Sneak Peek: Chapter 16 Part 2 (Super SFW; light spoilers)
Added 2024-09-23 14:01:15 +0000 UTC
I'm not usually so vague with sneak peeks, but in addition to working on renders through the weekend, I setup the scene for the final set I still need to work on. That, as you can probably deduce, is a romance scene with a very special character.
I was aiming for an aesthetic that was at once minimalist yet luxurious. There are plenty of other rooms in Mayhew's tower that are grand and designed to impress or, perhaps, even intimidate. But, when you get to his most inner sanctum, I wanted something that ran a little counter to that. He is, fundamentally, focused on domination of others: the other elders, threats to his power, those who would undermine him. So, he has built the tower larger around projecting that power and asserting himself over what he feels is his.
But, for the rooms that nobody else visits? The rooms that are just for him? I wanted something a little different. I may tweak this a little more before I start working on the renders in it, but spent about an hour last night changing textures and shaders, adding and removing props, adjusting the lighting, etc., to get it where I wanted.
I also got a lot of other renders done, finishing up the scene in the gallery that I had previously teased. This is now the final stretch. After this, I just have to integrate the new UI (or, at least, most of it), add audio, and conduct the usual QC testing. Finally getting close!
I'll share some of the NSFW sneak peeks coming from this room when they're ready.
Comments
Gotcha. Textures on that duvet are a little tricky for reasons probably very boring, but I use it because it is easy to shape (and drape) around and on top of characters (eg, while sleeping). This texture seemed to fit the room the best, but I'll take another look.
Bound By Night
2024-09-25 21:52:17 +0000 UTCSorry meant linens not lines. Lol
Jay Swo
2024-09-25 20:42:45 +0000 UTCI can definitely see that. Something big and grand. I kind of want to subvert that expectation a little, though. Don't want to spoil things any further, but there will be a brief conversation about it.
Bound By Night
2024-09-25 14:45:59 +0000 UTCThere are some other beds I can try. I'll try a few and see how they look.
Bound By Night
2024-09-25 14:44:52 +0000 UTCI always imagined his bedroom to look like the throne room from dream sequence.
JS1486
2024-09-24 23:59:37 +0000 UTCA romance with Mayhew would always be a possibility in my mind, his looks are appealing but it would always come with an undercurrent of danger. I think the room you have created is perfect - it amplifies that romance with Mayhew would always be underlaid with dark foreboding.
Stephen de Launey
2024-09-24 08:27:27 +0000 UTCI'd say that even if you are pursuing a romance with Mayhew, it is very much on theme to still be constantly on alert around him and find what is effectively his lair unsettling. He is a predator and you are prey. You may be stepping in the spider's web willingly but you still know it's there.
C.K.
2024-09-23 21:11:24 +0000 UTCI think based on Mayhew personality, the headboard should be bigger and the bed lines a bit more something lol.
Jay Swo
2024-09-23 21:10:59 +0000 UTCAh! Interesting! Are you pursuing a romance with Mayhew? If so, would this be a turn-off? What would you do differently? Obviously it fits my concept of him, but I'm genuinely curious (particularly while there is still time for me to make some adjustments).
Bound By Night
2024-09-23 20:00:37 +0000 UTCFor me, the room is unsettling - slightly creepy maybe, certainly not a room in which I would ever feel comfortable, so probably perfect Mayhew!
Stephen de Launey
2024-09-23 18:03:51 +0000 UTCPerfect chamber for Mayhew!
Norman Gugliotta
2024-09-23 14:45:30 +0000 UTCDefinitely not spartan, but not a lot of decorations, either. There is only a single painting (opposite wall), no other furniture, and it's a much more intimate space. Ideally, I'd love to have the bed facing the window rather than parallel to it, but I couldn't find a room I liked that provided a good starting point.
Bound By Night
2024-09-23 14:30:52 +0000 UTCI mean I wouldn't call it spartan. It's quiet luxury:)
C.K.
2024-09-23 14:13:17 +0000 UTC
