Fantoccio has a couple of outfit swaps throughout the song, most notably a pirate outfit and a "fun house" outfit. The jester outfit came first but Ash changed their mind and opted for the Ring Master outfit. The Sherlock outfit will be for the show, nonboss fight section of the final act. Billie will be playing Watson.
2020-06-06 14:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Ash made some lovely concepts for the set changes for Fantoccio's pirate boss fight section, along with some attack ideas
Not intended to be part of the slice but our concept artist, Jovi, got pretty excited! You can follow him here https://www.instagram.com/jovi_medalla/?r=nametag
Here's an additional top-down view of his stage area also
and audience boxes!
2020-05-25 16:24:42 +0000 UTC
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Some thumbnail concepts for posters to be displayed around Fantoccio's theatre by Jovi! Ash will be redrawing them to add more detail and the BBU art style. Can you guess all the references?
2020-05-21 15:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a small update on the boss fight thus far and some behind the scenes insight into our development. Fantoccio's boss fight is an interesting process for us, and certainly a learning experience. Not only is it our first boss fight, but a musical one, meaning we have to time the attacks to the music. To tackle such a big task we broke the song into segments, fortunately, Daniel Ingram created concepts for us to work with the song lyrics he made.
We've been coding in the major attack...
2020-05-18 21:23:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Minor spoilers!
This will be the cutscene that plays at the end of Fantoccio's boss fight, however, this is only half of the storyboard for the full scene, the last frame is a joke Ash added and I kept in. We will not be revealing the other half as it contains end game spoilers. This will be edited slightly as we had to mess with the order of the frames to fit the song, so you'll notice the head falls but is still in place in the last frame.
2020-05-17 22:17:43 +0000 UTC
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Originally Jovi was working with Ash's original concept for Fantoccio's stage but adapted it with feedback. Ash stated that the stage should almost be more "clockwork" in feel. Like a giant clock mixed with into the stage. Jovi had an excellent idea of a giant clockwork Fantoccio head above the stage that moves around during the boss fight
2020-05-13 10:07:02 +0000 UTC
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We have a new team member! Jovi Medalla who is our office friend at spelkollektivet was the perfect fit for our environment concept artist, an addition we desperately needed to progress with the game. Here are some of his current wip pieces for Fantoccios stage area for the current musical boss fight we are working on for the vertical slice
2020-05-12 12:42:44 +0000 UTC
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We're currently working on Fanto's boss fight with the first draft expected 4th May! I'm really excited to see how it comes out and you should expect it in the next build update. I'll be making a new video update soon.
We've been accepted for a switch developer copy, we do not wish to confirm If Billie Bust Up will be available on the switch until we have the game running on the hardware, but we're moving in the right direction! However, with the on-going pandemic, we will be dela...
2020-05-01 17:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we're working on the very first draft section of Fantoccio's boss fight, using 2D storyboards in-game to help represent the eventual 3D elements and test the visuals early on, above is a very rough video demonstrating the intended angle of the stage for the "performance".
Here are some of the storyboarded visuals and concept art so far
2020-04-28 03:41:58 +0000 UTC
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The mouth shapes used for the singing parts of Fantoccios song
2020-04-18 19:26:10 +0000 UTC View Post
https://blueprintgames.itch.io/billie-bust-up/patreon-access
Check the full patch updates along with future planned updates here:
https://trello.com/b/R1FA5UQ4/billie-bust-up-roadmap
Billie comes with lots of new moves! Including the goat bounce, just hold down your ...
2020-04-03 00:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post
A penguin tourist staying at Dutch's hotel! there will be multiple penguins staying at the hotel
2020-04-02 22:16:19 +0000 UTC View Post
A tourist staying at Dutch's hotel! A form of scientist finally taking some much needed time off.
2020-04-02 22:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Two brothers staying at Dutch's hotel! Business partners
2020-04-02 21:48:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Timestamps
Developer Notes
Big big update this month! With an hour-long developer vlog, if this becomes a future problem with the workload speeding up I might start breaking the vlogs into more frequent smaller chunks. Let me kn...
2020-03-30 13:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Some misc character sketches!
2020-03-15 20:00:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Dutch has taken in many unfortunate souls over his years of running his business. Promising them stability and help, labeling them as a family but exploiting their kindness for profit. Billie joins his ranks in an attempt to steal away his prized possession, but can she pull the wool over his eyes.
The Steward at Dutch's hotel! Hayes is a chameleon and a pretty nervous guy. He will turn invisible when Dutch screams his name
Getting ready to start 3D modeling Dutch! One of our bosses, owner of one of the biggest hotels around. He loves painting, business, and money.
As we reanimate the new Billie we are also reworking her jumping, to make it more animated and bouncy, just like a real goat!
The first change is the current system of how Billie's jump works, changing it from a state-based system to an animation blend. Note the following animations being shown are rough tests and not indicative of the final animation
2020-03-08 17:35:48 +0000 UTC
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Billie's magical mentor! Expression sheet
2020-03-06 20:34:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Exploring the character, Dutch the Wolf!
2020-03-05 21:16:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Aristotle teaches Billie about their previous research of magic with her deceased father, Arthur. Promising to teach her if she can help them recover some stolen artifacts
Aristotle's design has changed quite a bit! Now they have bigger eyes and a fancy new outfit! Aristotle is an axolotl and Billie's mentor to learning magic! Currently working on their 3D model.
Original Design:
The piano demo preview for Fantoccios boss song! We will reveal the full song once the storyboards are ready! The singer is a Gabriel Brown, the song will eventually be sung by Micahel Kovac and the piano music replaced by more suitable instruments!
2020-02-29 00:18:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Misc sketches of the gang! Would anyone be interested in a sketch suggestion tier? request BBU characters in certain scenarios and the actual physical sketch being sent through the mail? They'd be drawn on paper!
2020-02-28 19:54:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Being the sassy goat she is, Billie laughs as she attempts to sneakily swing right past Elaine during her escape. Spoke too soon, Billie?
After Elaine leaves Billie spots, two cat pirates, playing with her magic bell, Aristotle is here to save the day! This scene is still a work in progress
