December Update! - Cursed Portraits, OnlyFiends (Patreon)

Hello Everyone,

I moved houses last month and that took a lot of my energy, so i decided to combine Nov/Dec into a single update - though there is still plenty of stuff to go through!

To start with : Cursed Gems.

The game is about accumulation and degeneration : curses. Being driven by obsession towards a beautiful even enviable self destruction, but a terrible self destruction none the less. 

To show this, i have been working on portraits:

(everything below is best viewed in dark mode)

Portraits should show the accumulated burden of the curses contained within the gems, starting with expressions of cruelty, mania, despair and fear.

These expressions also mix and match they may also be layered with additional conditions of frozen, poisoned, bloodied, infected and petrified.

Of course, things only get more intense from here with condition breaks, advanced portraits, secret portraits and more many of which also have degrees of mixing and matching. 

After this I've been worked on the system that determines what gem grants what condition/expression/status. I've set it up so it should be robust enough to mix and match various conditions and expressions without getting out of hand, and with the collection of some special gems/gem combinations; trigger the more unique and advanced portraits.

Finally I've done the weapon pallets for slotting gems! I'd love to do some unique weapon designs for the rare gems at some point but that will have to be on the wish list for now. 

Next up on this project the part I've been putting off - coding ;u; - wish me luck!!!

Finally I did some work on OnlyFiends! the first image you have already seen, but the last two are new, and the second i refined further from the last time I shared. I'm really excited about these ones and hope i get a chance to finish them soon. 

Thank you everyone for your support all year! this has been a very big year from me (transition, on top of everything) but i really feel like my art is hitting it's stride even if a lot of it hasn't hit the public yet. 

I hope everyone has gotten through what i'm sure was a difficult year for many. For me at least it was a really painful, wonderful and significant year - and being able to make art going through it has been a real privilege. I hope you can see how much work I've put in, and i hope you support me into the future. 

I'll end with a selfie, because i'm cute! :3c

Love you all! have a great holidays and new years!