Joseph Hewitt

In order to fund the hiring of some C++ programmers to write an open source PyGame extension for recoloring sprites, I’m opening social media avatar commissions. Want me to turn you into a zombie? Draw your OCs? Show what you’d look like as a post-apocalyptic hamster? Get in touch. And please, spread the word.

Fine Tuning the Portrait Generator

I’ve spent most of today fine tuning the portrait generator bits, moving the anchors around a pixel or two at a time, and I am now so burnt out on faces that I don’t even want to look in a mirror. While researching how other artists draw cartoonish or caricatured faces, I found something that …

New GearHead Caramel Character Creator

I’ve been working on a new character generator for GearHead Caramel. This one is completely widgetified, and can be accessed using the mouse or the keyboard. Take a look at the video to see everything it can do. I’m hoping to make the first release of DeadZone Drifter, the GHC endless play campaign, before the …

GH1v1.310: Thin Walls for All!

I’ve just uploaded GearHead-1 v1.310. There are some bug fixes, some UI tweaks, and some new graphics. Also, I have updated the release-packing script so that it automatically sets the version number. How fancy is that? You can get v1.310 from itch.io or GitHub. If you enjoy the game and can afford it, a small …

Happy New Year, and Happy New Year

Happy solar new year! Also, happy lunar new year! I’ve been out of it for a while. Starting from December I’ve had sinusitis followed by pneumonia, which is not good, but the doctors assure me it is not going to kill me. In addition, for Christmas I was given the Kill Team rules and have …

GearHead Caramel Progress

Work has been continuing on GearHead Caramel. The next scenario, DeadZone Drifter, is quickly approaching playability. There’s a random building generator and the random NPC generator has been significantly improved. The Mechanical Tarot scenario generator is working. Things are starting to look pretty good. In DeadZone Drifter the player character travels to various towns in …

GearHead Caramel Cosplay

The color editor for GearHead Caramel is up and running; it still needs a bit of polish, but it shows off how much nicer the new color switcher is than the GH1/GH2 version. Just look at how glowey everything is!

Random Portrait Generator

I’ve been working on a paper doll type portrait construction system for GearHead Caramel. This is the first randomly generated portrait created by the system; the player will also be able to use the portrait generator to customize their character. Once I have randomized NPCs up and running I’ll be able to start work on …

MOG-07 Haiho Papercraft Model

The MOG-07 Haiho papercraft model is now available at itch.io. This one is at the same scale as the BuruBuru, 1/144, and comes with a small habitat dome. There are a variety of decal options for the front armor plate if you don’t care for the smiley face.

GHC v0.130: Father’s Day Deployment

I’ve just uploaded a new release of GearHead Caramel. This release finishes off Winter Mocha, at least for now, so I can move on to creating the first real scenario. Six months after the Typhon Incident, you are invited to a charity mecha tournament at the newly built Mauna Arena. It should only take ten …

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