[The Hive] Weekly Report #3

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Latest batch of work on the Hive !

During the break, I was able to focus on creating more 3D backgrounds! I decided to work on it by myself to get it done faster. 

Each 3D render is used as a base for sketching and then there's the long process of linework and coloring. I'm not very good with Blender so I mainly used already made assets, moved them in a scene, arranged and rescale them.

My priority was to work on the backgrounds that will appear in the demo first.

The first scene  in the game is Doctor Lang's office. Some futuristic elements give away that the game takes place in a hypothetical future.

Then there was a corridor outside Doctor Lang's office, the exterior of Ms. Sato's house and June's new room.

Some backgrounds which will be used later include the yard and the bathroom at Ms.Sato's house. 

During the break, I also worked on posters which will be on the walls of Dr.Lang's office. They will be items you can click on.

As for today's work, I mainly worked on cleaning and sketching on the base of the 3D renders.

It's clear that the graphic work will be the most time consuming aspect of the production. Each background takes hours and hours from start to finish. The good thing is that once a background is finished, it can be used for the all game with minimal changes.

As for the writing so far, it's going very well. It's always so pleasant to brainstorm with Personalias and to see his interpretation of the various characters.

Next week, I plan to work on linework and colors, and possibly fully integrate a background into the game.