The idea of passageways between worlds was always a part of Foreach. It just felt necessary, if I’m going to construct this gamerloop, to fully explore the narrative between all these characters, and the thematic implications, I’m going to want them and their worlds to meet. I suspect I was partly inspired by an old forum adventure called RoomLand which, at the point I had read up...
2025-05-09 00:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe title here is a reference to what happens at the end of the page here, which is something I usually try to avoid. I don’t want the reader to get spoiled by the title! In this case, though, I think the setting of Sunny’s place of work here is enough of a misdirection to keep you from sniffing out the true meaning. Better safe than sorry.
Here we’re introduced to Headless ...
2025-04-21 22:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostNot a lot to say this time– two pages in a row that are both pretty straightforward.
Peri pioneers:
Wait, wait! I want to go first this time.
Let’s start by embarrassing Lum a little. (It’s for a good reason, I promise.)
Beho...
2025-03-27 23:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post
LASER MAGNUM!!!!
Look at her. Isn’t she beautiful? On this page I wanted Cliff to use a one-handed weapon, since he was carrying Allen in his other hand. My mind immediately leapt to the Magnum from Half Life 2, which hit like a runaway train despite its small size. But the Magnum...
2025-02-25 20:45:45 +0000 UTC View Post
So, these controls. I liked the idea of at some point actually depicting how Last Gun’s controls work. My first idea was a bonus page that had an image of the manual, but after going to an arcade with some mates I realised the controls for these are more often printed directly on the d...
2025-02-15 23:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Nix” is a pretty awkward thing to call someone, isn’t it? Like, even as an insult. Would you ever even call someone that? It’s surprising in hind...
2025-01-25 22:28:39 +0000 UTC View PostSo, this one was going to be called “Say Goodbye” in a kind of charming pairing with the last page but then I kinda just didn’t do that. The current title was inspired by, of all things, the alt text to a Dr McNinja page where Dr McNinja’s gunslinger boy sidekick Gordito beat up some villains, which read “the child delights in violence”. Phrase got stuck in my head. ...
2025-01-10 01:54:22 +0000 UTC View PostAnother very good title, this one was a phrase that’s been knocking around my head for years now.
Not as much to say about this one! I can comment some on backgrounds, though:
Shoulda called this one “First Man”. That’s hindsight for you.
We get another new character introduction on this page. Say hello to Proteus:
BELLTOWER SPOTTED.
Peri points: BELLTOWER!!
Where’d that come ...
2024-12-02 20:18:30 +0000 UTC View PostOne funny little thing with Sitara is that she says “ah” all the time and never “oh” or “um”.
2024-11-11 01:11:19 +0000 UTC
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Another classic, a page that was gonna be 2 pages. One page for Sunny, one page for Moon-Soo. And even before that was a version that excised Moon-Soo from the page altogether, so it was just Sunny. Instead Sunny would talk about him in third person:
In the first run around of Home Bound in chapter one I hadn’t paid much attention to backgrounds, and I intended to step that up a ...
2024-10-12 22:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostAt long last, we get a good look at this guy!
Cliff’s suitless design was meant to hit upon the intersection betwee...
2024-09-26 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe title of this page was going to be “Search Action”, after the game genre. But then I realised I don’t actually like the term “Search Action” (just call them metroidvanias! It’s fine!) and I didn’t want to lend the term any additional legitimacy. My motivations in writing this comic are, as you can see, very often highly political.
Figuring out th...
2024-09-11 21:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe Bastard has a very particular way of speaking.
I wanted him to feel like he talks from the edge of his throat. There’...
2024-08-25 21:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe games that Hellfuck is based on, really hard platformers, don’t really have a unified visual aesthetic I can draw from. Contrast to High Fantasy, or Pulpy Sci-Fi, which are very well-established aesthetics to dip into, but how might you describe the visual genre of Super Meat Boy? I Wanna Be The Guy? Kaizo Mario Romhacks? I feel like they have a very mercenary approach to their aes...
2024-08-11 16:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostHere we’re introduced to Jiro’s game, Hellfuck. The title of this one is derived from a delightful little tumblr post about dark souls:
So, an update regarding the SUPREME GAMER tier of the Foreach Patreon.
I never really explained what "Bonus Artworks" were, but my idea here was I would draw one higher-quality-than-usual artwork per month based on the results of a poll on the Patreon. I figured it would be a nice reward for higher tiers.
Doing the Patreon for a month, though, has kinda revealed to me my limits, and I think between the comic and the commentary I'm right near the edge of how much labour I can susta...
2024-07-20 23:19:39 +0000 UTC View PostThis page is the first appearance of the Goddess of Love – and the only appearance of this particular design for her:
Quick note: instead posting 4 pages worth of commentary every month, we've decided to post 2 pages worth of commentary every 2 weeks. It's the same amount in total, just posted more frequently!
I felt it was important to introduce the remaining three anime girls on this page, just to get everyone introduced and settled. It’s a lot of characters to throw at the ...
2024-06-27 12:29:53 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Let's give this idea a spin: one new high quality artwork a month of a subject voted on by you. Cast yer votes!
In addition, feel free to make suggestions for what next month's artwork should be in the comments. I'm a bit short on ideas for that...
2024-06-10 22:27:20 +0000 UTC View PostMoon-Soo calls Sunny “kind of a bitch” on this page. This was meant to be an uncomfortable line, one that hits you by surprise. Like, whoa Moon-Soo, you can’t just say that. It’s a very gendered kind of insult isn’t it? A very ugly word. Lingers on your teeth. Of course, as Peri pointed out, Sunny says the word “cunt” like six lines earlier here, which I think of a...
2024-06-10 22:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostI distinctly remember this page’s title was chosen because I was worried that the body of water on this page wouldn’t read as a lake. A little extra insurance against misinterpretation. It’s a comically silly thing to be concerned about, in hindsight. Not only does it not actually matter if this is a lake or an ocean, but, like, who is even checking the page titles. It’s one ...
2024-06-10 22:06:14 +0000 UTC View PostI used to really struggle with a lack of artistic fulfilment.
I had plenty of ideas in my head. I’d talk about em often with my brother and best friend Rhys, ideating and conceptualising, building out overviews for stories and games and all sorts of cool stuff. But I could never get myself to the point of actually executing on any of them. The process of actually making one of these stories was too monumental, and every time I’d try with something I’d get stuck on som...
2024-06-10 22:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
