HDC Ver. 0.1 Progress Update #6

Hello hello! This week we return to another progress update for Ver. 0.1 of The Hylann Defense Corps! Sit back and enjoy!

So, in the 5th update, I showed off some of the renders from the victory branch of Rita's boss fight - when you and your party win against her. In opposition to that, the images up top are from the defeat branch - when you lose to her instead.

It's my hope to have the win and lose branches diverge into separate, unique interactions that subsequently reconverge again later to push the story onward succinctly. And while the player will only be able to experience one branch at a time, it's my intention to allow them to return later on and re experience the fight as many times as they want through a memory or vision - similar to what you have seen already when replaying battles with Astrid, Mimi, or Gale.

I've also been experimenting with a handful of small, new rendering techniques here and there to see what sticks. Some of these include the tiny bits of grass and moss painted on and around the crate, more detailed shadows (like in the first image above where Poach is ass over tea kettle), and the black and white "Bad Apple" style render, among others. There's a lot to learn, and I feel as though I've barely scratched the surface most of the time!

Moving away from the game for a second, I also posted a full 3-page comic to the Discord server a few days ago starring Lyra and Misha, and I'm going to create a separate post here on Patreon for it in a bit - just to keep things organized and improve visibility for those who don't use Discord as much.

Right-o! Sorry for not posting quite as many practice renders as I said I would - I got slapped with a sickness last Sunday that left me zombified for the first half of the week, but I'm good now! Hope you all are too!

Thanks again for everything, and take care friends!