Searching for legal image resources and taking a slight detour.

Greetings guys,

It's been some time.

I've had some time to consider the results of last two polls and I've decided to work on a bit different project, letting Meretrix and her advantures rest for some weeks.

The general idea of the new project:
Text based, possibly with real-world pictures and/or gifs added (or some test renders, if I manage to find the right tool for TEW).
I am not yet ready to tell the details about the plot, but most likely it is going to include involuntary body swapping of the main character. So we are going to get into the skin of a girl, who used to be a man not too long before.

You are of course welcome to share your thoughts on the idea ;3

I am also still looking for the right tool for 3d renders, or any other source to make at least decent graphics by myself. But, please keep in mind that I am not sure if I can use the tools with 'for non-commercial use only', because although the project itself is non-commercial, I still have a Patreon Page up.

Take care guys ;)

Some dillemas and two new polls.

Hello guys,

I have been struggling with graphical issues for quite a while now, and to be honest I have reached a wall... I mean, my main graphic maker was online like 3 or 4 times last 3-4 months... When he shows up we can talk, chat and spend few hours on planning, but after that I am left alone stuck with waiting.

I honestly wish, he would be the one to prepare the graphical side of the game as I really like his work and I also like him as a person. I am however starting to consider other solutions...

It's not that I don't believe in him - there is still faith on my side. However I am spending more and more time outside of the rpg maker, writing and planning, because - well - graphical side is lacking here and there and yet in another place...

That made me wonder, if any of the readers and followers of my blog know some 3d rendering methods, which even an amatour like myself could use to create scenes? Of course, I am asking just in case if I fail to come up withany idea for regular pictures in the game. If you know something, please let me know in the comments or on my email.

Also, while taking notes to the Meretrix's story I came up with a bundle of ideas, which may not really fit to 'Civilization' so I've started to think about not really too time consuming side-project. I started to wonder if maybe I should try writing it down and share an actual game with you guys while waiting for the second part of TEW? It would be 100% text based project (maybe with some erotic pictures added), so I can handle EVERYTHING myself, and have it actually completed in a relatively short period of time.

Of course, I ensure all of you that The Endless World is my highest priority and the game's future is not endangered by any of my recent struggles. To make it more valid, my graphic maker tested the current content before dissapearing again, and it should already have around 2 hours of playtime. I know it's not the mountain peak, but I say it's at least a good start ;)

With all that mentioned I will start two new polls to see your opinion about these two news from my side.

Also, I strongly encourage to write more of your thoughts if you think that the poll doesn't do the justice for your judgement of the questions.

Keep tuned and I am waiting for your feedback :)

I am of course back...

Hi there everybody,

Not much to write about. Just wanted to tell you that i basically returned from my trip according to plan. Still the ending week was mostly fruitless. I had no contact with RPG Maker yet after coming back. On the bright side I had taken a lot of notes and thought quite a few ideas - mostly for the background. I might spend next few days using MS Word rather than the actual maker.

Anyway, take care guys and as always keep tuned ;)

Holiday

Hello guys,

It's been a while since my last post and even today it's only a regular update. I've been struggling a bit lately, just getting few touches here and there, but not managing to make any real breakthrough... Not that I was expecting an.

But the main point of this post is to tell you that I am going on a week long trip, to recharge my batteries and hopefully have some decent rest. I should be back around next Monday and hopefully I will get back to work on 'Civilization right after my return.

Keep in touch and take care till then ;)

The faces idea approved.

Hello there.

Just a short news to tell you that I appreciate how many of you decided to paritipate in the voting.

The results ae very close to what I have had in mind. As of now I am considering using custom faces for main characters, while totally skipping faces for random NPCs, who are not taking any part at all in the plot of either main or side stuff. With this option I could probabyly still leave generated faces for NPCs, who at least take part in quests, even if these are not important otherwise.

For now, stay tuned ;)

Faces display curiosity and a poll at last.

Hello there guys,

Why working on yet another dialogue lines I started to wonder about one little detail...

Of course RPG Maker MV gives us the opportunity to see quite nicely made faces for standard characters, but still with a number of NPCs exceeding 100 the faces must become repeatable and with time might get a bit dull. Especially if one have already seen these randomly generated faces in other titles...

I decided to take a short pause and reconsider it. Do we actually need faces for NPCs? With that in mind I decided to take a look at few other titles and I have confirmed that some of my colleagues actually gave up on the face sets for random people, leaving themselves with only few custom made faces for the main cast...

With all of that I decided to ask how do you feel about such a solution, because I am getting more and more convinced that NPCs are not really worth the trouble as their faces don't add anything at all (unless each one of them would receive a full faceset with many mimics, but that would greatly exceed the time needed for such trivial matter), they don;t show any emotion or anything...

There are three options to choose from:
1. Leaving only important characters with faces. Of course the faces will be custom made, as there is no other option I am considering for the main cast...
2. Giving every single NPC a rather emotionless face, just to make them have one. It's the solution which I have been implementing so far, but I am getting more and more convinced that it's not worth the fuss...
3. This option is a bit extreme, and it suggests that NPCs are so important to you that you think I should spend a lot of time and resources to try to give all NPCs an actual face and try to add some emotion to it... I honestly hope that's not the case but I want to know your opinion guys, so here is the chance if you really wish to prove me wrong...

I know that I can count on you guys when it comes to polls so please, vote and choose whatever suits you best ;)

Stay tuned for more news and take care ;)

Getting ambitious!

Hello there guys ;)

I just wanted to boast a little bit about how my predctions happened to be on mark.

I strongly suspected that June will give me more time to work on the game and it turned out that I have spent most of my free time on the 'Civilization'! I haven't had such a solid month for a long time :)

With that said, July and August are supposed to be the most loose and easy months at my regular work in every year schedule, so I have big hopes for the next 8 or 9 weeks!

Hopefuly, I will be able to have some good news about the actual content - and not only about how hard I am working :P - during this period ;)

Keep tuned, and thank you very much for your constant support :)