A scripture from the game, written as a clue for the player
The queen demands something from the player, and so the player is forced to fight her.
Queenie Sprite Sheet
In Freudian dream symbols, parents or other highly respected persons are presented as queens and kings.
The player encounters this enemy, sensing familiarity, but their identity is unknown. By beating this boss, the player learns the identity of the character and is given a clue to why they have descended into their own subconsciousness.
A child wakes to find himself in a dark confined space. As he makes his way forward, it becomes evident that he is on a train. A shadow lurks watching and waiting for an opportune moment.
This animation was a collaboration project with myself and MaryJo Snyder.
Bogoslov basement from the graveyard of Neamt Monastery in northeastern Romania contains numerous deceased bones gathered from Roman Orthodox monastic tradition. This tradition claims that after 7 years the bones of the deceased monk were to be taken out of the earth and placed, in this basement.
On the monks skull fellow monks write his name and his duties in the monastery. The more revered bones belonged to beloved bishops of the Neamt Monastery.
Tibetan Monastery
Decorated Kapala
The kapalas were usually made from skulls collected at sky burial
sites, an ancient Tibetan burial custom, still practiced today, in which
the bodies of the dead are dismembered and scattered over open ground
to ‘give alms to the birds’. It is a ritual that has a great religious
meaning of the ascent of the soul to be reincarnated into another circle
of life.
Once collected, the skulls would be specially prepared and elaborately anointed and consecrated before use. It would then be decorated with carvings, jewels of silver-work before being used as a ritual implement.
Markien the Monk
12 frames created in Piskel
Taking this history into consideration, Markien is a deceased monk, whom served an unknown monastery. Corrupted by greed and power, he attempts to dispel his grievances unto the character in his after life. His ultimate goal is to empty himself and achieve compassion, courage, and clarity not gained in his living life.
LINDI 