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Rough character proposal...
I will stop here for bed, but I think generally this is the right direction.It's very straggly which can be cleaned up easily enough - but now ill shift her to facing forward for some dialogue scenes.
10 mintues later....lot of clean up to do
how's she looking so far? I think she will be the second character i'll add for hte foxes.
Busy...
Some sketches take me an hour, some take me a morning, some like the last one take a week...and even then I use adobe tools to clean up my shitty lines.This one is 60 minutes in aseprite... so far
Fox Rebel - Needs a name
In game will be a lot more cleaner, and simpler. What will be infinitely complex will be the rendering on hertho.
Sketch prototypes?
Do you want to see more or less of my doodles for the thought process?
So I start with a semi-thicc dragon...
That can stand on two feet and has subtle feminine qualities.
Thanks for joining guys
It's really encouraging me to work harder on this.
...and again, the process begins (mini blog)
Stage one - Ideation and inspiration. I'm trying to think of what colours to go for, snout extension size and clothing.Stage Two - will be scribbles, then eventually some lineart.Stage Three - will be getting you guys to help me narrow down.Stage Four - initial colour and edits.Stage Five - Full render.Meanwhile, i'm looking into collaborating with MusiciansBy collaborate, I mean pay someone good :)The good news is, I have literally hundreds reaching out to me, i'm even in touch with...
As promised - Drone Commander Devlog
I time capped it to 10 minutes, in this I talk about.Artwork, how I plan, prototype, draw and refine.Coding - what is the progress so far?Game Design : How it all fits together and why I made certain choicesAspirations: What the vision for the game is.I didn't go deep into the code or art style - but more than happy to do so on a future devlog.
Ready for battle
We've got quite a few people join in recent days so i'll do the occasional repost so we aren't missing out!
Unused assets p2 (Casual Fel)
Everytime I think of Demi Fel i get so conflicted, I really like her character but it's hard to have her in the game without making everyone else Demi too...if the game ever takes off in a big way, maybe i'll do just that!
Unused assets Part 1 - Casual Fel (Demi)
I do plan to eventually use it as maybe a future extension, just with so many changes; whatever I draw for the furry version needs to exist for the demi one.For now focusing on all anthro versions. Then once the main part of the game is complete, depending on the interest from followers I could add them in!
Simple Live Battle MOCK (Very Old)
For an earlier RTS I experimented with a 'Battle Mode'.Note the graphics, layout are all just a simple mockThe idea is your squadrons meet and you get this kind of scene, there are tons of buttons sliders, ATB interventions that you can control as a commander (rather than individually selecting units)I.e. Click on 'Release missile salvo', or 'Self destruct', ' EMP enemy ships', 'Board Enemy ships'How this would be implemented in Drone Commander is that it ...
What type of Strategy do you prefer?
Apologise if this is a bit too long of a post.I'm early enough in development I could pivot to either (i've done this before a lot!) Full RTS means like Starcraft, Command and Conquer etcTurn based means like Civiization, FF tactics, Fire Emblem etcWhilst I have the RTS basics all done, a few people have suggested I switch to a tactics style game. Building a Turn Based strategy has advantages: - 50% less dev time- Easier to immerse with CGI, Visual Novel scenes- Lets me complete the firs...
Sneak peak at Rhyzark in game
Still VERY buggy - lot to iron out and will use different os music but wanted to share a glimpse of progress today.
Krita V 1.2 (Improvements)
Just a little extra polish- More story- Text alignment improved (it doesn't hang over, but still needs more polish- Relationship lv Up animation- Sound improvements.
Honestly, I love this...
I've uploaded the video in addition to the youtube link because its clearer and higher quality.Let me know your feedback guys!
OH YES!! Introducing Krita: Share the hell out of this one!
Note the animated background..Notice the relationship meters, unfortunately this short vid we don't get too see any relationship LV ups but will show that in the next one.It's all coming together 😸
Another old game I built - Steel Spirit
Because i'm doing some pretty boring coding stuff that doesn't have much pretty things to show for it just now, i'll share some of my older works to keep this patreon fresh.This is steel spirit, absolutely everything was done by me, the code, the art, the design. This is so far beyond Pygames original limitations i added tons of custom functions.I use them in drone commander...so it all comes in handy!
Showcasing some of my other works..
This game lifted that I built is an absolute hoot. In this chapter you steal a psychologists licence and start getting paid to give out bad advice.The game is set in an alternate dystopian reality in 1999, you are in big debt and need to escape the city - you are desperate to take on any jobs, collecting junk, peddling contraband...hacking BlabGPT..you name it!
Relationship Indicators
Bottom right - green is her feelings towards you.Blue are your feelings towards her.If you hover over, it will expand out to show you values for your loyalty, attraction, admiration etc.Note, this is the most amount of stuff that will be on the screen at one time...appreciate it's getting a bit cramped now.
Changes to Relationships
I decided to change how the relationships work. Now it's a bit more sophisticated, suffice to say, the things we need to care about as players are:- Treating people in a certain way will unlock certain events (or preclude them)- Someone can be in a bad mood with you, but still love you, have unyielding loyalty etc.- Burning bridges with certain characters aren't permanent, you can work to restore faith and trust...even turn it right round.
Explaining how Relationships works
I wanted to take this time to explain the (current approach) to developing relationships with characters.There are multiple impacts: Attraction, Loyalty, Mood etc.More than what is shown in the picture.So, if he/she has:High attraction + High Experience (XP) = LoveLow loyalty + High Experience (XP) = HateYour actions increase or decrease these values: but not linearly, some increase more or less based on the character (I do this by using weightings).Someone can't fall in love with you immedi...
