MNL Progress Report #44 (Patreon)

Whew! Hey there, nudies! We've got a TON of stuff to show tonight, including the finalized version of our clothing store owner! Check out both the cute sketch above and the final turnaround, both by Sweez!

A more moody sort, aren't they? Sweez had a lot of fun designing this one. You can imagine the relationship between a clothing store owner and a full-time nudist might be a strange one, but Amber's great at making friends. And she'll need to when Culo Culo Town keeps getting bigger and bigger! Look at how big the cast has gotten!

We also have some turnarounds of our clothing store owner with much less clothes, so $5+ supporters, be sure to check those out!

Leslie hasn't been slouching, either! We've got another character in the works. This one runs a ramen bar at the outdoor mall. CAN YOU TELL?

Expect to see more of this very nice boy very soon~

And more good news! Invertex's computer problems are finally fixed, so we've been busting SERIOUS ASS as a result! I'd say we're now roughly 75% of the way done with these cutscenes. Unfortunately, it's all very spoilery and contextual, so I can't show much of it. I will, however, show this really funny reaction Amber makes that was actually the result of a mistake with her head tracking.

I think we'll keep it as-is, though.

Invertex is also developing a tool for me to use that can hopefully allow me to designate facial expressions per dialogue line. Like if Amber has a line that's like "WHOA!", then I can add (amber_surprised_face) to the script and the game will pull directly from that to make that happen. This way, Invertex has a helping hand to polish these cutscenes up and won't have to go manually adding each expression himself on top of everything else. There's not a lot I can help with since I'm not a programmer. If this tool works out though, it'll be an extremely efficient way for me to help get this done! Pikmin 4 calls this "dandori", and I will gratefully be thrown head first into designating facial expressions on all 20,000 or so lines of dialogue if it takes a load off of Invertex's shoulders.

But there's MORE! Because while we've been doing all this, Bear has been building up our outdoor park/cafe/"adult" playground area even more and it's looking AMAZING.

Doesn't this just look like a nice place to be naked in? It'll be even better once it has a few more details (like, a sky), but I'm really in love with how this is turning out. If we can get this done in time for the demo, I'd love to be able to include it. We'll see how it plays out!

And I think that's it for now! We got so much done this week, and it's only ramping up from here! $5+ supporters, stay tuned for more scandalous details of our clothing store owner! Until then, see you next week!