Chapter 11 Prologue release date
Just wanted to let you know that my plan is to publish the Chapter 11 Prologue this next Friday 10.
Summer is around the corner in ORS, and some characters will be sporting adequate new outfits for the season. In Holly's case, depending on how her personality has been evolving, she'll choose one of two looks:
I was thinking about adding some kind of print to Holly's white T-shirt, but couldn't come up with any design. Do you have any ideas?
Aside from work on the prologue, many other tasks have been worked on: new and updated music tracks for the game, some technical and visual enhancements, test for artists (I have found two that could work, so I've already commissioned a scene for each) and mainly a total overhaul of my software and hardware set up. This has caused all sort of problems, but I've finally managed to get the important things in working order. I had been postponing this, since I hate changes and migrating data and programs is as messy as a real house move, but now was the time to do it. Besides, I wanted to experiment with new AI technologies, to see if I can implement them somehow to speed things up in the near future. So far I managed to create some pretty decent scenarios for the game, and even though they're not perfect yet, I will try to implement some in the upcoming release. Here's as assorted mix of results I managed; some of those look really promising and almost good enough to be used in-game.
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Thank god it's friday - keeping hitting the refresh button. But saturday or sunday might be quite as good.
I am curious: What was the task you had for the AI? Did you supply a complete picture and asked the AI to alter it? For example changing the lightning from day to evening? Or did you ask ist to add some "clutter" to it like socks or books? Or did you use it to add shadows? Or are these complete new pictures based on your expectations like "Make a bew room for Holly that looks cozy, but also... and many books, but no plants and..."?
BTW, when Holly changes her glasses to look more stylish, I almost wish there was a way for Ian to tell her that he thinks the old ones were just fine, haha. But anyway, regarding Holly's shirt, I think what others have said about some fantasy theme would be cool. Or maybe a kind of nerdy/obscure message. I just bought a mug that says "Team Oxford Comma" on it, lol.
Yah, I love the thick frame kind of nerdy glasses on cute women. Super hot look.
Great idea the AI part for the screens. It would definitively speed up the process and help you create scenes much faster ! Nice work !
I almost wouldn’t mind you making a separate game featuring holly lol although I love all your characters so far
What expectations would you have about her story? How far would you go with her - or would you only like a love-romance-story?
Your a gem as always Eva, looking forward to next friday! :)
The new sets and Holly's wardrobe look great. Re: Holly's shirt design, I agree with Bethor. Something that represents her love of fantasy novels would be appropriate. I was thinking something like a fae or fairy to represent her softer side, but a dragon would be cool.
Yeah. I can't wait. Great news Eva
Will there be new options for Lena for her tattoos/piercing/clothing/hairstyle/colour????
Holly's new shirt is dire need of nice dragon print, wolf's head or sleeping kitten. :D BTW, she looks very nice and surprisingly sexy. AI backgrounds look jaw-dropping but I hope you have used free art to train it as I know that some artists don't like when someone uses their work to do that without permission.
I used the backgrounds already in the game to train it, trying to teach it to replicate the style
Love you Eva 😍
Next Friday??? Definitely wasn't expecting this!
Yay, a new look for Holly!
Next Friday? You are kidding me, right?! Oh my!!! :)