Devlog #55 - Being Nosy

I still haven’t figured out if it’s “nosy” or “nosey”, apparently both are correct, but my spellcheck is telling me it’s “nosy”.

Anyways, hello! March went by really fast. We got a lot done, so let’s run through some of them:

🛋️ Fur-niture

The asset hell continued into the first two weeks of March. During the first half, I wrapped up all the 3D models and 2D icons for the remaining furniture items.

I themed sets after styles, so they were fun to make. For example, the Palm set is Florida grandma core:

…and I was quite proud of the Vintage Couch.

I don’t want to spoil everything, so that’s all you’re getting! WAHAHA! Oh, but here’s some icons I did.

Right after I finished all the furniture goodies, I had to work on…

🌙 Obelisks

Obelisks are a big part of the game in the sense of the vibes and story part it plays. So for that reason, I don’t really wanna show you anything! Cause I think it’ll be 10,000 times cooler if you get to experience for the first time in the game along with Dale’s music. The music adds a lot!

But I don’t want to show nothing, you know, just in case you think I’m a Big Fat Liar. So here’s some concept art I did for one of the interior designs, with zero context.

And here’s the same environment in Maya. I think what makes this place really special are the shaders I made for it and the whole atmosphere when you’re standing in there at scale with Dale’s music. So this much is allowed, as a treat.

After this, I spent about a week laying in bed and turning into mashed potatoes. I think since the end of January, I finished about 150+ buildable assets along with their icons, 30+ NPC portraits, 30+ food assets and their icons, and 17 buildings. So yeah, I really needed…to turn into mashed potatoes for a bit.

🏠 Nosy Neighbors

After I reconstructed myself back into a whole potato, I dressed up some NPC houses.
Prior to this, each NPC had like, a square with a bed as their house interior. Now that I had all of the furniture done, I was able to drag in some meshes and dress up their homes.

One of the things I’ve always loved about Pokemon Crystal and Fire Red (in particular!!) are the flavor text bits. You know, checking the fridge will say “Oh, a Cinnibar Burger. Mom’s special!” I’m probably mashing 3 different texts and butchered that one but don’t worry about it.

I spent a lot of time to think about which villagers would own which pieces of furniture, and what colors they would’ve dyed them. So I hope you enjoy learning more about everyone through the way they decorated their homes and the bits of text you can find!

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…..and that’s all for this month! I would love to share everything with you, but I also think it’ll be nice to experience some of it for the first time in game.

Well, see you soon. We have…a lot of bugs and loose ends to tie up now. So many loose ends. So, so, so many loose ends…

Goodbye………..

(Thank you for reading all the way to the end! I love you!!!)

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