{"id":507,"date":"2011-02-26T22:36:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T06:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowdawngenesis.com\/devblog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2011-02-28T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:29:55","slug":"laura-dimetrus-and-gameplay-footage-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shadowdawngenesis.com\/devblog\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Laura Dimetrus and Gameplay Footage Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Laura<\/a>
Laura Dimetrus seems to enjoy her so-called curse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meet Laura, one of the very first characters I ever created for this Shadowdawn <\/em>and Euterra setting… far too long ago to admit \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’ll be upfront and say now she’s the most “optional” character of the eight playable as she isn’t part of the main story unless the player convinces her to join Arashi’s team.\u00a0 But she’ll be worth it, as she’s\u00a0one of the most\u00a0powerful mages in the world, so she’ll add plenty to a party in need of firepower.<\/p>\n

I apologize for only showing a rough concept, but since I’m still working on the final official digital artwork series for the website, I figured this would get the idea across for now.<\/p>\n

In any case, she is probably my most developed character, even though she wouldn’t initially seem so given her cheesecake design – it’s kind of an homage to Jeane from Suikoden <\/em>as they appear to have similar concepts on the surface.\u00a0 Actually, up until the Shadowdawn <\/em>project, the curse that gives her the ears and tail actually kept her trapped in the body of a real fox, as opposed to an anthropomorphic blend, so her current incarnation is a bit new.\u00a0 Her role in the story is unique as she is most affected by the underlying themes beyond the personal\u00a0conflict Arashi and the rest of the party faces.<\/p>\n

For the few that don’t follow my Twitter and Facebook feeds, I also uploaded the first video showing the bare bones gameplay of the game.\u00a0 It also includes a more finished remix of the music track “Crimson Azure” which I uploaded in December.\u00a0 Since everyone always\u00a0asks\u00a0to\u00a0see a video, I figure now is as good of a time as any just to show how the game engine essentially runs.\u00a0 There’s still a LOT of stuff the video doesn’t show, but since the animations aren’t complete I decided not to focus on it.\u00a0 I only use like 2 of the submenus XD\u00a0 This blog entry from XboxIndies <\/a>outed me before my own blog did, which was actually pretty cool, and I love the brief write-up about it.\u00a0 The neogaf forums also got the same video, and it seems like it’s been fairly well received, so we’ll see.\u00a0 In any case, if you HAVEN’T seen the video yet, here it is:<\/p>\n

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Link: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vCxlsbRHC0I<\/a><\/p>\n

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