Progress?

I've begun laying the groundwork for the maps. And I'm having a hard time working with the default assets. SO MANY THINGS ARE LACKING! I'll eventually replace them with my own graphics, but for now, the default will hopefully be able to at least slightly portray how I envisioned them to be. Just slightly.

If you read the character submission page before and saw the "more guilds coming soon" thingy and been waiting for me to finish it, then you'll now see that I've finally fully updated it! So go check it out if you wanna submit a character! (And before someone asks, yes, the Foundation is obviously a rip off of the Round Table Alliance from Log Horizon. Because running an oligarchic nation is fun! (I also may or may not have spoiled the Player's involvement or possibly lack thereof in the Foundation based on that information. Shh.))

Also, another WIP of the manga!

This is obviously not done yet. I cleaned it up a bit and duplicated every layer to darken the lines so it's easier to see. But that's it for today! Progress have been slow lately due to the lack of a graphics card and among many other things. And I may or may not write another dev talk tomorrow. We'll see. But yep, see ya!

PreFoundation manga and original character submissions!

You've probably notice that I've finished the cover art of the manga. I've made a new tab on the blog, so yeah, check that out. There's a big Coming Soon™ on that page.

I've ALSO made another new tab for CHARACTER SUBMISSIONS! This is your chance for you to create an original character for Captivity! They'll be put into the game and they'll mostly troll around Estal City and have dialogues and stuff. They also may or may not be a part of side quests or whatever, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Right now these slots are limited to certain guilds, but in the future, I'll have events like these again for antagonistic slots. (The Patreon perk at 30$ for an OC is the same thing as this one. Except said Patreon perk isn't implemented right now and the OCs aren't limited to being Adventurers)

If you want to create an OC and be put into the game and the manga, go to the Character Submission tab nao!

Cover art almost done?!

Welp. I'm still drawing the cover art for the manga. It's pretty much done, all that's left is the lineart and painting. I should REALLY be working on the game instead, but just going through the old dialogues is driving me nuts. WHY IS THERE SO MUCH DIALOGUE?!

Anyway, a little note on how I'm gonna run the manga alongside the game: It'll be worked on concurrently alongside the game, and every page that's done will be uploaded to imgur or whatever and will be free for everyone to read. BUT, I'll also upload the original resolution (2480 x 3508) versions for patrons on my Patreon, while the free/public version will be at around 40% of the original resolution to maintain readability. Trust me, it's not a big deal for the public version. As far as I can tell, there's no artifacts or whatever from downsizing. It's just a bonus for the patrons. So if you wanna print it or whatever, drop me a dollar and grab the original versions.

EDIT: Added the WIP art. Also, yes, this is how I do my linearts. I sketch something first, then do the lineart over it.

Captivity manga?!

Cover Art (WIP)

Ohai there again. Been somewhat unproductive for the past few days. For some good news though, I got my hands on a pretty decent laptop that can handle Photoshop. So, I've started drawing again! Yay! Though the low resolution kinda hurts my eyes (figuratively). I don't feel very comfortable drawing on this thing, but I still feel like getting some practice in.

With that in mind,  I'm drawing a short one off manga of Captivity! The story will mainly focus on two major characters that plays a huge role in Estal's politics, who you'll see a lot in the game. Player will also make a couple cameo appearance, but since she's not the focus in this manga, don't expect to see her much. I'll release more details once I've got something more substantial to show. For now, here's an incomplete storyboard/sketch of page 1.

Pg 1 (WIP)

I don't like drawing detailed panels with lots of characters. I mean, my god, do you see that mess in the first panel? It's gonna be a bitch to actually draw all the details in. Also, ignore the fact that two panels is currently missing and the guy's not clothed. I haven't gotten to those parts yet.