Character Creation Alpha - Releasing This Week

Hey!

So the alpha version of the character creation suite will be out this week at some point before the weekend, and will include:

- Males only (for now, females will probably be available about 1 week after this release)

- 11 Customizable and Playable Races (Avian, Bat, Bovine, Canine, Drake, Feline, Insect, Lizard, Rabbit, Rat, and Snake)

- 6 Body Types (Husky, Muscular, Athletic, Average, Skinny, and Chubby)

- Full draw tool capabilities (All body parts, all colors, 30+ fur and scale brushes, alpha and gradient settings, and more)

- Piercings for nose, ears, eyebrows, tongues, and penis/balls

- Eye Selections (heterochromia, robotic, and unique iris types)

- Hair Style and Color Selections

- Penis Type and Size Selection (And can customize any penis onto any race)

- Testicle Type and Size Selection

- Robotic Limb Selections (calves, forearms, full legs, full arms)

- Protogen Option (Ability to add the mask to any species)

A lot of this past month was getting the UI to feel right and the customization options easy to use, as well as easy for me to add new ones to in the future. I've made it essentially a drag and drop process for me now, so any new skins/races/piercings/items just need to be dragged to a list and are automatically now an option in the respective category, so yay scalability!

The other main time consumer was getting the models to use one universal rig, which greatly reduces the time needed to animate, since all the important parts (hands, feet, faces, etc) are in alignment for any race. Small tweaks may have to be done, but no major overhaul of animations would need to be done.

tl;dr: Planning for scalability takes time, but now that most of it (for character creation and animations) is complete, it should be much faster and easier to add anything in the future! Females coming next week (probably) and futa soon after!