Allison and Claire finally have mugshots! To celebrate, here’s some SLARPG screenshots featuring some dialogue with them. Wow, incredible. Good job, me
AT LONG LAST, after teasing her for months, here is the fourth protagonist of Super Lesbian Animal RPG, here to round out the party!!
Jodie Caldwell is a dependable tiger and a knight in training who uses her skills to keep her friends from getting hurt in and out of battle. Relatively wise for her age, not easily rattled, and readily supportive of those she loves, Jodie has become the de facto Mom Friend of the group. There’s no one Melody, Allison, and Claire would rather rely on in times of need, whether it’s a personal problem or a fight against otherworldly monsters. However, Jodie might be getting into some trouble of her own…
Jodie was designed with help from my co-writer @gyrostar, who came up with her hairstyle and the basis of her outfit. We’re both real excited for everyone to finally see her!!
And while Jodie is the last party member, this is still only the beginning, since we’ve got a colorful cast of NPCs that hasn’t even been touched upon yet!
HERE WE G O
first in this week’s line up of [SLURP] music, a theme for Claire!
with SLARPG’s new protagonists, i wanted to create themes that would speak to each of the characters’ personalities. @ponett described Claire as someone who means well, but whose know-it-all tendencies can make her seem intimidating, bossy, and even reckless. nonetheless, she believes she’s doing the right thing and really wants to prove she’s a good friend.
with this track, i hoped to capture Claire’s awkwardness and know-it-all-itude while still keeping an optimistic vibe to the song. the odd rhythm (7/4 time!) keeps things just a beat shy of symmetrical to represent Claire’s tendency for good intentions falling through. meanwhile, her brainy qualities come through as a super patternistic arrangement: each instrument plays very strict and mathy-sounding rhythms and melodies in each section.
i geeked out a lot while making new tracks, which made me think of how something magic happens when you get to nerd all over your passion—and since Claire’s nerd passion is witchcraft, it seemed fitting to let some of that rigid mathiness loosen up and bring in some mystical vibes with smooth sax action (saxion???), to end on a note that ultimately says “this is what i love.”
also, lots of cowbell LOLvery very excited for the next theme coming up—i’ll be posting it in a couple days. stay tuned!
so excited to share the first new track for slarpg!!! bee did a really great job, this track is fantastic
i dug through all the WIP sprite layers i could find so i could put together this look at how the designs of melody, allison, and claire from super lesbian animal rpg have evolved
melody was the first one i designed, so i was still figuring out the art style as i made her. at one point she had what would become claire’s hairstyle, and she also went through the most costume revisions. allison started out looking a lot more passive with gentler eyes and floppy ears, and claire started out as a friendly-looking sheep, but i refined both of their designs to better reflect their personalities. i had a hard time figuring out allison’s palette, but the whole party ended up getting complementary color schemes that reflect their standard special abilities
EDIT: WATCH THE GAME’S FIRST TRAILER HERE
After working on this on and off since, what, March? I’m happy to finally announce my fun, thrilling, and exciting RPG Maker side project that gives me something simpler to work on while learning Unity for Andromi. Its working title is
Super Lesbian Animal RPG
That’s right! Instead of letting SLHRPG’s status as a fangame that Hasbro doesn’t approve of force it into obscurity forever, I’m doing what I always said I would do: replacing all the copyrighted characters with original ones, giving me more creative freedom both on this game and with potential future projects involving these characters. And while I’m at it, I’m expanding and improving upon every aspect of the game. A refined story, improved graphics, a bit more player choice, new areas to explore, the works
And these are the game’s new main protagonists:
Melody is a kindhearted trans fox who lives out in the woods. She recently became a paladin so that she could keep her girlfriend healed while out on dangerous adventures, but she’s worried that her anxieties will keep her from being as helpful as she’d like. She’s just gotta try and stay positive. Melody’s doing her best, okay?
Allison is an adventurous and strong rabbit who’s dating Melody. She just wants to fight monsters and hang out with her girlfriend. She can be a little overbearing, and people say she loves the sound of her own voice, but she’s always reliable when it counts. She also depends on Melody a lot more than she’d like to admit
Claire is a trans cow and the leader of the bunch. She has extensive knowledge of witchcraft–possibly too much for her own good. In spite of her sometimes intimidating know-it-all persona, she’s trying to prove she’s a good friend. Unfortunately, building dangerous, monster-filled dungeons to test her friends’ skills doesn’t really help her case
The game will be releasing sometime in
20162017, and until then I’ll post regular updates on my blog in the #SLARPG tag
