Hair improvements

Hello

While working on the next chapter, I thought it would be nice to share a bit of the progress and improvements for the future of the game. 

Something that I didn't enjoy from the 1st release of the game was the hair which was made from planes and hair texture. The process of modeling and texturing every hair is really time-consuming, so to optimize time, for every character I had to search and download hair models and textures from the internet. The problem is that the quality was not always good, I couldn't find the types of hair that I was searching for, it was not easy to set it up to the character and I couldn't achieve hair body - that's why everyone is body hairless in the first chapter. So that was something that had to change for the next chapters. I know that some of you will want some hairy guys and also, hair really sells the realism.

To achieve the wanted results, I am using the new hair system from Blender that works with curves and geometry nodes. With that method, I can create any type of hair, adjusting every single hair strand and add body hair anywhere I want. Is a bit of time consuming but not the same as modeling every hair plane and texture. Also, it is worth it, keeping in mind the realism and things that will be possible to achieve.

Now I want to know from you, what else can be improved from the 1st chapter? What types of guys are you expecting with this new improvement in hair?  

Thank you all <3