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Poll : Ursula's redesign
🕑 Added 2024-03-19 16:09:56 +0000 UTCHello there !
If you've been on the discord, you might have seen me talk a bit about it, and I know quite some people asked for it, so it's time to work about Ursula's redesign, what to do exactly with it, and how to implement it.
The main reason this is brought is because of her face, and her eyebrows who are mostly invisible, which give her an overall weird feeling. So I've taken the time to work on this, and redesign her face a bit. Here's the result :
Left : her actual face Right : the new redesigned one.
I've also tweaked a few other things on her face, like some slight shape change and the lipstick color. As you can see, she looks much younger like that.
So this raise three questions :
-Should I use this redesign or not ?
Maybe some of you think the base model is better, or that it's not worth spending time on this. Speaking of work, just this base redesign shouldn't be too much, depending on how it's implemented. Which bring us to our next question :
-How should the redesign implemented ?
Well, considering the redesign is acted, how do I add it in the game ?
I could just update her basic pictures with it, saying it was always there, and leave the scenes and pinups pics with her base face. It's a bit lazy and might look a bit weird somewhere, but it would require very little work from me.
Or I could make it a quest and it give it a whole reason for why it's happening. And then I'll have to check what version to display every time you interact with her. It can bring cool things, and also will make much more sense. But it'll also require much more work.
And if I'm working a lot for it, is it really worth it for such small changes ? Which brings us to the last question :
-How far should the redesign go ?
What I showed you, and what brought this conversation in the first place, is a redesign for her face, specially focused on her brows. But if I'm using the opportunity for a redesign and take time to implement it, maybe it's worth to make a whole body redesign, like Illonia. Or maybe just something a bit more in the middle.
That's of course considering that she get a quest and a whole reason for this change, and it won't be replacing her base design when you first meet her.
But overall, it wouldn't take much more work for a big redesign of her than just a subtle one if they implemented in the same way (it's making the quest, remaking some pics and scene and check what version to display everytime that takes times).
Contrary to Illonia, who had a ton of scenes and pictures to remake, this redesign wouldn't take as much work, and the few repeatable scenes with her will just get updated with her new model, not comleltly redone from scratch. So while it'll still take time, it's not like Illonia who still have some content missing, a year (and a few updates) after her transformation.
Not sure if I'll do it in one big update focused on it or slowly in a few updates as some "side" content. As you probably know, the next few updates after 0.10 should already have their own big focus and you'll be the ones choosing it. I'll make that poll soon.
But in the meantime, let's go back to Ursula and her redesign. What do you want to me to do with it ?
-Keep her original design and don't change anything
Pretty self explanatory, I won't do anything and focus on other things.
-Completly replace her base design by the reworked one
I'll redo her talking poses and all with it, and she'll have this look when you first meet her. But I won't update the already existing scenes and pinup pic with her. A bit messy, but easy and require little work.
-Make her transform in a slightly altered version
You'll get a quest and events that justify her being transformed in this new version. She'll get a bit younger, but her overall design won't change a lot, excpet from her face (the pic higher in this post). Quite some work for me, but it'll make more sense. Her design won't change much.
-Make her transform , and push the redesign further
Same as before, but just her I'll completly rework her design, like Illonia. She still will keep elements that show she's the same character, of course. Quite some work for me, as much as the previous option. Her design will change quite a bit.
Well, vote for the option you want to see the most.
Also, if you have ideas for her redesign, don't hesitate to share them in the comments.
