For those of you not in the know, me and my friends are mak­ing a videogame.  A fight­ing game, specif­i­cally.  A fight­ing game based off of my old web­comic, specifically.

Those of you who know me per­son­ally will remem­ber my old web­comic, Drea­ma­niac.  It was, in a word, ter­ri­ble.  It was poorly drawn at first, and poorly writ­ten for the entire run; it was crammed so full of in-jokes, ram­blings, and half-baked humor that I’d thought up on the spur of the moment that it would take me explain­ing the joke in per­son for any­one to under­stand a comic.

It was also one of the best expe­ri­ences in my life, as it helped me prove to myself that I was capa­ble of doing some­thing big entirely of my own desire and will.

Of course, my friends (espe­cially those friends who first pointed out how much my comic sucked) have pledged to help make sure that the writ­ing in the game is much bet­ter than it was in my old comic.  How­ever, that’s only once we get past the major build­ing blocks of devel­op­ment, which include (but are not lim­ited to) : sprit­ing, pro­gram­ming, moveset design, stage art, game bal­ance, cre­at­ing effects, voice act­ing, and miscellaneous.

My friend Andrew, alias Ice­bug, is head­ing devel­op­ment when­ever he can pull his head out of his lat­est Fleet­ing Pas­sion­ate Hobby.  A bunch of other peo­ple in our group are also sup­pos­edly help­ing out, although cur­rently every­one but myself and the guy who’s doing most of the music are AWOL.  So yeah.

The char­ac­ters in the game have all had at least one appear­ance in my old comic, with one excep­tion I’ll get to later.  They are as follows:

Jake

Me, of course.  I use the Drea­ma­niac emblem (a green cres­cent moon with pur­ple craters) as my pri­mary weapon, and my spe­cial abil­i­ties use weaponized pos­i­tive energy.  Oh, and Whippy helps me out as well.

Andrew

Andrew, a.k.a Ice­bug.  He’s a ninja– fast, deadly, and frag­ile.  His abil­i­ties are based off of his incred­i­ble skill in any­thing he sets his mind to, as well as his quiet demeanor.

Neil

Neil’s an extremely smart guy.  So smart that (in the comic) he’s built tele­porters, jet-powered air­ships, and many other ridicu­lous devices. He’s also a skilled war­rior, dual-weilding swords in combat.

Elliot

Smart guy.  Good writer.  Likes broadswords.  Really likes his green coat.  In com­bat, he uti­lizes a Nin­tendo DS sty­lus, an “upgraded” cal­cu­la­tor, and a broadsword.  His favorite col­ors are black and green and his favored title is XIVcaliber.

Mark

Mark is Andrew’s younger brother.  It’s sus­pected that, at some point, the inter­net ate his brain and started using him as a host.  What­ever hap­pened, Mark uses biz­zare attacks based off of both famous and obscure inter­net memes.

Niko

Niko is a critic.  Of most things.  He takes the view that, by ana­lyz­ing and tear­ing into flaws, what is left can become bet­ter.  In com­bat, he uti­lizes his sword­cane, slash­ing wit, and incred­i­ble sense of style.

Andre

A self-professed Gen­tle­man, Andre is rather sur­real.  When­ever you’re near him, you get this over­whelm­ing sense of… con­fu­sion?  Or some­thing?  He uti­lizes his gen­tle­manly fight­ing style and the pow­ers over dark­ness in combat.

Niki

Niki’s an incred­i­ble artist.  A bril­liant artist.  She’s also incred­i­bly friendly, although she does have to deal with a mur­der­ous alter­nate per­son­al­ity named Balt­hazar.  In com­bat she uti­lizes a panda sword, her art­work, and her imag­i­nary friend Angor.

Shelby

Shelby’s another really good artist, although she doesn’t think so for some rea­son.  She’s also very prone to mood swings, going from sweet­ness to vio­lence in a sin­gle mis­placed com­ment.  She uti­lizes her sketch­book and a swor­dax­e­cleaver in combat.

Amelia

Amelia is an extremely sweet and intel­li­gent girl as well as a tal­ented musi­cian.  She’s a bit of an out­sider in the group, but doesn’t mind hang­ing out with them.  In com­bat she uses a giant musi­cal note to beat (*rimshot*) her ene­mies into the ground.

Eric

Eric’s a big fan of Poke­mon.  More specif­i­cally, he’s a huge fan of the poke­mon Eevee, as well as the poke­mon who evolve from it.  In com­bat, he uti­lizes both Eevee and all seven of it’s evolutions.

Jer­aldo

Jer­aldo is the son of the mon­ster who hid in Jake’s closet when Jake was young.  Unlike his father, he’s a gen­tle soul who’d rather go out for soda then scare lit­tle kids.  How­ever, he still pos­sesses his father’s incred­i­ble strength, and knows how to use it in combat.

Are you excited yet?  You can observe and maybe even con­tribute to the devel­op­ment of the comic at the forums!

Keep on Dreaming,

Jake the Dreamaniac