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"that's a 3D model, there's no way its 2D pixel art"
Are you sure about that?
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Imagine this: your art in a fighting game.
Smack Studio is an all-in-one tool to do just that.
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The official announcement: Smack Studio is coming to Steam Early Access in just 11 days!! (9/20)
This launch includes 8 player battles and our 3D
#pixelart
rotation tools, for use in your own projects
You can wishlist it here- it's free! ♥️
#indiegames
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We've been busy👀
Beta is out now, download it below!
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From passion to pixels: The fighting game made for artists
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The easiest way to make your pixel art come alive! Focus on the fun parts, let Smack Studio do the heavy lifting 💪
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Galvan has joined Smack Studio! ⚡️
Don't be fooled by his cuteness, his tail packs a serious shock. 🔌
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Our animation tools have been in dev for more than 3 years, and we have incredible news:
#smackstudio
now features full 3D rotations for
#pixelart
!
This will make it the first software that can rotate a sprite in 3D- no 3D models needed!
#indiegames
#UnrealEngine
#ドット絵
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Let Smack Studio lay the foundation, while you perfect every pixel. ✏
#indiegames
#pixelart
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Scale tool! You can finally squish & stretch your characters however you'd like.
#indiegames
#pixelart
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Our victory screen got an overhaul!
Huge shoutout to
@gwillymusic
for making our wins sound even sweeter🎵
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Here's the first look at online rollback netcode in Smack Studio:
A smooth online play experience with nearly 800 playable characters and only around 2 frames of input delay by default.
Are you a platform fighter streamer or creator? Reply or tag someone you know!
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Want your grunts and groans in our game?
Smack Studio is looking for 𝙑𝙊𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙎! 🎤
We're holding auditions for our Base Roster cast on Casting Call Club.
See the replies to learn more!
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We've gotten some questions about how the tech works. These are the original 2D sprites that were used. Our engine 3D-tizes them and renders the results in real-time!🙂
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We've introduced 2 new base characters in the past month. Plus, the Steam Workshop now has a whopping 300+ fan-made characters!
#indiegames
#pixelart
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Smack Studio is now FULLY voice acted! ❄
Update is out now, as well as 20% off for Steam's Winter Sale!
What's a better Christmas present than buying your friend a game just to beat them up online?
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We added the ability to put custom sound effects in a fighting game, we're sorry.
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So... what really happens when you finalize your character?
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There's a selection tool in the editor now.
Resize, move, and stretch your sprites without having to redraw!
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We're so excited to announce the extremely talented voice actors who will be voicing the initial base roster characters in Smack Studio!🎙
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Thank you
@PirateSoftware
for the kind words!
We use only the teeniest tiniest amount of dark magic 🧙♂️
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Spinning pupper created in
#SmackStudio
!
We've gotten some questions about whether it's possible to animate smaller-sized sprites using the 3D
#pixelart
rotation tools, so we ran a test. This little guy's only 25 pixels tall!
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#gamedev
#ドット絵
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Spry, as her name suggests, is a lively and energetic fighter.
This is her alpha moveset. Believe it or not, this was created within 3 days of development time! We wanted her playable for
#EarlyAccess
.
#smackstudio
#indiegames
#indiedev
#gamedev
#pixelart
#art
#IndieGamesWTF
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Reminder that
@RivalsOfAether
2 is close to their next stretch goal on Kickstarter.
Here's a spinning Orcane made in Smack Studio for tax.
One day while messing around with the Smack Studio animation stuff and coming up with the idea to rotate a dog in faux 3d, i sprited a second dog in 3d for fun, Orcane from
@RivalsOfAether
!
It's cursed but it amuses me to see the boy spinning like that
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Using the custom UI in
#smackstudio
to draw onto our
#pixelart
character. Our 2D sprites can be rotated in 3D!
Once we apply our changes, all animations are redrawn automatically. 50+ animations and more than 1000 keyframes, created instantly! 🙂
#UE4
#indiegames
#ドット絵
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Smack Studio allows up to 40fps animations with optional tweening. You can pair down excess frames - or include holds and smears to match your desired framerate and visual style. ✏
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Remember that time
@MVG_Mew2King
played himself in Smack Studio?
Got a creator who you think would make a great fighter? Tag them in the replies and we just might make them a character👀
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We're currently showing up under "Popular Fighting Games" on Steam.
Thank you all so much for your support! 😭
#indiegames
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We launched our workshop on Feb 14, 2022.
