It's been quite a while since the last update.
Not that anything in particular happened, though.
Before I knew it, it's already June—half of the year is nearly over again.
Not long ago I was talking about how spring had arrived and it was getting warmer,
but now it already feels like early summer, and soon enough we’ll be nostalgic for winter and looking forward to autumn...
Well then, now that we’ve covered the safe topic of weather that anyone can talk about, let’s move on to the main subject (?)
Right now, I’m working on something that I thought, “Maybe I should give this a try?”
So I’ve uploaded a mockup of a scene I’ve been imagining... just like before, at this point it’s still just a “picture.”
Currently, I’m checking things like the basic layout, character scaling, and overall visuals.
Next, I’ll be moving into making a prototype.
The screenshot is full size, 800×450.
The left side is the main game screen (600×450), and the right side is the information and console section (200×450)…
But the character (basic height is 150) feels a bit too small, and that’s giving me a headache.
Even during “the act,” when the camera zooms in 2x and focuses on the character,
they still only appear as large as they do in the screenshot above... hmm, it feels kind of lacking.
Well, I guess screen size can be adjusted with any SWF player that you like, so maybe it’s fine?
At this point, everything is still placeholder content.
The console, the character—everything is temporary and only used for the prototype.
I’m even still debating the characters’ head-to-body ratios, so it could still change in any number of ways.
Also, just to be clear, this is not Dragon Bride 2.
That game didn’t fully cover the princess’s part, which I still want to fix somehow…
This is completely unrelated, but here’s something I’ve been thinking lately that really made me go “Whoa!”
There was a closed beta before Golden Week,
and PSO2 (Phantasy Star Online 2), which is scheduled to begin open beta at the end of June!
The PSO series already had inherently erotic settings—like Newmans and CASTs with unique origins—
but PSO2’s character creation system is seriously erotic.
It might be a bit late to say this, but the character creator demo is already available… and it's super sexy!
You can really see people's fetishes reflected in the characters they create.
Of course, not everyone is like that,
but I feel like a decent number of the characters you’ll see in-game will reflect their creator’s sexual preferences.
Just thinking about that makes the whole thing strangely erotic!!
Naturally, the process of customizing the character’s appearance to your liking is also erotic in itself…
If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it!
It’s a fantastic character creation system,
but it’s a bit of a shame that SEGA patented it, which prevents adult game developers from making something similar.
That part leaves me feeling a little conflicted.
Speaking of 3D models, MMD has evolved a lot recently.
It might come across as erotic depending on your perspective,
but purely from a technical standpoint, it’s really impressive.
Of course, advancements in computer hardware have helped too.
The models are beautiful, the facial expressions are expressive—
I honestly think some MMD projects are more polished than commercial works.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the skills to use MMD myself,
so I just enjoy other people’s work… but I do admire it a little.
Anyway, I have no idea whether this project will ever be finished,
but I think I’ll just take it easy and work on it slowly.
)
