Unity Wings of Empire [Devlog]

[Droid Productions]

Accidentally left the camera on 4K instead of 1080p, then started wondering why each image was taking 30mins+ on my 4090

Still, no regrets. It's important that when you include hardcore fetishes that some players can't handle that you do so early. Stuff like headpats, chinlifts and lewd handholding.

 

[Droid Productions]

I was contemplating a new Steam capsule art, but I suspect this is too far into NSFW territory. I do like the look, though Keira's ingame character doesn't have the tattoo. And , if anyone suggest I could solve both those problems by just using a bare-chested MC instead... no. Just no. It would sell the game to entirely the wrong audience.

 

[Droid Productions]

Made a little wallpaper as a Morningstar x Wings of Empire crossover. Cass from WoE and Lin from Morningstar, with MC from Morningstar. There's also a wallpaper engine version for those interested.

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So, what's involved in making something like this?

Starts with the basic image. I usually do 4k 16:9 Aspect ratio for stuff like this.

I add the fire in AE; it's overkill, but I have everything set up nicely there, and it keeps the fire consistent from in-game


Let's export that, and pull it into Wallpaper Engine (you can grab it from here:

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Edit Wallpaper, import image, and it'll show up like this

(Don't get distracted by it being in dark color-scheme, I just figured since I was making a tutorial it as a good excuse to add the dark version as well).

Wallpaper Engine works with layers and effects. Let's add an effect first, by clicking Add Effects.

For this one, I'm starting with adding a Godray effect to the sword:



And then a water ripple to the reflection. In both cases you'll want to use the PAINT function to highlight only what you want to apply the effect to:

This is painting only the water surface to ripple


Apart from Effects you have layers. You can grab layers from the workshop, everything from over the top single-use effects to visualizers and fun. Here i'm adding an audit-visualizer that also grabs the current music track playing.



Here it is running:



(There's 100s of free layers you can customize on the workshop)



Finally when you're happy, publish it to the workshop:


And there you have it, if you want to test it out

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Dunno if that was interesting for anyone, but it feels like the kind of thing that fits in a devthread

 

[BigLurker]

Just wanted to say, keep it up Droid and thank you for doing what you are doing. I am a 1.0 person, so I'l play it when it is out. Hopefully it will end up like Love of Magic, which is still one of my most memorable NSFW games.

 

[Droid Productions]

Jade was originally meant to be one of the 3 wingmates, but visually she was too similar to Arya, so she got nudged back. I do love her look, though, and in the more recent sequences she's allowed to shine. 4K wallpaper + a sig for her

 

[Droid Productions]

I actually started writing Wings of Empire halfway through Morningstar, and doing character renders to go with it. Jade was one of the first characters to be finalized, and while she didn't show up in-game until Act III she shows up in Morningstar as a cameo.

 

[Droid Productions]

Tora's another example of a character that written a LONG time ago; the first encounter with her is day 57 (the end of Act III), but she was written in 2024, sitting around waiting impatiently for her chance to shine.



And with Tora and Jade joining the cast in Act III the primary LIs are all gathered.

"A slave is a slave, Roman. Chains of silk may be preferable to steel, but they still chafe.
She steps closer, the golden eyes shining, fingertips brushing against your cheek without letting the claws touch flesh.
And I will never be shackled again, Roman. Ever."

On other positive news, Wings of Empire has been greenlit for Steam Early Access. I'm still seeing when and if I do it, but with all the noise about EA being dead it's interesting to see them (eventually) approve it.

I will say it's been a lot more painful than last time I did this, they really seem to have turned the microscope up to max.

Give it a wishlist if you can; they make a huge difference at launch!

 

[Lunar Minx Dev]

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This is GOOD!

Very artistic. Love it.

 

[Griffihn]

good luck getting it approved. early access had its scrutiny dial turned to 11 because of the recent pressure so you may have to do a full release instead of EA and simply specify the game in its description that it isn't finished yet. something akin to what digi.B and PhillyGames did. don't shoot me, just throwing ideas out there.

 

[Droid Productions]

good luck getting it approved. early access had its scrutiny dial turned to 11 because of the recent pressure so you may have to do a full release instead of EA and simply specify the game in its description that it isn't finished yet. something akin to what digi.B and PhillyGames did. don't shoot me, just throwing ideas out there.

It's been approved for EA, but I did need to go through multiple back and forth passes, and specifying sexual scenes became a LOT more detailed.

 

[Droid Productions]

Someone was asking about the ingame 'clothes shop' model, and how she's set up.

It starts, as always, with Kath. Animated as a 200 frame animation in this case; the deforce sim means I can't get it to loop in a normal spin.
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After that it's into AE. First we generate a fractal noise pattern:

That's then used to distort the video, and a color tuning pass added


Finally that's sandwiched between a foreground and background layer (the background is static, the foreground is two characters animating at different rates to reduce the looping). It's also tapered at the bottom to make it feel like a hologram emitter is creating it.

And that's the final compo.

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Wings of Empire Act III is now complete; you can check it out on the Beta branch of Morningstar: Book of the Fallen, or I also give steam keys to people on

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Do give it a wishlist here:

 

[Droid Productions]

I'm still trying to understand what fluke of Daz lighting caused the drastically different lighting on her arms and her legs (no, she's not wearing stockings). It's a bitch of a scene to light; between the reflective white marble walls and the white babydoll it'll whiteout if you sneeze too hard, but still isn't quite right.

I do like the details you get on her knees; I think those often get washed out by a stronger light, but even G8F can look absolutely gorgeous with a little love.