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The severed head of the giant High King Bendigeidfran, in my painterly narrative adventure into Welsh mythology, 'Tales from the Mabinogion'.
I've shared this screen a couple of times before, but it's one of my favourite scenes in the game, so here you go again!
If you're a gamedev lacking art skills and budget for a concept/storyboard artist, may I suggest using fine art paintings, instead of defaulting to LLMs?
Here's an example of the references I used for one shot in the opening cinematic of 'Tales from the Mabinogion'.
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Before Games of Thrones, before Lord of the Rings, before even Geoffrey of Monmouth compiled the legends of King Arthur - before all of these came the Mabinogion.
Discover the magical stories of this ancient book in Tales from the Mabinogion.
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Possibly the earliest depiction of King Arthur's court, a precursor to the Camelot of later tradition, is found in the tale of Culhwch and Olwen.
Located at Celliwig in Cornwall, it is portrayed as a place of great wealth and splendour, with many of Arthur's retinue described in detail.
At certain train stations in Paris they have the most wonderful machines that distribute free (human-written) short stories at the touch of a button... Simply choose your desired reading time, and receive some brief fiction of the requested length!
Interesting interview from Wales in Games - covering everything from the importance of the Mabinogion, through to the state of Welsh rugby!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qck...
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Releasing towards the end of the year, but available to Wishlist on Steam now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3067260/...
Principle image there is the opening shot from the cinematic, the surrounding images are all paintings by Caspar David Friedrich that I used for storyboarding and general inspiration.
You can see the full cinematic here: store.steampowered.com/app/3067260/Tales_from_the_Mabinogion/
Judero, our stop-motion Scottish mythology Zelda-like is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch!
(And it’s cheap cheap cheap)
Experience a game where every thing is made by hand and taken photos of.
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Venture into the medieval kingdom of Dyfed in Tales from the Mabinogion. As King Pryderi, traverse dense forests, rugged mountains, and windswept coastlines. Uncover long-held secrets, face the forces...
Venture into the medieval kingdom of Dyfed in Tales from the Mabinogion. As King Pryderi, traverse dense forests, rugged mountains, and windswept coastlines. Uncover long-held secrets, face the forces...
