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HelixFTW: Ezmir Version 1 Release

Happy Holidays!!!

Allow me to formally introduce the second character on the HelixFTW roster: Ezmir!

 To those of you who are unfamiliar, Ezmir was an earlier character from the original Helixftr; largely incomplete, his whole concept was a long, almost snakelike dragon that could burrow. His main feature was a burrowing attack that could sneak up under Helix and nab him if the kobo...

End o' November

So I have to admit, progress hasn't exactly been as smooth or as quick as I'd have liked this month. Originally, we wanted to get Ezmir's first build out the door by the end of this month- preferably today- but that just isn't viable at the moment. So, here's where we're at, and what we're thinking.

 Ezmir's level is about 90% complete, just lacking in a few fine touches, grass, and some backgro...

Mid-November: Ezmir Going Forwards

So there's been a bit of discussion between Serk and I about how to release updates for characters moving forwards.

Helixftr was messy, and fairly simple- I would do a bit of work on a character, and just sort of throw it out to the public, full of whatever warts and unfinished edges it might have had. We have decided we are not going to do that with HelixFTW characters.

Ideally we are going to release characters in a series of stages towards being finished instead- these unfinish...

Helixftw in November: Moving Forwards

October was crazy productive. We managed to get Wolfo done, and now I'm finally excited to show y'all what, and who, we'll be working on next!

And next up, assuming nothing goes terribly wrong in the process, will be a returning character from the original Helixftr: Ezmir, the Burrowing Drake!

He's gone through a little bit of a redesign, but overall I'm really quite happy with how he came out in 3D form. Moving forwards he should be a little more expressive than Wolfo, and...

HelixFTW: Wolfo Release!

It's been a really busy month! Y'all blew us away with the reception to the demo, thank you all so much for such an amazing response. We've been hard at work polishing and finalizing Wolfo as a character, getting him to a point where we feel he's really finished and rounded out. Now he's finished! Pretty good pace for a single month of work I'd say. Happy Voretober!

Check the Downloads at the bottom of the page!

OF NOTE: Controls have been changed! Take a look below!...

Mid-month Helixftw Check-in

So, it's been a couple weeks since Helixftw's demo was released! I do hope y'all have enjoyed it a lot.

I do want to address something real quick: Since the game's release, I have seen the rise of the all-too-familiar "You should x" comments. I want to state that, beyond bug reports, these are not terribly helpful and I would prefer it if y'all would abstain. We also do not want to put furry OC characters in the game.

We're also not planning on the game being modable at th...

Helixftw Demo Update

Howdy again! Wow, the release of the demo was met with a ton of fanfare, y'all have been really positive about it! So we've spent the last week polishing what we've gotten, updating and fixing bugs people have reported, and the demo's in a much better spot now.

-Fixed Wolfo not aiming at Helix with some of his attacks.

-Added knockback if you're too close to Wolfo when he's attacking.

-Added graphics settings to help performance on lower-end computers.

-PS4 and PS5 con...

HelixFTW Going Forwards

It's insane it hasn't even been a week since HelixFTW's was released. Time's stuck in this crazy place between weeks feeling like no time at all but also incredibly long at the same time.

Since HelixFTW's release, Serk and I tried to take a short break but found that neither of us are really into that sort of thing. So, here's what to expect going forwards:

1) I'm still going back and forth on release schedules for new updates. I think what I would prefer to do is release a new up...

New Project: HelixFTW Demo

A project a few months in the making! New stories for our favorite sword-toting kobold adventurer! Welcome to HelixFTW!

HelixFTW is a collaborative effort between myself and Serkular, who you may know for having created the Rainworld Hungry Lizards mod. It's a successor to Helixftr, a vore game focusing on having characters that are very interactive, created in Unity.

This is a DEMO; a brief look into what the future will probably look like. We have been incredibly secr...

Barbftr Working Files

Yeah so I absolutely forgot to include my Barbftr work along with the Helixftr stuff. These are less than what I did in Helixftr, though I did probably go through and do more experimental stuff here. Most notable are the two CV related dragons and all the mumbo jumbo I ended up doing with variables to get those to work.

