Writing Updates... With something different! (Patreon)

I was trying to think of ways to spice updates up a bit since all I'm talking about is writing lately, and all I've been doing is writing la

I was trying to think of ways to spice updates up a bit since all I'm talking about is writing lately, and all I've been doing is writing lately... So I thought I'd share some behind the scenes of character design.

Making characters is always a challenge - they have to have a recognizable look, and a unique personality with depth, interests, flaws, and goals or internal conflict. I usually do well basing the character personalities off of people I know (or blending personalities) and imagining them in the fictional scenarios.

Character looks are harder though. I am sometimes limited by the engine, but often try to base character outfits off of something I wear. I have a green dress I LOVE and based the initial character look of Molly, the housewife, off of me wearing that dress. I thought it may be fun to share the inspiration for the design, so here's the housewife in the dress around my size, and me wearing the dress it was based off of! I couldn't decide which size I was closer to, probably the second housewife image.

The dress is stretchy and used to be much lower-cut on me when I was about fifty pounds lighter, but never quite clung to me the way it does the housewife. I dye my hair red, but I'm naturally lighter... And also had to ditch the polka dots.. They didn't render well in the engine as Molly got bigger... And I also made Molly's boobs huge. If you like it and want to see me pose in other ways in the dress, DM me or reply! <3

As for the housewife's personality... She isn't designed like me at all. She's a lot smarter than I am academically, and more scatterbrained than I am too. Miko from Dairy Tale is much closer to my personality, but Miko's way more of an airhead than I am. She's like fun-silly college Ellie.

Back to progress on Housewife Sim... Writing is still ongoing and progressing well. I took a brief break from writing to code a bit, but am back on writing as of yesterday. I should be done with the core story soon, then it's on to side story and endings.

One last thing - I stumbled into this community a couple of years ago with the release of Cowgirl Casino, during the Weight Gaming Game Jam, and participated again last year with Neon Dreams. The Game Jam is on again, and starts Friday, so I'll be taking a quick break from Housewife Simulator to participate in the Game Jam!

What does that mean for Housewife Sim? Well, it means a 3-week pause. What does that mean for you? It means you get early access to insider updates and buggy test builds of my Game Jam progress before it goes public. I'd love help debugging and brainstorming - so when the competition starts and I decide where I'm going with the game, I'll make a new Patron-exclusive Discord channel and post builds there!

Phew. Sorry that got long. Thanks so much for your support!

<3

Ellie