Animating Battle & Coding Gala! (August 2024 Update)

Hi Patrons!

It's been another 2 weeks so that means another update for yall. We've been diligently knocking out more scenes from the Violet vs Dummy battle, alongside a few support tasks. Read on!

Animation Progress

It's hard to estimate the overall progress at this point, since the team has been taking scenes in a semi-random manner, leaving our assignment board looking like swiss-cheese! This is normal in early animation production though, since our artists are less-familiar with drawing the character models. This results in more picky-ness about which shots to take, which is completely fine!

 Regardless of the spreadsheet's messiness, a lot of progress is being made (the blue means done). Overall, we currently have 46 out of the 108 battle scenes animated already! So that's nearly 50% done in terms of raw animation. We still have a lot of cleanup, ink and backgrounds to do, but those ought to go by faster.

As I've mentioned in previous posts, this animation is not going to be as lengthy as the previous one, so that would explain our relative "speedy-ness" in production. I have no complaints though!

We've also recruited two more animators to our project, KAP & Rainby (veterans of Story 8). With their combined help, I'm sure we'll have enough footage for a teaser trailer quite soon!

Rush Garcia is also returning to help us out with scoring, and we'll have some delicious audio W.I.P's for you all by the next Patreon post.

GildedGala is in Active Development

Yes, I'm doin it! I am putting my nose to the grindstone to deliver the second GildedGala event in celebration of Violet vs Dummy's (eventual) premiere. I'm starting early to make sure the multiplayer app is nice and polished, and I'll need play-testers over the next couple months to help find bugs and offer feedback on the variety of mini-games I'll be coding.

Stay tuned to the Twitch streams for public playtests!

Instead of a faux-fancy venue from the first Gala, we'll be having fun in the very setting of the new animation: A travelling circus! There will be outdoor and indoor areas for players to explore to earn/spend tickets. I have a lot of ideas for the virtual carnival, and although not all of them will make it in, I'm sure there will be plenty for players to enjoy during the premiere.

Continued development of my GildedGala/RPG project will depend on how many snacks and drinks we "sell". But money aside, I'm hoping the new gala will bring a little extra delight to our animation.

Random Things I wanted to share - New Twitch Subscriber Badges

Patron Care Package Drawings

Commissions (+ animated ones!)

To supplement our budget, I've been taking on commission work as of late. I enjoy stretching my caricature drawing skills with these, so feel free to take a look at the gallery (and order one)!

My wife also has open commissions, and unlike me, offers animated profile picture commissions via her Discord DM's (rebonkulous).

That's all I have to report for now, have a great day!