hi, its austin. this is the 6th week ive made one of these!

i made a background, trying to replicate the background from a few levels in cave story.

heres a lil process video! its not the exact same, but thats intended. it is going to be obscured by the chess playing field for most of the time anyways, i just loved the aesthetic of these strange pointy slightly carved/striped rocks when i was younger.

in game under a few filters and fun shaders it looks like this, giving a kind of shimmery cavern look. i think its fitting for borin who's all about mining underground.

more card art drawn for various spells and curses: cleanse, sacrifice, flabbergast

and of course, intrusive thoughts come in and i've gotta add another piece to the never-ending list :)

i'm currently working on the official trailer, which will probably have some outdated visuals and sound effects by the time the game is fully released, but hopefully has enough so i can actually show people what i've been doing since the last time i showed the game at a convention in boston.

Checkmage! is still in active development. If you want to support me, please consider sharing with friends. The game will be released on Steam and Itch for sale when I'm done making it.

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