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🦆Does Windvale Need a Stylization Change?🦆
🕑 Added 2022-10-23 21:14:31 +0000 UTCTLDR At the bottom of the post:
So, I've been thinking that maaaaaaybe the houses and some of the overall style of Windvale might need a little change in stylization to more fit the overall more anime-esc style that's in place.
So here's the sitch: I'm getting a little more comfortable with importing assets, which means the possibilities for what can be added to the game have gone from "limited while I wait for others to upload mods to use" to "It might be a little time consuming until I get used to it, but now I can import virtually any asset into the game I can find/purchase."
Here's my suggestion:
Asset B is currently the house style I have been using since Part 1 of The Nobody in a Hero's World.
While the models themselves are decently made, they're unfortunately not 100% suited towards the style I'd like, and more often than not I have to make significant texture edits and material editor changes to make them not stand out too much and remove some of the debris that the models have littering the ground.
Asset A I think doesn't need much explanation as to where it's from, however the style is a perfect fit for the game and let's me save significant time over messing around with model textures just to have it fit the same overall style.
Now why am I bringing this to you guys as a vote? Well, not much of Windvale will be seen in Part 3 of Episode 1, however what will be seen in the update will be jarring if the style has been completely overhauled. Personally, I see no issue with the switch, however I highly value player opinion so I would like to cast a poll before any decisions are made.
Ideally, I would like to turn Asset A into a modular asset, which means I can use it as building blocks to create my own homes with the same style, but as of right now I only have time to use what assets are already there.
But Wait... What about the earlier sections of Episode 1?
I'm glad you asked. The plan will be, at some point, to non-intrusively work on reworking sections of Episode 1 to remove the old style, and introduce the new one. Once the scenes are at the stage of release, they'll be implemented and released alongside a new Episode or Episode part, rather than it's own separate "rework" release.
The poll will be up until Friday and because it effects the overall grand scheme of the game, the poll will be open to public voting.
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TLDR: The old style of homes, using Asset B is hard to work with and doesn't fit the anime-esc theme of the game. I'd like to change to using Asset A styled homes, which will be a jarring change to begin with but old scenes will be slowly reworked in a non-intrusive way and won't be packaged as it's own separate update.
Asset A styles homes are from an already popular game, however the style fits the theme that I'd like perfectly and, as of right now, are the only house assets in Koi that resemble this style.
