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New Features 2 of 3
🕑 Added 2016-03-01 21:32:47 +0000 UTCHello dear Patrons!
Let's talk about the second feature... well we should call this "Change" instead of "feature".
This change has been a real hard to take decision, because it is: a complete graphic overhaul for the CGs. It's not a suprise we think because you saw the picture above so probably you already guessed :3
The "why?"
- We weren't very happy with the achieved quality...
- ...Also our dinosaurs-era's PCs wouldn't let us improve the quality or try to achieve any better in a reasonable time span (8h+ for a single render is too much :/)
- To be honest it was just "another game with 3d cgs" and we didn't wanted that. We wanted to have our very own style. Because we can't afford an artist to make drawings for us, we decided to make our kind of mix between 2D and 3D art style. At first it's been risky but right now we feel very comfortable with it.
- Some people mentioned the CGs were very VERY dark and they couldn't see a thing.
- Also we saw people that liked the game but ran away from that very generic 3D CGs. And because we wanted our very own style this gave us the "strength" we needed to take this important step.
- We think this one has been the most important one... but can't reveal it yet because it's the third Feature.
The "Pros"
- We achieved our very own personal and original art style.
- The render speed. With this new style we reduced drastically the render times (no more 8h+ waiting for a single render yay!).
- Without this change it wouldn't be possible both new features 1 (H-attacks) and 3 (still a secret :P).
- No more "darkness" renders. Now the renders have a cartoonish style of illumination and this prevents any kind of impossible-to-see-renders ^^.
- A kind of mix between 2D and 3D we hope it'll attract more people.
The "Cons"
- We're running a big risk because we didn't ask to our current Patrons if you wanted this change. We want to attract more people but we're risking to lose our valuable Patrons because you don't like this new style. But we really hope you understand the reasons behind this change.
- This change like the other 2 features needs to be included in the Chapter 1. But this will require some time. So we decided we'll be updating it little by little after the release of the Chapter 2.
A thing we didn't mentioned but that you probably realized (if the Patreon page is updated already while you're reading this) is that we redesigned some bits of Mai :P. New hairstyle, new orange short sleeves instead of those problematic torus on her shoulders and an all new gloves design.
Also note for the "Art Collector" Patrons' reward (i mean the exclusive 2D/3D artwork) we will be asking for opinion on it. So it's up to you to decided if you want a fully 3D artwork (just like the one for the Chapter 1) or an all new Cel-shaded artwork.
That's all for today. We really hope you like this new art style and understand the decision we had to make. Thank you very much for your understanding and your support ^^.
Regards <3
Comments
Versus X Studio
Maybe it's that or maybe is related to the broad jaw she has. In any case we'll try to reduce the size of the jaw to see if that makes her more feminine.
Don Banini
Maybe it's just the hairstyle or color, but her face looks too masculine in my opinion.
