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Earlier this year, I was contacted by the lovely people at Amaranth Games to do some background art and other game assets for a time management game, Yummy Drink Factory. I was told it would be a casual game in which you play as a barista who serves drinks to various fairy tale creatures. I jumped at the chance to illustrate for them and there was probably some excited squealing too.  I love things that are quirky and cute, so I knew that it would be a treat doing the art for the game. 

I spent a few months working closely with the game designer and she gave me a lot of freedom to create some unique and colorful backgrounds.  At some point, I was even asked to draw a bowl of warts, which was oddly delightful.  I believe I sat there with a stupid grin on my face while I was drawing them. Honestly, I made them look quite tasty.

While I was smitten with drawing warts, the wonderful Claire Belton created some fantastically adorable creatures to inhabit the villages and various game assets as well. Together we managed to cram all the cute we possibly could into this game.  So I warn you, it's not for the faint of heart.  If you're diabetic, I'd avoid it, because it's awfully sweet.  

As you can imagine, I've been eagerly waiting for the game to be announced so that I could share the artwork here on the site.  The game has now officially been released over at the Amaranth Games community.  There's even a nifty one hour trial version available for download. Later this month, it will be available at some large game portals. I strongly urge my fellow gastropods fanatics to check it out.  I, in fact, challenge you to find the slug on a stick in the game.  Oh yes, there's a slug on a stick in the game.  That alone is worth the $20.