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RonChon:0.8c.beta2 going up!
I also have another announcement that I'm pretty excited about
at this point, multiple people have reached out to request commissioning a character from our artists. I've actually ended up taking up a few of the requests because I thought they were interesting and the offers were good enough - see attached, which I have permission to share. however, the whole thing prompted me to wonder if this might be a good opportunity for us to tackle multiple developer and community goals at once
for one, I've been working with my character artist for a little while to find a secondary artist that can help with some of the more time-consuming rendering steps - we've identified a good candidate and will be moving forward with incorporating them into the team, but of course this is adding significantly to our art budget!
so my proposal for increasing our art budget is this: I am setting up a special tier on Patreon for non-Marvel character commissions. 1) the commission offer has to be explicitly accepted by me beforehand, so that I can apply a judicious filter. 2) the donation has to once again cover the full cost of the character plus some. and 3) the commissioner has to agree to the character's Live2D game-ready model being made accessible as a TNH modding resource
the reason for 3 is that we intend to use this as an opportunity to encourage our modding community by addressing the most significant hurdle to adding new characters - the art. we will provide the modding community with TNH-ready assets, such that the only modding requirement is the writing of interactions with the characters themselves
to summarize: we are announcing a new Patreon tier for non-Marvel character commissions. these commissions will serve the dual purpose of 1) funding the expansion of our TNH art team and 2) expanding the resources available to our modding community. by enabling the expansion of our art team, we intend for this to be an overall accelerant to TNH art production. we will not under any circumstances allow this to slow down TNH development - I am in no rush to rapidly accept commissions and will close the tier at the slightest hint of a problem
we are under absolutely no obligation to accept commissions and will turn down requests at our discretion. do not get mad at me if you do not read my message or the tier description beforehand. a starting range for commissioning a single pose animated in Live2D with two outfits is $750 - 1000 based on complexity and can quickly escalate based on what is desired
a final point: our wonderful writer Buttholder will be additionally offering his writing services for anyone who wishes to commission writing for a character. please reach out to him directly if you are interested
I'm happy to discuss the logistics of commissioning a character with anyone who is interested. again, please understand that I intend to be very strict about the commissions that are accepted.
Buttholder:So, as Ron said above, I'm now available for commission to create scenes for the game. All the details are on my Ko-Fi, but the important thing to note is that these are NOT for official inclusion in the game. This is just a fun thing for you to get your hands on that one interaction you've always wanted, or to have characters Do The Thing and reference one of the in-jokes or memes that have sprung up since the game's release.
We're also expecting mod creation to increase now that we've (hopefully) nailed down the final bits of the engine, so I'm also going to be available to write for those on a case-by-case basis. Obviously, this game comes first, but if you've got the ideas and the art, I'm happy to work on what you need. And if you decide to take us up on the above option of your own character, I'm available to write dialogue to help integrate them and make them feel more like a part of the game!
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for all the information, and if you need to discuss anything, let me know!