrick_Qc
! We can’t wait to share more about their new projects.
Read:
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Another track that was super fun to collab with moitron
@TeeLopes
on - something to capture Penny's gumption at this moment in the story while giving the player something to revel in!
Me and
@CFWhitehead
hung out in the kitchen 👨🍳👨🍳 My favorite section is the "turntable vs drums" battle
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I had a crack composing the boss theme for the mighty Judge Rufus with my musical counsel
@TeeLopes
! Your attendance is requested at the hearing 🎸🧑⚖️🤘
Esteemed members of Macaroon, I implore you to be prepared for another dose of musical mischief. 🔨🎶
#PennysBigBreakaway
Listen to the full track and other released tracks here:
Composers:
@TeeLopes
@CFWhitehead
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🤘🤘🤘🤘
Hi
#girlsbehindthegames
, I'm Lola, I worked on Sonic Mania as producer. I'm basically mom for the team and I will fight for my team. 🔥
Do what you like, work for what you love. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise FIGHT 🔪
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@GibusSuspicious
When the Phantom Ruby first arrived in the Mania timeline (Classic Sonic post-Generations), it landed on Angel Island. The Phantom Ruby is a pretty strange blurpy rock which tends to react to anything with a degree of consciousness. (1/2)
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Check it! We have some fresh new positions available at
@EveningStarStdo
:
- Gameplay Programmer
- Technical Artist
Find out more details and apply at
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Aw yeah Puyo Puyo Tetris is coming to Switch! (also Sonic Mania, but whatevs)
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This is one particular piece of Mania merch our team really pushed to make happen, and here it is! Art from
@TomFryPWG
and
@TheGatestormer
We're proud to announce the Sonic Mania vinyl album in partnership with
@datadiscs
! Pre-orders go live Mid-July.
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@Spin_DashRS
They're stone relics, created in their absence when the Chaos Emeralds once again drifted off into the Special Stage Dimension
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To all those asking for Mania review codes - you need to go through Sega, our dev team doesn't handle that stuff.
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I've been iterating on engine tech for over 10+ years, and the biggest accelerator to quality is having team members who use your tools daily and hold you accountable to it!
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There's some amazing fan out being made on twitter for Sonic's Birthday! This however, is Bubsy and a VB can
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Give the Freedom Planet 2 Sample a try. I programmed the 2D Unity Framework and Stephen & team has done a simply amazing job with it so far!
Freedom Planet 2: Sample Version is now available for download on Windows!
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You can't do anything, so don't even try, get some help
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Happy Valentines day everyone! no matter if you're Silhouette, Mirage or a combination thereof I hope some lovin' comes your way <3
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Sleeper's Gap 🪀
Shortcuts found ✅
Speed + momentum + a little creativity make for a quick getaway in
#PennysBigBreakaway
!
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Greetz to
@TomFryPWG
and
@SeanBialo
who made this holiday gem 🌟
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New tunes from us, this time a bit of surf rock ‘n’ science!
Starting off the new year with another soundtrack release!🎶
#PennysBigBreakaway
Listen to the full track and other released tracks here:
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