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Just for Patrons: Flux Destiny: Battlegate
🕑 Added 2023-05-05 15:30:04 +0000 UTC
Flux Destiny began as a webcomic series I created when I was younger in 2005 called "Battlegate." It was a time when webcomics were new on the scene and people would wait literally weeks for their favorite web comic creators to update a single page—something unthinkable now.
I wanted to create a story that was meaningful, funny, dramatic, magical, and adventurous at the same time. But I was so new to storytelling. This was way before I was producing anime and movies as Head of Original Anime at Funimation.
But I took the leap. I created the characters of Hugo and Marco and just went—not knowing exactly where it would go.
I also wanted to create a webcomic with a "real" style, and not an overtly digital one which was common at the time (and today still). So, the 150 or so pages were all drawn by hand... on PAPER... and scanned to be digitally colored using brushes that best mimicked a style that I saw often in the old Nintendo Power comics. (At least that was my best attempt at it, lol)
In short order, Battlegate became one of the top ranked webcomics of the time.
But the problem was that I didn't know where I was going. I didn't have all the foundations of the world figured out. Just two characters that I threw into a half-baked world.
I ultimately hit a wall when I couldn't figure out how to go any further.
I would spend the next several years working tirelessly to create a deeply thoughtful world with its own unique magic system, characters, and backstory that were all interconnected.
This took me YEARS.
After the relaunch of Flux Destiny in its current form with the Fortuna's Rings book, Battlegate was still available as a full-color book on Amazon.
However, as the new Flux Destiny began to take off, the differences between Battlegate and the current Flux Destiny were so dramatic, that I didn't want people to get confused.
So I discontinued the physical book, and removed Battlegate from the web.
I can't tell you how many times I've been asked for Battlegate pages since then. Yesterday, I had a conversation on Twitter with a long time fan of mine, Jordan, who had found me through Battlegate.
That conversation led me to decide to open Battlegate back up—but ONLY to my Patrons here as a special bonus.
It's very important that you know that Battlegate is not canon in the slightest to the Flux Destiny universe. Nothing about it exists in the current world in any way.
You've got to look at it like a "first draft."
So, with all that blabbering aside, I'm please to present you, my amazing Patrons, with access to the webcomic that started it all...
BATTLEGATE
Use this link: http://www.fluxdestiny.com/battlegate
And use the password:
🔐✨👉2023patr3onfam
I trust you'll keep the password to yourselves and not share!
Comments
RC
haha I'm sorry dude, I lost many friends over that ending XD
Dante Sabertooth
I was loving it and then I reached the end, and now I don't love it so much anymore TwT
Dante Sabertooth
Hugo is such an adorable little devil <3 Loved Battlegate, the characters are super charismatic
RC
I just realized that the link might not be working properly--- use this one: http://www.fluxdestiny.com/battlegate
RC
haha man, you're an OG fan!!! I had such a great time making that webcomic... you know I actually did it on PAPER?? I don't think I have that energy to do that today lol... those were simpler times when people could wait a week for a page lol.
Max Farlane
I read this way back then with Coz/Effect too, I loved the story!
Chris Moujaes
That means a lot to me, Allan, thank you for that and I hope you enjoy the webcomic as much as I did making it :D
Allan Meyer
Thank you for being willing to share this. And the fact you did the project for seven years -by yourself- shows the concept is sound.
Mark Zschiegner
Awesome, And I hope this will also lead to Coz/Effect coming back as a Patreon exclusive
Jordan Trimble
I love I our conversation made this happen. I never though you would make it accessible to everyone. I know it isn’t cannon. But it’s just cool to see where flux destiny for people here. I love where flux destiny is now and how you moved past the battle gate. I have so much from back then. I’m so glade I meet you back then and started back then and have been here this whole journey. You are such and amazing creator and have come so far!!! I can’t wait to see the future of flux destiny!!! Always support you and be your number 1 fan!!
