Wedding in Nord

Date: December 30, 2011  Author: Mathias 2 Comments

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Today we are happy to congratulate Binaspets and Zardoz555 who have entered into holy online matrimony in Nord. The ceremony was held yesterday in Toppie1′s garden where the lovely couple was greeted by a select gathering of 15 guests, all dressed up in their fancymost avatar outfits, bringing virtual wedding cakes, treasure chests, flowers and other in-game gifts for the newlyweds.

Binaspets and Zardoz555 is a real-life couple who first met in Nord where they fell in love. We wish the bride and groom a most prosperous and loving future together, until server downtime do you part. :-D

Merry X-Mas!

Date: December 22, 2011  Author: Theo 1 Comment

Good times ahead, yet it’s a sad day for us SkyGoblins. Today we lost our intern, Tindy, to that great big scary void that lies beyond our office – REALITY. How will she cope? How will she handle the future without our ever vigilant and wise guidance? With flying colors, is our verdict. A more relevant and stressing question though, is how on Earth we are going to survive without her?

Tindy has been an invaluable asset this fall and winter, blasting out new Nord content at speeds previously unknown to man. This has allowed me and Henrik to put a lot more focus on The Journey Down while still knowing that Nord has been continuously updated with ass-whoopin’ quality content. For this monumental effort, we are incredibly thankful. Tindy rules.

This will most likely be our last post here before Christmas truly comes stompin’ in, so let us take this opportunity to wish you all an exceptionally Merry Christmas!

 

Sketching out a universe

Date: December 10, 2011  Author: Theo Leave a comment

Ever since me and Mathias started playing around with the concept of creating “The Journey Down” over five years ago, I’ve pretty much always carried a sketchbook with me and doodled TJD stuff in it wherever I’ve been. Whenever I filled my current book to the brim with sketches and doodles, I just started on a new one.

I stumbled upon my bunch of TJD sketchbooks today and realized that they’re starting to become quite the hefty pile of brain-pukes. So below I proudly share with you five years of thinking out the story, locations, characters and overall look of the Journey Down universe.

Here’s a look at what one of the sketches looks like after I’ve scanned it and done some early compositional tweaks, and below is my more or less finished backdrop, ready for insertion into the game. I actually implemented that very picture the other day and with flickering neon lights and all, I gotta say it wound up quite juicy.

What a fine opportunity to share some new music from our very own jazzmaster Simon D’souza. Fullscreen the new location and turn up the music -you’ll feel the ambiance envelop you like a sticky shower of cheap microwaved sparkling wine.

Kingsport bay street music by SkyGoblin