Reception images and overlays remade (0.3.1 preview) (Patreon)

Hello guys and gals,

you might thave read it in the development news already. The reception area gets an upgrade with the next release.

It has been bugging me for some time, that the image quality of the girls at reception were no longer on par with all the other sprites of the beautiful ladies on the island.

So I decide to remake the reception images for all the girls in super high res. Since I was at it anyway, the display and overlay logic has also been changed in a way that allows to use all the other sprites (girls wearing nightwear or swimwear) at reception as well.You can see how that looks in the last two preview images.I've also uses different zoom levels in the preview images that can be used with the new display logic.

You might ask why that's a good thing or what it can be used for.One use is that the girls on reception duty can go to the bar and have a drink. Once you ring the bell at recpetion, they'll come running, wearing their evening clothes.

From a technical point of view, there are 3 images at reception:

there is the base image that is behind the girl

then the sprite of the girl

the top layer is the reception desk, partially hiding the girl

This setup is a lot more flexible and doesn't require the cut off sprites any more that were used before.

In one of the next releases, I will probably redo the restaurant area as well, since this is the only remaining area, that still uses low quality sprites.

Take care and enjoy the preview.Darkhound