One beta release later!
And somehow I managed to finish the cinema completely with the full-screen viewing.
As always, most of the time before the launch was polishing up a few loose ends and the time after was spent on fixing a couple of bugs.
But I also have something important to announce this week.
Something I've been both dreading and looking forward to at the same time, because it means I no longer have to keep it a secret, taking all the blame and being stressed out about it.
The International Edition artist, aka SethxZoe has been fired from the project due to being extremely unprofessional and disrespectful to both the project and you as fans.
And you'll quickly see why when I state a few facts.
Last time he finished something, anything, for the game, was back in January this year.
Last time he answered to one of my messages was August the 8th, and it's not from lack of trying to reach out to him, as I've sent eight unanswered messages since October.
This isn't the first time, or even the second, he has gone for very long periods of time without answering, which obviously isn't acceptable when you're working with or for someone online.
Nevertheless, a suitable replacement has already been found, although it's going to be expensive and take time to have another artist come in and redo everything SethxZoe was supposed to do.
What this mean is the International Edition CG's will probably be locked when the full game launches, and be patched in later for a "Golden Edition" when the new artist is done.
Next week will be more upbeat, I promise!
I'm so very sorry that you had to deal with that.
ReplyDeleteIt's alright...could've been waaaay worse if he was the only CG artist. x)
DeleteReally sad. if the next professional's art is better, I don't think there could be any problem, but the problem is that this irresponsible person's art is very good!
ReplyDeleteNo doubt about that, very talented, but sadly proven unreliable.
DeleteThat... really is a shame... his art was far and away my favorite in the entire game and a huge part of its visual identity to me, but I understand and respect the tough decision to move forward without being held back.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why I overlooked his past behavior, but eventually enough has to be enough.
DeleteDoes this mean your new artist will be redoing already finished pictures as well?
ReplyDeleteSad to hear it but thanks for talking about it.
Yeah, he has to start completely from scratch.
DeleteDo you already have someone lined up for it or is it still open? I´ve been a long time fan of the series and would be interested if it is open,where can I send my portfolio to?
ReplyDeleteI do have someone lined up, but not 100% confirmed.
DeleteIf you want to send me something, you can always do it over Twitter if you have an account there!
I had expected this day, and I suspect many others had too. So I have been looking for artists whose personal style is close to the international version. Once I find them, I will send you the illustrations I got through personal commissions and the artist's information. We will always support you.
ReplyDeleteThat is very much appreciated, and thank you!
DeleteDamn that sucks to hear about Seth, his artstyle is easily my favorite in the game. Since this is probably the last update to have his style in it I was wondering if there's any way I could have all the character portraits in full size without the text HUD? When I try to crop them the size is super small and the resolution is bad, and I really wanted to save all the different facial expressions for the characters in the best resolution possible. Is there any way that can happen?
ReplyDeleteI hope that explanation was good, it's those pictures you see of them when they are talking, if there's any way I could get the full resolution version of those pictures that would be grand!
DeleteDamn, it was my favorite art by far but I respect your choice, even though it sucks that it had to come to that. Guess I'll settle for Sparrow for now... only thing I didn't like about SethxZoe was that even if you played a white Devon, he looked dark skinned in most CGs.
ReplyDeleteWhile I wish I could help, I can't draw to save my life (I want to learn, mind you).
I would recommend maybe looking into the artist Annon (yes with 2 Ns) - he has a Twitter acc and does (in my opinion) good artwork but maybe it's not suitable for the game? I dunno. Hope you find a good, new one at least.
Keep up the good work regardless!
Too bad, I don't understand this behaviour since it would have been more exposition for him (I see his Mai is familiar with me and there are his collectibles on LOQO II). Indeed I wonder if you will recycle what he has done so far as collectibles, it would be a shame to trash those drawings, I hope you will reply to my question. Anyway thanks for the great RPGs, enjoying LOQO II right now.
ReplyDeleteDo you know how to reach out to sethxoe? I am interested in comissioning them because I like their artstyle. Please help a fellow human out!
ReplyDeleteMan that's...a really bad news tbh, SethxZoe is the only artist I enjoyed for the game (for the scene CGs), it's going to be hard to replace him :/
ReplyDeleteI do understand the reasoning though, it's been pretty slow going on his side, but damn... Kinda kills the hype for the game for me a fair bit, ah well.