I've been so busy, I forgot to mention that I'll be at Neo Anime Oasis this weekend. Table 11 in the Artist Alley. I have a ton of new stuff this year, so pop on by!
I wasn't originally going to go due to the changes, but I do really want to see all of my convention friends, and Boise itself one last time. Also it's been a slim year for me in terms of conventions, and with my wrist surgery in a month I need to do what I can for it.
Just played your mushroom game on a complete whim and ended up sitting and consuming content of Mychael for 2 hours (or until I was severely dehydrated/j) straight!He damn near immediately because my favorite VN character, even surpassing characters I've liked for like a year now!
My question is would Mychael ever consider raising more livestock, like pigs and cows for meat and milk? Ducks, maybe? Or does he not have the stomach to butcher animals himself now that he has 3 hens as pets after not being able to make fried chicken with em? I can see him resisting the urge to get some more livestock knowing he'll just get attached <3
Love your game! Keep it up, and I hope soon I'll be able to support you in whatever way I can :)
I think he'd love to have cows! But he feels like it'll be a lot of work to keep a cow comfortable and happy in the forest where he lives when he can get milk and meat during his trips into town. The companionship would be nice but in the long run he doesn't think he's ready for that burden yet, unlike smaller animals like his chickens.
Hey @deerspherestudios!!! I finally finished the drawing!!!!! It only took 20 hours... but I hope you like it!!
This is based on Day 1, ending 1 of Mushroom Oasis, so spoilers if you don't know about it.
I'll add tags, but TW for death, bone, decomposition, decay (both human and animal), blood if you squint, body horror (???). Also, this will break your heart, so sorry, but the art gods demand tears today.
TWs UNDER CUT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Some tid bits about this project in no particularly order:
- I started this cause I thought about what it would look like if Mychael had found MC a little bit sooner (than the few weeks that it took for the body to decompose). Plus, I wanted to brush up on my anatomy skills.
- The trees were based on the image of in deerspherestudios's answer to an ask about Mychael's vision, specifically the 'bottom eyes closed' one.
- The cat is an orange tabby cause I thought it goes nice with canon green collar. The MC is based on deerspherestudios actual MC ref sheet. Mychael is deerspherestudios whole-heartedly, but I did use the outdoor outfit we see him in in the 2nd day.
- I would image that MC's and Mychael's bags are just off the page, but I just forgot to add them.
- The tree 2nd from the right was not supposed to be there. Or at least I don't think it was. I don't know how that tree got there, I swear. 😅
- My 1st hour, which ended up being a failed attempt, was based on my sleeping sibling. Then, when they woke up and took a look at my work, they mentioned that the hand was as big as the entire chest somehow. That's when I said screw it, tried to find some reference images, and ended up spending the next 1 and a half hours on a 3-D model website trying to force the pre-made models to bend to my will. After that, it went pretty smoothly. *cries in hating perspective*
- I used BiC Mark it permanent markers, an ultra fine point red Sharpie, a Sakura Pigma Micron 005 pen, some Prismacolor Premier colored pencils for details, and a random school issued yellow pencil and pink eraser to make this.
- You can't really see it, but the flowers that Mychael is holding are forget-me-nots, as a reference to the field he would have taken MC to on the 2nd day. They are also in the rough shape of a broken heart. 💔
- On that note, the mushrooms coming out of MC's eye are also shaped like a heart.
To say I was squealing every time I saw Mycheal (so the whole game) would be a lie, GOOD JOB ON DAY 2!!
Now question :>. So I know Mycheal’s power works better with direct eye contact, so What if MC’s vision was obscured? I'm thinking of hair covering their eyes, wearing sunglasses, bad vision, ect. Would he still be able to use it or would it be nullified? <3
Oh good question! He's still able to influence you even without looking into your eyes (like when his bangs covered his eyes in the beginning of Day 1). There's some tingling in the back of your head; you can choose to ignore it or follow through as if it's your own thoughts. The eye contact is just a booster.
Physical barriers like hair in the way of your eyes to the point of obscured vision (you can't see him looking at you) or blurry eyesight would help in resisting. Things like glasses and sunglasses would not.