Today it was my turn to start working on the Housing part of Secrets of Grindea! Teddy has been working on it already, making a prototype of the system which he used to build this fabulous scene.
We started off with a few questions that needed answers: how would you get access to the house? How would you access the edit-mode? What measurements and guidelines are needed to make sure the furniture fit within the system? What categories of furniture do we need, and what should the [.....]
Bikke is the guy next to one of the stairs in the Collector's HQ, and now it's time to remake his portrait!
Bikke inside the Collector's HQ
His old portrait
WIP of the new portrait! After I finished the last version in the WIP above, I got some feedback that he didn't seem just quite sad enough, that I needed to spice it up a little bit. So I painted over his face and tried giving him a bit more of a sad look, as [.....]
Speaking of the school, I realized a while back the one of the school kids still hadn't been reworked! The kid's name is Tim, and he's standing outside the school with his very proud father:
Tim and his father outside the school building
Tim's old portrait Now, working on the schoolkids is slightly different because in order to save time, they all use the same uniform. Therefore, the uniform is already made, and I just gotta make a new face for him:
The headless school uniform..! [.....]
Time to remake the teacher! The kids surely won't listen to her as long as she is as outdated as she currently is..
The teacher in her natural habitat: Evergrind City's school
Her current portrait, in need of some updating!
The WIP!
And finally, the new & updated portrait!
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Time to rework one of the few people actually visiting Evergrind Café: Sylvia! She's visiting the café with her daughter, and doesn't seem too impressed by your character. So rude! Here she is (to the right) in the game, if you've forgotten who she is:
Sylvia and her daughter at Evergrind's café! And here we have her current portrait:
When reworking her portrait, I gave her a slightly different look in her eyes, as well as a more elaborate necklace. Other than that, she's pretty much the [.....]
Today, Fred returned after having been away for a week and a half visiting his girlfriend and working at her place. To celebrate his return, we decided to go eat at Sibylla, a fast food chain available in Sweden and Finland. It ended up being a really productive meeting, though, since we had quite a few things to discuss regarding Secrets of Grindea.
Teddy and Fred eating their burgers! I chose hot dogs with mashed potatoes.. :) First of all, we discussed our to-do lists and made [.....]
Time to rework Remedi, the alchemist of Evergrind City! Keeping things short this time, it's basically the same old :)
Remedi's in-game sprite
His old portrait
WIP of the new portrait!
And finally: his new portrait sprite!
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Here's a guy you might not have seen, as he's not in the game right now; the librarian! He's the book-loving guy who takes care of the library in Evergrind City, a house that's been made but is closed off for now.
Here's his old portrait:
Here's the WIP:
Aaand, here's the new, finished sprite:
Like everyone else, he looks quite a bit different!
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It's time for Mrs. Pidgy from Evergrind City to get a remake!
Mrs. Pidgy in Evergrind City, feeding the birds :)
This is probably one of the oldest portraits around, actually; it has only been slightly cleaned up once. Needless to say it was time to update the look!
Her old portrait sprite
Below you can see the work in progress as well as the final rendered version. This time around it seems as if she's been eating a bit more cookies in [.....]
I'm finally feeling well enough to work again! Still a little bit slow from the cold, but it's a lot better now.
I'm starting this week with upgrading an old portrait. Usually I tend to remake the portraits completely, but since Sally (the girl in the arena who gives you small hints on what's to come) was one of the later portraits, I simply decided to work with what was already made instead.
Here's the current in-game portrait:
It's not extremely different from the [.....]
Welp. I was just thinking to myself the other day: "Man, I haven't been sick in like a couple of years or something! I'm so lucky!"
....Guess what? :(
Yeah. I instantly catch a cold, as if some evil spirit heard what I was thinking and decided to punish me! So here I am, with 0 energy, struggling to focus on anything at all. I was really excited to get back into making portraits, especially after all nice comments you guys left yesterday, but I'm just gonna have to spend a few days in bed hoping this crap blows over ASAP.
Hopefully I'll be back in a couple of days with more posts!
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As I mentioned in the previous post, it's time for me to return to portrait making! Today I've been working on the doll/plushie collector girl living in Evergrind City, as seen here inside her home:
And here's her old portrait used within the game:
It was one of the last ones I did in the old style, where I'd gotten at least some experience with portrait making, but it still looks nothing like the newer portraits. So, it had to be remade!
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Here's all the different versions of the previous room! As usual, there's a bunch of stuff missing that Fred will add later on; in this case various ways of blocking the top doors. Again there's two different waters in this room, which means you won't be able to pass through the room unless it's winter.
...Or will you..? ;)
Fall
Summer
Winter This is actually the last room for a little while! We still need to figure out certain things regarding the boss, mini-boss [.....]
Sketch
Basics
Adding some props!
The tree, step-by-step!
Autumn version finished!
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Cheers!
