Trailer up! Finally! Find it here (if that doesnt work - click here)

A very big thank you to Alice for giving us a glowing write up on her blog Wonderland . We appear to have our first random forum posts and new users. (before we've even launched - a good sign!)

more soon

Robin

Hello all, Chief here…

I often attempt to get a word in edgeways, constantly being amazed by the wit and banter of my fellow Beatnikers, however, I am inspired to add to the ever increasing Beatnik blog read by so many millions of you out there…

It’s been a fierce nine months. Plain Sight development is advancing rapidly, with work on the increase, resulting in the guys looking like they want to shoot themselves on occasion!
As time races on, the game is continuing to become more and more of an unparalleled masterpiece (unbiased as I am!)…

The guys are ever pushing the boundaries of what defines a game worthy of the title of truly awesome, and as a team we are moving towards release date, and there’s not one of us who isn’t giving their all.

Anyway, check in soon for the next instalment from the Beatnik nerve centre….

Damien

Is it a beta, or is it a gamma? We dont know, but we thought we'd give the regular blog readers a heads up regarding when it's happening.

Next Wednesday THURSDAY! That's the 26th of August 27th of August ...
(EDIT: LOL!)
(EDIT #2: forum bug fixed, new screenshots on the sidebar and media section, also stripped back and upgraded plainsight website/database,all community stuff is now in the forums, company website down- will be back up tomorrow)

More details on Monday

I’m one of the artists and my role is the character creation and animation.

We’ve gone through a lot of changes on the art side since January; here are some of the many quick fire designs Alex Best (our previous artist) and I threw at the bosses (with some despair).

It was hard to reach the final design. We’d settle with one –then, a few days later, have to change it.

This happened again and again due to IP to technical problems and aesthetic looks.



Click on the thumbnails for a full page of sketches

Hin

Due to a distinct sense of blog-apathy in the office, it’s down to me to write the first post.

Development of Plain Sight is on its eighth month and (in-between coffee, tea, water and foosball breaks) continues at a furious pace. We will, very very soon, have lots of eye-candy for you to slobber over.

In the meantime, let me introduce the Beatnik Games staff:

Sam – level, UI and general artist of awesomeness.

Damien – the chief. Duties include; finance management, investor wrangling and the occasional beta-testing.

Alex – programmer and master of offence and abuse.

Hin – animator extraordinaire and martial arts guru (he can kill you in 5 seconds. seriously, that’s just how he rolls)

Lawrence –programmer; so good he no longer sees the code.

Robin – (me, behind the camera) – producer; irritating git who constantly asks why something isn’t done and doesn’t quite understand why real-life physics would take more than a day to implement....

Anyway, that’s us and we’re making a computer game.

More to follow....

Robin

PS: everyone should check out 16x16’s new game Rescue the Begal . It’s fantastic.