DevLog: Sculpting "Symbiotic Tears" - PRISM's Haunting Atrium Centerpiece

Quick reminder: You can follow development more closely on the Trello board.

The PRISM facility is something that I've been working towards for a long time now. It's where a lot of the story is based, and by design, has hundreds and hundreds of rooms. Unfortunately, architecting and modeling a giant ominous building takes a lot of time and isn't at all sexy... so devlogs might be boring for a week or two --- hell aren't all my devlogs boring?

✅ Last Week's Progress

What I accomplished since the last update:

• Scene 1 Completion + Final touches

  • Part 1 (NSFW video) - Undoubtably, some of my best work 🩵

  • Part 2 - 60 images posed and rendered at 4K

  • Refining the musical composition for the remainder of the scene

  • Silent Catalyst - Listen on SoundCloud

  • Eternal Xana - Listen on SoundCloud

  • Creating minor musical composition for the final shot

• 4K Visual Experience

  • Significant upgrade to visual quality:
    Thanks to WEBP/WEBM's compression and EEVEE's rendering speed, Echoes of The Cataclysm will deliver a 4K experience (3840x2160) as our standard format, replacing the previous 1920x1080 approach.

  • File size examples (with 4K):

    Scene 1: 19.4 MB (images) + 89.4 MB (animation)
    Scene 2: 13.6 MB
    Scene 3: 55.5 MB
    Scene 4: 22.6 MB
    Scene 5: 21.9 MB

  • With 18 scenes planned for Chapter 1, the estimated 4K experience will be under 2GB 😻

🛠️ Current Development

What I'm working on right now:

• PRISM facility (scroll down for a sneak peek)

  • Creating a sculpture that gives off the proper "vibes" of the world and the facility that you'll be exploring; mysterious, odd, layered, ominous 😈

  • Reception area

    • Interior design (plants, lighting, PRISM logo, desk, etc.)

  • Elevator

    • Elevator cab

    • Elevator stops for each floor

  • Stairs (7 accessible levels)

  • Plants (on sculpture, in reception area)

  • Rooms

    • I've lost count at how many rooms this facility can have 😅

• Writing

  • Zephyr - For obvious reasons, I've decided to rewrite and change the gender of the main character's sibling to male. It all hinges on: I do not want the audience to be distracted or to be "lead" on, even in the slightest. The relationship is what is important to the story and not the gender, so at the end of the day, that's what carries the weight.

  • Tightening up plot holes, deepening lore (even if the audience won't see it).

🔮 Coming Soon

What I'm planning to work on next:

• Creating new character: Willow Hart

A brilliant but guilt-ridden botanist, Willow Hart finds solace in her research at PRISM while avoiding human connection, haunted by the memory of fatally shooting a drug dealer to protect her sister.

• Creating new character: Raven Delarosa

A jaded Emotiokinetic Psion with a sharp wit, Raven Delarosa operates on fringes of Neo Angeles' society, using her ability to manipulate feelings to subtly disrupt the system that failed her as an orphan.

👀 Sneak Peek

"Symbiotic Tears" - PRISM facility sculpture in the atrium.

Thank you for your time 😚

Don't forget to check out the Trello board for detailed progress updates! ❤️