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There isn't much to update you on for this week, other than I will most likely be a bit more distracted than usual. Don't worry, still in my workflow and also back to rendering random artwork to improve my lightwork skills (and big butt shaping skills :D) you can see above :).

As you might know Shadow over Blackmore is inspired by a lot of different things, and one of them is the World of Darkness, particulary the Vampire: Masquerade tabletop game.

I played the Pen and Paper and also I played the video game, Bloodlines. In fact I sometimes still play it today, there is an awesome community around the game that makes fan patches and stuff (the game was a buggy mess when it was released...maybe I took some inspiration from that as well :D).

So after all these years in development hell, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 will come out in 2 days...and while the reviews are mixed, I still have high hopes that they nail the athmosphere of a modern gothic vampire game...for some more inspiration for future Blackmore :D.

Itch.io seems to finally adress the bot issue which is a good thing and I am already at the stage where I have to decide how much I want to spoiler/show you about the next update of Day 5...because I really want to but it would also ruin the surprise...we'll see ;)

Have a fun sunday

and stay kinky!

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Biglollipop

Hello Dear Darktoz is that pic an art of your or it's a game?

PickerPatron

I didn't discover Bloodlines until around 2013, but I loved it 😍! There was the crazy, sexy Malkavian owner of the Santa Monica club. The redhead anarchist rebel in Downtown. Misha, the assassin who always talked with her mouth full of blood. The ghoul girl who followed you around and you could make her look like a sexy goth. The ugly Nosferatus and the most desperate mission of all: descending into their endless underground lair 😱. Then there was the Dominatrix, a Chinese vampire from an unusual clan in the East. It was wonderful 🤩! Unfortunately, I can't remember how to apply the patch and I don't think the game will display well on my 1440p monitor as it's so old. Bloodlines 2 doesn't seem as dark or erotic. We'll see, but I should warn you that it won't be dubbed in German. Maybe that bothers you a little 🤔.

Darktoz

ah, i see you are a man of culture as well! no dub does not bother me, i usually play in english anyway since dubbing games seem to be a thing of the past unless it is really an aaa production. bloodlines 1 didn't have a german dub either

FreezeBurn25

Hopefully you still get to enjoy the game despite the mixed review. Who knows maybe they'll pull a Cyberpunk 2077 and go from a mixed review game to an incredible game after some patches and updates. Also happy to hear that Itch.io is looking into the bot issues since I've seen them pop up on other creator's games as well.

Darktoz

yea they are everywhere. don't even want to imagine how much they already done the reason i am hopeful is that it is popular to hate on the game, since it had nothing but bad press. gaming magazines tend to just give the masses what they want to read these days

Kai Stamm

Speaking about Vampire. I remember that I loved the music video „What is love“ of Haddaway when I was young. Especially the vampire lady and her outfit. 😀 I can understand that you like to show some stuff on the one hand but don’t want to ruin the surprise on the other hand. I am really excited how it will go on and to know everything, but I would prefer to wait and see what happens during the game.

Darktoz

yes, i have to do something in the middle...like showing ingame pictures that don't spoiler anything :D Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.... dum dumm du dumm dumm :D

Lost Soul

I can’t see that new vtm being good, no studio really has enough stones, or brains to nail the tight rope that classic vampire stories walk. The balance between horror, and allure isn’t something i think modern writers can navigate. As well the goth vibe seems to have been totally lost in the second game from what I’ve seen, everything looks to young adult in design something you’d seen on a cw show.

Darktoz

yea it isn't good, unfortunetly...had to see it for myself, though. wasted potential everywhere you look in this game :(

Lost Soul

Bro that sucks so bad I have such found memories of the first one.