Princes need armies, as sure as pots of gold need a leprechaun and a rainbow to take care of their distribution!

Prince Growl, therefore, has created an involuntary one of his own. In the dark of the night, he and his fresh minions steal into Dreamtown and kidnap any bear that is unfortunate enough to cross their path. Then, the captive is outfitted with a glowing amulet tucked on their chest, transforming the once peaceful Dreambear into a giant, lumbering Shadowbear. Purple and wicked, these creatures follow Growl’s every command. However, because inside them is still the captured Dreambear wanting to escape, the Shadowbears aren’t very bright. They’re conflicted creatures who barely have the ability to speak. Prince Growl doesn’t mind, though. They’re more than fit to go out in the forests and catch the wild Dreams, turning them into skittering Nightmare Orbs with their giant gloves. The spell that binds the Shadowbears can be broken by removing or destroying the amulet on their chest. Perhaps a little obvious, but prince Growl is obviously too busy a man to take notice of those things.

Two Shadowbears, Ug and Mug, serve as Growl’s primary henchmen. They’re always with him and execute the most important tasks and missions. Ug and Mug, like all Shadowbears, aren’t the brightest apples of the bunch, but they’re powerful in their own right and can’t be returned to their original states. Perhaps this is because they joined Growl of their own volition? Theirs will remain a mystery for a little longer.

Roderick

Whoa, it’s been a while since we’ve last updated the blog. It’s been pretty busy at the studio lately (especially since we’re moving to a new, bigger office at the end of this month), but here’s some new work in progress. It’s a study on the look & feel of the ‘ Shadowbears’, the evil minions commanded by prince Growl (Roderick will post about them in a couple of days in more detail).

They needed to look scary, but not ‘I’m wetting my bed, mommy’  scary. So we’re probably gonna roll with the top middle one.

Cheers!

Roel

Tom, our lead artist on Dreambear, wasn’t very happy when I posted the very first piece of concept art of Prince Growl last month. The reason? Because it wasn’t finished! Well of course it wasn’t finished, that’s the whole point of a development blog, I replied. But like every good artist Tom needed to ‘fix’ the situation and started to work on a new version of the prince. Here’s the result:

What do you think? Tom will probably be mad at me again, seeing as how the Dream Orb the prince is holding is still a plain circle. Ah well, we can’t have everything

Cheers,

Roel