{"id":1055,"date":"2022-11-09T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/a-2d-dark-souls-game-was-pitched-in-2016-and-it-looked-badass\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:55:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:55:49","slug":"a-2d-dark-souls-game-was-pitched-in-2016-and-it-looked-badass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/a-2d-dark-souls-game-was-pitched-in-2016-and-it-looked-badass\/","title":{"rendered":"A 2D Darkish Souls Recreation Was Pitched In 2016, And It Appeared Badass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"850\" data-height=\"478\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:850px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"Image for article titled A 2D Dark Souls Game Was Pitched In 2016, And It Looked Badass\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Image for article titled A 2D Dark Souls Game Was Pitched In 2016, And It Looked Badass\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/f2c3d2d115a07fbb3ae59ff33b9022de\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"850\" data-height=\"478\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Earlier at the moment, artist <!-- -->Thomas Feichtmeir dropped an attention-grabbing piece of stories on his Twitter feed: again in 2016 he was a part of a pitch that needed to <!-- -->reimagine <em>Darkish Souls 3<\/em> (or no less than its world) as a 2D Metroidvania recreation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">With an NDA he signed over the undertaking now expired, he was for the primary time in six years allowed to speak about\u2014and share a single picture\u2014of what the undertaking may have regarded like.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1590011566757670912&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1590011566757670912\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">This appears to be like cool! Earlier than you go screaming at Bandai Namco for not approving it, although, know that this type of stuff\u2014specifically, individuals and studios pitching initiatives involving a writer\u2019s IP\u2014<!-- -->occurs on a regular basis. We simply hardly ever get to listen to about it, or see the outcomes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">I spoke to Feichtmeir\u2014a pixel artist who has labored on a bunch of video games, from <span><em>Blasphemous <\/em><\/span>to <!-- -->Songs of Conquest\u2014earlier at the moment, who as a part of the NDA he signed is <!-- -->in a position to now <!-- -->present his work and speak a little bit about it, however not speak a <em>lot <\/em>about it. <\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-16 jvTtVq\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/stacksocial.com\/sales\/microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-2-pack?aid=a-efnv1nsd&amp;utm_source=theinventory.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=microsoft-office-professional-2021-for-windows-lifetime-license-2-pack_110222&amp;utm_term=scsf-559240\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media could get a fee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201c<!-- -->The artwork was <!-- -->created round 2016 as everybody needed to have a cool 2D, <em>Souls<\/em>&#8211;<!-- -->like Metroidvania,<!-- --> because the style was new and the starvation for a recreation like this robust\u201d, he says. \u201c<!-- -->In fact somebody needed to strive a pitch to Bandai Namco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Together with his expertise as a pixel artist, <em>Souls <\/em>group member and YouTuber, <!-- -->Feichtmeir can see why he was chosen to assist out on the pitch. Sadly it by no means went wherever\u2014like I stated, pitches are available in and get rejected<!-- --> on a regular basis\u2014however you would argue that a part of its spirit would finally discover its strategy to one other recreation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201c<!-- -->Lots of people [on Twitter] <!-- -->identified that this appears to be like rather a lot like <em>Blasphemous<\/em>, with which they&#8217;re proper and it additionally makes a number of sense,<!-- --> as just a few years later I really would work on <em>Blasphemous<\/em> as an artist\u201d, he says. I wrote about <em>Blasphemous <\/em>again in 2017, only a 12 months after this pitch, <span>and stated it was principally a \u201c2D Darkish Souls\u201d<\/span>, so there you go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cI hope you take pleasure in wanting on the artwork as a lot as I had enjoyable creating it again then\u201d, <!-- -->Feichtmeir tells me. \u201c<!-- -->It\u2019s cool to lastly have the ability to share it in any case this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/dark-souls-2d-metroidvania-bandai-namco-pixel-art-1849760675\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Earlier at the moment, artist Thomas Feichtmeir dropped an attention-grabbing piece of stories on his Twitter feed: again in 2016 he was a part of a pitch that needed to reimagine Darkish Souls 3 (or no less than its world) as a 2D Metroidvania recreation. 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