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🕑 Added 2023-12-19 02:48:54 +0000 UTCTL;DR Sorry about the delay! The next build will be released around this time two days from now!
Hey guys, it's me again. So, as you can probably guess, I did end up running into a few problems while finishing up the build. The biggest one was how to deal with Avalon's weight gain, which may not come as much of a surprise if you've been hanging out in the Discord.
Normally, when I design a character, I try to think ahead about how their weight gain will look and work. But, when I was drawing Avalon, for some reason the logical part of my brain just shut off, and when I came to I had made a character with a metal breastplate exposing underboob, wearing lingerie that was already too tight for her at her (relatively) modest size. Needless to say, this presented a problem.
My initial idea, and the one I was planning on up until recently, was to make all of her weight gain focused on her hips and thighs. Unfortunately, I ran into a problem there, too. You see, her hips are already so wide by default that giving them a substantial amount of growth just ended up making her look really bizarre. On the other hand, a more reasonable amount of growth just felt unsatisfying, especially if that was the only weight gain she got. It is possible that I could have compromised by making her default hips slimmer, but that was one compromise I was not willing to make.
Then, I tried to see what kind of breast growth I could get away with, to at least balance out her thighs if nothing else. The answer was: not much. Because they're pinched between her armor and stomach, even the absolute amount of breast growth was pretty underwhelming. The change from her default breasts to max was only about as much as any other character would have between sizes, not good enough at all.
And so, I had to take the third option, the one I really wanted to avoid. Once her digestion starts, Avalon will just have to remove her breastplate to let her breasts grow freely. And... that's fine, I guess. It makes enough sense in-universe and can be communicated to the player pretty well, while keeping her core design the same most of the time. But it does mean ditching an important part of her design for weight gain, which I'm pretty disappointed about.
It also means I'll have to draw a lot more new art than I would with either of the other WG versions. That, along with all the time I already exploring those other variations, means that I will have to unfortunately delay her weight gain again until the next version so that I can give it the time it needs without rushing. I did want to at least show you guys what I had decided on, though, so you have something to look forward to.
The good news is, with that out of the way all I have left to do for this build is some more housekeeping and chores, so I can safely say that the next build will be coming out two days from now at around the same time this is published (give or take a few hours, most likely.) Thank you so much for all of your patience, once again! The moral of the story is: when you're working on a big project, make sure you properly plan everything out ahead of time and don't just do what seems cool at the time, or you may end up regretting it.
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B
Hopefully we get that build before the holidays. :)
no2ironman1100
If it bursts you can then have a dialogue going "oops", not necessarily when it bursts but more like as one of the random dialogues you can get, to make it clear. It can also be a post-digestion line (I forgor if there's any of those but...) This removes any awkwardness of "Oh, I gotta remove my checkplate" and keeps the dominating attitude you gave her. "Oh well, guess I'l need another one" sort of thing at the end of the player vore scene.
no2ironman1100
I have a crazy-ish idea. Make her breastplate litteraly burst open from her breast growth. Being a durable vessel the skin is already tough as metal (or whatever you can say).
WanderingOblex
In addition to all the hard work being put in to the project, I very much appreciate the transparency. Unfortunately, hearing about the changes to Avalon’s wg is a bit of a bummer. As a “lower body enjoyer” I would definitely appreciate more characters with wg that focuses on the lower body. As a general critique of this project’s wg, at the moment it’s mostly breast focused; seeing a wider variety of body shapes would be nice. Good luck!
V-Ate
The alternate outfits/skin system seems like a good "solution" for this!
TheMonsterWithin
How about giving her a different armor then? One more "free". There are lots of of different armors knights used in history.
Doingitright0071
Thank you for the update. I won't lie, I've been checking on here everyday looking forward to it, so I'm glad to see this.😁 Also, with how she needs to remove her breast plate for the weight gain, I had a funny thought of what if her weight gain gave her a new attack where she could shoot off her breastplate for a nasty hit? Like, her boobs grew and created enough pressure to launch it like a cannon🤣
BobTheBox
Thanks for sharing the story, can't say I'm very active on the discord, so it's nice hearing a few tidbits about the development here. Looking forward to the next build 😁👍
