Destination Alpha 1 (Blog #12)

sorry about skipping a blog! oops!

before getting to showcasing some stuff, i wanted to repost these 2 screen wips because the embeds broke in the last blog post. how annoying!

anyways, new stuff time!

I have spent the past couple days retracing a bit, trying to tidy up and finish things from the previous block of development. below, we have a couple wips of Futaba and Haru's Illustration renders! last month, I was able to finish the actual girl inside the illustration, and now I am working backwards to develop the backgrounds and make the whole environment of the scene very eye catching and appealing.

these two are for Futaba and Haru's 4th events, though there is no hard and fast rule about when the illustration renders will appear. I hope these detailed peeks into the world help make the story more immersive and sparks imagination about all the other yummy dialogue and scenarios :P

there's still a bit of work to do on these, but it will hopefully be all done with by wednesday. I've been on a bit of a drawing kick recently, which is why I unfortunately report I haven't sent in the VA lines I've talked about in a couple of these blogs. I'm only one guy, and whenever I feel a tailwind on a specific medium, I find it most efficient to go with that. still, the VA lines remain as the most time sensitive thing and I will hunker down and move onto that after these illustration renders are done.

another thing that's been going on lately is a lot more planning for the later stages of the game story wise... I can't help myself in being very geeked out about the full vision of this game. since I've returned from vacay, I admittedly have been a little less stapled to alpha 1 development, at least mentality-wise. doesn't mean i'm not punching and kicking and fussing to get it out before the 24th this time around, but hey might as well be honest and talk in the blog right lol. yeah, idk. maybe it's a bit of burnout just from how hard and fast i was at the end of last month, but I am feeling a bit of whiplash and while I am being productive and doing things with pretty good pace, my headspace is just kind of different this time around. i think its also like not getting to work on friday or last sunday after a week long vacation, like I haven't had a full week of uninterrupted work for like half a month. but idk if i'm trying to get the coals hot again, or if they're hot enough and I'm just blowing gas. I think that's a pretty good way to put it.

Thanks for being my therapist, reader! I hope the fat girls above bode enough promise to put up with the tired white man's ramblings... -metrack