Filling out the characters.
Added 2023-04-02 18:02:07 +0000 UTCProbably a long post today.
Background characters.
So last week I showed off an image of the girls around the volleyball court and it added so much life to the area. After that I also added some characters to the firepit for hanging out in the evening.
Personally I thought this turned out pretty great and like before, added so much life to the scene that I ended up trying to push things further to see how they turned out. So I added random no name NPCs to replace the shadow people I previously had.
On one hand, it makes named NPCs less special in the images because they don't stand out as much, on the other hand I feel the image as a whole looks better. I did this area as a test to see what people thought about it before adding it to other areas. I think the school will heavily benefit from this sort of stuff.
Activity scenes.
When Sammy is playing soccer with the boys or running in the park, I have a mini scene where you see her hands or something to show what she is doing. While it is better than no scene at all, it is still pretty boring. With volleyball though I was able to make things a little more interesting by showing named character she is playing with.
Made me wonder though. While I can do the same thing with the dance girls while dancing with them and possibly the soccer boys by showing images of Robin. What about when Sammy is alone? I cannot factor in what Sammy will be wearing to show accurate pictures, but would inaccurate pictures be better than boring ones? Please post your thoughts.
Shady dealer.
So this came about entirely as a joke while talking to someone on discord. But I ended up running with it anyway.
And depending on the dealers lust level, he may not be wearing those swim trunks while Sammy is shopping...
I think we can all guess where things will be heading from there.
Comments
The dealer isn't doing it because he's a pervert or a flasher. He's just on so many drugs he hasn't noticed.
Cobbly
2023-04-09 23:12:04 +0000 UTCPersonally really prefer NPC's hair/body shape/skin colour/face over player character especially Frida and Robin, hope there will be some included in future For the cut-ins, I will get distracted if the character in the image doesn't match mine, maybe try to avoid variant part to be included in the image? For the soccer event just showing head or leg of player character while focusing on the enviroment and shadow people who player interacting with, at least doesn't feels off and doesn't get bored than zero cut-ins? At least you only need to take care of hair and face variants Or try feeding your materials to the AI? Just suggesting blindly, at least AI can help you construct those all variants very fast although might not be very precise
CvetaQ
2023-04-03 18:49:29 +0000 UTC
