so I’ve been working on a new DA2 dating sim where all your LIs are cryptids and Hawke is a self-employeed cryptid hunter! I’m working with another person who will be writing the story while I work on the graphics and the game.
This game will be funny and include cameos from DA:I characters, as well as romanceable bi-Sebastian without needed to pay extra $20 for his DLC :3
The plan is for the player to be able to choose between Garrett or Marian
And no, no one is going to be standing around in their underwear (probably), they’ll have clothes on (probably)
Production Diary #3
Writting-
I havn't had much time on my hands so the progress on the charatcer art has suffered a little. I have just been busy, so on those days when times kind of eh, or artist block is strong I would work on writting. Because of this I have written out the entire prologue chapter, 15 pages! It's so exciting for me. As someone who focuses mainly on the art having this done is a big step for me. I havn't done this for a project in a long time. It may not seem like much, but for me its a step in the direction of actually going through with working on stuff. Often I may go on hiatus or just stop working on things back and forth, but this is great. I'm actually making time for the other aspects of the project besides just the art.
Been on a kind of slow slope with characters, so went to backgrounds. I wanted to get one thing finished before doing other stuff, but honestly when it comes to my own work flow switching back and forth is just what works for me. .
A good friend of mine is working on a Virtual Novel. He asked me to draw the character arts i just got finished with the first one so here's a preview.
Medium: Digital art, Clip Studio Paint, and VN Maker.
long post ahead
So strangely enough, we are still in beginning sculpture. This was for our final project which was the most open in terms of rules out of all other assignments.
“Breaking Boundaries” basically meant that for the final project we could do literally ANYTHING we wanted as long as it was out of our comfort zone OR something that we’ve never done before and was scared to do or never had the time/courage to do.
Examples from previous students ranged from time consuming to simple and fast. One student chose to work with metal instead of their comfortable wood working. Another wanted to mix painting and sculpture. Those are pretty much the projects you would expect to see for this assignment. But then my teacher gave us the projects that were interesting but still counted for the grade. For example, one student confessed to the girl he liked as his broken boundary and he showed the receipt from where he took the girl for dinner and my teacher accepted that.
For me, my dream is to one day make a complete, murder mystery game, but at the time, I only had a general idea for it and not a whole lot of confidence in my art or writing skills. I had a couple of visual novel makers but had never really used them. I thought it was the perfect chance to actually put myself into the position to create something that I wanted and also be counted for a grade.
I had never worked so hard in my entire life. I had two weeks to imagine a murder, solve it, draft a script, plan evidence, make characters, draw sprites for each character, figure out how VN Maker worked, type everything, and do the various things that make a point and click visual novel what it is. I worked no-stop, but it was the first time in my life where i felt happy to put that level of work into. This was something I’ve always dreamed of doing but never had the time to even try. But since I literally HAD to commit because I already told my teacher I was going to make a game, my need for completion took over until I finished it.
It’s bad, I know it’s bad. Well no. It’s not good, and I had to wrap up the case because it was already 20 minutes long and I had to present it to the class, but I was, and still am, VERY proud of what I did. Did I have to use assets included in the VN program except for one background I tried very hard to fit in with the others? Yes. Did I have to download sound effects from Ace Attorney because I didn’t have enough time to search for royalty free sound effects let alone make my own? Absolutely. But I am still so proud that I did it.
So close to finishing up my main character’s full body images!
It’s alot of work, but I do the best I can with what time I have. Hope to have the rest of them soon! Would like to start actually working in VN Maker.
Though got to say Penny has been through a good bit of design changes too.
These are all characters for a little game I am making on my own, Maggie unto darkness!
Check it out here- https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/maggie-unto-darkness.39908/#post-857342
