I gotta say I love the decision to make Dani's costume predominantly silver opposed to Danny's black, it's real good.LINKING THE ORIGINAL POST HERE, AS IT'S GOT PROPER HIGHLIGHTING AND ITALICS AND WHAT NOT:You must be registered to see the links
Dani Fenton/Phantom Special Preview (AND IMPORTANT LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!!)
Good Friday to all of you ghouls and gals out there, looking forward to the first launch update. We've been working hard to get stuff locked in for you all to see and have a smidgen to play with in our exciting new venture. We actually have some pretty interesting developments I know you'll all want to hear about, so please, READ THE ENTIRETY OF THIS POST OR JUST JUMP TO THE SECTION THAT SAYS "ANYWAY..." FOR THE IMPORTANT UPDATE.
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Dani Fenton/Phantom "Enhanced Sketches"
First off, to help ease you guys into the prospect of the big news we're dropping in this post, we wanted to show off Danielle "Dani" Phantom to our ever developing cast of characters. Dani, as I'm sure some of you know, is well appreciated and respected in the Danny Phantom Porn-iverse a bit more than she ever really has been in terms of the show. A literal chromosome swap clone of our main man Danny has just the ripest potential for taboo kink factor, it sorta writes itself. She's basically the classic sophomore season "Let's make an inverse gender version of one of the main protagonists" maneuver, tried and true as ever. But that doesn't necessarily necessitate that the trope itself can't bring with it a cool aspect in character and story beat. We think our version of Dani has a lot of really cool underlying potential, and will be explored out a much greater degree than she ever really was.
Some of you may be wondering "Well, I know this is SubscribeStar, and you guys can get away with a lot more, but how are you going to tackle her whole... small demeanor aspect?" Well, as you can see, while we did want to maintain Dani's original petite, almost surfboard-esque proportions, we did in fact age her up. Both in terms of in-canon story elements, and proportions. How did we do that? Well we've got a big arcing narrative with time and stability issues, and it'll all in pretty good detail, explain how we get from the little shorty Dani to the grown up Dani you see in this preview. And she is still one of the shortest characters, coming in at around 4 foot 10 inches, so she'll still look quite diminutive.
I could probably go ahead and explain some of the actual details of her hero version and her civilian uniform. For clarification btw, these images are NOT what her actual character portraits will look like in-game. These are basically just some "Enhanced Sketches", to help serve as style guide and design outlines for when we eventually do need to bring her in, either in CG scenes or the actual story. So that's why they'll look a little "off" and maybe a bit too dynamic, if you compared her side by side with another character portrait. So, with her hero design, we wanted to incorporate the notion of going asymmetric with her design. We think that with her nature as a character who has struggled and has worries about her stability, being a clone made essentially of science goo and all, that she'd have a bit more practice of shape shifting than Danny or Vlad, closer in essence to somebody like Desiree in that respect. So we thought her outfit should have this kind of "all over the place" nature that isn't as symmetric as Danny's uniform. The original show version sorta had this same principle in mind, but obviously with that "Poochie the Dog" look, with the baggy pants and the "I'm with it and hip, yo!" sorta attitude in her design. We think the look we gave her is altogether familiar but also gives it a fresh new coat of paint, especially considering it's more mature in design (check out those side slits!). One element I really liked was the exposed shoulder on only one side, helping really sell uneven and lopsided theme.
Dani's hair in both designs is actually a bit more "downward and sharp", which I also think helps sell the sorta darker tone and more "badass" look, as though she's been through stuff when she's in hero mode, but also makes her look like a messy and cute dork when she's human. Speaking of, her civilian look is also a bit different from her "cool kid on the block" look from the show. She clearly just wants to wear what's comfortable for her, so shorty shorts, ankle socks, a polo (possibly a dress shirt, I just think that's a sexier idea?), and an oversized zip up hoodie with sleeve gloves. Part tomboy goober, part "Please be patient, I have autism", which, if you know what we're planning with her character, I think makes sense! We also changed out her red beanie in exchange for a red baseball cap, because we thought it made for a cuter tomboy aesthetic, and also, we already swapped out Tucker's beret for a red beanie, so we thought we shouldn't overcrowd hat types. I think it's a good change, she looks like your typical weirdo "cousin" who shows up on your door step and starts eating your snacks.
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"Oh, and just one other small thing, Andy's Birthday has been moved to... today."
So, we show off and promise you guys cool small girl tomboys... no strings attached? Sadly, not to be. We actually have some important news regarding the first launch update news.
The short of it is: Stray Dream Games is Delaying the first launch update release of "Dark Dimensions" about two weeks from the promised "Latest" date of "end of May".
...by about Two Weeks. Friday, June 13th.
Mark the calendars people, we've got an OFFICIAL, official release date for this fucking bullshit. Friday the 13th, June, around the afternoon, right at the start of the weekend, for $15 Wet Dreamer members. Just over a month out. Now, why is this happening? Well, cause we're sorta behind, in general? And that's on us, and that's bad of us, and you should be critical of us for that. We apologize for that, and we're sorry for making you guys deal with that. We hope two weeks out from the "latest" time we promised (end of May) isn't tooooo bad, but we get that it's annoying. But this is intended to be an actual proper scheduled date, and we'll look like right assholes if it's not at least by that weekend. The other reason is, specific to our coder extraordinaire team member, Epadder. See, he does a majority of all the crazy cool effects, actual code work, creation of the builds, as well as all the portraiting and scene work. What you actually PLAY and DO in the game? That's all that guy. And right now, he's going to be out of the Dark Dimensions workspace for about two weeks! Because he also now works with our fearless team leader, Lostraven, on a separate project we've advertised for here before, Parasite Black. So he needs an additional buffer to help finish his work there, as well as here. More or less, it's just a scheduling issue, and again, we hope this isn't tooooo disheartening. We'll understand if it is though, I'd be sad not being able to see these bad toon ladies get all nakey and shit too.
