Bow . . .

The next character to be brought to life will be;

Name: Bow
Origin: Beaches Of California
Background: Bow is a surfer type character, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The whole Cali surfer look. He is a specially skilled fighter that uses strictly his elbows and knees for attacks. He possess a medium build with a kinda million dollar Hollywood smile. Bow was inspired by Patrick Swayze's character in "Point Break". He will probably be outfitted in a full body swim suit like the divers use or in a cool pair of beach trunks.

Off to Roc you go.

GPS . . .

Somehow I'm going to tap into the iPhone's GPS function to help players view local leaderboard champions and allow players to fighter friends within in their surrounding areas. I think will we have to limit the depth of the GPS scan though. A broad location view is preferred instead of an actual street location. Don't want to encourage any stalkers.

Annihilators . . .

Remember the ultra combos from "Killer Instinct"? Our finishing moves will based around the same theory with a twist of Dragon Ball Z super fast moves sprinkled in. When a player has been defeated, the winner must enter a set of 11 to 13 commands to perform the annihilator. Each character will have up to three unique versions. To learn the annihilators players will have to experiment with each command. The notebook will contain question marks in the annihilator section to help players figure out the next move. After unlocking the next command the question mark will disappear.

Fight Central . . .

The central hub for the game will be a gymnasium. The gym will be broken into three sections; the training grounds, leaderboards & the locker room. The training grounds are used to learn new moves and fight computer simulated battles. The leaderboards will be used to view local and global leaders. And the locker room will be used to view downloadable content and check the player's notebook. More on the notebook later.

Player scroll between each section by moving their fingers from either left-to-right or right-to-left. One item will always be present in ever section; the iPhone replica. The iPhone replica will be used to issue fights, accept/decline challenges, postpone battles, add/remove friends and issue fight invites. More on each function of the gym hub and a deeper explanation of the iPhone replica coming soon.

Vimeo . . .

Vimeo has become my favorite video sharing site. Mainly because of the site's HD support but the uncluttered interface doesn't hurt either. I will be creating an account and uploading the progress reports there. Click the pic to visit the site and stay tuned for our video URL.

The iFund . . .

The iFund is $100M dollar investment initiative that is suppose to fund market-changing ideas and products that extend the iPhone/iTouch platform. The fund has the intention of backing innovators pursuing transformative, high impact ideas with an eye towards building independent durable companies on top of the platform. This fund is our final goal. If we can acquire the $100,000 to $15M the fund promises to invest, the game will get made. If not, I have no idea what plan B is. Click the image for more info.

Logictech . . .

I chose the Logictech QuickCam Pro 9000 as my webcam choice. The cam was one of the highest rated devices on the web and I can upload in HD. Perfect format for Vimeo. Fuego.

iPhone . . .

How can I work on an iPhone application without owning an iPhone? That price drop was right on time. Off to the Apple store I go. Or maybe Ebay. Or maybe Overstock. Or maybe the corner of 52nd Street.

Turnaround . . .

After the Scribblez's concept was completed, I realized I needed a full view of each character. I emailed Roc to get an understanding of what I wanted. The type of design I'm looking for is called a Turnaround Sheet (as seen above). A Turnaround sheet display the character at a front angle, a left-side angle, a back angle and a right-side angle. Cost the same as a normal design but the images are slighly smaller. Now we wait on Scribblez's T-sheet.

Meet Scribblez . . .

Damn . . . I'm good. I mean we're good Roc. My bad, I didn't see you standing over there.

Point Break . . .

Everyone always gives Keanu slack for being a kinda one dimensional actor. But I thought him and Patrick Swayze were a dynamic duo in Point Break. I especially admired Patrick's heroic motives behind his evil reasoning. I think I'll pay tribute to one of my favorite guy flicks.

Eagles Become Vultures . . .

I found Scribblez' image. The owner's name is Alex Cherry. I discovered the image on DeviantArt months ago. But I failed to save/bookmark the page. The image is striking, powerful and extremely cool. Alex titled this piece "Eagles Become Vultures". Kinda symbolic right? I wonder if he'll let me use the image? More info on Alex here, and here.

Icon Mock-Up . . .

The FF icon looks right at home, don't you agree?

Scribblez???

Here is Roc's first color fill for Scribblez. My thoughts:

-Not sure I'm diggin the neon pink hair. Reminds me of Perez Hilton and kinda makes him look soft.
-The hoodie is semi-cool.
-The color scheme is eye-catching but the hoodie's images & polka dots are a little suspect.
-The kicks are fresh.
-I'm definitely feelin the jeans.

I had an image in mind for the front of the hoodie but I have yet to find it on Deviantart.com. The hair color definitely needs to change, I'm thinking a black foundation with reddish highlights. We'll change the color scheme to match the image I have in mind. If I can find it.