So far I have 31 different minipet species and 43 different color themes. Once I've completed the existing color themes for each minipet I will have over 1000 done. I am currently at 142 completed. It is kind of surprising to add it all up. I made 8 new species this month! Star Fall Hollow is a virtual pet site, where you can collect and battle minipets. Each minipet has an elemental affinity which give them bonuses against minpets with other elemental affinities. The elemental affinity of each pet is displayed by an icon on the bottom right corner of each card as shown above. As you battle with your minipets they will earn attribute points which you can allocate to one of their battle statistics. Defeated minipets will drop one item required to make them. Once you've collected all of the items required to make a minipet, you will be able to summon a new minipet. As you continue to battle with your minipets the color of the card frame will change to reflect their experience. New minipets begin with a grey and white frame, experienced pets have a blue frame, and veteran pets have a gold frame. Throughout the year there will be festive celebrations, where you will be able to battle and collect holiday themed pets. These pets will only be available during the holiday season. We are still several months away from Alpha testing and probably a half a year away from Beta testing, but I will be looking for beta testers when we finally reach that stage. This project only has a two man staff, and we are devoting a lot of time and labor to make it happen. We have been working on it for two years now, since developing the concept, and it has gone through many transformations. Chris has been working hard programing this monster, between full time employment and master's studies. I have been working on the content, making minipets, backgrounds and other graphics, as well as writing the creation story, and planning events.
I would love to have other artists working with me, but I can't hire anyone until Star Fall Hollow starts paying for itself. I can't wait until it reaches that point, because adding the imagination and ability of other artists will boost the creative value of Star Fall Hollow.
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We are almost ready to start Alpha testing Star Fall Hollow! I thought I would show you a new Minipet I designed. The idea behind it was an alpaca with a turkey tail. I really like making super fluffy critters with tiny feet and chubby bodies. We have so many cool ideas planned for Star Fall Hollow. There will be many holiday celebrations, including two special holidays unique to the Hollow. The Star Fall festival is a week long celebration to watch sugar meteors streak across the sky. Hollow Day celebrates building the Hollow after our Starliner crashed in a sugar meteor shower, stranding us on this planet.
I look forward to sharing more with you in the future. I have been so busy with school, I haven't worked on any of my projects for a month! This week I used all of my spare time working on art in a frenzy to get some work done. I finished my Atom Bot paper cut. I like how it looks, but I think I'm going to remake it with layers of colored paper, like a paper collage. I also got a spiffy wood burning tool, and practicing my Gallifreyan on some wood disks I'm going to turn into pendants for my friends. And I drew Applejack from My Little Ponies. I've been planning a costume for Midoricon. I am not a seamstress, and only have experience patching holes, but I might as well start somewhere. I'm making a Black Mage costume from Final Fantasy 14. Its the new version that is actually black rather than blue and yellow. You can see the reference image below. I decided to go with this costume because it looks shabby and intentionally imperfect. I raided the local Goodwill for clothes I could tear apart and refashion for this costume. I found some really interesting fabric textures, and it was really easy to find lots of black clothing. I have not figured out what I am going to do for the pants yet, but I did find a floor length plain black dress that I can turn into the coat. Yay! To go with my costume I've sculpted Gurdy the Moogle from FF12. All that is left is for me to make her teeny tiny clothes, add fur to her ears and paint her eyes. Then I'll be able to glue her ears and wings into place. The last thing I've worked on are some new minipets for Star Fall Hollow. I won't share them all with you. I want there to be some surprises, so here 1 of my favorites. It is really hard to resist the impulse to show them all off.
So thinking about all of the cute vinyl blindbox toys and how they are made using basically the same character shape, like the Tokidoki Unicorns, and Catcus and the Munny dolls. Oh how I would love to turn my minipets into blind box mini figures. Especially the Dustlings. I realize that their design would have to be tweaked to make it work, especially the tails, but it would be so incredibly awesome. I would collect them all! I have so many designs of these little guys.... soooooo many. Sailors are my favorite!
Starfall Hollow is getting closer to being open to the public. I'm working on the collectable pets and items, and working up all sorts of neat ideas for special events. Chris has been working hard on his end developing and coding the adventure system, and all the awesomeness required to create Starfall Hollow. We've been working on this for a year and a half and its finally coming together. We still have a lot to work out, but I hope we can beta test by the end of the year. This Teru Teru Bunni is one of the numerous creatures you can collect. You'll find all sorts of different species with color themes shared across species. My absolute favorites are the sailor theme pets.
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