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🕑 Added 2019-12-10 03:19:40 +0000 UTCDear Insane Children,
A couple of quick updates from Hatter's Domain for you this morning.
First up (top image), Omri sends over the "final" version of the new Alchemy Dress. This is what we would see Alice wearing as she enters into Hatter's Domain. I like the addition of the Queen's Gift (the Queen of Hearts asks Alice to carry a "gift" to Hatter) in a glass bottle. Since her domain represents "Anger" I'm reminded of the phrase regarding anger as a poison you drink hoping it'll kill someone else. Well, our Queen is smarter than that, right? What if she's found a way to bottle up her Anger and send it out into the world?
The notion of "bottled up emotions" is one we touched on in previous design/narrative explorations. And I think it's neat to see it represented here in a unique and functional manner. I think this is an idea we need to further explore. The collection and bottling of emotions - alongside the collection and use of alchemical elements.
The Alchemy Dress represents Hatter's domain as a place where alchemy is explored and made visible.
We'll see alchemy symbols hanging in the air - along with all the blown apart areas that once made up Hatter's Domain. It seems that Hatter's experiments into the nature of Wonderland have ripped a hole into their version of space and time. As if the physics of Wonderland wasn't already mad enough!
Hatter also joins the fashion show with updates to his wardrobe courtesy of Norm...
The idea for Hatter in Asylum is to show him pre-mechanization. When we first meet him he's presented as a Victorian Gentleman Scientist-Scholar. When not drinking overly strong tea he's in his library or laboratory poking at the elemental building blocks under the surreal skin of Wonderland.
I imagine that when we encounter him he's less mad than in the books and more comprehensible than in AMA and AMR. Why? Well, let's say for now that he decided to "sober up" in order to pursue his experiments into the mysteries of Wonderland.
Maybe there was a point when he realized that all the madness he saw in the world around him could not be explained purely as a function of all the (mushroom) tea he was consuming. Maybe he had a psychedelic epiphany that required serious exploration in an un-addled mental state?
In any case, we're casting him as a Wonderland version of Einstien.
As for his workshop, Joey provides a glimpse into some of the mad machinery Hatter's constructed to probe the "smallest of small" things our minds can comprehend. Think of these machines as his steam-punk version of the Large Hadron Collider.
Joey has begun using 3D rendering to help realize some of these more complex geometries. And the results are fantastic. Can't wait to jump and float around these environments!
Pirate Jam Planning
I've blocked out several days this week (including today) for planning and organizing Pirate Jam 2020. We've secured all the sponsors required to float the event - which is amazing.
A big THANK YOU to Unity, Free Lives, Landfall Games, and a handful of as-yet-unnamed sponsors! Without the financial support these companies provide, Pirate Jam would be nothing more than a pirate's crazy rum dream.
I was supposed to fly to Thailand this week and sail the proposed route for 2020 but I'm stuck in Chinese visa renewal process... and not going anywhere until I get my passport back!
Font Lord Says
Survey emails should arrive with you this week. That's for 3-35 Art and Chaos Necklace selection.
1000 "Lost" Insane Children are only a monthly payment away from selecting an Art Print. Those are Insane Children (Patrons) who left the Asylum (halted their Patreon support) with 2x of the required 3x $35 payments made. With just another payment at $35 an Art Print can be selected and mailed anywhere in the world.
Font Lord says he'll send out some reminder emails and do some other marketing around this fact on Thursday, 12th of December - so keep an eye on your mailbox if you're NOT a current Patron but were previously.
Remember that the print we're adding this month is the amazing "Blade Face"
Arg, mateys! I've got to shiver some planning timbers and hoist the organizational charts for Pirate Jam 2020.
Hope everyone is having a lovely day. You are all Very Much Appreciated!
From Shanghai with Seaweed,
-American
Comments
the short doll like hair is incredible, it is so out of her comfort zone and yet it fits perfectly with her wonderland dollhouse surroundings.
Same I like the ponytail better
ooh, that would be awesome! i could see it as symbol of denial or a shield against her personal pain
i love the one with the ponytail!
I would also like Alice to wear a mask with one of her dresses/probably for a DLC
I'm not really a fan of the new hairstyle - I would like to see Alice with different color hair or in pigtails
I personally love the long hair version.
I did prefer the first hair style a lot more, it was different from the rest that already existed for her :/ the high ponytail had something more strict and controlled and the new one looks sweeter, more childish again.
DON'T GO TIM BURTON ON THE MAD HATTER!! MAD HATTER IS MAD!
Love the level art and the outfit, it all goes together so perfectly. Also, like the middle outfit of the hatter most :).
Oh my God....as if Hatter's Domain in MR wasn't already my favorite thing. This looks AMAZING! SO hyped for this stage in particular.
Yasss I love the redesign of this dress, I liked the hair in the first but I prefer the new hair by a long shot. Great job Omri!
Catheryn Alice North
That hairstyle is much better than the weird high but loose ponytail ^_^
I'm assuming tha the image of the doublon is going to become a real coin un the future. If thats the case, mind the side of it, real coins tend to have irregular sides so they are easier to handle. It's the only thing that disturbs me about the chaos coin. I guess I'm that insane...;)
The dress is very awesome. Her hair looks good too. Beautiful.
Jessie States
I love the dress design!! ❤ I prefered the old hair version but she's cute with this hairdo too looks very dollish. :)
THE CLIP IN THE HAIR💘😍 LOVE THAT! I actually loved the old hairdo as well but this hairstyle is gorgeous nonetheless
I'm very happy with the final version of this dress! Beautiful hair as well and that pocket is so damn cool! It's a very slick look for her and I think it totally works for this realm! I love the Hatters new outfits as well I think he looks very scholarly which is fantastic for his einstein Esq character in this game❤
I really love the texture on the skirt!
