Soundless AAA: It's CGs. (And more)
I also started making the updated art version of the opening.
Hello, happy Sunday, how are you? Progress has been very steady, even with the fact that I’ve also been working. I wasn’t able to reach the “best goal” of having the opening done by today, but it’s definitely coming this week.
First, let’s take a look at the completed version of the Auma approaching Mercy CG.
Nice and afternoon-y, huh? I took a lot of cues from SayoOshi for the coloring here.
Additionally, I’m in the process of refining two CG sketches.
The first one is the one where Mercy approaches Delilah in the fields. I’m drawing this one at double the size because the original had (very pixelated) close-ups. You can see in the corner that I’ve written a 20. That’s for “20 degrees”, the angle the shot is at.
The other one is the Auma and Nyn reveal. I’ll be retaining the original angle to make it feel kind of like they’re “above” the crowd, but before I do that I have to draw the piece at a neutral 0 degree angle. This is so that things don’t look too wonky. I also draw much more than what’s actually shown so it looks “right”.
There are a lot of moving parts to this CG. Under normal circumstances, this would’ve been one of the last ones to be completed due to its complexity, but because it flashes in the opening it’s this high up in the queue. The good news is that once it’s done, it’s out of the way.
I actually had to go back and look at the original CG for this. Those two people in the back are Delilah’s father, the Expulsive priest, and the Barrier priestess that Mercy runs into at the start of the story. I don’t think I’ve ever publicly shown this part of the CG with the crowd/twins/Head Priest layers hidden. So, here it is—now you can see what Delilah’s dad looks like.
The Barrier priestess is pretty cute, huh? Her hairclip is my favorite part. It’s a shame this is the only time she ever shows up visually.
Also…
Here’s some screencaps of the updated art version of the opening straight from AfterEffects! I was able to plug in things that were already finished and it looks pretty cool!
Art Patch Progress Summary
Sprites
Finished
CGs
2/31 completed (3 in progress)
2/5 opening CGs completed (3 in progress)
Implementation
All main sprites implemented
Toggle option implemented
Initial selection screen roughly implemented
Other
Updated art version of opening sequence in progress
You can download Soundless for free right now with its original artwork on Itch.io!
