Update #45: IGA finds a publisher

I feel like I'm saying the same thing as others but when I thought about where to place backer portraits I wouldn't think of the first or early area.
I was thinking more on the lines of something in the middle of the game, maybe called "Servants quarters" or something. Have a big multistory room that's a boss room and have the portraits there, maybe even in adjacent rooms.

Just my thoughts.

Wow, lots of comments, answers and topics to discuss!

Thanks JoJo , i always try to summarize info.

thrashinuva thanks for agreeing =)


About the whole portraits discussion, i must agree that i don't see any problem with them being at the entrance, if they manage to make them cool looking and not just a picture pasted there with no work on it. It would be fun to have a small plot behind it, as someone said, by being portraits of the Alchemist Guild members or something, but anyway, Igavania games had some of cool-looking portraits in the past. I can give a very good example that i just remembered, the Dracula Room from Julius Mode on Dawn Of Sorrow:




This room was already well-detailed and beautiful on itself, and had a big ass portrait on it, from a unknown character. Wikia says it's possibly a more life-like rendition of Mathias Cronqvist, but anyway, that portrait was there, there was absolutely no explanation for it, and it looked damn good and blended perfectly with the whole scenario, in my honest opinion. 
If they take the pictures of the backers and work on them like that, adding classy clothing and a whole reinassance look, it will work greatly at the Entrance.

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Not gonna lie, when I saw this picture, I went "WHOAAAWWWWWWW"

Who doesn't like a nice moon in the background, and this one looks AMAZING. 

Wait a minute....so if IGA isn't working woth D*** S***** anymore what happens to the 4,5mil that they were adding to the dev funds?
Maybe it's as simple as 505 adding the money instead?

I LOVE that picture with the huge yellow moon. It's GORGEOUS.

Regarding the update, I know nothing about 505 Games, so I don't have a comment about that. The entrance hall looks lovely though, and I'm especially fond of the arched ceilings. Personally, I am okay with the backer portraits being in the entrance, but I think they should fit seemlessly with the rest of the setting.

Memes? lol nah, I mean they are putting in $1500 for this and the team will have an approval process similar to that of the enemy design submissions.

But speaking of, I think it will go something like this:

I think the backgrounds are perfect, and they are making the game look amazing! What I am upset with is how bad Miriam looks against these backgrounds. It is definite proof in my eyes that the they should have used the realistic character shader on Miriam. As it is now, Miriam looks incredibly out-of-place with these awesome areas. She's like a 2D sticker while the rest of the game is an amazing, immersive 3D world with a 2D viewport. It is less noticeable when Miriam is in motion, but very glaring when she is standing still. Just pause the video when she is standing still. Then compare Miriam to the background.

I know they won't change anything with the character shader at this point, but I feel like the realistic character shader would have fit perfectly with these new backgrounds. Whereas the illustrated-look shader on Miriam does not fit in at all.

I think what people are worried about is the first impression so smashing them wouldn't quite fix the issue. Making good portraits that fit into the environment, artstyle and overall setting is the way I hope they'll do it. I'd also like them to be spread out across various sections of the castle so it doesn't feel like "so this is the backer-area".