Thanks for 1,000 characters before we even reach our 1.0 🥲
#indiegames
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Someone took Granite's outline!😱
(or maybe you can just disable outlines in the new update)
#indiegames
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Welcome to Dash City🚦
Duke it out on this new stage, featuring a moving platform and the sights and sounds of a cityscape.
Stick around and maybe grab a slice of pizza 🍕
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SMACK STUDIO ONLINE IS HERE
Our rollback netcode goes live this Saturday, Dec 9 @ 12:00pm CT
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The official demo is coming in just a few weeks- check out our trailer!😁
#SmackStudio
is a platform fighting game that lets you create your own characters and stages with simple but powerful tools!
Sign up at
#indiegames
#indiegame
#indiegamedev
#gamedev
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Granite, our soft-hearted golem, has been the poster child for our new 3D
#pixelart
technique.
@DanieruArt
gave him a fresh new look for the upcoming demo! Here's old (left) vs new (right).
We love ya, big guy! ❤️
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#ドット絵
#retrogames
#animation
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Today's update allows importing sprites with a single click!
Now you can make a fully playable character from a sprite sheet in a fraction of the time 🕓
#indiegames
#pixelart
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You can now add taunts to your Smack Studio creations!
Will you use this for good, or for evil? 👀
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Check out
@Goldstarknight
mech rotation using Smack Studio!
Original sprites on right. Exported Smack Studio sprites on left
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Individual key frame scaling is out now in our newest update!
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First look at our Stage Editor🌟
Add keyframes on a timeline to animate platforms or objects, add custom music, and test your stage right in the editor!
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Eben & Flo will be dropping with our 1.0 release ✨
With a slingshot and a baby dragon in your backpack, what more do you need?
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Why have one dog head, when you could have two dog head arms!?
Cerberus from Otto and the Ancient Worlds and
@ObviousGravity
joins the Steam Workshop from
#IndieLand2023
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✨Workshop Character Spotlight✨
Cider the Cat, he's truly just a lil' guy.
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The King of Darkness from
@aeternathegame
is ready to fight outside of
#IndieLand2023
!
Download him on the Steam Workshop below⬇
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Is the
@Completionist
a Jirard main?
Well now you can be!
We made a "Jirard" character for
#IndieLand2023
, you can download him now on the Steam Workshop!
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Say hello to our new box art.👋
We are so excited for what the future has in store for Smack Studio!
Thank you all for your amazing support and amazing creations so far.💛
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Our 3D
#pixelart
rotation works by mapping 2D sprites to a 3D skeleton.
As you drag the bones, a compute shader running in
#UE4
redraws the sprites- creating the illusion of a 3D character! When I pan around to the side view, you can see that it's 2D.🧐
#indiegames
#realtimevfx
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Smack Studio is officially online!🎉
Our online rollback netcode just went public
Make sure to download some workshop characters and hop online!
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This Weeks 🌟Smack Spotlight🌟 is "Bandit" by Draze
Prepare for Bandit's extraordinary mastery of the ancient art of Dung Fu! 🥋
#indiegames
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1 alpha launch, 24 patches, and 1 major update later, Smack Studio reaches 4 months of Early Access!
Here's a recap of our journey so far, including our trip to
#PAXWest
last year:
#IndieGames
#PixelArt
#FreeToPlay
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👀⁉
Join us for a very special announcement from the Smack Studio team!
See you tomorrow at the link below 🎥
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What if you could animate your
#PixelArt
like it was a 3D Model? 🤔
With
#smackstudio
's Character Editor, you can. 🔥
Just click "Export" and generate a sheet with dozens of sprites!
#indiegames
#indiedev
#IndieGamesWTF
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Massive thanks to
@Completionist
for having us!
And to
@CharlesThoren_
@NickolaiBoulton
@gsmVoiD
@_PewPewU
and
@EEvisu
for joining us on the couch to play some Smack Studio together!
#IndieLand2023
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We're about to pass 250 playable characters in the workshop!
Thanks to all our wonderful creators!
#pixelart
#indiegames
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500 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS!
We can't believe it!
Thank you all so much for your support, lets keep on creating together 💛
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We're excited to welcome another team member working on Smack Studio:
@Archytas79
!
Before joining our team, Archy created some awesome content for the
#RivalsOfAether
steam workshop. You can check it out here:
#gamedev
#indiegames
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So we haven't announced a space animal yet for Smack Studio...
Spry joins the battle! Captain Jessica "Spry" Coney is a loose cannon sharpshooter with some new tricks to bolster familiar mechanics.
Character design by
@CHAOKOCartoons
!
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#pixelart
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8 player pandemonium at
#PaxWest
, including some custom chars created by players onsite!
