September 4th Update
Added 2016-09-04 05:23:31 +0000 UTCThis week I did a little more work on some particle systems, and then mixed it up a bit.
I shored up a couple of the particle systems I was working on, getting them to a state that is more or less presentable. Obviously there are a lot of systems to build still(so many), but the few I have a feel good about.
I also went in and adjusted the enemies to ragdoll on death. This will have a few benefits for me down the line!
With the latest release of Unreal Engine (4.13), they've added physical animation. This will allow me to create more dynamic responses to enemies getting hit and knocked around. This all comes with the added benefit of me not having to make animations for enemies getting hit from the sides and back and knock back animations. All and all I'm really excited for this stuff!
Finally I started working on the second part of the Tentacle Trap Spell.
To release just a bit of lore related to it, its not uncommon for magicians and sorcerers to summon demons, faeries and elder gods, etc in order to increase their magic power. This is generally not frowned upon so long as it doesn't involve human sacrifice and the lot. This of course does come with a downside for most magicians in that the entities usually want some sort of trade or something from the magician, as well as the magician becoming corrupted from the magics. This has resulted in many deformed or mutated magicians.
Meridiana's relationship with the certain elder gods and creatures she calls on tends to be a little more friendly. In fact, the same abilities she uses to charm regular creatures have left most of the elder creatures she calls on infatuated with her. Their desires of her tend to be a little more physical, and very loving.
(TLDR she has tentacle boyfriends).
I'm trying to show that in the animation with the tentacle trap. While the enemies get a mass of writhing, whipping hate, Meridiana gets greated much more tenderly!
Also NSFW Teaser image:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1swwwkdh73rcgya/Tentacle_Teaser.png?dl=0
That's about it for this week, next week I hope to get this animation done, and then get another build out.Thanks again for your support, and as always I'd love to hear any comments, questions, etc!
Comments
Hallo Mithos, for some reason I can't acess any more to your Patron Page. Whenever I click on your name it shows me this "Patreon is currently down for scheduled maintenance". All other creators pages work fine. So far I couldn't find anything about it...
PTRNDTA
2016-09-09 10:19:36 +0000 UTCThere are plenty of different tentacles out there! I imagine they don't all have suckers on them. Also I imagine you don't really want to be in the realm of an elder being.
Mithos56
2016-09-07 19:24:45 +0000 UTCLooking good, though if I had to complain about something it's that the tentacles' texture is pretty bland. Obviously this is all a very early version of the game so it can improve, but just to tell you what I imagine they would be like. The tentacles would have more shine, and instead of purple spots they would be like little suckers or studs that would be a much darker shade of purple, the studs specifically would almost look like gemstones that are very smooth and only stick out a little bit. On the non-sex side of things, will Meridiana ever see those elder gods in their own domain, and not just through a portal at any point? If the game has any progression I imagine you could go to their realm to improve your relationship with elder gods for new uses/abilities or improving the effectiveness of existing ones. Perhaps you could also meet other elder gods and if you can infatuate them, they would allow you to summon them to your aid for new spells and sex scenes.
That One Guy Who Never Pledges
2016-09-07 19:19:47 +0000 UTCIf anyone is curious about the physical animations (skip to 46:00 if you are not interested by the "technical" part): -> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tDjbFXeOo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1tDjbFXeOo</a>
Mikado
2016-09-06 22:03:02 +0000 UTCAnother solid update, I like how the tentacle trap is soft and friendly looking with Meridiana and it comes across like that in the picture. Also the NSFW preview looks promising. Can't wait for next update :)
Rizo
2016-09-05 11:46:54 +0000 UTCTentacle boyfriends, hhehe
Curly
2016-09-04 18:13:11 +0000 UTCFrom what I saw in the livestream of Unreal Engine 4.13, the physical animations of look very promising indeed. I can't wait to see them implemented in your game! :)
Mikado
2016-09-04 12:43:40 +0000 UTCAwesome! can barely wait for the next Demo ❤️
Carp
2016-09-04 10:34:10 +0000 UTC
