April 27, 2018

Your money gets shit done around here

With the big uplift in Patreonage last month I was able to hire an actual illustrator, the lovely Victoria.

Her illustration skills are way better than mine, but her style isn't radically different, so I was delighted when she agreed to work on Female Agent.

Her current project is a face and hairstyle upgrade to the avatar.  Let me know what you think!

The hairstyles come in four lengths (long, medium, bob, short).  I intend to add in some code that allows agents with long or very long hair the ability to change their hairstyle dynamically, so an agent with medium hair could wear it down in the office, then put it up in space buns before heading out to the club.

I'm hoping to hire her for more work in the future.  Some ideas include:

  • Selectable facial features (eyes, brows, noses, mouths)

  • Selectable race & skin tones

  • Moar clothes, accessories, hairstyles

  • Avatar back view

  • Illustrations of key locations and NPCs (to display in passages)

  • Dynamic NPC avatars

Comments (14)

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nick · April 28, 2018

amazing work

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Richard Tracey · April 27, 2018

Wait, does this mean we possibly get to pick waist/hip/butt size?

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esclavage · April 27, 2018

Richard, This has been discussed as a fairly serious possibility, yes.

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Jumpy James Johnson Junior · April 27, 2018

You want my thoughts on those avatars? Hmm ... I think ... I think: "Hell to the yes!" That's sort of modern and rap-style, though, so write it down as "Hell yeah," as in "Let me get a big 'Hell yeah!' from the Redneck girls like me!"

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Breadloaf · April 27, 2018

What you already mentioned (facial features, skin tone, clothes, accessories, hairstyles) feels like the most important parts and would be a huge upgrade to the game. There's a lot of possible additions there, so that could keep the illustrator occupied forever. However, I wouldn't mind adding even another cupsize - that way I can finally turn my female agent into a Lucy Pinder look-alike ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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esclavage · April 27, 2018

Breadloaf, I've also advocated more body types for Kate (including even larger breasts) so this may be part of a future addition. The challenge is any body type changes requires art to be done for all possible combinations. A current example - all current outfits for Kate need to be replicated 6 times to account for cup sizes A-E/DDD). Still, I'm also firmly behind this idea.

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Chris Simon · April 27, 2018

Absolutely delightful

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Exar Kun · April 27, 2018

I would be delighted if we could get a choice of 3 or 4 pieces of clothing to wear ranging from covered up to revealing depending on the situation and your traits. Keep up the good work!

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esclavage · April 27, 2018

Exar Kun, Crush also likes this idea as a possibility which bodes well for you.

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Enrico · April 27, 2018

Well done (again). The avatar was a really smart idea from the start, and for me the best value was to see it change dynamically while playing/interacting. I'm usually more for the 'content' part, but in this case I really appreciate it (and already like Victoria's work)

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Richard Tracey · April 27, 2018

A million thumbs (and other things) up! I also vote for tattoos/piercings ;P I am liking what I'm seeing though! Also, maybe not to start out, but considering what her cover is, a pigtail hairdo would not go amiss (heck, the hypnotist could force her into it or a similarly embarrassing 'do early on.)

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esclavage · April 27, 2018

Richard, 1) Tattoos and piercings will definitely be part of customizing Kate's avatar though likely won't be available until she is in Bangkok. 2) A 'pigtail'/Lolita hairstyle has definitely been discussed and will happen sooner or later. 3) I personally like this idea of Dr. Campbell influencing Kate's hairstyle so I'll see how it clicks with everyone else. Thanks for the suggestion.

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vladeemer · April 27, 2018

Nice! Could you add "Avatar on all fours" to that list? ^^

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esclavage · April 27, 2018

vladeemer, That hadn't come up in the dev discussions before but I will make sure to bring it up for consideration. Thanks!