January Update

I'm still working on FFF, and I'm sure you're wondering when that will be ready, especially since I said it would be done by the end of year. I didn't write a December update simply because I had nothing new to say: I was still working on it. In this post I'll tell you a little about what's to be expected in the update, and some background information.

It's simply taking more time than I had expected, and that is because I am doing more than I had originally planned.

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What's in the update

The first and most significant change is the visuals. The characters' visuals have been updated from head to toe, most notably the faces which I felt were rather lackluster previously. Because of these changes, I also had to redo basically all of the animation as well.

There will be lots of new dialogue, including a unique introduction sequence for each character. Dialogue is not terribly hard to do, so I figure I might as well add some more, especially because it was highly requested in the survey.

As promised there will be 3 new characters, which are secret and must be found by playing the flash. Of course I know not everyone likes that sort of thing so you can unlock them with a code instead. Speaking of codes, most of the codes from before have been replaced with a convenient options menu.

I planned on adding vocal sound effects but I've had an exceedingly difficult time finding people to do them, so I'm actually not sure if that will make it into the next update or not. If I do add voices, I may also redo all of the current sound effects as well.

There's even more stuff that will be added of course, but I'd rather keep it a surprise for now. I just wanted to give you a glimpse of what's to be expected.

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A little background

When me and Yoditax first made this flash, it was just supposed to be a simple Pinkie Pie & Fluttershy animation. The art and animation were rushed because we wanted to see how quickly we could make a simple, quick animation. The plan was to see if we could regularly work together and create small-scale animations of similar quality. However I saw the potential in this flash having swappable characters, and decided the extra time investment would be worth it.

After releasing the project and working on the update for awhile, I felt I needed to redo the faces (especially the top character) and some of the body anatomy (mainly around the torso) because I felt the project could be vastly improved with just some quick changes. The more I worked on the project, the more I felt like I needed to overhaul virtually every aspect of both the art and animation. So that's what I'm working on at the moment.

I hope to make this one of my most complete-feeling and solid projects when I'm finished updating it.

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Other

I'm working on another pony art pack with a group of artists, which will be released next month sometime after my birthday (February 12th). It'll be free with the option to pay, just like last time. Other animation projects are more or less on hold until I finish this FFF update.

Either way I hope to get a lot of projects released this year, since in 2018 I had been working on a lot of different projects but not getting any of them to the point where I could finish and put them out.

Thanks everyone.