ELUSIVE SIDE PROJECT Initial Development Thoughts (Patreon)

Hey! As I mentioned before, I’m starting to put a bit more focus on the ELUSIVE SIDE PROJECT(I'll talk about my plans for Sex Valley in a bit. Still have a bit of work to be done there, so don't you worry)! And... wow, I forgot just how much work goes into creating a game from scratch. That’s the big reason I haven’t posted as much stuff as I usually do. Lots of characters to design, do game assets, coding, writing... It’s a lot of stuff. The initial stretch is pretty rough! I might complain a lot about RPGMaker, but it sure has its upsides.

I wanna show off the stuff, but I do believe in first impressions and all that, and while I did show off some early art and ideas of the characters, I'm gonna show you guys the designs when I consider them final or pretty well off! 

Anyway, let’s talk about the design I’m currently fighting against! The Protagonist!

I’ve been working on the ELUSIVE SIDE PROJECT planning for so long that the protagonist ended up changing a lot over time! The protagonist was going to be a cool assassin guy, with a tragic backstory! But... I wrote a lot of stuff around him, and he kinda outgrew his breeches. He had ex-lovers, an ex-guild, a vengeance storyline about betrayal... and I reached the conclusion that while I wanted this character to be the protagonist, he’d not fit as a player stand-in and would just be an edgelord. SO! This character was scrapped and turned into a lady who is just a guild member. An important guild member who I consider the secondary protagonist, as she is my not so secret way to sneak in futa on female content, but still...! So, after all that, I reexamined the protagonist role, and after some thought, I decided on a simpler amnesiac adventurer angle. It’s more bland, sure, but it’ll do its job. I won’t make him as bland as the Sex Valley protagonist, but he should be neutral enough.

As for his design... I really think the Sex Valley protagonist looks weird and I dislike his design, which feeds for my own “I don’t wanna draw this little shit”, which led me to want to draw him less and less over time.So my first thing is that I want to make a new protagonist that I feel is appealing and hot! At least for me, I guess. I cannot think he is ugly, is likely my keyword here.

Second, I’m struggling a bit with his body type. I don’t want a big chiseled chin gigachad, but I also don’t want a girly femboy. I’m walking a fine line here! Protagonist appeal is important!!!

I’ll probably share what I have for him soonish. I want to show him off to get some feedback!