Jorge Rework - 2/14/21 (Patreon)

(I was going to just work on stuff for Shen's upcoming day 8, but my head hurts like nobody's business! So instead, I'll tell y'all what's up with Jorge.)

Jorge Goldberg, the "resident twink." That is, until now.

Before I get into the changes, let me start off by going back to the game's foundation, back when I really got into making this a thing. As you may very well know, Paul, Jorge, and Alan were created when I shifted to the idea of having it be my own game, character-wise (albeit still with some cameos in the form of Isaac, Jeryl, Ben, and Dan).

At their creation, those three had very simple concepts about them. 

Paul was like the garbage-man in Dilbert, an overly-knowledgable and competent guy who works as a janitor for some reason, and is Pretty Dang Shady. He started out closer to Shen's body type, but got chubbier over time.

Alan was always a buff guy, friendly, and pretty easygoing. He was designed to be different from the others in that, while they had a good amount of choncc, he's Fit. He's since shifted more towards a musclegut. He's still muscular, mind you, but he's built to be more "functionally" strong versus "modelling" strong. Regardless, he's still fairly adjacent to the other 4, though he is younger and more fit.

And lastly, there's Jorge.

My original idea for him was that he was a hyperactive dude who's way too casual for his own good sometimes. And, of course, he's a twink. In full honesty, this was because I felt I had to appeal to as many people as possible, so that people could find someone they like in this game no matter what.

But then, there's a Minor Problem in that:

1. I don't know if you could tell, but I'm vastly more into the bigger dudes. As a twink, Jorge just didn't really stand out to me, so whenever I got commissions of dudes it would usually be, well, anyone else (I actually have a couple comms for Shen in the works and I'd like to get one for Alan and new Jorge but that's neither here nor there...).

2. Like, 99% of the sexual content in the game is themed with these bigger guys, partially because this game is absolutely loaded with them. Will there be stuff with some of the others? Sure. But it does mean that the bias is really obvious and Jorge does suffer for it. (Also, I think this point is just an extension of point 1, but I'm lazy and already wrote all this!)

3. In trying to make a more balanced cast, I completely ignored my future plans. I can't really go into detail very well considering I don't really want to spoil anything, but in order for the game's narrative as a whole to work, the player needs to be willing to go through all 5 routes.

Granted, I'm not saying you need to be wanted to go through them all from the get-go. I think there'll be plenty interest once it's really super important... but I don't really want people going "Ugh, now I have to do Jorge's route."

My target audience is clearly people who are into, well, rounder guys, so Jorge himself is alienated by that focus. It shows, too, in the questionnaire people answered, where more than 70% of people's least favorite character was Jorge. Again, this isn't surprising, and I was thinking a lot about this before the questionnaire. It just more or less confirmed what I had been thinking.

With the change in artists from Dax to myself, there's a handful of things that've been changed. Outfits, for one, have gotten changes, big and small. Just look at Alan, his outfit has short sleeves now!

(Yes I do love the short-sleeved look on characters don't @ me)

With me being able to replace the art across the board like this, now is essentially the perfect opportunity to make the change that isn't when I first started.

And so...

Jorge's been chubbed up!

He's not Jehu levels of chubby- instead, he's got a pretty firm chest and belly. His bones are still brittle and he's still weak as hell, though, so be careful with him.

Here's his new sprite, too.

(Let's blame any inconsistencies between his sprite and that cg on the attempt at perspective, shall we?)

He's also still very short, standing at a whopping 5'2". Short king, really.

It's my hope that this change makes him more appealing to the audience of this game and makes them more willing to go through with Jorge's route, rather than ignore it because Jorge simply isn't their type.

(You're still free to think that way, but hopefully he's at least a little more appealing than before! I know I like his appearance better now :y)

When Jorge's day 8 comes out, this is the look he will have. When the public build comes out that replaces all the art across the board, all his looks and CGs up to the present point will also be updated. I hope you all will look forward to it!