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Focusing on Short Animations Going Forward
Heads up to all supporters for upcoming changes to my Patreon page tomorrow.The ChangesAs of tomorrow, I will be pivoting my efforts, and my Patreon page, into producing Size Kink Animations. Just like the ones I did this last month during my "break".I also want to say I am sorry for putting out this notice so late, it's been a crazy month.The ReasonsFor the past 10-12 months I've been unable to make my games get any significant traction, despite your folks generous help. It'...
Distracted Link Animation - 2160p
Here is my newest giantess animation featuring the Zelda characters. A week earlier for you guys here on Patreon.I hope you guys enjoy the early release, this one is going on twitter only next week. I need to figure some other stuff out in the next few days, then I will let you guys know what is up with all this animation shenanigan's.
Distracted Link: 1080p Animation Blockout
Here is the rough blockout for the following animation I am aiming to launch this month.All that is left to do is to polish the animation, fix some rig issues, create a little environment, and do the lighting and materials.
Tea Time For Zelda - HD Animation
Here is a 1080p version of the little Zelda short I made.It's doing well online and I will see if I am able to make another little animation before the end of the month.
Important Notice To Patreons
I have just paused Patreon billing for this coming month of May.May is the month of my birthday so I decided to take some time away from working on Radiant Star. I might still work on some other stuff or even open commissions.I also need to rethink the development of the game as the game has been getting less and less interest over time, despite my best efforts to turn it around.PS: Billing will resume on the 30th of May, according to Patreon.
Radiant Star Overture Month 8 & 9 Recap
Here are the last two recaps in one! These last two months were quite challenging for me, even though they were not the flashiest.You can also read this recap on the blogfor some extra images.Menu MarchMost of all my work during March went into reworking the game menu systems to work with Unreal's new CommonUI framework. The goal was to offer a better experience and feedback in menu navigation both on Mouse and Keyboard as well as Gamepad and it should make it easier to implement the missing...
Radiant Star: Overture 0.1.13 Update
These last two weeks I was taking some time away from implementing systems and did an overall balancing pass on the game to show it off at SizeCon[Micro] if you are attending be sure to drop by.Enemy AI & Shrink TroopersI improved the enemy AI a bit more and their behaviors should lead to a bit more engaging moments now, you can read the changes on the patch notes below. There are also Bretonian Shrink Troopers in Survival of the Biggest, these enemies will be also handling a shrink ray and c...
Radiant Star: Overture 0.1.12 Update
The last two weeks I kept working on improving the game’s underlying UI systems and now we have a new way to interact with the game world.The Future is MobileOur main character now has access to a phone menu by pressing Tab/Select. This is designed to be versatile and easy to develop for. It resembles, and replaces, the interaction menu from the shops in the game. The plus side is that it will also provide other features that can be accessible anywhere in the game world and it has controller s...
Radiant Star: Overture 0.1.11a Update
I overhauled the UI systems in the game, this should make navigating the UI on Gamepad far better.This last update is mainly under the hood improvements to the UI system. These changes should provide a more polished experience navigating the UI, especially on Gamepads.The Credits screen is also available from the Main Menu now. People supporting the game at certain tiers get to be displayed in the credits going forward.*For those who are featured in the credits and wish not to be anymore contact...
Photostudy and Big Shinanigans
As some of you may already have seen I've been doing a photo study from a photo of Solomia Maievska.It was suggested by another artist as an exercise for me to improve. Here is the photo in question I will work on it a tad bit more, to learn the most I can out of the photo. After that, I will do some Beeg Tifa Fanart with it! The second image attached is a test of what I've been thinking.
Bretonians Vol.4
Crystal TechnologyIn modern times the crystals in the Bretonian home world have become a great asset to their society. Long ago it was discovered that once resonating, if a crystal is energized with a significant amount of energy it will generate a tangible field around itself. The fields generated by raw crystals are unstable and have unexpected shapes. Over many years of research, Bretonians have discovered that lapidating the crystals in specific shapes will generate more stable and reliable ...
Exo-Suit Certified HD
Just a little doodle I started while uploading the new build around.
Radiant Star: Overture 0.1.10a Update
Last month was a bit busy but I managed to make a few updates to the game.DownloadYou can download the new build on Itch: https://labchurros.itch.io/rsoChanges Vocalization for Enemies was changed. New Free Roam Environment.Free RoamThe new Free Roam map is a substitute for the old test environment and is where I will be testing new mechanics and assets going forward. Right now it only features an Arena and the Size Plaza but I will be adding more stuff there as development goes on.
Super Citizen Helldiver Raven - HD
HD versions of that Helldiver Raven illustration I made, just for the patrons. And a few more information.What is this drawing nonsense?One of the things I set out to do this year is to pick up drawing again and get better at it. The goal is for me to be able to create my own concepts for the game without having to figure everything out in 3D.I did a few fan art illustrations this past week or so because that is something easy to pick up and has a wider appeal, which could bring some eyes into t...
