Hi I am Dale Santoiemma, cartoonist/artist at Phantom…you might know me from such characters as Cat Crusader, Flameman, Professor and Witherbee, Lil Spookie and Blackbeard just to name a few. I was the character designer for Battle Slots. Which means I created and drew each of the creatures you fight and all the people you [...]

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Battle Slots is FUN! Hi! My name is Kent Stowe and I was the lead Artist/Animator on Battle Slots RPG. I was responsible for most of the game’s main interface and layout, and for the technique effects and animations in Battle Slots. If it blows up, glows, or flies across the screen, I probably made [...]

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Hey everyone!  Aaron Schurman, here. I am the CEO at Phantom EFX and lead the Creative/Design Team. Let me start off by saying YEEEEEEHAWWWW! I am not a cowboy, a wrangler, or John Wayne (although that would be cool).  But a good YEEEEEEHAWWWW grabs your attention, doesn’t it? Battle Slots has been a very fun project.  [...]

Hello my name is Adam Gill and I am the composer/sound designer on Battle Slots.  I created all of the sound effects and composed most of the music for the game. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about the process that went into it. Music Early on in [...]

Hello everyone! My name is Michael Myers (no, not that one), and I am one of the character artists on Battle Slots. The character design and art team consists of two artists, Dale Santoiemma and myself. The initial character designs and concepts were created by Dale, and the artwork was then handed off to me [...]

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