It has been round a yr and a half since former Dragon Age author David Gaider introduced Refrain, a musical-themed sport from his new studio, Summerfall. A new update from character artist Benjamin Ee explains how the sport has grown and altered in that point, with the weblog publish going over a number of the character’s evolving seems.
The primary character checked out is Calliope–in Greek mythology Calliope is named the “Chief of all Muses,” however in Refrain, she’s somewhat bit extra punk rock. Ee says Calliope has modified loads within the growth course of, with early suggestions resulting in her character and function within the story being revised. Her finalized look is an eclectic trendy outfit that took place by “merging goth with rave aesthetics,” as defined by Ee within the weblog.
The principle character Grace, voiced by Laura Bailey, additionally acquired an outfit replace. Whereas the bones of her design have not modified, the outfit was up to date to look extra like what a girl would really put on in 2023.
“Particularly, the low-cut denim and the prolonged elastic shirt she was sporting had been lengthy deserted within the eyes of girls’s vogue,” Ee defined, saying that feminine builders on the studio had identified that Grace was beforehand fairly outdated.
The final replace was completed extra for performance than for aesthetic reasons–as growth progressed, the staff discovered that the intricate leaf patterning on Persephone’s luxurious silk coat was a problem to reliably replicate. Moderately than simply altering the sample, Ee went again to the drafting board to revamp the coat right into a “full silk trendy kimono” with extra subdued patterning.
Refrain was totally funded on crowdfunding platform Fig, and the event staff continues to share updates on the platform. Different posts have shared replace on the sport’s writing, songwriting, and romances–an essential facet for any sport with David Gaider on board.