Radiant Star Month 7 Recap
Here is the recap for month 7, February 2024.Radian Star: OvertureFrom this month on Project Oasis is now Radiant Star: Overture. And currently all builds will be available for free for anyone to play, for the why: read here. I’ve been updating the game’s Itch page, where it will be available for download going forward.My goal is to be able to develop the game to a state where I can sell it for a one time payment instead of charging a monthly subscription for updates, then finish it and repe...
Human Engineer Face Sculpting
Today I was working on polishing and figuring out the look of the game's playable character face.
Moar Super Raven!
Since no one suggested any character I will be doing more Raven.Tune in tomorrow on my Picarto to watch me try to finish this piece.https://picarto.tv/ViolentFran/profileYou can follow me there to get notified of any future streams.
Helldiver Raven-28
I am taking some time to study drawing again. Let me know in the comments who else you want to see as a SUPER CITIZEN, pick some mean ones!It's been some time since I've been feeling the ability for me to draw is a problem for the development of Radiant Star. So I pushed myself to stream my learning struggles with drawing, to fight procrastination.Since I am still working on the last-voted character model for the game. Let me know what characters you would like to see turned into dubious...
The Bretonian Sit
Just a gif version of a little animation i made for twitter a few days ago.
Sculpting Naked Humans
I want to focus next on finishing the Player character model. Both in uniform and out o.<
Radiant Star: Overture 0.1.9a Update
The new build of the game is now available to download over at Itch. Had to remake the post because the link's embedded thumbnail was too spice for a public Patreon post.Here is the link to the Itch page: https://labchurros.itch.io/rsoFollowing the discussions from a little while back on the future of the game's development. Project Oasis is now Radiant Star: Overture and it's available free for everyone to play.The game's development is still supported by Donations, mainly from ...
About Missing Patreon Posts...
This is just a heads-up that I had to set some older posts to Patreon only.I was unaware that even though my Patreon creator page is set to 18+, I was not allowed to make lewd public posts. Luckily fellow Patreon artists informed me about that before it turned into a problem. So I went back and changed all posts containing nudity and whatnot to Patreon only.This does suck a bit since some posts that were meant to be free information are now Patreon only, like a few Development Recaps. I will mak...
Project Oasis Month 6 Recap
Here are is the recap for the month 6 of development.EnvironmentMost of my work this month was in creating a better environment for the game. I am quite inexperienced at environment art so it's taking a while. It's still mostly a blockout but it's starting to come together.Dialog SystemI started working on a dialog system. It's already working and it's quite versatile. This is my favorite of the latest updates, it will allow me to add dialog scenes far more easily to this gam...
Project Oasis Patreon Build V0.1.8
The build with the first pass on the new map is up to download!New MapI've started working on the new map for the game. It is just a first pass and I am still not quite happy with it.Minimap and OverhangsI've also added a Minimap radar to the UI, this should help players find points of interest in the map and missing enemies. There are a few overhangs now on the new level, this is because I finally added a way to handle the player growing in tight spaces. Be careful, if you grow where yo...
Progress from last stream
Last Friday I did a little character art stream, after being bored of too much level design work.I stream over Picarto.Tv: https://picarto.tv/ViolentFran/profile . Follow me up there to get notified when I am live.
Project Oasis Month 5 Recap
Writing this one a little late, so let's see if I remember what I worked on last month.New Player CharacterI decided to save the ginger character I was working on for a different role later on in development. So I set up a poll for patrons to pick the general look of the new player character. After voting was over I started working on the new model following the voted attributes: Blond Middle Eastern with long hair. There is still a lot of work to be done but I am happy with how she is turni...
Help Me Update The Patreon and Benefits
Help me update the Patreon benefits for 2024!This new year I would like to start doing more art streams and writing more on the codex. Also with the upcoming changes to the project's "business model", updates to the tiers and benefits are in order.So give me ideas for benefits you think are cool for these Patreon projects on the Comments or over Discord.Mostly I want to open space for a 1 dollar tier. The focus of this Patreon changing from offering builds to just being a place for p...
Updates for the next year
I am considering changing the business model of the game soon! Here is a big block of text explaining why.Bear with me while reading this article, the order of information in here is weird but it does make sense by the end and it is really important information for Patrons.F95ZoneSome NSFW devs, including friends, have told me, that if I wanted more supporters I should already have leaked my game on F95Zone. For those who don't know, F95Zone is a community/forum for NSFW games. I've been...
A Game Q&A Session
I am away from my work computer, for the holidays, so I might as well open a Q&A Session.One of the benefits listed for this Patreon that every patron gets is Development Q&A. I figured I would just list it there and let for people to ask whenever they feel like. Some patrons did, but I feel others might not be as comfortable just @ing me when ever.So I am opening this post for you folks to ask away. Feel free to ask me anything about Project Oasis, video games or game development that you migh...
Project Oasis Patreon Build V0.1.7
This time I am expanding the Ability System and there is a new ability shop in Survival of The Biggest.Now you can equip 3 abilities and an ultimate, which you can purchase at the new Ability Shop, located where the Survival Shop used to be. The Survival Shop has been moved to the well. Normal abilities run on cooldown and can be used as many times as you want, Ultimate abilities need Ultimate points to be used, which can be purchased at the Survival Shop.There is also a progression system now t...
