Status Update - June 2024 (Patreon)
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TL;DR: New tiers, a bit less effort will be put, NSFW variants only for Genshin now, Anim Blend files getting a 'small' nerf, No more Vanilla variants.
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Hi Everyone!Hope y'all have been having a great time.
These last months have been, 'quite weird' I would say, not in a bad way tho, the amount of support has been great and stable! And I'm HEAVILY thankfull for you guys.I say it's been weird due to my consistency being sometimes good, sometimes not as good, it's... quite of a worry for me, I did notice myself being WAY slower due to the amount of content I'm doing in general and spending time on stuff that probably most of you don't seem necessary (like 30+ variants, Blend files, Vanilla variants, etc), putting me in a slow burnout state.
Of course I want to bring more content to the table in a faster way without burning myself out, I need to recover that fun I used to have when I started modding, it's hard to say, but since Genshin is a bad game for me that seems to have no bright future, the passion has been dying lately, if you noticed my attitude being a bit rough(?) lately, well now you know...
With that said, I need to make myself feel better again and this will involve me putting less effort into the work and stop doing things I started to do recently (we'll get to that), I'm Not looking to start making lazy stuff (looking at you BH Navia) so you shouldn't worry too much. I have stuff to deal with outside of modding and I've been looking to learn new things, the less time I spend on modding the better for me.
After thinking for the last days, I decided to make some changes for my Patreon page and the content that I will bring up from this point forward... So what's changing?
- Tiers -
2 New tiers have been added, "3D supporter" and "Spicy Supporter", both $12.3D tier gives you access to the Blend files, Spicy gives you access to the NSFW variants!
Not only that, the Invested Supporter tier now costs $7... This could give the higher tiers a bit more value(?) but generally all these changes were made for those who only look for specific rewards and save more bucks. The Masters tier will function the same way as usual.
- Character Re-Designs -
I'm now gonna stick closer to the OG design... for most characters.This will depend on the character I work on, let's be honest, all characters by default have great designs! and most of you are ok seeing them quite unchanged but Thicc.
At the end, this is all based on personal tastes, although you can still expect some wild redesigns here and there just less frequent(?).
- NSFW Variants -
I will now make these exclusive to Genshin only.Since almost all of you guys are here for Genshin mods, would be better to prioritize them for that game, why not Star Rail and possibly WuWa? This is more of a personal choice... I don't like nude mods and it'll be more of a breeze to simply, make mod with few variants, make previews, done... then prepare Blend files, done... Hope that's understandable enough.
Speaking of...
- WuWa mods? -
("Wuthering Waves" in case you were unaware)I will work on them, we just gotta give more time to the 3DMigoto devs so they come up with tools that allows you import custom models.
- Vanilla Variants -
An attempt was made... but I have to stop doing them ;n;
I don't disagree with the idea of releasing a version with default proportions of my mods for those who don't like Bottom heavy ones, it's not hard to do, but the time spent from the reshape to the mod exporting and playtesting was longer than I expected.
I'm actually DOWN to hire someone to help me create these variants, I'll see how I can set this up but for now, no more Vanilla variants (If you joined only for these, I am so sorry...)
- Blend Files -
The weights/controls for genitals will not be availableIt'll be up to you to rig them with bones or create shape keys at your liking.It would take me a long time to rig these parts in a good way and I now prefer to skip them. Seriously, all renders I've seen from people do not use these!
... I could also hire someone to help me prepare the Anim blend in general 👀
That's it!
I know this is a lot to read, sorry for that, but I hope this gave you enough info to consider moving forward, feel free to leave your opinions or suggestions regardless to all this...
Thank you.