So you guys remember, we'll have early access to the launch update for members who pledge more, and approximately how many singular dollars you give, is how earlier you get the link before it goes public. So if you pledge $15, $10, $5, etc., you'll receive access to the update that many days earlier before public release. We'll have the public release on June 28th, and that will serve as the first "End of Month" release, which will be a bugfix and perhaps whatever new amount of content we generate in 15 days. Then, from that point on, we'll have additional end of month updates EVERY SINGLE MONTH, unless something stupid happens. That's the plan, and we're sticking to it. The updates might not be big "Story updates", but we're trying to get in the habit of monthly updates, even if it's just script corrections or updating expressions and other smaller but additional art assets.
Also, the actual update? It should be known that it will absolutely be a WORK IN PROGRESS. Don't contribute to gain early access expecting a super polished and complete package, like we may have wanted the launch update to initially be. We're working to get there, and we'll be showing off the level of polish we want to ACHIEVE with the game, via the art and the play feel, but it won't be perfect. Always keep that in mind, and feel free to pay for you own bills over our gooner shenanigans. Rome wasn't built in a day, and we're not expecting the team to be able to all quit their day jobs overnight. But to those that do contribute, you shall be exalted as the kings and queens(?) you are.
So, I think that's more or less it? I'll be around for any questions, just feel free to either leave a comment either here, or personally DM me, or submit a question in the "Ask a Dev" channel on Discord! Also, what did you think of Dani's new outfit? Are you excited for her debut in the game? As a bonus treat and way of saying "We're sorry", here's a preview of some of Mayor Connie's expressions, thanks to FraMe. She's got a great bounce to her!
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Mayor Connie Animation Test
Later, enjoy your weekend, expect some more cool stuff and news soon!
-Morah & the SDG Team
I gotta say I love the decision to make Dani's costume predominantly silver opposed to Danny's black, it's real good.
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God willing, we absolutely want to do it!
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We went through a number of designs during our WIP stage, and we just agreed the inverse iconography would be a great move to make.
Will Sam's "poison Ivy" ghost form from when she was under the control of the plant ghost be in this game?
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In any fashion? Once every end of of month. So public versions would usually go out around the 14-15h, as we release public versions approx two weeks/15 days after the earliest access people get it.
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If I find it interesting. Most of season 3 has kinda been wiped from the slate, because the ghost concepts from what I've seen? They always seemed kinda poor in concept. A plant ghost? What? A ghostly Olympus? What are we doing here?
But stuff like the Nightmare ghost I think at least has interesting implications for a non-canon event dream sequence feature to implement, so my idea was to definitely borrow from that episode at least.
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Ah, Nocturne. One of very... VERY few bright spots in the shitshow season 3 was.
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Yeah the season 3 ghosts were aggressively mid.
Though honorable mention, the only Danny Phantom hentai on Nhentai is Sam getting tentacle railed by Undergrowth so they also have the most porn comic appearances. Gold medal!
I think Season 3 would've been better served setting up the end by having Danny start building inroads with his rogues' gallery. Not just because Ember and Johnny 13 and Walker are all much more interesting characters, but also because it would be thematic and rhyme with the season being the end of the show - Danny's efforts to get to know his enemies stops the conflict and thus most of the issues in his life.
Though honorable mention, the only Danny Phantom hentai on Nhentai is Sam getting tentacle railed by Undergrowth so they also have the most porn comic appearances. Gold medal!
I think Season 3 would've been better served setting up the end by having Danny start building inroads with his rogues' gallery. Not just because Ember and Johnny 13 and Walker are all much more interesting characters, but also because it would be thematic and rhyme with the season being the end of the show - Danny's efforts to get to know his enemies stops the conflict and thus most of the issues in his life.
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Well, updates could be simply us adding on an asset here and there, changing GUI, spelling mistakes, things that will constantly update the changelog due to their nature. But then hey, that means the community gets a monthly update that has *something* on it, cause believe me, there's always work to be done. So that just means every month a new pair of eyes have a chance of seeing our game for the first time and trying it out!
Yeah, in retrospect that should have been the ghost of a gardener or eco-"terrorist" huh?
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not like it stopped them from making fake Kraven one of their most reoccurring villains lol
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Skulker is a goddamn engima anyway. Is he a modern ghost, because he's wearing power armor? An 1800's hunter to match the primary aesthetic? Some 90's biker to fit his secondary aesthetic?
Nearabouts the only thing we know about him is that he actually kinda sucks at hunting. I mean the guy gets rolled repeatedly by a freshman in highschool.
Nearabouts the only thing we know about him is that he actually kinda sucks at hunting. I mean the guy gets rolled repeatedly by a freshman in highschool.
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Set game development to ludicrous speed