Progress 03.11.2025
Hello all!
Wow, okay, so... the weekend was pain. Such a simple scene required the entire weekend. Still, it’s about where I should be realistically. I just hope things will be easier going forward, but I doubt it... 26 scenes left to render, will less since I’m doing one scene as we speak, so 25? There are 41 scenes in total (including variants) if I counted right. So, the progress is steady. I’ve been doing coding while I render and probably start doing post work on the renders already done as well.
Writing? Writing is where it needs to be. I wanted to be further, but the posing issues ate some time. Still not complaining, I should be able to write some more tonight once I start to... dabble with the "animations"... of sorts.
And a preview! One of the few safe for public posts. Ayaka, I like her. Granted, I’m biased there. She grew a lot as a character from what she started. Snotty noble, to a more sensible person. It is a bit bittersweet to end a story, but if there weren’t an end to a story, there wouldn’t be new stories told.
Right. Location... location... location... Urban environments are both a blessing and a curse. You can have action or fight scenes on the streets, and it can easily give some variation to the scenery. But at the same time, most supernatural beings aren’t stupid. If they get exposed, everyone will come to hunt them, thus their survival chances are reduced. So, on top of streets and whatnot, you are going to need "isolated" locations. Warehouses, factories, abandoned places, sewers, thinks like that, where you can stage those action sequences. And that means a lot of testing what works and what doesn’t work. There is an issue or two with this environment, but nothing I can’t fix easily. So it’s in the maybe pile. And Graves and Cross? Yes, well, I did say ages ago that there are people within various governmental organizations that know the "truth". Graves and Cross happens to be two of those people, which is why they aren’t too shocked if evidence goes up in flames. They know that it might turn unhealthy for them... Right a short break, then back to rendering.
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For me, all the Talothral stories are incredible! And the one I've enjoyed the most so far is Sorcerer, with its theme of mages who will live a very long time, angels, demons, and other planes of existence, but nothing is perfect. So the ending left me with the feeling that something was missing... So I'm very happy that you're bringing a new season to Sorcerer and I'm very excited to see the continuation of this story that I enjoyed playing and appreciating so much. And sorry for my English, it's not my native language haha.
Since you mentioned the end of the story, I always thought that the end of a story was always the most difficult to write. You are leaving all the readers (players) with some kind of memory. Will they look back and say, "That was a great story", "That was Epic!" or "Damn, what a disappointment". That is a lot of pressure. I have no doubt that you have a good idea how the story will end, but how that is said, makes a big difference.
Truthfully, ending is probably the easiest to write. Heroic fantasy: Hero beats the bad guy(s) and gets the girl, that is what people expect from it. Tragedy: Hero ends up alone, or dies in tragic way. And so on, so it's just making the actual event fit the story. What is the "hard" part is when it is interactive and you need to create the negative outcomes (ToaM has in total of three endings) they aren't necessarily easy to write or render. I know I had slightly conflicting feelings about the two others that aren't the "canon" ending.
Thank You Tal :)))
There are so many females in Tomas's life but I'm with you Ayaka is and has been my favorite.
With how long the war is supposed to last it seems like there is a lot more story to tell.
So much to look forward to! 🥰
Seems like Ayaka has grown in more ways than one, with the Tittie fairy showing up big time! Thanks for the update.
By the way ToaM will be continued somewhere down the line right?
Gods, I hope so. 😁
You do great work, I can't wait to play the Epilog. Thank you Tal for hard work and dedication.
Thank you ✌️ Can't wait 😊