[Report] New shader and taking the ladies to the hairdresser (Patreon)

Hello friends! To start this report I need to explain what a shader is, a shader is a program that tells the graphics card what to do with the textures, lights, and shapes of 3D objects within the game, so if you want your Final Fantasy looks like Zelda Breath of the Wild, you need to change shaders.

For a few months, I've been working on shaders to correct the current problems, in addition to making the game's characters look more like living illustrations and less like lifeless dolls.

These shaders aren't quite ready yet, but putting them to use is the best way to test and improve. So I spent a good part of this week updating every material in the game for the new shader, and in the video, you can see the first test.

Something really cool about this new shader is the more artistic control I have over the colors, for each object or for the whole scene. For example, at the beginning of the scene, I can make the shadows completely dark, it's a detail I've never been able to do before. I also like how the light fills the room when Jane opens the door.

There is still work to be done, as you can see, everything is still very smooth and the hair shine is not very good. But speaking of hair, I've been redoing the girls' hair to improve their appearance, but also because doing hair is something I still haven't mastered and I need to train to perfect.

By redoing the hair I can apply more details, more points of movement, and also create variations. But there are some hairs that really needed to be redone, especially Angel's, who deserved a more decent curly hair. I intend to replace all the hairs, except Jane's, which is already good. See the results I got:

And that's the progress we've had this week. Next week I want to focus more on the visuals of the sets, rooms and exteriors. Thank you so much for the support, have a great weekend, and see you later!