Public Release Prep (Patreon)

Well, the deadline is set, the die is cast, the knuckling down intensifies...

I've been adjusting some code this morning, mainly to do with the Child Name input screens. There is now a 'Suggested Names' menu with context appropriate options:

I'll be uploading this to the Patreon Demo this afternoon/evening, once I've got a few other bits and pieces in place.

For now, I'll be uploading the blender backgrounds in the place of the blanks, just so there's a failsafe option in case I don't manage to finish the drawn renders in time for the public release.

Was working on boats yesterday:

Water and light make my system wheeze, but I'm pretty happy with the results. Need to add some distant greenery and perhaps a few buckets and fishtraps about the scene, and probably blur the HDRI in the background just in case I have to use the shot as the ingame background...

Maybe some rigging, too? Then again, these are only meant to be guides for me to draw over/from...