I just want to double-check something. When you say it's okay to alter the sprite, that does include getting an artist to give him another arm pose, right? (I can't do it myself because I have negative artistic ability...)
I'm planning a MDZS fangame for Yaoi Jam, y'see, and I was hoping to recruit an artist to modify the "Bamboo Hero" outfit so there's a version where he's actually wielding that sword. (Also a version of the Lan Clan outfit for Yuan Sanshan where he's playing a guqin.)
Before I posted around on discord looking for an artist, I thought I should make 100% sure that was okay with you.
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Sorry for the late reply! I haven't been logging in lately!
Yeah, you can give new arm posts, recolor, etc! I don't mind how it's altered, personally~ So that does mean you can change them to hold weapons, drink wine, etc.
Oooh, which clan would the Bamboo Hero one fit into? 😍 I wonder if he'll be a rogue cultivator marrying into another clan, ehehe~
He's a wandering martial artist who'll be learning cultivation from Lan An as they fall in love. :D (But he's actually transgender, so they can still have children.) It's sort of the prequel to a fanfic I haven't studied enough history to write yet. I got the idea of doing it as a VN and couldn't resist trying. I have some fun ideas of how to punch it up visually (particle effects and such) thanks to some Ren'py code others have made available; hopefully I'll be able to pull off something that's half as competent as the game I'm imagining would be.
I'll be sure to send you the URL whenever I finish the game! (The script is probably at about 80% written by now...)
Hey, I just wanted to let you know the game is released now! XD (It's actually been out for a few days, but I wanted to wait to let you know until the rest of the placeholder art was swapped out for the final art.) The artist I asked to step in and help out with the additional poses really went all-out! (I ended up using a lot of your other sprites blanked into silhouettes for the extras, too...though I'm not sure LXC would be pleased to have been used for Wen Mao's silhouette...)
Anyway, if you'd like to check it out, my game is at https://pyrrhaiphis.itch.io/orchid-duet
So glad to hear the sprites helped! 🥰 Pretty clever too, to use silhouettes to make up for extras - helps give the game background more depth while also focusing on important characters (the non-blanked out ones)! I hadn't thought of doing that before- might borrow the idea from you if I ever need "fodder" sprites quickly. Drawing multiple randos just to speak one or two lines each is so unnecessary 😖