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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 11/11/2025

a little art/animation experiment i did awhile back for AM, when i was thinking about mounted units on an armored dinosaur

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 05/11/2025

Dev blog #15 is up for Patreons! In this one, I chat about the new Terrain Peek UI, Terrain Effects, and Volcanic Plains.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 06/10/2025

A compilation of over a year's worth of dev blog thumbnails from my patreon! A lil thing that I thought would be fun to see all together

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 05/10/2025

Dev blog #14 is up for Patreons! In this one, I chat about more behind the scenes things like Blueprint refactors, how some systems work, and some more enhancements. There's also a short video showing a quick full turn with the new UI.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 27/09/2025

Some sticker test runs from today :)

3.5" One Eyed Wolf glitter vinyl stickers

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 16/09/2025

they're in my game too (this is a older screenshot)

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 15/09/2025

the concept art, painted by me in 2018! i created the model and animation later

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 03/09/2025

Dev blog #13 is up for Patreons! In this one, I show a little dialogue snippet for a map, and talk about creating the Action Prediction submenu UI/UX. Unfortunately, this is a short one, but I hope yall enjoy it nonetheless!

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 30/08/2025

To save time on animating for my game demo, I combined my human rig with my dinosaur rig. Obviously corrections still need to be made per animation (like this animation right here isn't corrected, this is just the human run cycle thrown right on) but it's incredibly effective

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 01/08/2025

Dev blog #12 is up for Patreons! In this one, I chat about major UI overhauls for the game, including a new Action Selector menu for the Grid gameplay mode and a title screen specifically for demos.

Dev Blog #12 for the game demo, Ars Meteorica, on Patreon. Meteor is facing off against a theropan bandit, with two combat toast UIs describing their actions. Cute stickers are overlaid on top.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 09/07/2025

Hey, I'm Sarah. I'm an artist, 3d animator, UI/UX designer, and developer located in the American Midwest. I'm the creator of Ars Meteorica, a fantasy strategy game (demo) set in a world with anime-inspired humans and sentient theropod dinosaurs. Tech art and programming languages are my jam 🌟

Meteor (left) with Auryn, a dromi theropan Sword Priest. Meteor is holding a Tero on her right arm

Character creation in Ars Meteorica. Select between human or dromi.

Meteor fights a One-Eyed Wolf in an in-game Encounter

3d models made by me!
Top left: A galli theropan
Top right: Orebus, a dilo theropan (left) with his blood-brother, Anaximander, a human (right)
Bottom left: A allocine theropan (muscular type)
Bottom right: A Moss Covered Being and its shader

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 07/07/2025

Dev blog #11 is up for Patreons! In this one, I chat a bit about my overhaul of Pathfinding using Dijkstra's algorithm, which also works for multi-tile units and lets characters traverse correctly over terrain with cliffs and other features.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 31/05/2025

Dev Blog #10 is up for Patreon subscribers! In this edition, I share a new outfit for Meteor, new art, the new Galli theropan type, updates for the Meteor Maker, some Treasured Keepsake and Birthplace Memory lore, and cool bones.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 26/05/2025

i have many birds. an extensive fake bird collection

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 21/05/2025

Meteor #ArsMeteorica A mysterious stranger discovered by the young theropan princess Yonec and her human brother, River, in the aftermath of a meteor impact. Struck directly by a Red Meteor, Meteor bears a Star Curse and has no memory of her old life, save for the fragmented lais in her pocket.

An illustration of the human version of the protagonist of Ars Meteorica, Meteor. She is dressed in a mysterious robe, and holds a flame in her right hand and a book in the other.

An illustration of the theropan version of the protagonist of Ars Meteorica, Meteor.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 20/05/2025

in my game, enemies drop items when defeated and your characters will pick them up! collect reptiles and cicadas and shiny rocks and cool bones

Ars Meteorica gameplay screenshot. Yonec (pronounced Yo-NECK), an "acrocan theropan," is mid victory pose after defeating an enemy. She has picked up 3 items: an Amethyst Chunk, a Green Cicada, and a Green Lizard.

