August 21 Update
Added 2022-08-21 16:28:56 +0000 UTCTime to reveal a long-running secret! For the past quite a while, some of Annikath's art time has been dedicated not to new scenes, but to new unique art of the characters. Now is the time to reveal it and get your suggestions!
In a future TLS update, players will engage with a quest that results in various characters sitting for in-world portraits. This will be its own set of events, with some hopefully amusing encounters, but the end result will be that players receive these portraits and can use them to customize their base. This is all a bit excessive, but I hope that after spending so much time with these characters, people will find this enjoyable. ^-^
$10 backers got to see all the portraits so far in the most recent art preview, but I'm excited enough about this that I wanted to show everyone a sample. You can see how they resonate with character personalities. Yarra, for example, would absolutely want a pin-up painted of her, so she has one. Megail might not normally, but didn't mind one with Iris. Orcent didn't ask to be portrayed like that, but... well, things happened.
Here is a list of everything done so far:
- All character bust images have been converted to portrait form, so you can hang up anyone's face.
- Individuals: Orcent, Simon, Wendis, Yarra, Qum
- Esthera and Nalili
- Aka and Sabitha
- Aka and Uyae
- Aka and Hilstara
- Vhala and Dari
- Megail and Iris
- Lynine and Orilise
- Wendis and Robin
- Wendis and Wynn
- Qum's Painting
Anyway, that is the plan! Please enjoy the art, give suggestions if you have any, and look forward to this feature later!
Comments
Unless Decanter thinks it might be easier than you suspect, I'd agree.
DukeLeto7
2022-08-24 17:49:51 +0000 UTCHmm. While it's illogical for the healing to apply to the next party, I feel like a fix here would be taking healing away from the player. Given how weird the combat conditionals can be, I'm inclined to say that meddling with this would be a mistake.
Sierra Lee
2022-08-24 12:48:40 +0000 UTCGotta admit. The new custom artwork looks freaking gorgeous!
Long Tran
2022-08-24 09:34:05 +0000 UTCSaint Orcent... I am an extraordinarily big fan of the portraits. I just went through Preview #28 and I was delighted for every last picture I saw. Perhaps some of the best material that Annikath has created for us yet, rivaled only by those delightful comic strips.
Quiet Stranger
2022-08-24 06:21:08 +0000 UTCMinor bug report from the forums. In the sequence of Guardian battles during Ginasta's rescue and recruitment if Yarra and Qum use the Mass Kiss synergy skill to kill one of the guardians, the healing will be applied to the subsequent battle. This is largely trivial, but I think it could probably be fixed if you make the invocation of common event 19 conditional on there being at least one active enemy. Dunno how feasible that is.
DukeLeto7
2022-08-24 05:51:53 +0000 UTCIt will be related to an endgame quest, so the last of those.
Sierra Lee
2022-08-22 12:23:52 +0000 UTCThat's a fun project. I like the School of Athens vibes from Orcent.
Shablam Robohawk
2022-08-22 04:39:38 +0000 UTCConsidering the lenght of the journey, character development and the memories we have share with the whole cast of TLS, excessive is the last word ill use i find it quiet charming and a great way to show attention to all of them, a good way to reward players who have their favorits and to show the love for all of them.
Leveler All
2022-08-22 04:04:45 +0000 UTCSo does this mean Wendis will finally get that threesome she wanted back in chapter 1?
Nathan Phoenix
2022-08-21 23:19:47 +0000 UTCCool idea! How's it function in terms of retroactive playability? Is it available from the start of chapter 4, early chapter 5 or just after the Incubus King War?
DankPotatoes
2022-08-21 20:54:10 +0000 UTCOrcent looks great! But, Megail and Iris is by far my favorite from the three you posted. I think this will be a fun thing for the characters to do, and I would love to see them hanging on the walls.
Badger66
2022-08-21 18:23:26 +0000 UTC:D awesome, this will be fun. Love Orcent here
Radoslav
2022-08-21 18:21:44 +0000 UTCAwww, the portraits are a really neat idea!
Leon Redway
2022-08-21 18:06:02 +0000 UTCAwesome! Can't wait to see it in-game!
DragonWarrior45
2022-08-21 17:20:55 +0000 UTCThis isn't in the game yet, but the concept is that you'll see a little sprite-sized version of all the portraits where you set them, then if you interact with them you'll see the screen-sized version.
Sierra Lee
2022-08-21 17:01:54 +0000 UTCHell yes
paradoxwrit
2022-08-21 16:54:16 +0000 UTCThe art looks great! I really like that orcent one, and it'll be neat to put portraits of characters in their most frequented rooms. Though, if you don't mind me asking, How does it work in game? Will there be sprites for these portraits that are interactable and show these images, or are the images directly on the wall?
DragonWarrior45
2022-08-21 16:44:07 +0000 UTC