This is a quick snippet, but we'll show more custom chars and gameplay footage from PAX soon. 😃
#indiegames
#SmackStudio
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Cora's up strong is a spinning double slash!
A
#pixelart
animation like this could take many hours to draw frame-by-frame, but we were able to get most of the way there using the automation tools in
#SmackStudio
, and then add some polish!
#UE4
#indiegames
#ドット絵
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Playing with a 3D
#pixelart
rig in
#SmackStudio
! The result looks 3D, but it's just a 2D image drawn onto a plane in the scene.
When I switch to depth view, darker pixels are "further away" from the camera- although this depth is imaginary!🙂
#RealTimeVFX
#indiegames
#ドット絵
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The
@GameGrumps
join Smack Studio??
Watch Dan and Arin beat each other up in their latest Youtube video below ⬇
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We're absolutely thrilled to have Brawl-modding veteran
@NezhaScout
collaborate with us for stage creation!
He's the man behind many pretty Brawl/Project M stage mods, and he's now helping us ramp up our stage game in Smack Studio.
Go check out his work if you haven't already!
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Thank you so much for 200 reviews!
The feedback you've been giving has been so helpful as we get closer to our 1.0 launch!
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Based on the character poll numbers, it's clear everyone loves Granite.
So we decided to make every fighter, stage, and projectile Granite.
No regrets.
#smackstudio
#gamedev
#pixelart
#IndieGamesWTF
#characterdesign
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We've got a new stage! Lost Temple has a large layout with multiple platforms, it's perfect for casual free-for-alls and room enough for 8 players. Available now in our most recent update!
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Sound: ON 🔊
Here's a sneak peak of
@gwillymusic
's Battleground theme if we hit our next Kickstarter goal!
(Theme subject to change)
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Idle stance for Kaien-
Kaien serves as a "shoto" in
#SmackStudio
: a well-rounded archetype that helps to balance the roster and contrast with more eccentric characters! We're planning to give this shoto a little more 🔥 than most
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#ドット絵
#retrogames
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In light of the success of our Kickstarter, we've decided to give anyone who downloaded our Early Access build before February 1st the full game for free.
This means all 7,000 of you who supported us pre-Kickstarter will have the full game for life.
Thank you so much! ♥
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Cora's idle animation, by
@DanieruArt
!
Smooth idles can take a long time to animate, due to subtle changes in rotation that require lots of redrawing.
#smackstudio
can eliminate the grunt work and produce butter🧈 smooth
#pixelart
animations- no redrawing required!
#ドット絵
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Granite smashes into battle! Although peaceful, Granite proves to be a deadly foe when provoked.
We're excited to welcome
@CHAOKOCartoons
to the
#SmackStudio
team as a character designer and illustrator! More incredible artwork to come!😄
#gameart
#art
#gamedev
#indiegames
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The Rivals team has done a huge amount to support and inspire indie fighting game developers. Please consider backing this project!
We're gearing up to launch Rivals 2 in 2024 and we need your support to cross the finish line!
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Epic showdown today between Alec and
@davidvkimball
!! Just more amazing moments at
#paxwest2021
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#SmackStudio
allows 2D
#pixelart
to be rotated in 3 dimensions, like in this example of a helmet (there's no 3D here- it's an illusion!🙂)
We can draw onto the depth map to raise and lower the depth of the generated sprite!
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#gamedev
#pixelart
#ドット絵
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Last week we hit 500 followers, and then you surprised us with 600! It means a lot to our small team❤️
We have news: Smack Studio is coming to PAX West, 9/3-9/6! We're excited to show our game for the first time, with onsite character creation and 8 player matches!
#indiegames
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Gearing up for our launch on 9/20, here's a look at our shield mechanics! If you've played Smash, then many of them may already be familiar to you - but bubble shields are out of style, and unidirectional shields are ALL. THE. RAGE. 🔥
#indiegames
#indiedev
#platformffighter
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Ari’s delivery is right on time! 🍕
She'll be another base roster fighter releasing alongside our 1.0 launch!
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No need to resize every sprite, a quick trip into your character stats can change your whole character to be teeny tiny 🥹
#pixelart
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Granite unleashes a powerful slam!
#SmackStudio
's automation tools can create
#pixelart
animations in a fraction of the time, but you can also polish and add detail. Here,
@DanieruArt
added smear and pixel-level details
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
#ドット絵
#retrogames
#animation
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.
@RerollingKnight
is our very first Indie Community Guest spotlight!
(More details in tweet reply)
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