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Halloween Costume Poll 2

Alrighty, the last poll was a tie between Ghost and Alien, so pick between these two!

Rad Halloween Costume - Headless Horseman Sculpt WIP

Hey Patrons!

Here's an update on Rad's Headless Horseman costume for Halloween!

I'll get around to the Patreon poll costume as soon as we decide which to do lmao

Rad Alt Costume - Headless Horseman Concept

Hey Patrons!

Here's an update on the winning costume on the Twitter poll: Headless Horseman!

We're gunna try some tricks to get the fire hair to look cool in Unreal as well as some other effects to make the clothes looks like they're ripping and floating away. Can't wait to keep workin on this one!

Also, included alt color for the hair cuz we're not sure which looks the best.

Halloween Costume Poll 2024

 Hey all!! Since it's spooky season, we've gotta decide how to dress up Rad for Halloween!!

The winning costume idea will be made into an in-game alternate outfit for Rad to wear!

There's another poll on Twitter right now with different options, too: https://x.com/Rad_Venture/status/183718912627116060...

Various Menu Concepts

As we've been working hard on getting progression workin in Rad Venture, we've taken the time to go back and rework the look of some menus and create some new ones.

First we have a new main menu. We're thinking about moving the camera closer to Vistabell to make it less noisy, possibly up in the cliffs overlooking the city.

Second is the Options menu. It already has some functionality, but it's still a way from being fully implemented.

Lastly is various concepts for Save Fil...

Leslie - Headline Street Outfit

Hey Patrons!

Here's a quick alt. outfit I made for Leslie to wear so we can use him in Headline Street. Planning on having him play the piano in Club Smooth!

Whatcha think?

Synergy Blaster - Concept and Model

Hey Patrons!

Here's another important prop that's gunna be used in some cutscenes. We needed to create a Synergy-style laser gun and this is what we came up with!

Amira and Carl models / outfits progress

Hey all! Here are some progress pics of Amira and Carl's outfit models! They've been a lot of fun to make so far!

New NPC Concept Art

Our concept artist, Kat (https://twitter.com/arZeeK_art) has been workin hard on some new NPCs! Meet Amira and Carl!

She's workin on two more atm, including a frog, so look forward to them!

Patreon Update

Hey y'all!

Sorry for not posting last month, we were just focusing on the Kickstarter. We should be getting back to posting here regularly with new content.

Also, we're going to be working on a new demo, so hopefully we'll have some new builds for you to play!

Discussions with Ducktor Episode 4

Hey Patrons!

Here's an early upload of Discussions with Ducktor Episode 4: Abilities! This episode will go public on Friday. We hope you like it!

Kickstarter Reward Preview

Hey Patrons!

Here's a look at one of the rewards for our upcoming Kickstarter: A Rad figurine! We're working with Undigital (https://undigitalatelier.com/ ) to create a sick figure of Rad!

We hope you look forward to seeing the whole finished product!

Discussions with Ducktor - Collectibles

Hey Patrons!

We've been busy making stuff for our Kickstarter, so here's a sneak-peak at this week's episode of Discussions with Ducktor!

More Resort Work

We're continuing to work on Royal Reef Resort and here are a few shots from inside one of the mountains as well as an underwater cave section.

Yes, those are bananas instead of fish. I didn't have fish made at the time. I now have fish made.

June Update

Hey Patrons!

Sorry we haven't posted much lately, we're super busy on somethin super secret and cool and epic that we can't talk about until July.

Please be patient and we'll get back to posting more content around then!

Royal Reef Resort work

Hey Patrons!

We've been working hard on somethin secret, but in the meantime we've also been creating more assets for the Resort level!

These are some of the general platform designs we're going with!

Rad Venture - Jump Animation and Wall Slide Update

Hey Patrons! I spent today learning that Lloyd set up Rad's anim BP to allow for multiple and random animations. So, I made a few more jump animations that'll randomly play while you jump. I took inspiration from Psychonauts 2 for it!

You can find that resource here: https://twitter.com/TimOfLegend/status/1785444467207778435

Also, the wall slide/ jump has gotten an update and works w...

Headline Street Female Clothes Models

Here's an update on some of the NPC outfits. I started with some of the female outfits first!

First are a couple sculpts and then the textured low-poly meshes!

Headline Street NPC Outfit Concept

Hey Patrons!

Here are some of the Headline Street outfit concepts for Headline Street, designed by our concept artist Kat!

You can find Kat here:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arZeeK_art

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/arzeekart

Final Rad Venture Key Art

Hey Patrons!

We've got a really cool update: The final Rad Venture Key Art!

This piece was done by ARQ (https://twitter.com/ARQ_004SP / https://www.foriio.com/ARQ004SP), a very talent artist who's done work on other games like Brock the Crocodile as well as cover art for the Sonic IDW Comic Books.

We hope you like it as much as we do! ...

Yeehaw

Duck Robot

DUCK ROBOT!!!!

I made this guy over the weekend and we have some fun plans for them!

We'd like to eventually make them a little guy you can customize by changing their name and giving them little hats! They'll also emote and stuff

I think they're neat!

Updated Ducktor Devices

Hey Patrons!
Since we started work on creating assets for the Augmented Reality Arena, we've also started to remake some of Ducktor's devices.

Here, you can see the Upgrade Platform, Checkpoint, and Fast-Travel Teleporter!

They still need a little bit of work, but they look much better then they did

Augmented Reality Arena Concept Art

Here's some concept art for the ARA. These are for platforms and various hazards used in the level. We've been trying to stick with a duck theme since it's kinda like Ducktor's level in a way lmao

We hope you like em!

Patreon Collections

Hey Patrons!

Just letting you know that we created some "Collections", which is an easy way to sort through various posts if you're looking for something specific.

We'll keep adding more in the future.

You can find it next to the "Home" tab on our Patreon page.

Augmented Reality Arena - Asset Progress

Hey Patrons!

We've started working on the level geometry and assets for the Augmented Reality Arena!

We've started to incorporate more yellow/orange into the pallet and we hope it looks good. We're still testing out some hologram effects for various decorations. We've also created the level in kitbash parts so we can easily create the platforms we need for each arena quickly.

We're hoping to have the UI for it up and running soon so we can playtest the levels more easily! 2024-03-25 18:19:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Synergy City / Final Level Progress

Hey Patrons!

We're finally in the homestretch when it comes to greyboxing Rad's world! We are currently greyboxing the 2nd hub, Synergy City, and the 3rd boss gauntlet that accompanies it.

The plan is for this last part of the game to be one long gauntlet split into 3 parts that can be played all in one go or with breaks in the middle where you can leave and come back later.

The level is currently around 2/3 of the way complete. Once it's done, all of the main gameplay areas...

Headline Street - Club Smooth Interior Progress 2

Hey Patrons!

Here's an update on the interior of the Club Smooth portion of Headline Street. We're almost done with the props and level geo, but it's enough to be mostly playable and look good!

This was also a good way of testing Unreal Engine 5's new lighting method: Lumin! You can expect the rest of the game to use Lumin moving forward.

We hope you like it!

2023 Wrap-Up Update Post Thing

Hey Patrons!  We at Knick-Knack Games want to thank you for your support in 2023!  

We had many exciting accomplishments, including acquiring the Epic MegaGrant, completing most of the game's level greyboxes, adding Rad Venture to Steam, and providing a successful internship. We wouldn't be where we are without you and we appreciate your continued support!  

There's a lot planned for 2024. Our main plan is to get World Partition working properly so the game will be ...

Headline Street - Club Smooth Interior Progress

Hey Patrons!

Here's an update on Club Smooth's interior geometry!