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DEVELOPMENT STARTED FEBRUARY 2025. PAGE IN CONSTRUCTION
(Commentary will be added at a later date when I find the time.)
AFTERLIFE ARCADE plays on my original idea of "Biblically Accurate Dating sim" (a VN of dating angels of all types, from Archangels to Thrones and Seraphim) and Ryan's "Claw Machine" idea (win prizes and upgrades to your claw machine). The two merged together to form The Afterlife Arcade, a world where you beat high scores and prove your redemption... and your love.
My role right now is to design a Demon character as a love interest for our player. His name is not set right now, but our designer did name him "Belial." I had to disagree with the name choice due to Granblue Fantasy's Belial being... very interesting.
Pre-Pre-production
Pre-production
First set of silhouettes for testing what general Demon vibe we wanted .
(With inspirations from Dictionare Infernal - Wikipedia commons)
Second set of Demon silhouettes (3 + 6 selected by crew)
Face analysis based on Demon's character documents + elements of "biblically accurate" demons
(Of course they are not biblically accurate but you know the term)
2nd silhouette was liked for the expression. Further iterations on face concluded 4 was the way to go!
Combination of chosen elements so far (wings not focused on until later.) Gave him default outfit of a 80's / Grease vibe for now
Preliminary outfit tests based on character in accordance to the early moodboard
Second set: leaned more into the 4th from before with tech and futurewave elements - leaned more into a "baddie" vibe
Final set: Cargo pants from 1, jackets from 1, 2, and 3 - chains from 3, fire from 1 and collar from 2 were desired
It was also at this point I forgot to address the feet, so I made half assed shoes. I also asked the design team what shoes would fit him after presenting this final sheet, so that I wouldn't have to think too hard on it
Addressing the wings (Team was tied between 1 and 7 in overall design, and either with the vaporwave sun or no circular effect at all.)
Extras
Kanoa is my other artist who is working on the Angel's design, named Synthiel. He finished his design pretty early with less iteration, so I tried to avoid making design decisions with Demon to make them too similar. But to maintain that balance and game feel, I attempted to make him so that he fits like a duo, and in the same universe as her.
Check Kanoa out on Instagram at @Baykidrizzle!
Though, the team wanted him to change some things, including the eyes, hair and attire. Kanoa iterated on the eyes in the left image after making the above splash art and there was a team conflict on deciding between the designs. I made the image on the right which the design team felt was generally more fitting for the angel's personality - a perceptive, intelligently curious, and intimidating individual. I also felt that the lack of eyebrow more difficult for the general team to get a feel of the character through the eyes alone, at least in that photo
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