What's up, RMers?
While as of current, I haven't begun proper work onto the Blood Council boss fight recode and remaster, I have collected my thoughts on it and written them down. I need to find a voice actor for both Kira and Kyon at some point, Kloe is already voiced by our own karemaki-chan, who i will deliver the lines and request to before long. Writing isn't finalized yet though.
The Design of a Terrorsome Triad
In the spoilers below is the design document for the fight, it's a bit of a LONGBOI image so I didn't want to post it without spoilertagging it.
Preparation for the Potential to Come
The Blood Maidens were initially planned to be a small hold-over from Perseverance: Full Clearance, but as it stands they've all gotten a lot more attention than initially planned. Kloe especially so, having her own optional event chain that spans the Amethyst system and contributes to one half of the Zen Nekoma questline. Her friendship with Nanianne and fan popularity made it easy to go deeper into her character and how she responds to people and treats those around her and those close to her.
Kira has also been made the solo-focus of one of the optional events on Draik and Kyon is scheduled to get some more screen-time in the events of Terra as well.
In recognition of this, I decided that... No, two different facial expressions was really not enough-- so I opted to quadruple their range of expressions, behold!
The Faces of Not Quite Evil but Still Rather Wicked!
Kyon Archimede
![[Image: HcM0J4G.png]](https://i.imgur.com/HcM0J4G.png)
"Ooh wah. A stalker stalking its would-be predators? Maybe we should feed you to Kloe."
Kira Honojiko
![[Image: AFUPZR4.png]](https://i.imgur.com/AFUPZR4.png)
"Combust and cavort, your final day!"
Kloe Kirinara
![[Image: WKcfpAq.png]](https://i.imgur.com/WKcfpAq.png)
"This time...? A recurring thing is this!? Kloe never would have figured you for a masochist!"
Implementation will take a good while, as they are brand new facesets with new names- so there's no simple drop and replace this time. Butchoosing which facial expressions to use for which lines is some of the most fun implementing new faces has for me.
The Blood Council's Emotion!
Here's just a few screenshots to show them in game real quickly.
![[Image: 4dlNjpW.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4dlNjpW.png)
![[Image: ERczUuG.png]](https://i.imgur.com/ERczUuG.png)
![[Image: j2Ykohl.png]](https://i.imgur.com/j2Ykohl.png)
Xiie / Rune: The Radiant Seraph Strikes Again!
Xiie has been no slouch, in fact it's easy to say she's been more productive than me so far as gamedev goes. She recently finished Raiko of the Nekomata's sprite, hence completing the entire spriteset for the Nekomata. Next up is Raiko's niece, Raira.
![[Image: LX7OTdW.png]](https://i.imgur.com/LX7OTdW.png)
And the full set of elemental Nekomata~!
![[Image: bAp5ERb.png]](https://i.imgur.com/bAp5ERb.png)
Pjcr: The First of Number nearly Dies Again!
If I got a quarter everytime Pjcr almost died due to poor dietary mismanagement I'd have a whole dollar now. He's presently in recovery from another idiotic blunder of prioritizing his work over responsbly eating more than nothing for a day.
So he hasn't managed to upload any files due to being in hospital and all sorts of trouble.
Okay, I think that's everything!
The Design of a Terrorsome Triad
In the spoilers below is the design document for the fight, it's a bit of a LONGBOI image so I didn't want to post it without spoilertagging it.
Deep into the SAUCE
![[Image: 4c9kX8B.png]](https://i.imgur.com/4c9kX8B.png)
Preparation for the Potential to Come
The Blood Maidens were initially planned to be a small hold-over from Perseverance: Full Clearance, but as it stands they've all gotten a lot more attention than initially planned. Kloe especially so, having her own optional event chain that spans the Amethyst system and contributes to one half of the Zen Nekoma questline. Her friendship with Nanianne and fan popularity made it easy to go deeper into her character and how she responds to people and treats those around her and those close to her.
Kira has also been made the solo-focus of one of the optional events on Draik and Kyon is scheduled to get some more screen-time in the events of Terra as well.
In recognition of this, I decided that... No, two different facial expressions was really not enough-- so I opted to quadruple their range of expressions, behold!
The Faces of Not Quite Evil but Still Rather Wicked!
Kyon Archimede
"Ooh wah. A stalker stalking its would-be predators? Maybe we should feed you to Kloe."
Kira Honojiko
"Combust and cavort, your final day!"
Kloe Kirinara
"This time...? A recurring thing is this!? Kloe never would have figured you for a masochist!"
Implementation will take a good while, as they are brand new facesets with new names- so there's no simple drop and replace this time. Butchoosing which facial expressions to use for which lines is some of the most fun implementing new faces has for me.
The Blood Council's Emotion!
Here's just a few screenshots to show them in game real quickly.
Xiie / Rune: The Radiant Seraph Strikes Again!
Xiie has been no slouch, in fact it's easy to say she's been more productive than me so far as gamedev goes. She recently finished Raiko of the Nekomata's sprite, hence completing the entire spriteset for the Nekomata. Next up is Raiko's niece, Raira.
And the full set of elemental Nekomata~!
Pjcr: The First of Number nearly Dies Again!
If I got a quarter everytime Pjcr almost died due to poor dietary mismanagement I'd have a whole dollar now. He's presently in recovery from another idiotic blunder of prioritizing his work over responsbly eating more than nothing for a day.
So he hasn't managed to upload any files due to being in hospital and all sorts of trouble.
Okay, I think that's everything!