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Taking it fast & hard

Posted by Vilehead - June 7th, 2015


antumbra 2

Good afternoon!
So after hardening my butt yesterday I now got some extra motion. That Dev Vlog I did sure helped. Had to vent. And you guys delivered - as always. Your support and engagement is just... Indescribable. And I am a very lucky guy to have you guys.


So my plan partially worked out (rushing into ArtPortal/DeviantArt/AudioPortal/SoundCloud) and our circle grew a bit. And so had IndieGoGo and Greenlight. Of course we are far away from our target goal but yeah - nice to see some REAL progress again.

I would like to use this space to thank a wonderful user Exedor. Who personally scouted me yesterday for the Art Portal of Newgrounds. Enabling more people to see my work and maybe get involved. Thank you champ! You are like the Spider-man - always show up when situation is dire. Send some love-messages to him will ya? Please. I did it already. I want him to know how we are/I am grateful, and how much it means.

So today I've uploaded a lot of shinnies in many places. You can support those droppings the usual way - by commenting, rating, voting, faving and what not. But please, if feels like a chore to you - don't. I only want your support if you are willing to give it. This isn't army and I am not your commander. We are equal, we stand in the same line. No one's better the then other. We do it together or we don't do it at all.


Here's the graphics on Art Portal and on Deviant Art. Feel free to make them your new desktop wallpaper :P Moreover, I am currently dropping all the music tracks for Antumbra 2. You can find them on Audio Portal or on my SoundCloud profile. They all needs some love and rating!~

But if you want to listen to them for REAL - skip the Audio Portal and just go straight to SoundCloud. Sadly, Newgrounds Audio Portal takes only MP3 music. Which is probably the worst possible audio format. In the other hand - SoundCloud also takes raw WAVs. And even for a deaf guy - the difference in quality is VERY VISIBLE. REALLY. I am not joking. Go ahead and compare. That's because the best possible MP3 compression has up to 320kb/s bitrate. When WAV being lossless format streams with the power of 1400kb/s and higher bitrate. Listening to my music in MP3 format is like playing newest Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in lowest possible resolution and everything set on LOW. Sure, its an option - but only fool will go with it, IF he has the choice. So just don't. You'll be ruining the experience for yourself.


As yesterday, the 9Gag post "Because knowledge is power!" Wouldn't mind some more UpVotes. Its working fairly well. Also the thread on Newgrounds, Kongregate and Gamejolt gotten kind a cold. I promise, I won't get angry would you help me make them hot and warm again :P

Our little Facebook Group. Drone Locker Inner Sanctum is still open and ready to take any number of new and old Antumbrians willing to join our ranks. And really, please come. As that group is my main information HUB and social gathering.

Last but not last - I hate doing such aggressive marketing/advertisement. I really do. Its not funny. It sucks. Blows. Its disgusting. But it has to be done. Because the time is our enemy. And we need to accomplish, in matter of days what other people work for, for years. Believe me, its not a choice. Its a "need". If I've made someone angry or disgusted by such practices - please forgive me. But the stake is high. And never in my entire life I've believed in something as much and as strong - as I do now. Please forgive me.


Tomorrow I'll write a post about what the heck I am actually doing beside telling people what to do :P
Kudos. Stay safe. Stay with me.


Comments

you do good art, and interesting music.

my favorite works of yours is (obviously) the antumbra 1, and i will LOVE to see the antumbra 2.
(chant of ash, cool title-name,, BTW!)

as for the soundcloud, i will take your advice and i will hear it there.
tho, i will review your audio in here as well! :)

hmmm you are in deviantart as well?
i will follow you there as well, my good sir!

as for the facebook group, i've already added you, i joined the group, and you've greeted me there some time ago, so im already an old(?) member of the inner sanctum.
it rocks!

as for your fear of ''aggressive advertisement'', dont be afraid about this....
you are simply showing your artwork to your fans.
there's nothing wrong with that, and you are a good person.

in other cases,
other people here in NG do far more aggressive advertising, and in rare occassions, even ''forced'' their fans to do crazy stuff for them.

yes.

so, be cool, and please work on antumbra 2!
it will be legendary!

have you thought about asking markiplier or other gamers who have gameplays of antumbra on youtube to promote antumbra 2?

nice, saw on idiegogo that the amount of money went up, hope u can make it to the $3000

conrats with your greenlight on steam, definitely going to buy the game