Dear Insane Children,
It's here! The second revision of the Narrative Outline for Alice: Asylum.
THANK YOU, to our Insane Children for making possible all the art, writing, design, and production that went into making this document possible. This is "Alice: Asylum" in script format - the document that will drive the production of the Design Bible.
Alex will start work on the Design Bible NOW. And we expect he'll deliver a s...
2021-12-03 01:29:44 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Adam finished the illustration in which we see the Shadow Self become Alice's dominant personality. This is described in the Narrative Outline as a protective action by her psyche. And it explains how/why it is that the Alice we know (from the games) is actually Shadow Alice. The Child Self has been submerged, protected deep within the subconscious, for most of the time we see Alice in AMA and AMR. So this is an important moment - the birth of the Alice we all know...
2021-12-01 01:35:38 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Well... kinda. Many of you have joked in the past that Alice's dad looks a bit like Keanu Reeves. So Omri went ahead and pasted Keanu's face into this Christening Scene. Of it he says:
i hate the cartoonish proportions so i'm pushing everyone into a more realistic style
we got Priss, Bumby, Radcliff (which all 3 have the same exact glasses!) Nan and i added a kid. the toddler will be Lizzy and i need to add some random people around...
2021-11-29 01:20:58 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Feast your eyes on the final form of the 2022 calendar print we have been talking about recently.
A pretty good image for the calendar I'm sure you'll agree, as all the action takes place at the top of the image.
First an important note for all the coming options you need to keep in mind...
THE CALENDAR WILL NOT BE SIGNED!
Now here are the instructions on how it can be obtained.
...
2021-11-22 14:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Joey and Omri finished "Turkey in the Oven" (kidding, kidding... I think the official title is "Fire House") and it turned out great. And just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday!
Speaking of that holiday... while we don't exactly celebrate it here in China, it is a tradition to cook lots of food and invite over some of our friends. And, yes, Yan will cook a turkey. Yay!
That being the case, this week will NOT have a live stream. But I will continue to...
2021-11-22 01:31:28 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Answer: You do. You need a new Desktop Background!
And Omri's delivered a final version of "The Funeral" just for you!
This scene is taken from the Narrative Outline in a section where Alice imagines the scene of her parent's funeral... an event that she wasn't allowed to attend. The narrative reads:
Narrative Excerpt:
The walls of the Liddell Household dissolve into ash, and ...
2021-11-20 00:15:49 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Font Lord here with a simple question.
Transparent or not?
As some of you may know, we are going to do a 2022 Calendar Print, and as you can see from the above image, we're wondering if the date box at the bottom should be solid as shown on the left, or should you be able to see through it as you can on the right?
Sound off in the comments with what you think is most visually appealing to you.
Also the actual print we will use is not set ...
2021-11-18 05:22:12 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
A quick one this morning. Just sharing these two images to show how our artists go back and forth to sketch out an action sequence and the relevant static illustrations. Norm is really good at this - as you'd expect from someone who works professionally on comics and graphic novels.
These images are based on some critical scenes in the Narrative Outline w...
2021-11-18 00:27:33 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Joey's working on an illustration from the Alice: Asylum script in which we see child Alice fleeing her family's burning home. The idea is that she's supposed to make it out alive - otherwise, there would be no first game, no second game... hell, we wouldn't be here talking about all of this today!
But the way Joey's rendered this scene... I don't think Alice is getting out of there alive. And if she is alive... she's going to be melted, cooked, b...
2021-11-17 01:08:33 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Did you miss the Live Stream last week? Fret not... there's a recording of it over on my YouTube Channel. You can view it via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjCxphrHTcg
Who Is Shadow Alice?
Did you know... the Alice you know and love from the first two games (AMA and AMR) is the aspect of Alice's psyche we refer to as The Shadow? It's ...
2021-11-15 00:17:26 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
There WILL BE a Live Stream this week at the usual time (plus/minus some sort of daylight savings nonsense for those of you living where that's a thing).
Note that for those of you in Freedom Land - the start time is 6PM PST.
We'll do the usual - review new art, talk about Biz Dev stuff, and give away prizes.
I did just finish a fi...
2021-11-09 15:50:01 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
I had a nice time in the wilderness mountains above DeQing, China. It's an area I've visited almost annually for the past 15 years. And the amount of change in the region is (like everywhere else in China) mindblowing. Every road, street lamp, rest stop, garbage can, sidewalk, guard rail, etc, etc - everything is new, clean, and beautifully designed. Walking around t...
2021-11-01 00:39:47 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Some really amazing artwork flowing from the Alice: Asylum pre-production team this week. Starting with an illustration from Omri based on the following art task:
25.4) Narrative / Combat Design Scenes // Alice's encounters the Chaos in the Vale - Pig Slaughter - From Page 93, Line 4-17
Art Task Briefing and Output:
Create a narrative scene of Alice navigating the waters with Mockturt...
2021-10-27 01:50:46 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Font Lord here with your last reminder that the next print we're doing (October Patrons charged in November) is a fantastic double-print as we do every year in October.
Over on the left of the image you have Battle of Judgement and to the right, there's Hatter's Quest.
Each print is approx 47cm X 61cm
So if the double print bonus tickles your fancy, make sure to be at the $75 level BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER. There's no reason ...
2021-10-25 04:23:10 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We continue to work through some of Alice's memory scenes from the time period prior to the fire (PF). And this morning, Adam sent over another batch from the scenes where Lizzie and Alice are playing in the living room, break a tea set, and are scolded by mom.
