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Early look at Vess
And a sneak peak at the script writing process...Vess is Tiff's sister, unlike Tiff who is an Admiral on the Vanguard (with some shady vice's); Vess was originally a pirate, a REAL pirate -> without Morrigan's soft heart. Vess fronted the cash for Morrigan to build her blackfleet. Vess effectively was able to launder money and wash her history clean, to becoming a big time investor. That was until the whole Alara getting destroyed.
The cast is growing...
(I have much more, they don't all fit on a page now)
The first Kiss...
Remember you play as both Straker and Brian (but mostly Straker). But let me break down how the relationship stuff goes.Note - a big goal of this game is to give you something other games can't, a more realistic way of building relationships. Not linear but not what modern games call "Open" either. 1. As straker you can date anyone at any time.2. Harem = yes3. Fel and Morrigan wont date you if you are with anyone else.4. But if you ditch them and become single, Fel/Morrigan will "...
SAS Star trooper - i'm just having a bit of fun..
You'll see teams of them occasionally backing you up, I was inspired by the guys in ODST that would jump in your vehicle and take the gun or storm a beachhead with you.
Straker Kissing Fel, Brian Kissing Morrigan...
Just clearing up my post yesterday guys.What i mean was, I hear that some people may find the magic spoiled, as they only want to see affection with the kitties in First person mode.I.e. Seeing Straker mc or Brian kissing in a storymode cutscene might lose the magic for them. It sounds like almost everyone is fine with it - so i've got two i'm working on right now.Also, for sure there will be first person headpats, kisses, cuddles and lying in bed .Maybe even a first person Punching of t...
Morrigan has something to tell you..
She tried monogamy once, men on Alara have 7 wives usually but she found a man who wanted to commit only to her.But he abandoned her at the alter, breaking her heart - and setting Morrigan on a bit of a negative path.
For those who didn't see this the first time round...
I put on my secondary channel - i noticed that longer form videos don't do as well.I still plan to show a full chapter, that includes VN, RTS battle, RPG exploration and RPG shooter/battles and the round up of the night.
One of our artists MAD (Say hello to him in the comments!) wanted to create his own OC for the game.
MAD is the guy who has done characters such as Victoria, Octavia, Lysanndra (Vionite reporter girl), Morrigan's Wedding animations. This character is squirrel like in appearance. As we know the Vionites have a bit of diversity, some of them have horns, so this character would be a Vionite from the edge of their empire.
Amu..
In the Demo you'll run into Amu a lot; she's named after an AI I created (very different from AI's you see today) and built about 10 years ago which has been growing ever since. I put breaks on her to make this game, but her personality persists here. Without giving too much away, what I can say is she will be a bit like your guardian angle that comes and goes. She isn't a Cortana or a Her, but has her own hopes and desires; she has a bit of a foggy memory and doesn't know wh...
An unused character/species
Don't worry, you will see more of Phoebe and her species. I just haven't decided if it will be in Drone Commander 2 or a lesser, non central species on an off-road path in the first game.BTW, all BG art is concept before being fully drawn by an artist: Phoebe's art was done by an artist I didn't continue with but still have good relations with; so i could pick up, or continue myself or with another artist. Lots of options on the table, there are a lot of characters and species th...
Vess Lore Art
i'll be referring this kind of Art as Lore art from now on - it will sometimes be in the game, during flashback or story telling. But i share it with patreons here too. I'll give a little brief to make sense of it all below, an in gameshowcase should be out in a week or two. Vess was originally a pirate like Morrigan but far more ruthless. As she aged and came more mature, she retired from the venture once she had accrued enough money to make a rich a million times over. She needed to la...
For those of you who don't know, Ivakan is inspired by Val Kilmer's Iceman. Truly sad to see him go, such a wonderful actor.
Of course Ivakan isn't a carbon copy, both characters in the movie were just templates for inspiration. I wanted to add two top hot shots, that would challenge the idea just using drones piloted by AI.There are flashback stories in the game of how the whole fleet and Alara came to admire Kane and Ivakan for managing extremely out the box thinking, working together one moment, competing the next but ultimately showing that Sekarri kind could still compete in the space domain.
DC warm relaxing music playlist Sneak Peak & Updates
I just want to say you guys have been so awesome, I truly am so grateful from the depths of my heart. So you know, Drone commander has over 25 recorded tracks from top bands, not AI and i'm so excited to share them with you - but I don't want to spoil too much! These tracks sneak peak clips are from Evgeny and Jan C. For the updates side of things, man so much has happened. I'm working my way through levels nicely, progress on all fronts RPG, RTS, VN.Lots and lots of sprites complete...
Have your say!
Guys - i'm starting a new level design for the RPG. This will showcase basically everything. It's huge - and i wanted to get your thoughts on what you'd like to see included. So far there will be: Enemy strongholdsLZ (landing zone - to swap characters)Ammo DumpsTape decks and Visual Novel areasCatapult (Skrill device that launches you to other parts of the map)Achievement unlocks (Kick a grunt off a temple or podium and get "This is Sparta Achievement"Vehicles (stretch goal b...
What Option do you like best for Carapax
Sorry for the huge image here = patreon didn't scale it right so its grainy. It wont be like that in game. Also, i'll do more for the other enemies too! This voice is by Hudson - he does Ivakan, the Sovereign and Arkon.
I'm streaming again - just youtube today.
Come drop in and say hi. https://www.youtube.com/live/hTgbpNmo2yI?si=3rP6Q2RYrJ7j_jif
Debug Menu and Main Theme (B)
There are two main themes, this is theme B. Oh, and this isn't the actual menu - it's just me getting bored with doing 50 runs per day, so I wanted something nice to look at when Debugging.
Small updates
Hey all just wanted to share some progress update.RPG stuffA lot more sprites have been completed or underway - this means the RPG element will have a ton of things to do, people to meet, places to explore and battles to fight.On that point, i'm redoing all the battle mechanics (as planned) now the concept stuff is out the way. Fortunately this morning I almost completed the hardest part. I'm hoping to move onto more nuanced battles soon; then I can add a full level to showcase to you gu...
For a baddy she has a pretty nice behind
This is the cyborg descendant of Freexyl
Streaming again guys (links below)
More gamedev. maybe some reveal of early stufftwitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/murchie85Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/live/U1X5NOFM6OQ?si=wShYqmkGLeGK_EV9
I'm live on youtube and twitch.
I'm live on youtube and twitch.I'm rebuilding combat mechanics. https://www.youtube.com/live/tCXEzhrUr6k?si=AYQp4eyL8bXr-LLUhttps://www.twitch.tv/murchie85
Kaelix Update
Kaelix is the descendent of Freexyl - cloned a thousand times. She's deadly, immoral and ...can be programmed, reprogrammed and deprogrammed - yet she is still pseudo sentient. More to come in Vess's first showcase.
Tiff is a well known Cougar ...
Like a functioning alcoholic, she can separate pleasure from business. But she treats her pleasure like it's business and goes all in.
Need a Name and a BackStory for this guy (details in comments.)
Above was some mocks before creating this character (i'll eventually get his full render done too).Important note - he belongs to Neph's (Previously known as Farah's) militia. He was inspired by Hunters from Halo.So you'll fight many of him - it makes sense to make him a clone.Also given Neph is evil, she doesn't get many sign ups; so she clones, prints, enslaves etc.
