My art skill is uh...not that great, but we didn't want to take on another teammate so I'm doing the best I can. While Aera worked on getting the initial codebase together, I made first pass designs of the main character, a white mage called Clara:
The most I know about character design is that one video from Polygon that suggested putting truck nuts on a mech suit, so obviously we're in good hands. However, I feel like it's missing something...maybe a tiara or a headband?
A little more refinement is still in order I think (plus...hands), but I think basic design wise this will do for now.
After that, I started work on the script. I was initially going to have Clara commune with her 'goddess' (the player), and have that be the exposition mechanism for the player. However, in the end, I decided to scrap that and instead have the exposition happen as dialogue between the three party members.
Welcome to Placeholder Central, Population: Us. Still, I don't have too much trouble getting the intro dialogue written, and soon enough (with a little supervision), I've pushed it to the GitHub so Aera has the script as well.
Technically I'm all done on my to-do list, but since I'm pushing for extra credit, I go hunting for free backgrounds. Problem is that the first scene takes place in a tavern, and I'm having trouble finding free tavern backgrounds. In the end, I decide that I'll have to draw the backgrounds myself. Again, not really much of an artist, but needs must...
Perspective drawing...my nemesis. It's not even close to done, but at least it's starting to take shape. For now, I'm gonna call it a day and come back to drawing this background tomorrow, unless there's any other art/writing that Aera wants me to do as a priority.
And in the meantime, I'm gonna have a look at the other threads/poke around in the Discord. See you there!
- Soul