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XXXIV Poll Results + Progress Update
🕑 Added 2022-02-10 02:56:08 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
The Pure Onyx mid-month release will be next week for $10 backers as usual, and will feature the first progress on the much-awaited combat overhaul :D!
Since Pure Onyx updates normally come out between the 15th and 30th of each month, we have a gap in content at the beginning of each month. I'm therefore planning on making updates on XXXIV around this time each month, so our monthly schedule will look something like this, give or take a few days:
- 4th - XXXIV Character Select Poll
- 8th - XXXIV Content Release / Progress Update
- 15th - Pure Onyx $10 Tier Release
- 23rd - Pure Onyx Progress Update
- 30th - Pure Onyx Release
Changes for Future Polls
- The top 3 runner-up characters will appear again in the next poll.
- Runner-up characters that fail to win twice in a row won't appear again until recycled.
- Polls will be 3 days long instead of 7. This is so we can get to work more quickly.
- We're reducing the number of characters from 12 to 10. May change again later on.
- We're aiming to increase diversity among outfit types / hair color / hair length / skin tone / source material for future polls. No more 5 bodysuits >_> if we can help it.
Poll #1 Results!
The votes have pretty much stopped coming in, so we're calling this one early. 7 days was much too long to let it run for ^-^;
The winner is... Malise *and* Tifa @_@!?
So, in an attempt to get ahead and with it looking like Tifa was the clear winner early on, we actually started on her early :D.
As was mentioned in the comments, Tifa is such a popular character that there's not much point putting her into the poll again, so we just decided to finish her ^-^, and thus we will begin work on Malise in a few days once Tifa's sculpt is wrapped up!
This means the runner-up characters that will appear again in the next poll are
- Olga
- Asagi
- Blaze
If you voted on one of the others, no worries, they will make an appearance again.
Tifa Progress!
I hope this will quell some of the skepticism as to whether we can juggle both XXXIV and Pure Onyx, as Kame and Demonu really killed it here! It goes to show that without the need to design the character from scratch it becomes a much simpler task to get solid results.
Our workflow involves Kame starting on the body + a basic head / hair shape, then passing that off to Demonu who does multiple versions of the face and hair. Once they are settled on, we pass that back to Kame who integrates it into his body and outfit sculpt that he's worked on while Demonu does the face/hair. Throughout this process they send me models that I test with our stylized shaders and then give feedback on.
TK, our rigger, is currently working on a rig transfer system that will help transfer rigging between female characters, as it's a time consuming process currently and the number of female characters we've been doing has vastly grown. He will rig TIfa next, and then probably Malise before moving onto the muscle lady boss. We have nearly 6 characters yet to implement for PO that already have completed rigs, so he's well ahead there.
Kame and Demonu have probably one more day each on Tifa, so we will definitely be able to have her rigged and ready by next month! With some luck we can have a WIP Malise to show off for the PO progress update at the end of this month (she will, after all, appear in PO ^-^).
Comments
Images and video animations, and potentially an animation viewer/gallery that utilizes PO's cinematic mode framework ^-^
Ian Wilson
Are these scene going to be images, video files or "experiences" rendered by a game engine?
Will take some experimentation, but the scenes will vary. I'd like to create more custom biomonster/tentacle scenes or mechanical apparatuses / unique scenarios for them, but may recycle these occasionally for different characters.
Dee
What do you have in mind for the scene/animation that you're going to use for the XXXIV? Are they going to be different everytime? Is it going to be similar to the scenes from PO or is it different altogether?
I knew Tifa would be the winner! Can't wait for the next update. lol
Looks better with tension on the material :3. Will make sense once we add details
Yeah, we will for Pure Onyx once we get more content done and have more the cast ready to go. We likely will do it for XXXIV scenes once we start them :D
This XXXIV series is a Rule 34 series, meaning it's for fan art ^-^. Original characters are for our games :3
Deaq
I would actually would've preferred an original character. I love Tifa as much as anyone don't get me wrong.
限丶量版
Have you considered adding voices to your characters?
You nailed it! She is Hot, but I was Just wondering why you use the Old skirt and top (not the remake ones)
SierraMistGood
Tifa fucking sucks lol
Kris
Man, those models always look so nice! Tifa is a nice pick, can't argue. I can only imagine what some characters I like would look like in that model style...
N8 Dog38
Absolutely well done. I'm very of you guys. I think you handled that pole really well. And that might be the hottest Tifa I've ever seen. Definitely a happy backer! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to trying out this new release 😁
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Will have to do them one day anyways :D
Yoyo_Watermelone
Sakuya and Sayaka are highly underrated though
Ours is a custom version that's kind of a combination of the two. Stockings are good for tearing ^-^
Nicholas Jose
Will it just be FF7R Tifa? or will there also be a model for classic Tifa? A man gots to see dem legs >.>
Will be a rule 34 series of artwork and animations, and possibly an interactive gallery utilizing Pure Onyx's cinematic mode system ^-^.
Netharius
i've forgotten what XXXIV is supposed to be... game? video? or just some img stuff?
