Art, blog, and project repository of digital creator Lukas Stormskull
I review monster designs, spotlight creative efforts that I like, share art-making and creative resources that I’ve found, and ramble about monsters and dragons.
Short answer: yes.
Longer answer: yeah, I think so, kinda, for the most part, depending on context…
Really long answer….
In the context of general human collective unconscious, dragons are the ultimate manifestation of a predator. With the traits of a big cat, bird of prey, crocodilian, and snake, they combine qualities of apex predators across biomes.…
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Well of Souls is a free-to-play fantasy RPG game that was launched in 1998 and tremendously popular with my gradeschool self and friends. It was the first ever indie-developed MMORPG – in order to play online with other players, someone had to be hosting the session on their own home computer using the creator’s own software called MIX.
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Flight Rising is a browser-based game in which you raise, breed, and battle different breeds of dragons, created by Stormlight Workshop (coolest studio name ever) and prominent dragon artist Jessica Peffer, formerly known as NeonDragon, whose website NeonDragonArt I very frequently lurked on in my youth.
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Scaler is a PS2-era game that a grand total of 3 people have ever heard of.
I’m being sarcastic, but seriously, this game did not get a lot of traction.
I acquired a copy by pure and complete accident – I joined a video game trading website, in which you send in your old games for points, and then exchange your points for other people’s used games.
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Behold, one of many semi-forgotten treasures from the PlayStation 2. Allow me to share with you this strange, quirky game that honestly didn’t do very well commercially, but which that deeply influenced and inspired me throughout my childhood with stunning visuals, clever design, and a completely unique aesthetic that was far more creative than many other things out there.
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Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion, AKA Spooky’s House of Jumpscares, is a clever indie horror game with simple, adorable graphics that betray the genuinely horrific monsters that await you.
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SAD UPDATE: As of March 2024, Manyland has shut down permanently due to budgetary issues. I wasn’t paying attention and had no idea this was coming, and only found out when I excitedly logged on to continue working on my own areas.
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So I only recently learned about Prodigy, but it appears to be a math-based educational game that actually features interesting story and artwork. It has a Pokemon-style pet raising, battling, and evolution system, and all of the pets have an elemental alignment.…
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I’m thrilled to finally announce the alpha release of my custom dollmaker game, Dragon Builder!
This tool lets you customize a dragon with different wings, colors, horns, markings, and tons of other parts. There are limited parts in many categories right now at release, but more components are being added regularly!…
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For the better part of my entire 2000’s, I was absolutely, utterly, and completely obsessed with a furry graphical social game called Furcadia.
Furcadia isn’t really a “game” – there’s no stats, no goals, no HP or leveling, no win or loss conditions.…
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