As usual, please use these to learn from or modify, but please do not benefit monetarily from my work.

Download link: 2024-09-16 21:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Helixftr 9.9.2024 End of the Road Update

HELLO!

Howdy y'all! For any of you that didn't catch the last update I posted here, I am officially calling it quits with Helixftr and Flash and moving on to greater horizons in the exciting world of 3D. What this means is that I'm going to go ahead and do a final release of all the stuff I've got- including the working files for all of my own personal creations, so that anyone wanting to look into and learn from my work can do so if they so choose.

Download for the last Helixftr ...

September Update and Clarification

Howdy folks! It's been a little bit, as it always has been. July was kind of a stinker when it came to productivity but August was BUSY! I feel like I spent more time in Blender in August than I did outside of it. Got a lot of animations done, been practicing a ton- I feel like my animations are finally starting to get somewhere where I'm happy with them!

So I wanted to make a few thing...

Helixftr 2.27.2024 Update (Fixed?)

So the last update apparently had more than a couple problems- I checked it over and some things weren't making sense to me. Folks were saying Yesenia wasn't in it despite absolutely being included- which makes me assume there was some issue with the game loading the characters, likely because I absolutely messed up the External.xml and included a few things that I have on my end, but aren't released because they're either under a better name or not something meant for release.

Helixftr 2.6.2024 Update

Hey it's been a *while* since I've released on of these, oops.

This contains all the WIP's and finished characters I've got right now- or it *should*, at least.

The big inclusion here is Harrien of course, but there have been more than a few tweaks here and there on older characters as well.

Enjoy! Probably best not to overwrite anything, just in case.

February Updatery-Doo

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I don't really like making updates when there's no a lot to say; I'd rather come bearing some actual things to be interested in than popping around saying "Oh, sorry, there is no news about Helixftr today."

So I'm glad to announce that there is some news for Helixftr today!

If you've been in the patreon discord, you're probably already aware of them- but I've been trying to gather my mojo for 2D animation back with a simpler bird character! So, lemme introduce...

The Welcome to November Update

Howdy folks! Been a minute.

This past month I haven't been doing a whole lot of 2D animating or poking at Flash in general. Helixftr as a whole has kind of been put to the side for a bit while, instead, I've been focusing a lot more on 3D and learning Blender instead.

You may have noticed on my twitter and FA pages that I have been posting a ton of renders this past ...

End of August Update: Where's the Beef?

Hey everyone! Just putting up a post to let you know that I've had more of a rhythm lately on my work and I have actually been putting updates up on the discord. You may have also noticed me posting up smaller animations as I go over on https://twitter.com/Alsnapz ! That still remains the best way to keep up with me, since...

The Helixftr Yesenia Update! 6/19/2023

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

MEGA: https://mega.nz/file/89UmlaJK#W7JWkQFXJj9miUfctCKUiL4HbumxR80RVIdhLuhmi4Q

(Copy and Paste this entire link if it doesn't work, for whatever reason.)

Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmxxfcp0y94lcde/Helixftr%20YeseniaRelease%20B6.19.2023.zip?dl=0

You...

Oh Goodness it's almost the end of May

So this isn't going to be much of a monthly report, I'll keep it short and simple and try to say more Soon.

So, to any that haven't been on the Discord, the reason I've been so quiet lately is that I've been working on a Special Character that I'm planning to release this weekend, if all things go well enough!

Some of you might know Yesenia, but she's a big snake bounty hunter! She's owne...

The Helixftr Devalo Update! 1/28/2023

MEGA Link: https://mega.nz/file/loUnDRxB#_NxTCevLn1tr3__qpgsz0_YzRW44rq5valFuoyS2NMA

(Copy and paste this entire link in your web browser or else it doesn't work for some reason)

Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2yt06hg5qw4m8fm/Helixftr%20Public%20Devalo%202023.1.28b.zip?dl=0

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Monthly Report: December 18th, 2022

Happy Holidays! I absolutely despise the end of the year, as everyone tries to cram months worth of missed interaction into such a super short span of time.

