Please welcome Brad Muir to the Bitmob community -- he's only the project lead on developer Double Fine's upcoming game Trenched! Here, Brad delves into the thought and design process behind Trenched's hilarious mock magazine covers.
And hey, developers -- especially you indies -- if you've got something cool about your game that you'd like to share with the world, post it!
Titan's Digest
This cover shows off a small victory of the Mobile Trench Brigade over Vlad’s Movision hordes. Drinking was an important part of being a man’s man in the '50s, and we wanted to capture that here.
"Pirates took my cat" is probably my favorite article heading in the entire set.
Gristle for Men
Gristle is pretty much the best name for a magazine ever. It's both manly and disgusting...but mostly manly. This cover depicts the Mobile Trench Brigade's entrance to northern Africa after the European leg of the campaign.
Ryan and his team work up in Seattle at Microsoft, so they took several opportunities to put in references to the Pacific Northwest into the magazine headlines. Super awesome. I really like the "Brothel Islands of Puget Sound."
Our UI artist, Luke Nalker, really took the men's magazine concept and ran with it, injecting it into all aspects of the game. The entire look and feel of the UI throughout the game has this same pulpy feel to it. He also did our opening title screen that captures the style perfectly.
I’m super excited for people to play Trenched when it finally makes its way onto XBLA this year. We’ll have a release date soon!
