Fairy FINDR progress report

Hey everyone, I hope you're having a great day so far!

Today I wanted to share with you my month's progress on my Fairy FINDR. I am excited on where the project is going, though it hasn't been without struggle - the game is easily my most ambitious yet, as the extra customization and art needing to be mostly compatible with each other brings challenges. But I've been enjoying the process!

Firstly, if you don't know anything about the project, I have a roadmap with bullet points of features I'm aiming for, and future update plans on my website here 

Attached to this post is a video of the current progress. Please note no facial animation has started yet, so their faces are not moving. I want to make sure everything is in place before I start animation, otherwise fixing it becomes a lot more difficult!

So what did I get done this month?

• Fairies are now being randomly generated with hair, eyes, head accessories, glasses and skin color. Here's some fairies created with the code, these are fairies I found while swiping in-game:

Fairy bios now exist. Each fairy when swiped will show their name, bio, favorite food, star sign, sexual temperament (planned to change voice actor and voice lines with this), height and if they like group action (more fairies will appear)

I plan to use some of these attributes when you revisit a fairy, for example, dialog about you bringing them their favorite food.

A big feature I wanted to add to this game compared to my last ones is bigger customization. It means development is taking longer, but having different skin color fairies and accessories with modifier attributes is something I really wanted to try. Most hair types for example will also have chances to have little differences on each fairy.

I have not started any costumes yet (they are all naked!!) but that will be next on my list.

I'm not exactly sure how it's going to work, but my current idea is that when you swipe right on a fairy, what she is wearing becomes unlocked, and then you have the ability to request the next fairy to wear what you have available in the wardrobe. Not 100% sure on if this will stay, but it's the best idea I have currently.

There will be an unlock code for total body/accessory customization, and probably name, bio food editor too. But that's not really the main goal of the game, only for people who don't want to do the swiping part.

The mouth graphics will also be different per fairy, it is just currently not finished. There are currently lipstick, furry mouth and concerned looking mouths, but they are just not visible in the game yet!

All the menus have been designed. Aside from the swiping section, most screens have a fantasy look. I wanted to keep the menus drastically different like this because you're visiting the FINDR app to find a fairy, but then when visiting them you 'leave the app' as it were. There's a match transition and some unique story dialog for when this happens, which I've shown in the video.

Q&A:

• Qupo had some family issues, he was gone for a month, I don't know what happened but he is okay, but the Bunnycop scene has not been worked on because of this.
• Shantae and Tinkerbell are still planned to be rare swipe fairies. I will probably buy a bell to make the sound effects for her and record them myself haha. From little tinkles to big shakes as she gets more excited. The yellow hair option already can make tinkerbell style fairies for sure, there's an alt with a rounded bun but it is rare to get. There are also human shaped ears, though i need to check the code, I dont think i got any for these screenshots!

• I'll make an update to Helluva Hound next month for Lovense support / saves, and some accessories if I can squeeze it in! People have been asking me, and yes, all my games will get lovense support eventually, I am just treating them as side-patches while I work on my big projects.
• Midna is still planned as the next minigame
• Deal with it glasses are actually going to be exceptionally rare to appear, unlike in the video attached ;)
• If you have time, please consider ticking some things in my short poll! 

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Very welcome to feedback and criticism - I'd love to take onboard as many suggestions as I can, especially in the early phase.

Excited to keep working on this, and thank you so much for your ongoing support! ❤️