So, what's new? First of all, you might've noticed that Weekly Updates are really anything but- it used to be that I would post them when I felt like I'd done 'enough' to make them worth it, after I got to a point in my workflow ...

Monthly Report: November 23, 2022

Oooohh boy.

This month hasn't had a whole lot going on, honestly; a lot of my focus has gone towards my 3D work and learning how to model. But, I have still poked at animating here and there. Primarily, what started as a "I should really do something with this darn t-rex I made because I really like them" has become "Helix is going to get very well introduced to a rex maw."

2022-11-23 18:51:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Monthly Report: October 23rd, 2022

I feel like I've been working and working and not really getting much of anywhere. I've no idea how that works, but that seems to be where I am.

Anyway, so the primary bulk of my work as of late, I suppose, has been adding new animations for Isolda despite constantly saying "oh just one more, just one more"- every time I go to work on the 'one more' I think up a new idea or a way to improve on ...

The Helixftr Elroy Update! 10/1/2022

Download links:

MEGA: https://mega.nz/file/JsdWxCwB

Key: #P3BXqQM_bIkIFY7SP4kYemxwiKBxtifah_bNQAwfizg

Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmmu6r8dd5gfims/Helixftr%20Public%20Elroy%202022.10.1.zip?dl=0

Sorry it's been so long! I finally managed to struggle th...

Monthlyish Report: September 12th???

How is it September?? How is it ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER??? 

Honestly I've been holding off on making a monthly report for a while now, primarily because the draw to animate has been especially slow and low for a while now. Most of my work as of late has kind of been chasing flights of fancy in an effort to find some actual enjoyment and avoid the burnout that's been at my heels for what feels like ages now. It uh, hasn't  really worked out too well. I feel ...

Helixftr Mini Update 8/9/2022

Alternative Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jbsgc4v83khyx1b/Helixftr%20Public%20Loog%202022.08.09.zip?dl=0

You shouldn't need a key for the Mega upload.

To celebrate 8/8, this is gunna be a Public Upload!

This is a smaller update, mostly featuring updates to Bonus_Lugia 2 featuring the grab that has her flop atop of you, and som...

Monthlyish Report: June 17th, 2022

Alright, so this one will probably be pretty quick; now that a variety of life circumstances have passed and I'm significantly less stressed out in general, I can fiiiiinally get back to work proper on Helixftr stuff.

The problem there becomes, I'm pretty torn on where to go from here. There are a few things I want to try personally, but it seems like the thing that the majority of folks on my discord have suggested, or wanted, is to go and finish Juniper.

The unfortunate part is ...

Helixftr: Sholstim Release!

(Posted it everywhere else besides here, whoops x3x)

(Copy and pasted blatantly from the FA post!)

Oof, how is it June already. How is that possible? I feel like I blinked and 6 months flew by, and honestly I feel like I've done some really decent animation work but it barely feels like enough. I've been battling with my own head for the past few months and right now I'm stressed as hell about a variety of things, but y'all have definitely waited long enough.

Do enjoy!
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(Mini Update) Monthly Update: Coming Soon

Gunna keep this short- last month I neglected to do a monthly update because it basically would have just been "Sholstim's almost done and I'll figure the rest out beyond that."

Well, Sholstim's done now (Should I have made a post here for that? Hmm.)

Which means that I get to decide on  the next character to focus on past this point! There are, uh, a lot of them.

That being said, I'm going to be busy with some important family stuff (nothing serious but I'm stressing a...

Helixftr WIP Release 2022/05/19

Decryption Key is: 

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I wouldn't say that work's slowed down, I just haven't really been working in the directions I really probably should have been.

Sholstim's now got an unfinished gut state you can access if you rub his gut from within enough.

Also included in this WIP Release are three new things I've poked at, intended to be smaller projects to keep myself occupied and shake off the rust:

-2 Lugias, one large a...