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And the Kleptopus King

by Shaun Inman Pro Jan 20, 2010
in Mimeo and the Kleptopus King
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26 Responses (page 1 of 2)

  1. Pro Si-tn Shaun Inman

    Turns out there's already a game in the App Store called Mimeo (a Simon-clone, grr) so I'm squatting on "Mimeoverse" as the app name which will allow for sequels of the same name without forcing the dread ellipses on your home screen.

    New to the ensemble, the Grimp Reaper, a flying variant of the standard Grimp, and a tweaked Jelly sprite renamed Jellyfist, a water enemy (with fists on the ends of his tendrils!) that spins when Mimeo approaches.

    If you think doing the title screen before the game is finished is getting ahead of myself, I already have a name for the sequel: Mimeo and the Order of Octet (where his remaining minions attempt to put the Kleptopus King back together). Then there's the spin-off: Gaido's Gaiden. All occurring in the Mimeoverse.

    over 2 years ago

  2. Pro Avatar_squared Paulo Zoom

    Fists on the ends of the tendrils? Check.
    Sequels? Check.
    Great Dribbble shot? Check.

    I think I just died because of how awesome everything is becoming. Stop teasing us so much, Shaun, we wanna play!!! :P

    over 2 years ago

  3. Jack2 Jack Osborne

    This looks awesome. These dribbbles have been superb.

    over 2 years ago

  4. Pro Avatar-large2 Dave Shea

    You're breaking my Like button.

    over 2 years ago

  5. Avatar Shaun Andrews

    I have no idea what this is, or what you said, but this looks awesome.

    over 2 years ago

  6. Grug-avatar Erik Sagen

    The Grimp Reaper looks a bit like Cthulhu. Jellyfist! How awesome.

    over 2 years ago

  7. Pro E2759990ebc89771801a8e31caafede2ef6c7289_full Sebastiaan de With

    Totally love the typography, too.

    over 2 years ago

  8. Bruno_socialweb_squared Bruno Monteiro

    16bit awesomeness. Georgeous work, Shaun.

    over 2 years ago

  9. Apple-touch-icon Luke Dorny

    awesomelievableness.
    With your track record, this game will be a bestseller because of quality, style and playability.

    over 2 years ago

  10. Pro Fresh_buzz Anton Peck

    I'm torn between wanting to follow you dancing joyfully down this pixelated path of creativity – or just throw my hands in the air, give up completely, and get a job at Pizza Hut.

    over 2 years ago

  11. Pro Avatar-me-short-hair-256x256 Veerle Pieters

    What Dave said...

    over 2 years ago

  12. Pro Dc-2012 Dan Cederholm

    Surely you have a team of uber-talented Shauns down there in TN? Right?

    over 2 years ago

  13. Pro Me-july2011-700px Cameron Moll

    Again, what Dave said. What's in the water over in TN?

    over 2 years ago

  14. Pixelavatar_large_16_color Chris Wallace!

    @Cameron They don't have water in TN, only pixels.

    over 2 years ago

  15. Pro Fumanchu Phineas X. Jones

    The Grimp Reaper is pretty clearly a Vampyroteuthis infernalis.

    Also this gets better all the time.

    over 2 years ago

  16. Nathan_tcdisrupt_large_square Nathan Fitzsimmons

    This isn't helping my feelings of extreme inadequacy.

    over 2 years ago

  17. Jasonrobb Jason Robb

    +1 Dave, +1 Nathan, +1 Cameron.

    over 2 years ago

  18. Pro 500px Chad Engle

    Nice Job Shaun, this game is looking amazing.

    over 2 years ago

  19. Pro Si-tn Shaun Inman

    Thanks everyone, I'm having lots of fun creating these.

    @Paulo First-Degree Dribbblicide. Please offer my condolences to your loved ones for their loss. Or rather don't—they've been through enough, they don't need you haunting them :)

    @Erick Sebastiaan said the same thing about the original grimp.

    @Sebastiaan thanks, that's hand-aliased DIN Black/Regular.

    @Anton no reason you can't do both, you'd have plenty of time to pixel while the pies are in the oven. Best smelling office ever.

    @Dan & Cameron, ixnay on the Ennesseetay, I am wanted for Dribbblicide after all.

    @Phineas any likeness to Vampyroteuthis infernalis is purely coincidental. It started as a simple palette-swap of the original grimp (which is based on Grimpoteuthis) and evolved from there. But the Wikipedia page on the vampire squid gave me some good ideas for behaviors and further modifications. Thanks.

    over 2 years ago

  20. Me-avatar Josh Pyles

    I'd be interested to hear about your process in making the type. Whether you did it from scratch or essentially traced another typeface with pixels. In my experience, making words with pixels is difficult.

    over 2 years ago

  21. 5b3cc001d3a74cb781016384bbaf0402_7-1 Kyle Jones

    Looking forward to this.. delicious previews!

    over 2 years ago

  22. Pro Sepiajess Jesse ✖ Perry

    Bottle this awesome and get a license to print money in the basement. Very much looking forward to this.

    over 2 years ago

  23. 64937_434032106137_630266137_6090733_5080141_n Tom Watson

    Damn you Shaun and all your pretty pixels.

    over 2 years ago

  24. Pro Me16_square Octave Zangs

    +1 Drop shadow

    over 2 years ago

  25. Pro Screen_shot_2009-12-19_at_1 Judson Collier

    Nom nom nom?

    Deliciously pixelated.

    over 2 years ago

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