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Hello everyone ^_^!
I can hardly believe I posted 2.62 over 2 weeks ago! Since my last update I've sort of got things a little more ordered, I think the difference in working on a series of small events as opposed to the usual few large scenes just threw me off a bit
Anyway during the week I finally decided that instead of visiting Jo's house and introducing more unimportant characters that instead it'd be cool to use the new Korean Restaurant. Some of you might remember an old "charter" for Episode 2 from way back last year and it noted the "Visiting Jo" event in the E2Ch1 release which was put back to the following update, then put back again and now I'm finally putting it together. The reason for this is basically because it's a pretty uninteresting event. It's got some quirky dialogue but it isn't the content we all want ^_^ so why am I even making it? I've mentioned many times how bleak Lisa's circumstances become as the story progresses and I think to keep some sense of balance and hope for Lisa's character in later stages she needs some foundations / some people she can trust. It's noted in the game's intro that Lisa & Jo have been friends for a long time and that Jo is one of the pillars in her life, I just feel the need for the player to feel that bond too. I think it'll be more appreciated later when Lisa & Jo both share some of the weight each other are carrying <3
The event itself isn't terribly long so you guys will breeze through it in a matter of minutes, I just want to make note that I am not losing my mind or anything and that there is
some method behind the scenes ^_^!
Dunno if you guys remember but the first night Danny came over the trigger for that event was a 50% chance on interacting with Lisa's bedroom door - the original idea was that this would be a sort of miniseries, Danny would call Lisa and the player could choose whether to answer / see him or not. It was obviously scrapped because I thought it'd be more annoying than anything but I'm definitely not happy with how absent Danny has been throughout this Episode though I am also aware of how divided the player base is on his character too
so a happy medium and taking some inspiration from a previous idea I thought there could be some optional scenes with Danny that the player can initiate themselves - this way his character is utilized more but doesn't tread on the toes of those that are counting the days until they can abandon the poor fella!
So I started brainstorming and I thought why not include the fitness stat too, it's only currently used in Luca's content but some other little benefits to leveling it up couldn't hurt! So I'm gonna make a small series of scenes with Danny & Lisa hiking in Renshire Forest. They'll only be 5-15CG each but at least this time I've actually crafted HALF a set for Renshire Forest (though it melts my gpu rendering it!) - The first CG is a good example of how it looks currently with the DoF doing it's best to blend the HDRI with the 3d foreground .
Lastly I spent two days working on the event displayed in the 3rd CG, usually this would be pretty good because getting a full event completed is big! Unfortunately this event I estimate will take the player about 10~ seconds to complete x) Well.. probably a little more because it has to be repeated to see all of it's CG but it's still incredibly short, it's one of the harassment events - this one Lisa is in the midst of a crowd and during the rampaging chaos a
deviant gets a little handsy. I have so many of these little events still to do but it's kind of fun diving between so many events. Most if not all of them are affected by Lisa's clothing and can be ramped up with higher Deviancy levels - I'm just being a little reserved with how far some of them go for now because I think when Ms Short's questline begins it'll serve as a brilliant way to push them over the edge
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These small events are definitely a completely different pace than the rest of the game, I will absolutely be making a poll after 2.70 to see if they've landed well with you guys because for me, as much as I love this sort of event myself - they feel a little out of place in Renshire ^_^
Anyway! That's the beauty of the game being a work in progress - we can change anything, ANYTIME x)!
That's all I have for today gents, I hope you've all had the best weekend and that the Monday blues aren't too rough ^_^ x
//pG