This time this one is late (for Patrons) because I was getting off and on sick. The body is too fragile and is trying to contain me, but obviously it couldn’t do much because look at all that progress! Let’s just jump right into it!
Art
Diana and Yulia’s sprites are coming along wonderfully, of which most of the recent progress was seen in this premium 4-hour stream! Since the vlogs take place during particular times of day in the same exact place, the light source is more specific. We wanted to give the sprites a dreamlike feel, and we felt that lighting from behind achieved that look very nicely.
And while this is a part of the “miscellaneous” section on paper, the main key art is also coming along! We had a public stream for this one that showcased me struggling to understand the perspective ruler in Clip Studio as well as the Low Poly Farmer Man. This man was instrumental in ensuring Merope was in the right spot for the 3D reference image we created just for this piece:
Check out those data center towers. It was kind of a pain creating them, but once you make one all you have to do is use the array modifier in Blender.
Miscellaneous
Yet another premium stream came with our first try at doing a user interface creation stream! We’ve started the mockup process. The color palette is still a bit of a WIP, but the general idea that we’re going for is “Linux”. Initially we considered making it resemble more of a minimalistic terminal, but ended up choosing more of a modern user interface. It’s still rather minimalistic, just not to the extent that was originally planned.
Is That The Programming Section
Yes it is. This section just means “I made the Ren’Py project”, which is actually very important all things considered.
I’m happy to have given a more comprehensive monthly progress report after the lack of the previous two! Please look forward to what May has in store!
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