It's only one episode so it was rather forgotten, but it's got a good ominous vibe. Feels kind of Shin Megami Tensei to me.

It started as Daimazinger, but they couldn't decide on a direction so they split the project up. Daimajuu Gekitou got the horror story and Dangaioh got the action.

I added some jagged parts to try to invoke a shark or piranha as a way of adding a visual connection with water, and hopefully thus with ice and ice hockey. 12/12

but I got the image in my head of Masami Obari giving Gravion exaggeratedly sharp blades on its feet and felt like doing the same with the skates would be a very fun. 11/12

I also felt like Ariga puts in a lot of effort to give Robot Masters unique feet through their booster arrays. Goalie Woman would already be wearing skates for ice hockey so that's uncommon, 10/12

and since Goalie Woman looks like she's in Canadian flag colours I based the extra hand on the space shuttle Canadarm. 9/12

and thought I could do that to make Goalie Woman's back less plain. Rather than a weapon, I thought additional hands would better fit the focus on catching things as with the vacuum arm, 8/12

Then to build on the design further, I reviewed @arigamegamix.bsky.social x.bsky.social 's Robot Master redesigns. I wanted to keep the design feeling like it's in the realm of Mega Man. I liked how he gave folks like Crash Man and Skull Man new hidden weapons, 7/12

The design on the chest is also similar to the heart on Youko's super suit, but I made it more abstract. Coincidentally, this also gave Goalie Woman colours similar to a Canadian flag, which is also fitting for the ice hockey theme. 6/12

But I still wanted to have some remnant of superhero history in there, so I picked colours similar to Youko Misaki from Gowapper 5 Gordam, and similarly wanted her to be a woman despite her armour's bulky frame. 5/12

it didn't seem right for a Showa era superhero, but it was perfect for a goalie whose main purpose was to be good at catching things. So I figured that I should really be going all in on the goalie concept. 4/12

Hockey goalies wear a bulky costume that covers their whole body, so I thought it would lend well to a robot. But when I tried to visualize it, I couldn't get it to look like a superhero. Additionally, when I actually looked at the rules and saw the suction arm requirement, 3/12

without knowing the specifics, I got the idea of a Showa era superhero robot. Tatsunoko's Gowapper 5 and Ippatsuman have sports equipment motifs, and I figured that would lend more to a robot than an animal motif like Kamen Rider. 2/12

I think it'll be fun to go into the thought process behind this one.

Since Mega Man draws influence from Showa era superheroes like Casshern and Kikaider, when I first heard there was a new boss design contest, without knowing the specifics, 1/12

These are the last details I wanted to take note of before I start on the art for the proper submission, the Canadarm-like appendage.

It comes out of the center, so it's got a thumb on both sides. I'm not thinking too much about the logistics, but this 'glove' should be soft so it can be stored.

I briefly thought about pucks and hockey sticks - like, maybe her backpack could have shot pucks at Mega Man instead - but she's Goalie Woman and not Hockey Woman, so I wanted her to be focused on defending and catching.

But now I want to at least doodle her with a hockey stick sword extra weapon.

why is there a picture of someone else when the father of indie gaming is clearly ZUN

This got posted on ResetEra, it looks like people enjoyed it. We're also discussing some details that weren't covered in the blog. www.resetera.com/threads/did-...

Not familiar with any of this, since I'm probably nowhere nearby, but I figure maybe I could try spreading the word a bit. Are these all relevant to what you're talking about?

cwa-union.org/news/release...

meowwolf.com

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow_Wolf

Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't help but see that as a combination of Donkey Kong and Gort.