#atlyss character

[cha0s-boyy]

sigil for @thatonevulpogryph

[cherrysphinx]

Made pixel art of my Bandit bird from Atlyss. Her name is magenta.

(I know, very original)

[westhefox]

I said I'd vector trace it.

Posted traditional art of Phoebe like maybe 2 weeks ago, and I considered digitally tracing it back then so that I could have a smoother, colored in final piece.

I followed my word.

Genuinely, this is the first time I've ever done this. The results? It amazed me. I didn't do too well with the background though.

Slightly unrelated note, but I recently changed Phoebe's main body and hair color to be slightly more purple, just to end a minor dispute among myself and friends... was she red or purple? The answer is purple.

Also somewhat related note, but my entire blog by this point has just turned into Atlyss posting.

I'm still locked in with this niche gem of a game, but the hyperfixation is very slowly dying off. I'll eventually be able to break free from the game's grasp on my art energy and focus.

Until then, I apologize to any of you now over two months waiting for me to post more OC refs.

[cherrysphinx]

My mystic from Atlyss.

Hot grandma dragon wizard

My pixel art is still a little sloppy, but I’m working on it. I’m open to advice on it.

I struggle with making things smooth. At some points I need to make a double edge just to make the shape connect.

[cha0s-boyy]

bash for @clovrkitty

[westhefox]

I picked up a pencil, and fire came out.

Yes, fire ended the art drought.

(Edit: I have made my digital trace-over of this artwork. View it here if you want.)

Decided to give my first playthrough character, Phoebe, some attention and draw her, since she hasn't seen the light of day ever since I got her the bishop subclass.

I'm genuinely considering, for the first time ever, digitalizing my traditional art here - like tracing over it on Scratch and turning it into traditional art. Never done it before, but I'm genuinely proud how this drawing turned out.

[westhefox]

School's started back up, but that's not stopping me from doing my second playthrough in my free time.

And this time I have OBS! So whenever I find a free editing software, I can finally trim down MY MULTIPLE HOUR-LONG VIDEOS and actually post the whole run.

Playing an imp fighter named Fih (reference at the bottom of "keep reading"), since I've already got Phoebe her subclass - most progress I can make as of now in Atlyss.

I decided to play an imp, despite me not quite liking the presets, since it offers me three healing spells for a non-mystic run, rather than just two (Recovery, Curis, Syphon Leech).

Gotta say, the fellas have grown on me because of this run.

So far, fighter's been an absolute blast compared to mystic. Some skills you are given are ABSOLUTELY BUSTED in a combo with each other (I like the passive skill that makes your charged/areal attacks spin and hit multiple times, plus rage and taunt).

Either fighter is just so much better than mystic, or I was just bad at the game my first playthrough. Because my first time through, it took me 20 hours to get Phoebe Bishop subclass. I'm practically level 20 within 5 hours with Fih. Bonkers.

Also worth noting, I now know about the existence of vanity items via illusion stones this run, unlike my first one. So I'm not deliberately using worse gear that I like the looks of more than the better gear, which was likely my larger mistake first playthrough (I'll probably come back to Phoebe's save file eventually and use illusion stones to make her outfit match better).

Oh yeah, by the way, this is where Fih's name originates from:

I thought the imps look kinda fish-like.

[westhefox]

Nearly done with my first Atlyss playthrough (in terms of unlocking a subclass for a character, because the game's in alpha stage and all that, so there really isn't more of a clear condition), so I thought I'd post my lil goober here.

Her name is Phoebe, and she's a Mystic - soon to be Bishop - Kubold (need 3 more levels for that atp).

I was delighted to find out this game had some form of gun, so I just had to dump copious amounts of money and a flux stone to tune that bad boy up to have parity with my nuclear-level mind stat, even though I'm hardly using it over...a bell? Why is a bell a weapon?

Also, I suffered thoroughly with my first playthrough because I didn't really understand most core mechanics of the game. Case and point, I didn't realize you could use mind stones to turn gear into cosmetics to reskin over better gear - I was deliberately using worse gear for a while because it was less revealing than the better gear. Whoops.

I'm onto my next save soon enough. I have to do at least 3 more after this one to get all the achievements (excluding THAT ONE hidden achievement - if you know, you know) for this game's alpha phase.

I will say, for anyone who was daunted by the warnings Steam gives you about this game and was as apprehensive as me to play it, I've found that it is entirely possible to dodge MOST of the suggestive aspects to the game - just stick to single player or private lobbies, be reasonable with the character creation (the body sliders allow for some insanely freaky decisions, especially for female characters, so just be careful with that), stray from using specific emotes, and avoid any cosmetic with the term "Bunhost" in it at all costs. Some NPC designs and gear you can use are a little revealing but that's about the only issues I ran into. It's still a very fun game gameplay-wise and some of the NPCs have cute designs and are overall just likeable characters.

Overall very solid game, and a current hyperfixation of mine...that's just how I am with anything that poses interest with me, though. The gameplay reminds me of many years back when I played Diablo 3 with my family on the Xbox 360, and the style of the game reminds me of early PlayStation games...maybe PS2?