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Hi everyone ^_^
After some hiccups following the public release I took a couple of days to rest the head a bit lol! (Sorry again to those that experienced the bugs first hand x) I've been back into Daz for a few days now and I'm over 50CG in and closing in on the party itself but I'll talk about this more in a minute!
Alrighty so.. I mentioned a few times that I wanna have a sort of teaser for the party posted before I take some leave for the holidays. This is, as usual, pretty ambitious but I'll do my best. I'll have a disclaimer at the beginning of the event in game but just a note that it'll be an pretty long event and once started; much like the swim trip, there's no backing out until it's done. The swim trip occupied something like 400CG but I expect this event to be triple that given the amount of potential outcomes.
The teaser I want to produce will include a few short scenes:
-Danny arriving - 100%
-Getting ready (Exh3 unlocked) - 80%~
-Dialogue with Danny (Major choice) - 5%
-MAYBE a short travel to the party - 0%
-Small introduction to the Jayce's apartment - 0%
We're something like 20hrs~ into the story and Lisa's yet to "put her face on" so I wanted to make a big deal of it as we move into the middle stages of the game. I'm personally really vibing with the getting ready CGs so far, they're definitely a fresh take on the getting dressed stuff. I think when it comes to getting changed at night I'll use some "putting on makeup" CGs there in 3.X! ^_^
I'm fairly confident getting everything up to the party shifted into place in time but the party itself is just so big in terms of set size compared to anything I've done to date. The Camping Trip was pretty 4 total characters, the Swim Trip was at most in a scene 6 characters (at the dinner including the waitress), Moddy's Gathering was 4, etc, etc. Jayce's apartment will average around 20 characters in the main area for the first 1/3 of the event. Posing and lighting all of these characters for each CG even those out of focus is a huge task but in my mind's eye I can see some of the CGs I wanna produce and I'm stoked man,
I'm so hyped to get into it!!
I posted a couple of images of the apartment set above, one looking in from outside and one from the balcony inside the apartment. I've had a quick once over, added some cups & bottles, a pool table, etc but some assets are still subject to change like the seating and tables. The visible area in those images are where 80%~ of the party takes place.
A quick summary of the attendees that you guys already know:
-Lisa
-Gina
-Jo
-Danny
-Jayce
-Sheree
-Troy
-Jacob - this you won't know yet but he's a named character - he was mentioned briefly in this post:
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. You can check it out to see his face if you wish ^_^ ( I have posted the faces with the image)
-Bobby
-Vicki
This plus somewhere around a dozen more characters, none of which have names yet as they pretty much only exist in this event (maybe some drop ins later but nothing substantial)
I have to create these other dozen characters, select "party" clothes for everyone, makeup for the girls, etc. It's a lot of work before I even get started posing them all for the intro CGs at Jayce's place ^_^!
I've structured some of the routes in the event a little more closely, given myself a slightly better roadmap for the party - some of the choices made at the party will have lingering effects. A good example of this is Lisa's relationship with Danny. I won't go into specifics because I want it all to be a really awesome surprise for everyone but for those that aren't a fan of Danny the steps to Lisa's single life start at the party.
Anyway! I'm getting ahead of myself, I have so much I wanna share with you all about the party but I wanna start developing it first in case things change (as they always do) when I'm putting together the graphics
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One final thing I wanted to mention is that much like Lisa's previous "level up" in Exh, this event is mainly a personal event. It houses very little "storyline" content and serves mainly to charge Lisa's confidence a little right from the start. This and the event also houses some opportunities to bolster / break some relationships moving into 3.X. That being said I think it'll probably end up being a favorite for many ^_^
Hope you're all having a
brilliant week guys! <3
//pG