Final Costumes/Ending breakdown!

Heyo everyone! This week I created an outline for how to approach the endings. I knew the directions I wanted, but still hadn't come up with a solid format. While brainstorming I came up with a little idea I thought was neat, but before I show that off, I am going to give a first look at the final costumes for characters.

Let's start with the characters' costumes. I believe I briefly mentioned this in a previous post, but I wanted 1 more costume for each character that was sort of an... "anti-costume", where the costume would contrast their personalities. (This ended up not being the case for all of them, but it's how the idea started at least).

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Lana:

As most of you know, this costume is already in the game, and is Lana's version of this.
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Pix:

Pix will have a nun outfit. (There is a top to this outfit as well)
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Siren:

Siren's will be a play on a "gyaru" outfit, and as such she will also come with a new head, and hairstyle.
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Tanya:

Tanya will be showing off a degen side.
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Nika:

Nika gets a bit tangled up in her own mess.
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Rooster:

Rooster takes on a femboy outfit with a new hairstyle, and a radical new hat.
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As an added part I may also look to add Siren's Shrine Maiden outfit while I'm at it.

I mainly used this for promo images, but if I can make it work on the rig, I might as well try it. (It just might be a bit awkward because this image is not actually what the rig is based on, so some of the imaging is a bit warped.
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ANYWAYS! Let's take a look at how endings are going to be approached.

To start, upon defeating the final boss you will be brought to a brief conversation with Nova.

Depending on your choices you will come to 1 of 4 different ending strings. "I could impregnate you" leads you to 2 options where you partner with Nova, and "There may be another way" leads you to 2 options where you leave her to someone else.

-I could impregnate you route:

-There may be another way route:

There will be 3 ending CGs.

>"Turn Nova in", and "Join my Crew" will give you a CG in the hub ship along with every character that chooses to join you after the events of the game. (Aff: 50+, 75+ for Siren)

>"Let's rule Catiya" will put you in the throne room with Nova, Lana, and Tanya. In this route all other character decide to leave Aether's side.

>"Catiyans frequent the brothel" will put you in the brothel will all characters who choose to join you after the events (In this route characters MUST have Aff: 100 in order to stay by Aether's side).

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This is a placeholder for the time being(not the actual CG) but just to demonstrate:

Characters will either appear, or not appear in the CG depending on whether you meet the conditions needed for them to stick around.

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This leads to the final component of the "Endings. Those who have played SpunkStock may remember the "card" system to show where each character was at in the events after the game. Click on their card and see what they did.

I wanted to have a similar system, but not present it in the same way. The idea I came up with was to present each character's events via a form of in-game "social media".

Each character will have a little profile for you to look through. This feed covers the start of their journey with you right up until the end of the game, and will show their thoughts on certain stages. Some posts may change, or not be included depending on what you've experienced with them. (If you never unlocked an Hscene, that post won't be there, etc).

Some characters might not be the best at typing.

I thought this would be a fun, interactive way for the player to retroactively review the journey with the characters, while simultaneously doing a "Where are they at now" segment.

If there is time at the end of development, I may look into a way for the player to change stats around a bit, or have some way of experiencing endings under different conditions without playing the final boss fight again.

Anyways! This was a bit of a lengthy one,as there was a decent amount to cover. There is still work to do on the endings here, but I'm pretty happy with the direction of them so far. Let me know what you guys think!

Next week is technically "New features" week. I will probably look to actually implement the new costumes, and with any extra time get a head start on build wrap up. There is a lottt to wrap up with this build, so the head start might be necessary.

Thanks again everyone! I'll catch you all then!

-Regulus