Ars Meteorica gameplay screenshot. Meteor, a human, is mid victory pose after defeating an enemy. She has picked up 3 items: a Green Striped Lizard, a Red-Eyed Cicada, and a Cracked Theropan Tooth.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 19/05/2025

a lil crop of some art i'll post soon (Meteor Ars Meteorica)

a woman dressed as a hooded mysterious mage holds a book with a sigil on it in one hand and a flame in the other.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 03/05/2025

Dev Blog #9 is up for Patreon subscribers! In it I show human Meteor's new face, talk a little bit about dialogue tree based cinematics, share some drawings, and show off dromi Meteor.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 02/05/2025

working on dropping a new dev blog sometime today. meteor's new face, cinematics work, and more birds in clothes

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 03/04/2025

A new dev blog is up for Patreon subscribers. In this one, I chat a bit about converting the game to Mac, then from UE4.27 to UE5, show the wip UI for Experience Gained and Loot, the new Desert Biome, and the new title screen.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 02/04/2025

some kind of western showdown about to happen here

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 15/03/2025

A basic attacking sequence for Auryn (class: Sword Priest)

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 14/03/2025

decided to take a break and let myself imagine what if you could make Meteor (my game's customizable protagonist) a theropan instead of a human

a dromaeosaur dressed in fantasy rpg clothes

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 03/03/2025

Dev blog #7 is up for Patreon subscribers! In this one, I show off last month's animation work on the dromi (there's a lot of animations in there hence the gif warning) and drop some lore on Auryn, the Sword Priest.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 26/02/2025

would you like to [🖱️ interact] with mr green dinosaur

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 26/02/2025

somehow making a video game where you talk to dinosaurs in the 2025 hellscape :)

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 14/02/2025

happy uh (checks calendar) hug and kiss a dinosaur day

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 09/02/2025

bringing green dinosaur guy technology to your screen

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 03/02/2025

Dev blog #6 up for Patreon subscribers! In this one I talk about doors, letting npcs move around, and making the dromi. Link in reply. 🌟

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 02/02/2025

Here is a Percival apology screenshot

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 05/01/2025

He's one of my oldest characters, almost a decade now. I love him. Here's some more of my old art of him (size not accurate)

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 05/01/2025

It's going to be the year of the snake, so here's Bisclavret (left) and Meteor (right) #arsmeteorica

A very tall snake monster hybrid creature (Bisclavret) looks at what an armored human woman (Meteor) is holding, a piece of red meteorite. The text description reads: "Bisclavret. A servant of House Laramides for the past age. He was created by a necroarchaeomancer in the time of Beron Greenamber, c. 900 years ago, to serve in a war. He is the very last of the House’s loyal war beasts to have survived."

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 02/01/2025

No one in particular. It's a kind of creature called a "Tero" in universe. They're very common

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 02/01/2025

happy new years!!! this is Meteor (left) and Auryn (right)

a red haired armored human woman (Meteor) holds a pterosaur guy on her arm like a falconer. next to her a dromaeosaur dinosaur (Auryn) looks at it. He has a sword on his back and is dressed in robes

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 31/12/2024

Posting this a little early since it's the holidays and all and I've got some stuff to catch up on. Ars Meteorica: Dev Blog #5 is up for Patreon subscribers! Read about what I've been up to during December. Link in the replies.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 03/12/2024

Dev Blog #4 is up on Patreon! Come read about some stuff I did for my game in November.

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 13/11/2024

Triceratops Encounter (wip)

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 12/11/2024

earrings are kinda rare in character creators. So I added them to mine! I love earrings!!!

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 11/11/2024

Another part in the "animating triceratops for my rpg" saga

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 10/11/2024

Quickly animating an idle pose

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 08/11/2024

Turns out I already had a run cycle for my trike from like 2 years ago, so I just fixed it up. So here's the process of doing that

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Sarah @mosscoveredbeing.com · 06/11/2024

This is a four tile enemy type (triceratops) you will encounter somewhat frequently. They are slow, and have a lot of health. Giantswords and magic are very effective against them

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