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A 3D Modelling Endeavor for CotW + Some OC art reuploads
8 months ago
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Just a little update on what I've been doing recently.
If it hasn't been obvious from the ton of KOF Furry art I've made this year, I love KOF and Fatal Fury, and I've been excited for the newest game from SNK, Garou: City of the Wolves.
However, it was recently revealed that real life celebrities Cristiano Ronaldo (a famous soccer player, alleged r-pist) and Salvatore Gannachi (a DJ no one has ever heard of) as playable characters.
Not just them as background characters or costumes or even cameos, these two are part of this game's base roster. Unavoidable and jarring inclusions in a game that's been anticipated for about twenty years.
Seeing this game be soured by corporate greed and cheap inclusion for marketing purposes has divided the SNK fanbase, as well as the general fighting game fanbase over these two, with many refusing to engage or buy CotW which I absolutely understand. People don't want to support something that's propping up an alleged sex criminal (and a nobody) that were put in because of higher up meddling.
But for the remaining people that are still going to get CotW but still despise the corporate clowns, what will they do? Many tournaments are debating on banning the two permanently, but could exclude those who main the characters for their unique playstyle. With how KOF XV - the most recent SNK fighting game released - had a prosperous modding scene it's pretty clear that people are going to use mods to replace them with other characters from media such as Sonic or Cinderace and such, but this route may cause copyright or other legal issues for sponsored tournaments or locals.
I'd like to do something that may satisfy both sides: I'd like to provide a free to use mod.
I'm creating original models for characters that will essentially replace Cristiano and Salvatore's appearance in the game. I haven't modelled before, so I'm learning how to do so with this project - if you have any advice on 3D modeling I'd love to hear it.
The characters I'm making for this mod will be anthro alien cats because:
A] I'm a furry, you're (probably) a furry, it's what we do.
B] With how bizarre the movesets for these two look and operate (Cristiano summons elemental soccer balls from nowhere, Salvatore has eye lasers, energy squares, and swims in the air... somehow), I think it fits aliens more than people from real-life.
C] I probably can't change the audio or lines for the characters if they refer to Cristiano or Salvatore by name, so maybe they can have the lore of the alien cats disguising themselves as the bozo brothers and the player is the only one that sees through it. It is a thing that aliens do after all.
I'm doing this not because I like Cristiano and Salvatore (I hope my dislike of them has been obvious), nor for SNK, I'm doing this for the community and my friends who've had this game be ruined because of corporate meddling. I'm doing this to, essentially, erase these two from community fun and tournaments for those who want to enjoy the game, despite and in spite of the controversy because truth be told it looks really fun.
A sort of micro-protest of Cristiano and Salvatore's roster spots by replacing them everywhere from a personal use to online and local tournaments. Of course not everyone's gonna do it, and I don't believe it'll be that well known by the time the mods do come out, but I want to pay back the community and friends that helped me and were betrayed by corporate decisions.
So yeah, that's what I've been doing. You can check out my progress on my BlueSky account as I document my progress.
Plus a meme I made about how I feel about this project of mine :)
Also I'm gonna be uploading some OC art I didn't get to post over here cuz I forgot and college has been busy.
If it hasn't been obvious from the ton of KOF Furry art I've made this year, I love KOF and Fatal Fury, and I've been excited for the newest game from SNK, Garou: City of the Wolves.
However, it was recently revealed that real life celebrities Cristiano Ronaldo (a famous soccer player, alleged r-pist) and Salvatore Gannachi (a DJ no one has ever heard of) as playable characters.
Not just them as background characters or costumes or even cameos, these two are part of this game's base roster. Unavoidable and jarring inclusions in a game that's been anticipated for about twenty years.
Seeing this game be soured by corporate greed and cheap inclusion for marketing purposes has divided the SNK fanbase, as well as the general fighting game fanbase over these two, with many refusing to engage or buy CotW which I absolutely understand. People don't want to support something that's propping up an alleged sex criminal (and a nobody) that were put in because of higher up meddling.
But for the remaining people that are still going to get CotW but still despise the corporate clowns, what will they do? Many tournaments are debating on banning the two permanently, but could exclude those who main the characters for their unique playstyle. With how KOF XV - the most recent SNK fighting game released - had a prosperous modding scene it's pretty clear that people are going to use mods to replace them with other characters from media such as Sonic or Cinderace and such, but this route may cause copyright or other legal issues for sponsored tournaments or locals.
I'd like to do something that may satisfy both sides: I'd like to provide a free to use mod.
I'm creating original models for characters that will essentially replace Cristiano and Salvatore's appearance in the game. I haven't modelled before, so I'm learning how to do so with this project - if you have any advice on 3D modeling I'd love to hear it.
The characters I'm making for this mod will be anthro alien cats because:
A] I'm a furry, you're (probably) a furry, it's what we do.
B] With how bizarre the movesets for these two look and operate (Cristiano summons elemental soccer balls from nowhere, Salvatore has eye lasers, energy squares, and swims in the air... somehow), I think it fits aliens more than people from real-life.
C] I probably can't change the audio or lines for the characters if they refer to Cristiano or Salvatore by name, so maybe they can have the lore of the alien cats disguising themselves as the bozo brothers and the player is the only one that sees through it. It is a thing that aliens do after all.
I'm doing this not because I like Cristiano and Salvatore (I hope my dislike of them has been obvious), nor for SNK, I'm doing this for the community and my friends who've had this game be ruined because of corporate meddling. I'm doing this to, essentially, erase these two from community fun and tournaments for those who want to enjoy the game, despite and in spite of the controversy because truth be told it looks really fun.
A sort of micro-protest of Cristiano and Salvatore's roster spots by replacing them everywhere from a personal use to online and local tournaments. Of course not everyone's gonna do it, and I don't believe it'll be that well known by the time the mods do come out, but I want to pay back the community and friends that helped me and were betrayed by corporate decisions.
So yeah, that's what I've been doing. You can check out my progress on my BlueSky account as I document my progress.
Plus a meme I made about how I feel about this project of mine :)
Also I'm gonna be uploading some OC art I didn't get to post over here cuz I forgot and college has been busy.
