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Happy pride month, everyone! Flags are boring, so here are some creatures instead! I hope all homophobes and transphobes will have an awful time. 💜

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Quick Status Update

Sorry that I didn't post anything last week. I had lots of management work to do, but it was totally worth it! First of all, we migrated all our infrastructure away from AWS to providers in the EU, meaning we aren't reliant on Amazon anymore!

Next, I can finally confirm that Elysian Eclipse will be completely free! We will probably do the same thing as Thrive and have the game downloadable for free, while also having a paid Steam version, with the same content.

The "free demo" and "full demo" will be merged into the "unified alpha", meaning that everyone will get access to the creature editor, star system prototype etc. for free, once 0.5.1 releases, later this month. Instead of having a completely separate version, supporters on Ko-fi and Patreon will now just get earlier update releases, meaning that they will always be one version ahead, but everything will be available for free afterwards.

The main reason for these changes is that capitalism and everything that is happening in the world right now is pissing me off. Have fun with free game updates, I guess. I have enough money, so fuck it.

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Morphs have been added to a lot of hut parts, allowing you to change their shape in different ways. Valid use cases include:

Building a castle

Imprisoning the imposter

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The editors can now have different currencies! Because, well, paying in DNA when creating buildings doesn't make much sense. The hut editor will use material, shortened as "MAT" as currency.

The editor currency is abstracted and doesn't equal the actual amount of resources needed to construct a building, so don't worry, you won't need to collect 2000 pieces of wood to build a hut.

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Using the Spore Creature Creator™ to perform transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison.

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Elysian Mesh can now create splines for generating organic shapes like ropes or tree trunks! I'll very soon make another gif, where you can see it in action.

I'm aware that Unity has a spline package that could help with this, but my own implementation is faster and can be easily ported over to Quaxel, so it can be used there too.

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hell yea

The hut editor will be the first editor that uses Elysian Mesh, our own tool for procedurally generating 3D models. All the different parts for huts, like roofs or windows, will be made in this tool.

It basically allows us to create highly customizable models directly in the engine, without needing any external tools. A pillar like the ones in the picture can for example be created by just pulling a few sliders, which is pretty cool. It's also much faster than the metaballs, that are used in the microbe and creature editors.

Right now I'm just writing lots of math, so the tool is able to generate complex shapes like arches or tree branches.

Elysian Mesh will not only be used inside Elysian Eclipse, but will also be ported over to the Quaxel Engine, so it can be used as level design tool there. Quaxel itself has made a lot of progress too and I'll be able to share some updates on it in my next post.

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"i think you ought to know i am feeling very depressed" -dead end

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July 2022 // July 2023

a year ago i changed up my style and i think i've improved quite a bit since then!

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DEADLOCK // DRIFT

deadlock was a decepticon through and through. his dedication to the cause was questioned by few, and those who did would soon feel the blade of his buster sword.

yet after the death of megatron, he lost his purpose in life. he went into hiding, changed his paint, and renounced his old ways, adopting a new name befitting his renegade nature, Drift.

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so twitter is like DYING DYING

guess i should revive my blog again lol

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Two new drawings

Runabout vs Sideswipe, and Runamuck vs Bumblebee! I started using a new coloour palette i found on twitter which i think is very nice.

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Ravage and the Waves

decided to finally try out the colour palette i found on twitter two years ago

also finally remembered again that i do in fact have a tumblr

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A hero in more ways than one

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gotta admit, I'm impressed with their dedication to the bit

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The Protectobots!

I have finally finished drawing all my protectobots, including their combined form in Defensor! I have added a few members to make it a more distinct lineup, and to fix the scale issues (with Blades and Groove).

So here they are, in order:

* Defensor * Hot Spot *First Aid * Streetwise * Groove * Blades * Rook * Stakeout

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ok ill admit it

ive never seen goncharov