Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

Game Dev / Musician / All-round tinkerer. Friend to pixels and polys alike. Creative Director and Lead Engine Architect @EveningStarStdo christianwhitehead.com Australia Joined July 2009

Tweets

1K
Followers

31K
Following

144
Likes

518

Kazuyuki Hoshino @KazuyukiHoshino

2 years ago

Can you guess who is who?

11 55 521 47K 36

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

Boosting this link too: linkedin.com/posts/thedavep…

0 12 48 9K 3

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

I have some sad but important news to share. We didn't want to reduce our team size but it is now an unavoidable reality for us. Those leaving are such lovely, well rounded and capable team mates so anyone hiring please reach out

Hunter Bridges @HunterBridges

2 years ago

Unfortunately, due to volatile market conditions in the games industry and operational realities of our business, Evening Star is having to part ways with 6 team members from our Penny’s Big Breakaway development team.

16 136 724 134K 86

8 122 624 31K 54

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

This game has been something of a passion project for my friend and colleague @HunterBridges, combining his love of the Shinkansen & Sound Canvas. If you own a PlayDate and feel like dutifully driving some denizens to their destination please pick it up!

Hunter Bridges @HunterBridges

2 years ago

Zero Zero: Perfect Stop - Launch Trailer

18 151 557 80K 84

2 12 84 10K 8

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@TeeLopes ...and he's only scratching the surface of the iceberg folks!

7 21 438 10K 11

View Details

Paul Veer @pietepiet

2 years ago

Hey! It's Sonic Mania's 7th anniversary today. I dug around my sketchbooks a bit and found the original pencil sketches I did for Chemical Plant Zone Act 2's background layers! The third image is actually pretty close to what the in-game version came out to be.

9 182 828 27K 95

View Details

Tee Lopes @TeeLopes

2 years ago

7 Years of 'Sonic Mania'! 🎉 It's incredible how this non-mainline game is still so widely celebrated, in an oversaturated market! Let's celebrate with an unreleased track, "Pulp Friction Zone" (scrapped for "Press Garden Zone")

138 1K 5K 132K 1K

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

Did you know that the Special Stage UFO was meant to get angry after you reached the Chaos Emerald and chase you down in sudden death for 10 seconds? Thankfully we had mercy and realized it would be challenging enough just reaching Mach 3 on the courses 😅

53 498 3K 65K 268

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

I guess I gotta dig up another piece of Sonic Mania trivia since we've reached 7 years now...

25 80 1K 46K 60

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@dark1x High art mate 🎨

0 0 5 772 0

View Details

Hunter Bridges @HunterBridges

2 years ago

Any friends or referrals of artists who would be interested in doing a key art piece in the style of 80s Sunsoft box art? I need to find someone who can help me make the Catalog promo art for Zero Zero!

8 34 96 28K 11

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@TeeLopes @dark1x

0 0 18 1K 0

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

A big thank you to @dark1x for taking the time and effort to make such an in-depth BTS video. Penny was such a massive learning experience for me, I’m really excited where it will take me next!

Digital Foundry @digitalfoundry

2 years ago

Today on Digital Foundry, it's @dark1x with one of the best developer deep dives we've ever done, going in-depth with @EveningStarStdo on Penny's Big Breakaway. Bespoke tech, amazing access and a unique presentation - check it out! youtu.be/zmzS9vz6h30

6 158 669 188K 79

3 37 361 17K 30

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@HunterBridges @falco_girgis It's been so long since I programmed on the Dreamcast using the WinCE SDK and some burnt CDs haha. Being able to use a modern C++ toolchain with KallistOS sounds amazing!

2 3 70 3K 4

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@HunterBridges @falco_girgis Wow this is awesome! I have thought about how to get Mania running on DC using its GPU in the past. There's definitely some interesting challenges with stuff like the tile layer per-line raster effects

2 1 85 2K 7

View Details

Hunter Bridges @HunterBridges

2 years ago

Penny’s Big Breakaway OST has been nominated among many other worthy game music contenders for the 2024 World Soundtrack Awards! Give us a vote if you could… cc @TeeLopes @SeanBialo worldsoundtrackawards.com/news/vote-for-…

5 14 85 7K 3

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@Sonicninj Nah we weren't trying to do anything artistic with the game numbers, It just ended up that way based on the final mix of Zones

0 0 38 1K 0

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

I loved this demo track! This was Heavy Rider's original stage, which was meant to be separate to Lava Reef. Sadly there was not enough time in the development schedule to realize another full Zone so we had to move Heavy Rider into Angel Island's HPZ.

Tee Lopes @TeeLopes

2 years ago

Fun fact for Sonic's Bday! "Lagoon City Zone Act 2"'s theme derives from a demo I created for a proposed "Hidden Palace Zone" in Sonic Mania. The idea marinated for 7 years, matured, and finally found a home in "Sonic Superstars" last year. This is the 2016 demo! I'm happy

79 832 4K 130K 702

15 124 881 33K 140

View Details

Christian Whitehead @CFWhitehead

2 years ago

@EPH_00 Since HPZ was already done in the Sonic 2 Mobile game, we wanted to do a fresh take, music graphics and all. Similar to how Mirage Saloon shares nothing but vibes with the original lost desert Zone from Sonic 2