| Maxwell Gonzalez |
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| Game Artist |
PORTLAND, ME— Max Gonzalez was born in Queens and then abandoned ship to attend school in a Jersey suburb. His debut works premiered in the early 2000s gallery showing titled Mom’s Fridge, a highly exclusive installation that was closed to the public. To this day he is still active, making a very slight medium pivot from crayon drawings to video game design & creation. He attributes his art inspiration to “the love of real human connection and community,” in an interview conducted through his closed and locked front door. His favor can easily be won with free food and permission to play simulation games for 16 hours uninterrupted.
He can be contacted at [email protected] as well as @FIVEGAZE across platforms.
He is also one half of Out to Dinner Games, whose itch.io you can find here.
| Maxwell Gonzalez |
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| Game Artist |
soul squad's first demo is LIVE!!! you can try it NOW!!!
this and all published games can be found on fivegaze.itch.io!
i blog about what i'm working on here:
https://fivegaze.tumblr.com/
soul squad is a text-heavy coming of age adventure mystery about growing up while trying to exist in two different worlds.
right now, you can access the first demo release at the link below.
shoutout to the lovely team of friends helping me out !!
character sprites- Reno Nevada
storybook pages- Miles Lee
loading screens- Camryn Graffius
music- styxvii
| patch notes |
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| the latest update in soul squad's development. all video updates here |
latest thesis checkin. sonic is there
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| misc bits & bobs |
| Farm Run |
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you are pig. use the arrows to hang out with your friends, cow, sheep, and dog. avoid your enemies, the wolves.farm run is an endless runner, built using a modified template and new, original assets. this game was made as an introduction to visual scripting!
| Space Case |
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space case is a game about rescuing people and not always being so good at it!space case is my first game made in fungus, a visual novel style game with multiple endings, point and click elements, and one small minigame.
| Something's On The Station?! |
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banner art by Camryn Graffius
in something's on the station?!, you play the captain of a spaceship just trying to complete your newly assignedsomething's on the station?! is the debut game of out to dinner games. it is a visual novel horror game and my first attempt to create a visual novel without the use of fungus. it is mostly a narrative game with some interactive minigames.my roles in this game were programming, ui, some sound design, and some visual assets.
| Coffee Break |
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in this action platformer demo you play as a barista who is just trying to leave for her break, when a rude customer turns all the shops food and coffee into monsters!coffee break is a platformer made for collaborative productions. my roles in this game were UI design and programming, some gameplay programming, and other visual assets.
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animatics
| Need to Know |
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| animatic for animation 101 final in spring 2020; audio is from the audio drama Wolf 359. |
| Mud (2019) |
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| animatic for cinematic storytelling in fall 2019; audio is 'muddy' from ken nordine's colors album. |
| Kepler is a Graduate of Juliard! |
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| personal animatic i made for fun during lockdown in 2020! audio is from the Beetlejuice musical and characters are from Wolf 359. |
| Chu & Niki |
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| very rough blocking animatic of my characters Chu and Niki, who feature in my game Space Case! this animatic was made as part of my character building process. |
| Maxwell Gonzalez |
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| Game Artist |
Alongside game related work, I also do illustration as a personal hobby/medium, sometimes on commission or request. These are my prices:
As of right now, my commissions are open! You can request one by filling out the Google Form below. The drive links to a continuously updated collection of my work.