Chapter 1 Pt 3 - Playblast 4 (Patreon)

Hey,

Some more progress. Still a lot to go, not even at the halfway point of the entire thing. The intro is nearing the end, although there's still a lot of stuff left for that as well, but it at least should be over the halfway point now.

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I think people can guess where this is going by now! I'll have to say, that trying to keep this POV while trying to get interesting camera angles has been pretty challenging with this one, without it seeming too much like the character is angling the player around specifically to give them a better view. But on the other hand, it will minimize the amount of extra 3rd person shots needed in the end. I'm trying to make it so, that the only extra views needed would be the internals, where the player isn't present.

I actually would like to have Elena's face behind Nina in the current final shots, but it not really feasible, I'll probably focus the relevant parts on Nina mostly, and just have Elena's portraits handle the "talking" for her there.

As usual, there's bound to be stuff that will need some polishing. For example, at least Nina's tumble is a bit too floaty, so I'll probably try to speed it up a bit at some point.

Next update in about a week. If my previous release schedule for these is any indication, on the 15th likely.

On another note, I'm expanding! A bit! I just "hired" someone to handle modelling for me. Well, outsourced might be a better word, since he's not really an employee, but a freelancer with his own private company. He won't be working full time obviously, there's no way I could afford that yet, not even close.

It won't have a major impact on release schedule, just a few days at most, but it should mean better quality backgrounds at least, since up till now I've always felt I don't have time to make proper ones, so I usually just end up rushing them and going with what I feel is "good enough". He'll start with backgrounds & props, but I'm hoping he'd be able to handle modelling new clothes, and possibly hairstyles/characters in the future as well.

He also expressed some interest in helping with the audio side, but I'll have to see how viable that is, while keeping the same feeling that I've had going for my previous content.

Anyway, have a nice Sunday, for those who still have some Sunday left to enjoy! For the rest, have a nice week!