I hope this update finds everyone well. Just wanted to do the final update of the year. Financials will be updated tommorow with the patreon post. We are making some serious headway, but I have to break it down so it's easier to get a good grasp of what is happening. First things first. To distract you.... PADORU!!! I made a wallpaper engine Padoru wallpaper of the cast. Here is the link to download it and play with it! [previewyoutube=1J8VBW5fzf8;full][/previewyoutube] I couldn't have done this without the collective efforts of the entire cast! Many thanks to them and all of the artists that gave us permissions to animate their padorus! Updates Updates Updates! So let's break it down. There is alot being made right now. And a big chunk of it is already work past the scope of the demo. Art Assets: Promotional Art: Art done by Ptolevian , these are going to be in the final release of the Digital Release. One more is finished, and the other is 80 percent. One of the husbandos, an Oni Cat Demon, Kitty McPancakes , is chillin in his dark suit and dressed gear.
Work in Progress, but should be done in a week or so is Benosphere! , slavic squat pronounced and asserting his dominance!
We will be continuing these until the whole cast is done. Who is going to be next I wonder? Live 2D Character Art: In a nutshell, a ton was done. By both of our character artists! Three models with one more planned to start in December. First let's show you what we have done. First two were done by our Main character artist, LittleChaos. The first is YOU, the female MC, patterned after PuppiMinMin.
Yes she has five outfits. This is because the MC will have 8 routes to go through! With budget contraints, this is the most diversity we can reasonable pull for the story. Considering you are playing in first person POV, you will see these sporadically throughout the game. However, we can't cut any corners right? Of coarse we are adding this Expression. It's just not on the reference sheet XD.
Next up, Little Chaos should be finishing up Natsumi Moe's Model. She will have three outfits, as the main transportation throughout the game.
The answer is Yes, she will have her own bit of story you can dig in. With the help of Moe herself, we have really nailed down her personality in game. I can't spoil post demo story, but we are already well into the story, and Moe is one of the first Vtubers you will meet. Who is next for Little Chaos? Our very own AI, Ai Candii! . We have also been working together to add some spice to her outfits in game. I can't wait to show you what is in store! Next up is Puri's work! Puri has been working on the Male MC for over a month, and it is complete. The Male MC is patterned after VincentHeart SN the VA for the male main character route.
The next model Puri will be working on will be Comrade Del. Del's may start as early as January, but no later than February. There is one more that may start in February... for now, I can tell you that Alfy, our H artist, is drawing both model forms.... You can probably guess who will most likely be focused on H content. XD. Rigging: Rigging and animation takes time, and we have to stagger funds to ensure work is spread out. So rigging will probably commence Mid January with the models we have currently done. H Scene is almost completely rigged, with animations being added in January. This is to be in time with our Unity work concerning the Prefabs and scene layouts for the H Scenes and galleries. Focus after the demo H Scene will be on the main story assets, with some scenes staggered in as we reach them in game. Depending on funds and donations, the H scenes will be what slow us down in the long term. Unity:
These are the prefabs for the NPC Silhouettes. There will be a myriad of npcs throughout the game that will fill the world. These will be the animated models for these npcs. We will add more and more to diversify these npcs as much as we humanly can. Asterella Star's Prefabs are complete. [previewyoutube=lDIsg2zojnw;full][/previewyoutube] The main plus points is these are full featured. And all of the Live 2D Characters almost have to have these features. We have animated Hentai to plan after all! XD. The features working NOW are: 1. Eye Tracking the Speaker 2. Voice Acting Lip Sync for Characters 3. Motions 4. Expressions 5. Dynamic Eye Blinking 6. Breathing 7. Real Time Physics. The big one is the Eye tracking. We will refine this and make it immersive as possible. For instance. If another character is on screen, she will look at them. If YOU are speaking, she will look at you. Next: Save states is done! And we are currently ensuring live 2d assets work perfectly in script and throughout the story scenes. After that, we are on UI. This includes: Galleries, Save Menus, PDA Menus, H Scene Menus, plus numerous little touches here and there to ensure everything works seamlessly. On top of this Fan Art! Yes we will have collectable galleries of fan art you can find throughout the game. The systems should be in the demo, but I will see if we can add one or two fan art pieces in to show you proof of concept. Note: The demo being released will mean that the Unity Systems are over 90 percent complete and functional! Writing and setup of assets will only accelerate after the demo is dropped. With all the functions in place, writing will commence in earnest (even though I am already 160 pages into the story already.) So the demo will basically be a full blown game engine, ready to go. We may refine some things as we progress, but most of the normal functions planned will be in the demo. Translations: It's looking like we should have full language support across the board for the demo release! Translations is at 75 percent roughly, and we will be immediately inputting it into Unity the moment all the UI is complete. We are almost there. So close to planning the roll out of closed beta. I appreciate everyone's patience, and really looking forward to writing this amazing story for all of you! For the patreon members, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the donations so far. They helped out some artists this month with Christmas! Your update is tommorow with the financial reports! Until next month! O7 TherinWhitten