Gotta love Open Source
It looks like there’s been a major update to Ren’Py, the framework SOUZOU² will be using for Tanjoubi Purezento and other games. The really exciting news is that this update introduces GPU-accelerated graphics. Meaning that the high quality full-screen animation that I wanted to implement in TanPure is more feasible. The new graphics engine also supports [...]
A Present Of Sorts
After a stretch of inactivity, progress has started back up on SOUZOU²’s first project. The project, is a game; ‘Tanjoubi Purezento!‘ (Or ‘TanPure’ for short), which will be a Japanese-style adult adventure game for Windows, Mac, and Linux computer platforms. Writing is progressing, with the story a lot more fleshed out now (So to speak) and [...]
Inactivity
Not much going on lately, I’ve been busy with electronics projects which I will link to later. Haven’t been drawing much, just bought extension cables for my Cintiq so I can use it more comfortably. Right now, I’m working on new category icons for Tokyo Toshokan. It’s worth mentioning that Edward_K, who runs TT, also [...]
IS get!
So, I haven’t had much to say recently, having various non-art-related tasks and undertakings lately. Today though, I bought a great drawing program. IllustStudio from Celsys, makers of ComicStudio. It has a lot of the features of ComicStudio, is geared more towards full-color work, has many NEW features, and costs about as much as a [...]
Soon to be open to the public.
So… Site design nailed down, just a few more tweaks to really make it ‘home’. How does everyone like it so far? As I said in my introduction, I can’t really draw all that well— something I am working on —so I hope to gather other like-minded individuals (Hopefully with better drawing ability.) and set [...]
バカも一芸の自己紹介 – Bakamoichigei’s Self-Introduction
Greetings everyone, I’m Bakamoichigei, also commonly called ‘Baka-chan’ or just ‘Baka’. I am the founder— and currently the only member —of SOUZOU². I take my pen-name from the Japanese idiomatic expression 「馬鹿も一芸」 meaning ‘Even a fool has one talent’. While I can’t draw very well, I am a competent graphic designer, photographer, and 3D modeler. [...]
Welcome!
そうぞう (so)(u)(zo)(u) Souzou, a Japanese word that can be written a couple different ways, with different meanings. When written one way, 「創造」 it means ‘creation’. When written with different characters, 「想像」 it means ‘imagination’. Both words are phonetically identical, using the same four syllables. Thus, そうぞう² or SOUZOU². Creation and Imagination.