?? Lustbound Dev-Update | May 2020 ?? (Patreon)

Hello there everyone, welcome to the 2in1 Update on Lustbound and mini info on Skyrim.
I hope you all had a great 8th May and are now looking forward on some juicy new stuff.

So, let's get to it...

This post will also be referring to some parts of the demo, if you haven't played it, you can do so here.

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As time management gets smoother and better each month, a good pack of progress was done, first one being a new and improved character system. This included improving the overall visual quality of the game, testing more options in the character system, and streamlining the art pipeline (The way we implement new options for the character system) for speedier development.

Quality Improvements:

The Stylized character shader has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. It has all the bells and whistles that made the original style beautiful, but builds on top of that to greatly improve the overall visual fidelity of our characters.

• More realistic and predictable behavior in all sorts of different lighting conditions.
• More fine tuned control to get the exact look we want.
• Smoother shading than standard shader.
• The whole thing is simply prettier to look at.

Now that we have two distinct shader styles, we’ve implemented an elegant way of swapping between the two during Gameplay. The prospect of offering different styles to you guys is now a reality, and we’re thrilled at the possibilities this will add to character customization!

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We’ve also upgraded the shadows in Lustbound! Unity shadows were okay, but would sometimes appear jagged and react strangely; especially up close, even at the highest quality setting.

Since Lustbound is all about intimate up close action, we decided to completely replace the built in Unity soft shadows with a higher quality soft shadowing solution. We think the results speak for themselves.

The post processing stack has also been implemented to allow for more realism and cinematic quality. Motion blur, bloom, color correction using LUT textures, all the technics that makes a game look great.

On top of that, we now use SSAA as our main anti-aliasing solution. Say bye bye to jagged edges! It gives the same amazing results of our previous CTAA implementation, but with less blurring during quick movements!
For a quick ranking in terms of image-quality | SSAA > CTAA > MSAA > FXAA

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Physics:

The physics system has also been improved. We’re now using different kinds of bone dynamics depending on the situation. For example, simple pieces such as hair bangs can use the classic dynamic bones solution; but longer, more detailed pieces such as ponytails use a more advanced physics system giving much more realism to the look and feel of each moving part.

(In the next GIF, you can see the hair in even more action)

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New IK Animation Systems:

As one of the main features, we’ve developed a sex position manager to account for solo sex and/or sex with one or more partners! We simply specify which characters are involved, and what position they will take; then the system will position them, make sure their animations stay in sync, manage event based interactions such as touching and holding onto different body parts, and smoothly transitioning between these.

Along with this, we have implemented the first pass of the character IK (inverse kinematics) system for Lustbound. Using this we can lock limbs in place, connect body parts between characters, and create dynamic animations through code when necessary; all the while compensating for different body shapes and sizes without model interpenetration… too much! We are still working on it...!
(This system will prevent the weird animation bugs you may know from KK as example)

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New Customization options:

As you can see above, we’ve been working on an assortment of body morphs like tall or short, curvy or slim… and of course the breasts can now be very generous or small and perky!

All these options are still just placeholders while we continue to test the extent of what our system can do, but you can expect a lot more polish as we continue our quest to create a great character maker, with finely tuned control over every aspect!

Looking back at the previous months, we hope that you are as happy as we are with the progress.

That all said, look forward to next month Lustbound Update <3

(P.S Don't forget Mothersday)

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Quick Skyrim Info

I forgot to press post.... Skyrim pack will be available next week.