Wait I can't tell which one means what. I want to vote for the 2nd picture, which looks like more trees but they also might be the gigantic ones.
I'd go for the 1st, less trees, not that I hate nature, I love it in fact. But we're talking about which suits the setting of the story here, hence I'd go with the less trees.
Good point. The more forested shot feels better to me because of where I live and have lived, but I don't remember where the story is supposed to take place. If it is a more desert biome or something then the sparser picture would be better.
- for me I like the right one better, because it looks "richer" on the colors and the contrast.
You would be right. I am an idiot. Moral of the story, don't post when you haven't slept well. But from what I understand, you like the original background. Correct?Wait I can't tell which one means what. I want to vote for the 2nd picture, which looks like more trees but they also might be the gigantic ones.
Though I should temper that with, after reading the dev commentary in LoF about what background plants did to render times in certain scenes, no need to go overboard with making the background look awesome if its too much for the hardware.
That hasn't actually been addressed in the story, but my vision is a land that is in development not to far away from a more metropolitan area, since the girls walk mostly (for now) to get to where they want to go. I wanted it be a more edge of the city type feel, but the fact that the background makes the house look like it's in a scene from Honey I Shrunk the kids kind of feels unnatural. Hence why I am playing around with option.
Yes, I do like the more forested looking background because I'm mostly from forested areas of New England and central east coast. However...
...I just started the game and hit skip to watch the background. Looks like he is travelling in the desert southwest, so arriving to a fully forested area does look a little odd. So that first picture with a sparser amount of trees might be better, and you could put a mountain range in the distant background to fill out the space.
I guess you can blame me again for that. Here's what I mean by that. The beginning, conversations and travel scene, was meant to convey the notion or narrative that the mc is traveling (cross country) for a few hours. He moves around a lot and had never actually settled down in one place for an extended period. Which is also hinted during the final conversation between mc and Mel before "the choice", when he invites her to stay/move in with him. Does that clear up the confusion, and make it more believable?
Yeah, that looks much less old growth forest (like pacific northwest) but enough for lightly wooded suburban areas. If you have a destination city or state in mind, you might want to add one or two more travel renders (or replace one of the existing ones) showing a change of the biome from desert to midwestern cornfields or Appalachian foothills or south central/eastern swamps or whatever is nearby, just to add more distance to the visuals.
That is something I am looking into for future scenes. It would help me achieve bringing my vision to the screen, and it would help me reduce cost. But I will work with what I have for now.
That looks better
especially with the context you earlier provided. I picked up your hints in terms of locale when I went through the story/game twice. It does point to the fact that the area is in 'development phase' both from conversations with Mel and that of the neighbor's issue with the ex. They had chosen a place far away when they moved. Just my 2 cents here but that pic strikes a good balance.
This point in particular will be addressed later on since it will provide more info down the road as to how Michelle obtained the house, and what she does for a living.
Working on it. Just finished scene 13 and almost finished setting scene 14 of day 2 (dforce can be a nightmare at times). There will be a total of 20 scenes for day 2 and 14 for day 3.
Yes
Thanks. I expect the next update to really start the story going. To me, the first release was a prologue. Good going!
The next update wraps up the prologue which consists of three days to introduce the close knit characters. More will appear down the road, some have made a background appearance in one way or another, and others will pop in when their time comes.Thanks. I expect the next update to really start the story going. To me, the first release was a prologue. Good going!
