Charlie Twitch

@charlietwitch

songwriter, gamedev, art generalist in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal they/them working on Miracle Karts ( miraclekarts.com ) no ai charlietwitch.com

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Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 9d

Murky in Laurentian pencils

The above drawing but in colour. Their speedsuit is hot pink with a leather back piece. Their skin is pale green with blue hair and makeup. They have purple stains around their mouth.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 9d

Murky Winks throwing it up #miraclekarts #pinup #missmachiko #artchallenge

A line drawing of Murky Winks posing as Miss Machiko in their speedsuit. They are cheekily standing on one leg with their arms crossed, with the other leg pointing up behind them. The drawing is dated 2026.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 14d

Still need to work on the portraits but I'm finally happy with the ability page UI. Now on to sound effects and animations. #gamedev #godot #racing

A screenshot of the Ability page in Miracle Karts. Vigor is selected, showing a muscular figure wearing a helmet with two prongs, holding a massive steering wheel. Various stats and bonuses are displayed.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 15d

wip key art coming along. There's an alternate world where Miracle Karts is a comic and not a game but I imagine I would still be struggling to finish it 🫣

A watercolour and ink illustration of a teal vintage gokart with a driver in a yellow speedsuit and open face helmet. The drawing is unfinished with light brush strokes on several elements.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 16d

in my four decades on this earth I think this is the first time I've seen a knot in a pencil

A photograph of a green Laurentian (USA) pencil with a tiny split knot in its sharpened end. It is resting on sketchbook with some small swatches drawn on it.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 17d

I am now the proud owner of a shelf

A photo of a drafting table under a small shelf in a unfinished room. There is a drawing in progress with a tin of watercolor pencils next to it. On the shelf is a green metal box and various art implements.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 18d

Going with yellow and teal for the driver and gokart with deep blue shadows and backlight. Still some adjustments to make but I think I'm on the right track. 🙂‍↕️ #gameart #miraclekarts #watercolor

A pencil drawing with some watercolor fill. A go kart heading to the left of the viewer. The driver is wearing yellow with a vintage blue open face helmet on a blue gokart.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 21d

Finished pencils, ready to spend three days deciding on colours

A light pencil drawing of a gokart coming towards the viewer at a 3/4 angle. The driver has gritted teeth and is cranking the wheel to their right. The kart is a vintage design with waffle pedals and skinny tires. The driver's helmet strap is loose in the wind.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 22d

Hard to decide what tone the key art should have. bottom right is the current choice

Light pencil sketches of five faces. Clockwise from top-left: long hair with gritted teeth, wild-eyed with a wet open mouth, a creepy grin of ecstacy, scared with pursed lips, and lastly, a very traditional serious race face.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· 23d

Working on a new steam capsule for Miracle Karts

A photograph of a drawing board with various pencil thumbnails and sketches. The center sketch is a drawing of a gokart coming towards the viewer at an intense angle.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· Jun 22

This has been painted over times since 2013 so you can imagine there have been a lot of good and bad decisions over the years.

A colourful pixelart rendition of Coelis labeled "Alpha Continent".

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· Jun 22

When I brought the "nicer" version into the game it immediately clashed with the UI elements and looked ugly up close. My plan is to focus more on the coastlines and go back to blockier city shapes but I will do some tests before committing.

A cropped screenshot of the overworld map in Miracle Karts to show the clash between UI elements and the world map. UI elements are crisp and detailed while the map has very rough shapes that look unfinished.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· Jun 20

WIP updated eastern Coelis map. I thought it would be nice to put a bit more detail in the populated areas and wowee did I underestimate how much would be required. #gameart #gamedev #digitalpainting #map

A digitally painted segment of a fantasy world map. There are two large regions surrounded by water, Dagset and Lotti. Dagset is a large wedge that is densely populated on its western side. Lotti takes up almost the entire lower half and has cities spread out along its waterways.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· Jun 8

Vefalia key art for Miracle Karts pencil + digital paint

A full body portrait of Vefalia, a diety in the game Miracle Karts. She has her eyes closed and is holding a finish line tape in her hands with her left foot forward pulling the ribbon tight. She is nude and rendered entirely in pink on a black backdrop. The checkered ribbon is unfinished and still shows some of the pencil lines.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· May 31

I added some more contextual dialogue during your first season to help with some of the sim and RPG elements in Miracle Karts. Advice tapers off as you progress, but you'll at least know why you suck at first. #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot of a dialogue scene from Miracle Karts. Zeke the Mechano is speaking "Better get some inters on that kart." The word inters is bolded and in green. Zeke is wearing wielding goggles and a bullet shaped metal helmet. He is sitting in a concrete room, presumably a garage. There are some pictures of sports players and a window behind him.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· May 20

hair is going well

a Godot editor screenshot of a floating head with hair shooting off of it like a feathery black moth.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· May 18

chompas #lowpoly

A screenshot of some low polygon teeth and tongue. They are handpainted and stylized with dark shadows.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· May 17

Repainted and stylized character eyes to be more dramatic. #gameart #gamedev

A close up image of open green eyes in a game render. They are reflecting and transmitting light, showing tiny veins and pits in their surface.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· May 14

What quote from a movie can you hear perfectly inside your head? 🖤

A still from Myra Breckinridge. One of the teachers who previously spoke of embodying inanimate objects using a tree, is at a table with students holding a loaf of bread and exclaiming "Bread?". Behind him are red saloon doors. To his right is a student watching him.

Charlie Twitch@charlietwitch· May 5

Repainted the flesh textures for my elderly characters from some better reference images and I think they look more human now. #gamedev #godot #miraclekarts