More Art

 

Just wanted to share some more practice art I made since I got the style nailed down. Above is a portion of chapter 1's protagonist.

Clarification on "WHAT I HAVE DONE??????"

 Just wanted to clarify that I know the art I displayed in the last post is flawed in a few respects. I know the eyes are uneven and not round enough, I know the face is a weirdly proportioned, I know the detail in the hair strands looks somewhat odd given the detail of the rest of the head, and I know the pitch black outlines are a little jarring. I want to emphasize my previous words---you can expect the art to look like something "VERY SIMILAR" to this in the demo. I plan to polish this style for the final product. Rest assured, this piece was made for PRACTICE and PRACTICE ONLY. I'll have higher standards in place for the final sprites.

Oh, maybe I should bring this up now, but this style is specifically meant for the sprites; CGs will look similar, obviously (not going to change the whole ass style I set up and have been developing/deciding on for years now...okay there may be some variation in some of the CGs but these will be done on a CASE-BY-CASE, INFREQUENT basis), but more consideration will be given to the background environments and how light/shadows/colors should be affected in said environments. I ought to post some WIP CGs in the future to make this clearer.

Have I FINALLY DONE IT??????

 

 

Above is my most recent practice piece. I feel very satisfied with the end result; a lot of the things I was aiming for were hit, and a lot of the things I disliked were fixed. With this, I can confidently say that you can expect an art style very similar to this in chapter 1's demo release.

Art is getting...better?

 

I think I'm finally starting to narrow down the specific issues I've been having with my art, and I'm finally starting to produce practice pieces that don't make me feel horribly disgusted. I know what I want to try next, and hopefully it'll result in something that looks like it could be in the demo.

On Chapter 1's Route Structure

 

Above is a snippet of a chart I made detailing the choices and endings in BFD. As you can see, chapter 1 has 4 endings total, with the single true end (Sea Lulling) unlocking chapter 2.

I'm currently working on the draft for Kemp Owyne since it's so close to the true end, meaning it will take the shortest amount of time to write out of all the alternate endings.

I will post the full version of this image sometime in the future (probably after chapter 1 is released) to give people an idea of how the rest of the game is structured.

I realize there's some aspects of this picture that would be confusing to anyone reading this post at this time, sparking questions such as "wtf is a Alaire", so sometime before chapter 1's release I'll post a downloadable game manual that will fill you all in.

Chapter 1's True Route Draft Complete

 

Pics are of CG concepts/references. I drew them with a mouse, which is why they look like shit.

Anywho, I'm pleased to announce that the draft of chapter 1's true route has finally been completed, as the more precocious among us have probably figured out from the title. I originally wanted this done by the end of June, but I ended up putting off some of the scenes because I wasn't sure if I was happy with how I envisioned them (aka procrastination, bumfuck laziness).

I use the term "draft" because I want the script to be eternally open for editing. The ways certain things are phrased and even their portrayal will remain up for potential changing as development goes on (even when I deem chapter 1 fully completed). This is so that any shitty writing that I fail to take notice of until I'm a bit older and wiser can be fixed so I don't hate myself for publishing it.

Basically, the draft is representative of the final script of chapter 1's true route at this point in time, but I will still go over it to make edits from time to time. However, right now my next focus is to get the alternate routes' drafts done; editing will be taking a backseat for a bit.

The Progress Train is making its rounds

 

The draft of chapter 1's true route is almost finished. ~61K words in, just need to get through some specific scenes I held off to write at the end.

Pic above is (somewhat) old concept art, enjoy.