All of this is meant to link into an eventual reveal... but I won't say more on that because spoilers.
So the scene setup is...
(Slumber Encounter #...
2021-10-21 00:42:03 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Adam sent a final render of the scene (recovered memory) where Alice and Lizzie twirl happily around the living room. That darn cat is there... suspicious but ultimately not damning. At least he doesn't look so guilty in the final version!
A reminder that this month you can get two prints (pictured above) for the price of one at the $75 Tier. And if this ...
2021-10-20 00:56:46 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
If you managed to catch yesterday's live stream when it was... er, live, then you'll know we experienced technical difficulties galore. No idea what caused them... since the PC we use for streaming literally sits sleeping between streams. You'd think that if nothing changed on that machine then there'd be no problems. Right? Well, my friend, you have no idea the miraculous power of destruction contained within the thing called "Windows Update" - which apparen...
2021-10-15 01:08:55 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Live Stream on my Twitch Channel in 2hrs.
7PM Pacific Time (US)
Here's a snippet of a new illustration from Omri.
The full image will be revealed during the stream.
Prizes, Asylum updates, and MOAR!
twitch.tv/americanmcgee
From Shanghai with Love,
-American
2021-10-14 00:07:51 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
American here - back again! Whew, feels like ages since I posted anything. But I hope everyone was entertained and informed by the guest posts shared by Alex.
Been crazy busy around here with National Holidays, warehouse moving, meetings, sick relatives, hospital visits, travel, and more... but I think things are finally starting to settle down.
2021-10-12 00:55:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, Alex here with an update on Alice: Asylum pre-production work.
With so many moving parts on this project at any given time, there’s always a lot we can cover.
Having spoken to American this morning (Update: he’s doing well and kicking butt, he's still just wildly busy), we’ve got a lot to share with you all.
Heads up. Spoiler-y artwork update at...
2021-10-06 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Hello again everyone, Alex here with some updates from the shadows.
(And a word from Font Lord at the end)
It’s crowd design time. We’re opening up some old wounds here with a new weapon concept.
1. Umbral Scythe - Initial Weapon Concept
I won’t go into too much detail here regarding the weapon lore to avoid serious spoilers.
However, if you
2021-09-29 14:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone, Alex here with a break from our regular programming in American’s stead.
For those new here, I’m the Project Manager, Narrative Co-Writer, and Design Bible Lead Designer for Alice: Asylum. LIVE STREAM UPDATES
Firstly, there will be NO LIVE STREAM this week. The next Livestream will most likely be the 7th of October 10:00am (GMT+8). We’ll keep you posted as the confirmed date rolls closer.
2021-09-28 15:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Been a bit quiet around here, huh? A full week since the last post! Well, there's been quite a bit going on.
First, yes, still lots of great art being produced by our Alice: Asylum pre-production team.
Omri sent over a really cool (and massively tall) image of the Memory Mines. It's a sort of Rorschach test... do you see the bound-up lady in there? Or a statue on a pedestal?
Omri also turned in a colored version of the Car...
2021-09-23 00:33:04 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We're going LIVE over on Twitch soon...
twitch.tv/americanmcgee
We'll review Alice: Asylum artwork, give away prizes, and ... watch American suffer and die of a miserable cold. Woo!
This might be a short one. But we'll try to pack it with as much info as we can....
2021-09-16 00:24:40 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I appreciate your well wishes. Seems your prayers worked or something - because the typhoon came and went. It veered off sharply as it approached Shanghai. And is now out swirling around over by Japan. Yay. (I mean, not "yay" for people in Japan, but "yay" for me and my family).
Now... there WILL BE a LIVE STREAM this week.
2021-09-14 01:09:40 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Adam sent over the final version of Alice's boss battle fight with the Jabberwock. Turned out AMAZING. Of course it did. I like all the little details contained in this image. The platform is suspended by the chain/tongues of Alice's Wonderland co-inhabitants. The confrontation taking place surrounded by clocks (time). And the looming Chaos taking over the world in the background. There's so much THEME contained in this image - so much that l...
2021-09-13 00:52:49 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Did you know "Alice: Madness Returns" is in the Top 10 over on Xbox Game Pass?!
Totally insane! I just tweeted that EA might actually notice... if everyone jumps in and pushes it into the #1 slot. So... got Game Pass? Jump in and give it a shove!
Narrative Outline News
A huge THANK YOU, to everyone who read and provided feedba...
2021-09-07 15:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
We will host a LIVE STREAM today at 7PM PDT on my Twitch Channel. That's less than two hours from when I am writing this post...
We'll discuss the image above from Joey. This depicts the inhabitants of London overcome by Chaos Tentacles. These characters appear during a sequence where...
2021-08-30 00:37:06 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Font Lord here again with an update about the next live-stream... again!
So it seems we have now settled on Monday August 30th 10am HK Time.
That's Sunday August 29th at 7PM PST.
https://www.twitch.tv/americanmcgee
Sorry for all the altering of that date, there's lot going on with office visitors and vaccination dates etc...
As usual, there will be fun and ...
2021-08-26 14:30:59 +0000 UTC
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Dear Insane Children,
Font Lord here continuing our pledge to remind you of what print is next with plenty of warning.
As you can see above, the next print (August Patrons charged in September) will be The Universal Trinity.
A rather popular print I think you'll agree.
So make sure you're at $75 BEFORE September hits if you want this gem of a print.
(and yes, once September rolls around, it'll be a choice for you 3x$35 people too)
Speaking ...
2021-08-24 05:47:48 +0000 UTC
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