{"id":2508,"date":"2019-02-07T15:37:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chucklefish.org\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2019-03-01T13:26:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:26:01","slug":"1-year-of-treasure-adventure-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chucklefish.org\/blog\/1-year-of-treasure-adventure-world\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Year Of Treasure Adventure World!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello all! Stephen here from Robit<\/a><\/g> Games<\/a>. It\u2019s been a year since the launch of Treasure Adventure World<\/strong> and to celebrate it\u2019s now available for 50% off on Steam this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I think back on the long development, the highs and lows, the sleepless nights pondering a bug and the feeling of joy when weeks of work finally came together, I realise that the most important thing I\u2019ll take away from this project are<\/g> the friendships I\u2019ve made with talented creatives. So to mark one year of TAW I\u2019d like to take the time to celebrate some people I\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No one was as integral to the creation of TAW as Christine Crossley<\/a>. Before we met I had never collaborated with an artist, long distance, on a project of this scope. I had many anxieties about how to approach this kind of relationship \u2013 about whether we\u2019d be creatively compatible and what kind of expectations she\u2019d have of me and the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t long after she sent me her first test sprite-sheet that we were talking daily and brainstorming new ideas for the game. I realised that she had become a vital part of the game\u2019s development. Besides producing beautiful artwork like it was her job (well, I guess it was her job), she was always ready to let me bounce ideas off her and tell me when they were bad (or just needed some tweaking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was an advocate for the fans, as well. More than once she talked me out of making a huge mistake. One that comes to mind involves TAW\u2019s fast travel system. **Mild spoilers** To save myself time I thought about scrapping the alternate-dimension fast-travel world (similar to how it was in Treasure Adventure Game). I wanted to do something traditional like selecting a destination on the map. She rightly called me out and convinced me to keep it in. More often than not we were on the same page \u2013 and most importantly, she stuck with TAW until the end and was vital in making my dream game a reality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since TAW wrapped we still keep in touch and she will be my first choice of artist<\/g> on any future projects. If you\u2019d like to see her other work check out her portfolio: fetalstar.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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