Chronicles: Game Development, Game Engines & Retro Futuristic Steampunk Musings.

  • The Arrest of Thomas “Tommy” Tarr at Skipperfell

    The Arrest of Thomas “Tommy” Tarr at Skipperfell

    From Our Special Correspondent, Skipperfell Township I had not an hour earlier taken tea with Thomas Tarr—known along the trade-routes as Tommy the Fair—when the Empire’s newest custodians of order clanked into our midst. Skipperfell, that floating bazaar of canvas roofs and patched aether-cells, hung in its usual precarious cheer between cloud and consequence. Tarr…

  • “WAR ABOVE THE VELDT: THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH-IN-THE-SKY”

    “WAR ABOVE THE VELDT: THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH-IN-THE-SKY”

    Dateline: South African Territories, March 1900 From the turbulent colonies comes stirring, grave news. The war in South Africa, once confined to dust and thorn below, has now leapt into the firmament above. Behold Ladysmith-in-the-Sky, Her Majesty’s proudest aerial outpost upon the African frontier—a ringed cluster of gasbag bastions and suspended gun-plat­forms, held aloft by…

  • “THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN: JUBILEE ABOVE THE CLOUDS”

    “THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN: JUBILEE ABOVE THE CLOUDS”

    Dateline: London, 22 June 1897 Her Majesty’s Government bids us raise our eyes from cobblestone to cloudbank, as the Empire celebrates Her Majesty Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in a style unknown to any previous age! Over London’s spires and smoking chimneys, the sky itself is thronged with craft. Great imperial dirigibles, their gas cells resplendent…

  • Luther Arkwright

    Luther Arkwright

    A superb multi-verse hopping adventurer created by Bryan Talbot. A vintage fan pic interpretation of the character: There are three main books in the Luther Arkwright saga.Read them in this order: 1. The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (1978–1989) The original and most famous storyline.Often collected in a single volume. 2. Heart of Empire: The Legacy…

  • Steampunk Mouse

    Steampunk Mouse

    As the 1928 version of Mickey Mouse is now out of copyright, thought it was time there was a Steampunk Mouse with all the pith and vigour of Douglas Fairbanks: Interesting links on the subject: Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle…

  • Hullabaloo – Episode 1

    Hullabaloo – Episode 1

    Hullabaloo Cartoon on YouTube I contributed to the Indiegogo campaign for this steampunk 2D animation series 9 years ago – it’s great to see the series being released even after all this time. A work of art.

  • Ocean Shader ~ Mistake

    Ocean Shader ~ Mistake

    Oops, got the calculations slightly wrong when developing this ocean shader:

  • A while since last update! A Time Machine required.

    A while since last update! A Time Machine required.

    This new site for ‘cybernescence’ is under construction, it will be the new home for several initiatives under the company umbrella – legacy and new. To be transparent, it is also hoped to have a cost saving element to it – in that the plethora of related domain name sites can all be directed to…

  • Cyan Eyed – Superb Steampunk Film

    Cyan Eyed – Superb Steampunk Film

    “Cyan Eyed” movie is a triumph of plot, engaging characters, special effects and music within a steampunk world. I’ve only just come across this spectacular film and it so resonates with the vibe of what I imagine and am trying to build for the ‘Cogwheel Chronicles’ game, it is almost spooky 🙂 It has sentient…

  • Cogwheel Chronicles – Airship Combat

    Cogwheel Chronicles – Airship Combat

    Watch Cathodia Callan fight off a marauding pirate airship equipped with a state of the art Tesla Cannon.

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