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[DEVBLOG#197] Vanilla Expanded Storytellers rework (Patreon)

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2022-07-09 18:01:34
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Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new development blog.

Recently I asked you about ideas how to improve and 'de-bloat' our mods. We are working internally on the list of fixes which we will deploy when the next major RimWorld update releases, or in January 2023, whatever comes sooner.

Some of these fixes require people to start new saves, some will even break their existing saves, that's why we are hesitating with just going balls to the wall with it. We need to tread very carefully, hundreds of thousands of people are relying on us.

What I can however confirm already is that I am working with a brand new artist from Ukraine who has been a tremendous help on the storyteller front. We are working together on remaking the older storytellers, so that they look fresh and also fit the storyteller style more.

I'm excited to show you some of them, but please remember: Don't share it anywhere. Show it to your missus, your man, your dog or your close family, but if I see it anywhere on social media before we release them I will go on a hunt and I will find you. I bet you never knew I can ban you from Patreon! That's right! And no refunds, too!

Alrighty then, let's take a looksie:

Maynard Medieval

Old

New

Diego Dire

Old

New

Freya Fierce

Old

New

Empress Evil

Old

New

Alfred Ancient

Old

New

This lad I'm working with is also responsible for a new upcoming storyteller in Vanilla Psycasts Expanded - Basilicus Bestower!

That's it for this dev blog. I know you love art drops, and this was an exciting one! There are even more exciting things ahead, so keep your eyes peeled.

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Comments

Jeffrey Hopple

NO! I will not live for this tyranny you are putting upon Diego Dire! He was perfect

Jeffrey Hopple

Still great artwork, absolutely incredible details, and the changes are definitely something I'll quickly get used to. Still upset that you dared to call the perfect Diego 'DiegoDire-Old.png'

Brandon Pollastri

Not bad! Does this mean the other vanilla story tellers will get new concepts?

Teragas 72

I really don't like the new empress evil and the fatial expression of the ancient

Cookie

The art quality is way up! I dig it. The old designs are still cooler though

Jake

I think they all look great, except maybe diego's new hair lol

Town

Dope! People are always going to resist change, but it speaks of the level of quality that is put into these mods that you are going back and cleaning up a bit. Though I love most of the content, some debloating is definitely necessary and healthy for the state of the by now very large set of mods. Please don't be held back by people resisting change!

lloki

I also prefer an old Diego look - he is more "all out of fucks" :D I'm talking about the expression - the art itself is great!

D-Train

Our saves are yours. Our game is yours. We are but privileged souls enjoying the gifts bestowed to us. Take them, mold them, make them fit in your eyes. Then return them to us anew, so that we may better understand.

dester

Great Art! Empress Evil accualy looks EVIL, and Alfred Ancient has a look of an elderly isolationist, madman.

Xward

not sure how to feel about the new art tbh. From a pure technical standpoint yes the art is better (except Freya's bird the new one looks kind of skuffed), but it feels like something was lost in translation on a few of them. I dislike how empress evil lost her more "alien" look in exchange for becoming a much more generic monster movie look. Diego's spiked/blown hair felt more dynamic and in-tune with how most people think about the wild west. Maynard looks a lot younger in the new one despite the fully silver hair, while Freya has the opposite where she looks older in the new one than in the old art. I don't know if it's just me but I always got the sense of Maynard being a retired veteran and Freya being a young warrior. The only issue I have with Alfred is that his expression looks less ambiguous than in the original, but that's not a terrible change.

Bonelake

"but if I see it anywhere on social media before we release them I will go on a hunt and I will find you" He can’t be bargained with. He can’t be reasoned with. He doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

Wilhelm Fiore

I like the look of them! The new Maynard is especially great.

Kuru Chilion

I'm scared of the "de-bloat". Like is content going to be removed? Or is content going to be separated into their own mods? Or is it something else?

Nate

I don’t love all of the new art. Yes the quality is up but some just feel off.

Colby Raynor

Theres something about the new art that I can't quite place... Bad? No, that's not it... Soulless. It's soulless. The old ones carry a lot of voice in their style. The new ones feel generic. Like something you'd hang on a motel wall. They don't make me wonder "what's their story?" Instead they make me think "Oh, someone was asked to make a picture of something but had no inspiration to do it."

Ducklover56

The art is definitely better quality as in more detailed but honestly not all of them seem like upgrades to me. For me the only upgraded ones are Freya and Maynard. The rest of them look more vanilla like in their original form.

Amaelzaekil

Basilicus looks like he had seen some horrible shit. It must be Slush Creamer's fault

Lem, Perfectly Innocent Wizard.

Looking them over, I do like all of these- but my response would be as such for each Maynard: Definitely fits vanilla style better. Big fan of the crow, which feels a bit more sinister in the new design. Diego: The new diego honestly feels like a separate storyteller. Like how Rim Effect has the Paragon AND Renegate storytellers, the new diego would be like, a different take on the same concept of diego Freya: big fan of her new look, though her old one was one of my favorite of the storyteller arts anyway Empress Evil's new mouth looks a bit weird to me but the rest of her is 100% improvement. Alfred: the armor redesign is 10/10. Huge fan of the owl design, and the obvious wear-and-tear. Basilicus: I never really put much thought into just how high-tier cybernetics would look, it's a neat take on the sort of royal extravagance you'd expect from the empire.

RedHook25

Out of all of them Freyas redesign is my personal favorite.

Matthew

I really like the new art, especially Alfred and Freya, but I think that the empress evil change is an almost objective downgrade, the pose is less dynamic, the legs are less detailed, and the mouth is overly detailed, It is the only new art that I think doesn't work. The new design draws the eyes to the large head and mouth whereas the old design focused on the grasping claws and chest ooze, with the "line of action" flowing through it and then being redirected back down with the curved head. the new one feels very blocky in comparison, I really like the new art in general though.

Peter Iwasiutyn

^ I agree with this guy, the Empress looks too hyper-realistic and detailed, especially with the little xenomorph-looking mouth. But apart from that, the rest look pretty good and give off a vibe similar to the vanilla storytellers.

Aaron Smith

Looks incredible, arts subjective and I for one love all the changes. Looking foward to the update!

Pyra Kitten

I love almost all of them! I think my one main critique is that all of the vanilla storytellers' eyes look straight into the camera - because they're telling the story to you as the player. All of the new designs don't look at the camera, so they're likely to feel different to players. However, I love the new poses. Freya & Maynard especially give off very powerful vibes and Alfred really does look like one of the crazies you'd find in the tombs. On the other hand, I do agree with some of the others on the thread that Empress Evil looks quite jarringly different. I mean, I understand where the artist was going - and the art itself is extremely skilled - but it's the transition from lithe super-insect queen to huge somewhat maggot-like brood-mother that feels off to me. I mean, she's definitely supposed to be unnerving, and she certainly hits that brief - but if I remember correctly insects don't usually have teeth like those. And sure, these are giant, genetically engineered super-insects... but I think that a certain amount of realism would make the art less uncanny and more intimidating. So giving her mandibles or even simply sideways teeth might give a better impression? Again, I hope the artist doesn't feel like we're complaining about the art skill involved! All of the art itself is amazing and I honestly commend the skill involved. Just trying to offer a few ideas as to why some people might find the changes confusing! Either way, the updates look great! My only final question is - will you upload a version of each mod that either helps remove the old one so we can keep up with our current games - or maintains an older version of said mod that we can use in the meantime? If not, that's totally fine! I was just curious. Great work as always, team <3