Customizable Mc - Blog Posts

Back to working on the customization options for the character creator at the start of the game. Working on getting more clothing options and accessories in (getting rid of the ugly placeholder hats etc.). See this post and this older one for more info on that.

Also got rid of the weird giant red flowers that were locked to the twin tail hair before. Kind of made it hard to accessorize that hairstyle when those were already "built-in."

And obviously you can be a variety of colors in terms of skin/hair/eyes, these are just "base values" shown that hues can be shifted from in the generator.

I've added more in than this but I didn't feel like making samples of all the new stuff.

Also made the Save menu a little more user-friendly, like showing information on each unique save file (like the in-game location you saved at, amount of $ on that save, in-game date and time and which characters you've met, in case anyone wants multiple save files and needs to keep track of them without having to load a save just to see where they are). RPG Maker also doesn't come built-in with an option to delete a save file from the save menu for some reason, so that's been added too.

EDIT Also, none of the clothing or hair options are locked to the body types, but some of the outfits might not layer properly on certain types (mainly the largest body type with broader shoulders will clip through a lot of the smaller-framed clothes). Unfortunate but that's a limitation of working with 2-D pixel art

Phew, ok I'm finally ready to share the thing I've been working on. I suck at making videos but here is a demonstration trailer of my character creator I set up for the game, which I'm now calling 2-Headed Boy, and finally has a title screen (and I think I need to thicken the line on the "2" in the logo...). Now the player can have more customization options for their MC.

First pick your name, then some pronouns, then your appearance. Look masculine, feminine, some kind of mixture or androgynous, pretty much up to you. Choose your skin tone, eye color/style, eyebrow style/color, hairstyle/color(s) (or be bald), ears (or be earless), clothes and accessories (or run around in your underwear, idc). Tails and wings are optional.

The clothes are a mess right now, I need to go back and re-align all the portrait busts so I don't have to have a bunch of repositioned versions of the same outfit for different busts. And I need more outfits, these are default clothing/accessory assets I just redrew for my sprites.

Also I plan to add color shifters in for the ears and tails, and also put in human ears and maybe elf ears??

I know the neck category is super weird, the neck and head were a solid piece when I started, but I couldn't get the hair to layer properly with the faces so I had to sever the head from the neck.

If you have any requests/suggestions about outfits, accessories, ears, tails etc. lmk in my asks or comments! I will do my best to implement them...later. I need a break from working on the generator to focus on other parts of the game :)