Samurai Unicorn

Thanks to the Hardsuit Program and pilots like Zoe Lancer, S3PF injuries at pedestrian checkpoints have decreased by 20 percent.

There is no concrete evidence supporting claims that civilian causalities have spiked since the deployment of the Hardsuits in populated areas.

Thanks to the Hardsuit Program and pilots like Zoe Lancer, S3PF injuries at pedestrian checkpoints have decreased by 20 percent.

There is no concrete evidence supporting claims that civilian causalities have spiked since the deployment of the Hardsuits in populated areas.

#78 - Samurai Unicorn - @samuni.bsky.social

Staying focused into low polygon games, Samurai Unicorn is on my list as well. It had a very confusing development history but it seems the devs decided Samurai Unicorn must be a videogame afterall.

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Diego Rivera handles the calls at the Operations Centre, supervised by Captain Lennox.

Patrol Officers confront a TUSK Motor Club enforcer at a PauseCo Video Phone booth. Graffiti on the wall near the booth shows a magpie holding handcuffs with the phrase Swooping Season written under it.

Patrol Officers work their way through a tent city inside an underpass.

Everyone in the lower levels of Sydney3 knows that patrol officers become increasingly desperate to fill quotas before the end of year. This dramatic uptick in arrests is colloquially known as Swooping Season.

Done!

Always cool to see some thoughts about lowpoly aesthetics in the current generation of game development

Always happy to send a code of the Goliath Offices Demo if you have time to check it out!

Not really, most of our influences are 90s anime or tokusatsu. Gameplay is a little more modern though.

Lowpoly models of Vyxem.E, the leader of the Faux/Pass hacking group and two of its members all dressed in sailor uniforms evoking the sukeban style and fox masks with glowing blue eyes.

The entrance to the Broadcast Bazaar. A member of Faux/Pass prepares to confront a TUSK Motor Club enforcer.

Lowpoly models of a Faux/Pass member dressed in a sailor uniform and fox mask with glowing blue eyes. She appears to be serving soup to a homeless woman in the Broadcast Bazaar.

Lowpoly models of Faux/Pass members dressed in delinquent style uniforms hanging out in a rundown foyer with their logo sprayed on the wall in UV paint.

S3PF have declared Faux/Pass a high-level threat to the city after numerous mass hacking incidents targeting Goliath and other subsidiaries controlled by the Corporate Council.

VRmin just want treats and pets

We're currently working on new enemy types that we hope will really mix up the flow of combat.

Here's a look at one of the animations @poppystar.bsky.social has been hard at work on for the VRmin Sentry.

Not explicitly, but that's only cause I haven't played it yet. I'm sure there would be plenty I would take inspiration from though!

I am personally very excited to see Maxine in her lowpoly form!

Concept illustration from Ridge Lowis of Lillian Cornell, a young woman dressed in vaguely medieval armour in a hover wheelchair.

Concept illustration from Ridge Lowis of Allegra Morningstar, one of the Hornsby Devils gang leaders. She has a purple mullet, long tattered maroon coat and brandishing a flaming VB bottle.

Concept illustration from Ridge Lowis of Maxine Butcher, a leather clad bouncer for the Bell-Voyeur theatre. She has significant genetic splicing that makes her resemble a cat.

Not all of our concepts are shirty whiteboard sketches! These days we are very fortunate to be working with @ridgelowis.bsky.social on new character art for future hub areas.

He knows his way around an evidence bag or two.

They might be cute, but keeping them as a pet will likely result in VRmin infestation!

Lowpoly image of a slug-like creature formed out of limbs and pustules pulls itself through ankle high sewerage water. It's surround by gestation pods and other four-legged parasitic creatures

When VRmites are unable to find a suitable host, they will form together into a pile of limbs and biomass in order to survive. The resulting creature is quite slow, but can easily overwhelm and smother unsuspecting victims.

Zoe Lancer, Hardsuit Pilot 01

June Tran, Chief Sanitation Officer

Dash Croydon, Narcotics Detective

Francisco Daley, Hardsuit Pilot 02

The personnel at S3PF Command come from all walks of life. Some have a complicated history with Klo, while others kind of resent her, and then there's June... The sweetest lady in the whole organisation.

Lowpoly scene from Samurai Unicorn depicting Mister Grey, illuminated by a lavender glow with the Goliath Towers in the distance.

If you've played the demo, you might have already seen Mister Grey, but we've yet to show the Dream Eater he serves in-game.

This year I'm hoping that we'll finally get to reveal our cast of villains in their own introductory cutscene...

Bad whiteboard sketch of Thousand Eye Stare for Samurai Unicorn

Bad whiteboard sketch of Old Jalopy for Samurai Unicorn

On the topic of "pre-concept art" and GenAI... If you aren't prepared to draw like this and then send to an actual artist to work with, you have no business creatively leading a project. End of story.

I was thinking Marrickville

SamUni spotted 👀

Lowpoly screenshot of a mega-factory with a frog face stands tall amongst cyberpunk style warehouses and industrial facilities.

In mission 03 you will enter the Frog Inc. Textile Factory and discover the lengths the enigmatic designer and CEO of the fashion brand has gone to in order to stay relevant in the changing times of Sydney3.

Thanks for taking a look and glad you had a blast with those boxes!

Never get tired of watching people play the demo for the first time!

Greyboxed model resembling sections of the Sydney Opera House

Been a bit quiet, but we're hard at work on the next big mission location. This one is a Sydney icon!

Patrons can read about it all here > www.patreon.com/posts/sydney...

Greyboxed model resembling sections of the Sydney Opera House

Been a bit quiet, but we're hard at work on the next big mission location. This one is a Sydney icon!

Patrons can read about it all here > www.patreon.com/posts/sydney...

Support this series, it's going to be an instant classic!

Thank you! This was our first expo experience, but definitely looking forward to future ones now. I think Friday was the busiest day, but it felt nice and active the whole time.

Samurai Unicorn booth at SXSW Sydney. Life-sized VRmite prop is on the table surrounded by stickers and decorative PS1 style cases.

Finished up our time showcasing at SXSW Sydney yesterday, but we are heading up for the game awards tonight. Reach out if we didn't get a chance to catch up yet!