Happy Holidays!!

NGS hopes everyone has had a happy holiday! 2010 is around the corner. I hope everyone will have a super awesome new year.

Looking back, NGS has suffered through alot of setbacks and hiatus'. But we are getting back on track slowly but surely. Dead Plasma should be released in the summer of '10. Also, we have another project lined up after the completion and release of Dead Plasma. Hopefully we'll have more progress until then. Keep watching for updates here and on slipfeed.com!

Take care everyone,
Antoine Baker
Founder of Ninja Gate Studios

Character Cutbacks

First off, to everyone following this blog, thank you. Second we will NOT release the final six characters. Reasons for this is that balancing will be a time consuming process, and it helps production for the game go faster. But do not fret, we will make a revision of the game in the future once it drops for purchase. The final six will make their appearance in that version of Dead Plasma. Our roster has been cut down to ten, so the characters confirmed here make up the final roster. I'm excited for the game's progress right now, as we hope to produce a demo soon.

Loving the scenery

Hey everyone!!

Production of the game is going a little smoothly. As we try to hash out the final six, I have an announcement to make. We have a new team member. He is our level designer named Jeff Brown. Right now he's doing the backgrounds for the game. NGS welcomes him to the team. as this post concludes we will leave you with a tidbit he has whipped up for us.

In Living Color pt. 2

Hey everyone!!

It's update time again!! Ninja Gate has a few announcements to make.

First off, we are down to the LAST six characters for the roster of Dead Plasma. So we are going to do a character countdown for each of them. So the remaining characters will be posted one at a time.

Secondly, we are planning another project. It is another 2D fighter in the works. Details will surface once Dead Plasma is halfway through development. For anyone who wold like to help on the second project feel free to email us at ninjagatestudios@gmail.com.

Well, that's about it. Here are the colored concepts for Klahan, Janet, and Jake. See ya next post!!

Character Concepts pt. 5

To everyone first, I say thank you for stopping by the site and checking out the scene. Right now I'm going to confirm the three characters that was promised and as an added bonus, I've added another character to boost our roster to ten! First up, we have Klahan. He's a muay thai fighter from Thailand who enters the tournament to prove he's the strongest in the world. Second is Adelonda Von Meir drawn by Steve Dotson. She is the final boss' secretary. Loyal to her boss, she is into gothic clothing, and mentally unstable. Her style is just senseless violence. Third, we have Janet Lo. She is a movie actress from China, who's style is Ba Gua. The fourth and final character for this post is Jake Simpson. He's a freestyle martial artist from USA. There are 6 more characters left to confirm for the roster. The boss fighters will NOT be revealed here. They will be a surprise for when the game is actually released. So enjoy!

In Living Color

Hello to all out there!

Well, as I put the final touches on the next wave of characters soon to be released, I'm going to re-post some of the confirmed character concepts. This time in color!!! Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to check on the blog site. Shortly, the other 3 characters will be put up to be confirmed. Other than that, enjoy the colored concepts.

Character concepts pt. 4

This is going to be a very disappointing post, as I've been busy with other things I only got around to do one character. So Jumping the roster to six, I am going to introduce Dan Walger. Our British native, he uses a style that blends ballroom dancing with fencing (sans the sword). So here is the sixth character of dead plasma!! Next post I should be able to confirm the three other fighters. 'Til then!

Some news.

Hey there!

Now I know you guys are excited, but I don't have those new characters yet. I'm working on the finishing touches before their release. But I would also like to announce that you can also keep track of us on slipfeed.com. Go to the projects tab and look for Dead Plasma. Our games logo will be right next to it. There, we'll have a more giant scope of the game and even include downloads for all to enjoy!! So get on down to SlipFeed and check us out. Become a fan and support NGS!
Until Next time...

Happy Belated 4th of July!!!

Well I hope everyone had a very nice red, white, and blue day! I know I did. Over the weekend I ended up finding a 2D artist for our team project. So now I'm a bit ecstatic about our new teammate. Soon I will introduce 4 new characters in hopefully the next post. As soon as I get a web coder, we will begin the process to making a website. This is where the game will unfold candidly. I look forward to the next post! See you soon!

Two steps forward, nine steps back

Nobody said game development would be easy, and no one surly said that it would be smooth sailing, and I probably should have posted this last week. Unfortunately, Mr. Vriens has dropped from the team. Due to scheduling and other matters he is unavailable to the Ninja Gate team. So now we are searching for a new 2D artist. But we wish Mr. Vriens luck on his artistic journey. Feel free to check out his blog site. Congrats to him having Capcom show off his work at E3. Like I've stated before, check out his blog site. It has some goodies and other tidbits.

Character concepts part 3

All right character concepts coming up....now! Right now we are confirming two new characters for the game. First up we've got Raizo's rival Gokuza Ichimonji. Next we got our free spirited capoerista Mokoko Rodrigue. That brings our roster to 5 fighters total. Thank you for keeping in touch and following our blog. Next update we will confirm more characters as time ensues.

Character concepts part 2

Welcome to another current post from Ninja Gate Studios. Right now we are confirming another character in our ensemble boosting our existing roster to 3. Usually we would display some concept art, but this is not the case here. We are introducing our "joke" character Zak!! This character will be an actual character in the game. He is based off of a friend that I know in real life. Soon you'll see him in 2D glory when the final character art is released. So enjoy his two photos of awesomeness.

Tasty Tidbits

Right now I'm still drawing the concepts for some of my characters before I announce them here. So I will share a little tidbit with you. Here is the logo for our game. It's unfinished, but I hope you still enjoy it!!! The ideas were collaborated between Tim Jones and myself. The design was done by Tim Jones.

Character concepts part 1

We are doing the first wave of character concepts before we finish the final drawings for the game. Here we have some concepts of two of the characters; the main character Raizo Moshuken and tae-kwon do prodigy Dae-Jung Park. These are the two confirmed characters of the game so far so enjoy! Right now I am drawing out more characters with the other artists to post in the future so stay tuned. We are also drawing the storyboards for the game as well.

Meet the Team!!!

As stated above, our groups' first project is a 2D fighter for the XNA community games called Dead Plasma. Right now we are a team of 5 people. The team consists of:

• Steve Dotson III- Programmer/Concept Artist/Co-Producer
• Maggy Durand- Musician/ Voice Actor
• Joe Vriens- Artist
• Tim Jones- Interface Design
• Antoine Baker- Concept Artist/Director/Producer/creator

Right now we are open for any new members to contribute to the team to help improve productivity. You can contact me through the groups email: ninjagatestudios@gmail.com
Our goal is to become a third party developer/publisher and have something on our resumes in the future. So if you are interested please do not hesitate to send an email.

In the beginning...

Hello! This is the blog site of the up and coming (and newly formed) indie game company Ninja Gate Studios. Here we will be keeping track of all of the groups projects with news, time lines and progress. Right now we are currently making games for the PC and XBOX 360 through the XNA game studio. Our first project will be a 2D fighting game called Dead Plasma. As details and progress ensues, you'll hear it first here. Thank You for your support!!

NINJA VANISH!!!,
Antoine Baker, founder
Ninja Gate Studios