Visca's Earth Conquest Devlog #3: Concept art of your Boss, user interface, and upgrade items! (Patreon)

More Visca stuff! The story has been somewhat loose in my head for a while now (since the gameplay concept came first before anything) but it's starting to crystallize more and more as I'm putting together a playable build (which should be ready somewhat soon, fingers crossed).

Visca is a grunt working for a super AI which pilots a fully self-sufficient spacecraft that was called Ambition. Ambition launched from earth 80 years ago, her mission was to go out into the far reaches of space to see if there was any intelligent life beyond our solar system. The decades of sleepless solitude eroded Ambition's sanity, turning her into a misanthropic maniac hell-bent on destroying humanity.

An earlier pass at her design was to have her be a cluster of machinery that "incidentally" resembled a human form:

This was because at the time I wasn't sure if she originated from earth, and even if she did, if she hated humanity why would she intentionally look like one? 

While there are things about this design I enjoy, and the idea is interesting to me, it feels kind of convoluted and hamstrung to try and pull it off in this way. Either it doesn't feel like a coincidence, or she doesn't look like a hot babe and I REFUSE to not have the player be bossed around by a hot lady. So rather than her mindset being "I hate humans" it can be "I'm humans but better".

The plan is to have her cut in every now and then with helpful advice or dumb banter. Of course it'll be a matter of seeing it in practice because that's always a fine line between being charming or being disruptive and annoying.

As always, any thoughts or suggestions are fully welcome!

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