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Lucy and Klem

One last DaterZ update post for the $1 tier before I convert it to a general art tier.

Here are the sprites for Lucy and Klem. At the time of posting, the poll hasn't finished technically but it's actually impossible for it to sway the other way so I went ahead and made these. I'm not going to be doing variants for poses or different expressions for these two, since they're minor characters.

I'm continuing to work on backgrounds. It's a slow process but hopefully I can get the fin...

Minor Character Sprites

Hey guys, I just had a random thought. Should minor characters (e.g. Klem from Chichi's Castle, Lucy from HFIL) get a sprite or should they remain faceless? It might be fun to design them but it's not really necessary. What do you guys think?

Update about updates

Hey guys. I didn't have any time to get anything done this month. I only got 1 background done of the 9 that need done, and I wouldn't feel good about pushing out a Monthly Build with JUST that.

So, I'm going to wait until I have something more substantial for you. Likely once I get all of the backgrounds done and can push ahead to the final build of the demo. Once that's done, this update model is what I'm going to be doing moving forward regarding DaterZ.

I'm also planning on do...

DaterZ November Monthly Build

Hey guys. Was really busy this month and wasn't able to get a post out for the $1 tier, but I did do Aubery's sprites for the demo, which I have placed in this build. Sorry for little progress for this build.

October 2022 Monthly Build

Been a while since we had one of these, hasn't it?

Added the new 18 sprites and the WIP Chichi's Castle backgrounds. Only one set of sprites and two sets of backgrounds to go and the demo will be done!

Also I realized you can just attach ZIP files to Patreon posts so no more going through MEGA (for now anyway).

Chichi's Castle Backgrounds

Today, I have some references for the backgrounds for the restaurant, Chichi's Castle. For the interior shots, I messed around with materials to give myself an easier time when I go back over them later (as I struggled with differentiating objects when I did HFIL's backgrounds). The exterior isn't quiiiiite finished yet but it's done enough to be able to present.

Android 18 Sprites

I'm back, baby! Just a quick showcase of 18's sprites. More to come soon.

Situation Update

Hey guys. I'm here to let you know that there won't be an update this month either. My main PC is out of commission, and that's where the source files for DaterZ are stored. And until my paychecks from my job start coming in, I won't be able to get it fixed. Again, I'll be pausing the billing cycle for this month, so no charges.

That being said, I do have a few assets I've put together in the meantime, and I'll try to get a few substantial updates out for when I do get my computer fixed...

No Updates This Month

Hey guys. Just letting you know that I'm not going to be putting out any updates this month, as I'll be extremely busy. I paused the billing cycle, so you won't get charged. Thanks, and sorry in advance.

June 2022 Monthly Build

It's the final Friday of the month, so you know what that means. It's Monthly Build time!

Comes with the completed HFIL backgrounds and the new Bulma sprites. I also rewrote portions of Bulma's intro scene to include 21's real name, as was revealed by Super Hero.

Also, I discovered while testing that doing Videl's event first caused the background to remain until overwritten later. I fixed that, but was that in the last build? If you guys find any wonky bits like that, please let ...

Bulma Sprite Update and Finalized HFIL Backgrounds

Hoo boy, this took a while. I was sick the first week of June and then I had three commissions to finish, so I didn't have time to get an update done for here. I felt bad, so I worked really hard to get a big update out to compensate.

I re-rendered Bulma's sprite due to it being a different scale from everyone else, and I built off of that for the rest. I also finished the backgrounds for HFIL.

It's starting to take shape, guys! I hope you're as excited as I am for the future!

May 2022 Monthly Build

Monthly build for May. Added the new 21 sprites and another placeholder background for HFIL. Do you guys want me to try to go ahead and finalize those backgrounds or do you want me to make more placeholders for the other characters?

Mega link: 

https://bit.ly/3MYBU4Z

Extract and run, as always. Let me know if it needs an encryption key.

21 Sprite Update

Updated 21's sprites. Redrew her face in the second pose (used for the promo image), it looks a lot better now.

And fun fact, a few days after finishing the older sprite for the demo (based on Majin 21's pose in FighterZ), Labcoat 21 got announced for the game.

Gif should be working now.

Events Question

Hey guys, no content to share this time, but instead a question. I've been floating the idea of having shorter events that are more for world building and don't really contribute to the storylines. But I want your guys' feedback on whether or not this should be a thing.

For example, giving everyone a secondary introduction that eases Aubery into their storylines. Videl would get Aubery started on some light exercises and such. Chichi would give Aubery some simple tasks to get her acclim...

April 2022 Monthly Build

Here we go, first Elite Tier exclusive. Monthly build for April of 2022. Not a lot of progress this month, I'm afraid, but it's something. Added Videl's sprites from the previous post and slapped in some placeholder renders from my Blender file of HFIL. Hopefully that's not an issue.

Mega link:

https://bit.ly/3vtiC1e

Just extract and run. Let me know if it needs an encryption key. 

Videl Sprite Updates

Here's some variants for Videl's sprites, including a new one. I should probably mention that once the demo is done, I'm going to start with focusing on Videl's storyline first, as she is my favorite. And as such, I'm focusing on her first for the demo as well.

I know the new sprite is more or less the second one just turned slightly, but there's going to be another variant unique to the new one later on. I only made the ones needed for the demo for this update. And I'm likely going to ...

Backgrounds

Alright, let's get a first exclusive post going for you guys. Today I'll be discussing backgrounds.

First of all, I should note that I'm terrible at making backgrounds for my normal artworks. I freehanded all of the backgrounds seen in the demo's CG scenes and I think it shows. So, for the standard scenes, I want to do something different.

For this, I'm going to be using reference for backgrounds. I've prepared two examples of how I could go about doing this.

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Plans

Alright, let's get started. I figured I should give a quick overview of my plans for releases here.

To start off, I'm going to try to do two to three posts  a month showing backgrounds, sprites, assets and other things related to the game's development process. I might even share speed-draws, if you guys want to see that. And that's all for the Patrons, not public. Then at the end of the month will be the $3 tier monthly build.

I'd also like to inform  you guys that for ...

DaterZ Public Demo V1

The first and very WIP demo for DaterZ. As such, it's very rough and unfinished. There's no sound at all, nor backgrounds. The sprites are polished placeholders, but the CG is mostly final. Only the introductory scenes for each character are  implemented in this build, so once you've seen them all,  you're done.

Mega link:

https://bit.ly/3u0izcx

Decryption Key:

08s809-BJAyHfhhH_b...