i think you've demonstrated why having fewer inputs is probably for the better. you are a single person and have pages of opinions about a character. multiply that by hundreds or thousands of fans and what is the character designer going to do with all of that? a programmer builds a tool to search all the responses and…
Wha?? Am I in the minority in thinking the character looks great!? I especially like her hair. It immediately gave off 70's Farrah Fawcett vibes, which would fit into the era of the original trilogy, but still looks modern and fresh. Don't know if that was intentional on their part, but felt like a cool design detail to…
Now you're posting links to people who complain that the "far left" are infiltrating video games? How many seconds in do I have to go to find the first "Sweet Baby Inc" complaint? It's on my bingo card. I think it's incredibly disingenuous to make a topic complaining about a female character design where basically all your…
Let's be honest, most of the people bitching about it aren't going to be able to point to a technical fault or anything, because that's not their problem. They're just pissy they can't get their dicks hard because they're looking at female characters who weren't designed with male gaze at the forefront of their designs. It…
"I do wonder why they didn't consider a 1:1 scan over the modifications done. Or if they tried to look into feedback before making this decision which turned out to be quite polarising." Because they probably had the design down and done ahead of casting someone. It's just not a movie after all. Why do they have actors…
Ideally, the internal design team should be skilled enough and aware that their choices would resonate with audiences. When consulting its more with professional consultants in the field while taking general feedback from the audience as an approach to engagement. For example I learn a lot from this expression scientist…
Whether the original face needed modifying or not...You can't really say that without knowing what they had in mind. Evidently, they didn't think a perfect replica would quite fit what they had in mind. I don't think that's a fault. Most or all AAA games now seem to use scans as base material, and real people as motion…
I wish we could see more statistics about what the audience really wants and how much their purchasing power is really influenced by DEI changes (if they actually are DEI changes) This video provides some perspective, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqm75YGxw The actor who provides the mocap for Kay already has a varied…
I really am intrigued by Abby's design process and I'm looking into more articles and case studies from Naughty dog to understand their design decisions. They did release this documentary about the game, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3C7GMMfDU So I'm going to watch it today and then reply more in depth, since the…
I wonder if its really necessary though. Being a star wars game people will likely buy it anyway. Then again maybe that aspect is what made them take more risk with the character? Also this outrage is a boycott, basically atleast 400,000 gamers have vowed not to buy the game, so that's a lot of lost revenue. I don't agree…