TIGSource: Cave Story in the Making

Cave Story in the Making

Brandon "BMcC" McCartin — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:52:00 +0000

In the past Pixel has alluded to the earlier iterations of Cave Story (even a near-finished build that got scrapped along the way), but he’s never released anything playable. Well, as of just yesterday… he still hasn’t released anything playable!

But he did release something almost as cool—a collection of screens and concepts from early in the game’s development. (You might remember him doing something similar with Guxt.) I love this sort of thing. It’s like a little window into the mind of a developer I admire.

Definitely check it out if you’re a Pixel fan. (Who isn’t?)

Derek’s Edit: I put all the images on a page here! Enjoy!

"Cave Story in the Making" by Smithy

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:18:42 +0000

That’s preposterous. Everyone knows that the friends of little brothers don’t count as people.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Bob

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:40:31 +0000

Whups, misread your post. Yes, you did make a “dramatic confession”.

My little brother’s friend still hates Cave Story.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Bob

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:38:38 +0000

First of all, there was no “dramatic confusion”. Secondly, my little brother’s friend said something to that effect ages ago.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Smithy

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:55:11 +0000

…Okay! I admit it! I confess!

I never hated Cave Story!

I just wanted to be the first person that said so. Ever.

I realize that saying something of that nature to a bunch of indie gamers is something similar to shouting ‘fire’ in a crowded room, so with that dramatic confession I take my exit.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Smithy

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:53:05 +0000

h8*

"Cave Story in the Making" by Smithy

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:52:49 +0000

I hate cave stry.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Bob

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:48:14 +0000

It’s a Pignon shroom, duh.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Neon

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:15:13 +0000

what’s with the phallic thing beside him in that one concept art thing?

"Cave Story in the Making" by Melly

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:06:37 +0000

I think the reason he still has the Curly Brace tag is because Curly gives it to him as a sign of their friendship during the game, and it’s a necessary item to have to get to the best ending. I guess he wears it on his cap after that.

"Cave Story in the Making" by BeamSplashX

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:08:02 +0000

Should we get a slogan that involves Tigersauce?

TIGSource: The last of the Tigersauce? We can have as many slogans as we want, anyways.

"Cave Story in the Making" by BMcC

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:45:47 +0000

Space Ranger: Yeah, his doodles in primary school were far more inspired.

LOLOLOL: I think HandCraftedRadio was joking?

Teknogames: Apparently the story goes that Quote was originally called Curly Brace, but that name was eventually given to Curly as we know her today, and the hat is merely a remnant of this previous game.

ChrisSketch: Aw, we love you more. <3

"Cave Story in the Making" by ChrisSketch

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:06:36 +0000

Posts like this pretty much sum up why I love Tigersauce. (Oh yea, I’m so using it from now on!)

"Cave Story in the Making" by BMcC

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:10:52 +0000

Nice edit, Derek. When did TIGSource come back to life today?

"Cave Story in the Making" by Bob

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:09:25 +0000

Actually, Teknogames, Pixel’s Japanese, so English would be a foreign language to him. If his native language was English, he might have had Cyrillic or something.

I never knew that he had a kitty on his shirt.

"Cave Story in the Making" by MedO

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:36:24 +0000

When I played the first time, I was also confused by this and thought Quote was facing completely left/right, but I believe now that these pixels are his other eye, since practically all characters in the game are facing half sideways in this manner. That’s also how I interpreted it in my Quote JSWO-Character :)

"Cave Story in the Making" by Stwelin

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:24:24 +0000

This is the big question I have, are the two vertical black pixels on the left side of Quote’s face (when he is facing right) his other EYE or his SIDEBURN?

Seriously, can’t figure it out.

"Cave Story in the Making" by !CE-9

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:27:17 +0000

http://files.tigsource.com/doukutsu/il020227.png

ace.=)

"Cave Story in the Making" by robolee

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:19:15 +0000

I think the enemies look better, with the exception that about 90% of the enemies were mini balrogs.

and this proves it, it does say curly-brace on his hat, finally the mystery is solved.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Teknogames

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:53:53 +0000

I always thought those fan pictures I saw where Quote cosplayers had “Curly Brace” on the hat were just mis-interpretating weirdos. I’m confused why Curly Brace is on his hat in the first place… >> << isnt it supposed to be a robot language?

Aside from that, all those screens make me want to play the old version. :<

"Cave Story in the Making" by LOLOLOL

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:02:32 +0000

People need to read more.

I mean… COME ON! Some of the people here are clearly interested in the probably-less-than-fifty-word article based on the pic they see, and yet they don’t take the few seconds it takes to read it!

"Cave Story in the Making" by HandCraftedRadio

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:33:05 +0000

I can’t wait for this game to be released.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Calanctus

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:33:28 +0000

Given how God damned HUGE Balrog is… Probably pretty good!

"Cave Story in the Making" by BeamSplashX

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:09:31 +0000

I have to wonder how the mother felt about that…

"Cave Story in the Making" by Fishy Boy

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:28:47 +0000

MAN! When I first saw this I thought it was a new game being made by Pixel. Oh how wrong I was. Still, little Balrog babies are cute.

"Cave Story in the Making" by Zetetic Elench

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:28:37 +0000

Space Ranger, this *is* the original stuff. This is what you could call his “juvenilia”.