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🕑 Added 2021-08-27 13:15:17 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
I hope you are all doing well :)
I'm currently working on several new illustrations for Space Rescue & I wanted to share some progress with you!
So, as you know, I've been detailing the 'Plasma Ovens' background, which is a location in the Junkyard ship. It's the place where scrap metal is broken down into minerals & where Yi-jie works as a plasma-smith.
The concept
Now I must admit, that when I came up with this location, I just named it 'Plasma Ovens' because it sounded futuristic.
But I believe good science-fiction, should always have an actual science-element. So I did a bit of research, to see if there actually could be something like a 'plasma oven' :)
Now one thing I came across, was a process that takes place in our sun. And if I understood it correct, the size of the sun creates enormous pressure in its core, which breaks down atoms into a state of 'plasma'. And if those atoms fuse again, that creates heat -lots of heat.
So, I imagined my 'plasma oven' could look like a mini-sun; being a spherical machine that would induce an artificial gravity field to create the required pressure to make plasma. Next I added the tubes as a way to get hydrogen into the oven (being it's fuel). And this also lead to the idea of the 'pumping station' in the back.
Now it would be weird if you needed to open the oven to heat something up, so instead I thought the oven could shoot out a flame, which heats the area below it & melts the collected scrap metal.
And last but no least, I added a plasma-heated anvil, where Yi-jie crafts her droid parts :)
Now, you might think this is all a bit much for a game that's supposed to be about sexy girls... But I just find it easier to draw something that makes (some) sense, then something that doesn't.
Drawing Process
Well, here is the drawing process step by step again. I struggled a bit with the colors here, but in the end I added a layer of pink-fog which pulled things together & helped to put the focus on the right elements.
Animated Parts
For a while now I try to add a bit of animation to each background. And in this case the conveyer belts will move, as well as the oven & the flame.
But to make this work, I need to cut up the image in an efficient way. Here you see how I did this.
From the 'Plasma Ovens' you can also go to the 'Pumping Station', of which you can see a sketch below. But in order to not spoil the surprise here, I've hidden quite a few elements here...
Well, of course there is much more story to these backgrounds, but for that you'll have to play the next game-update.
I hope you liked this post, more will follow soon ;)
Have a great weekend & all the best!
-Robin
Comments
Robin
Owww, thanks! :D
Dacer
I absolutely do, Robin. It's part of why I scraped together the ,money to become a patron of Space Rescue. As Precursor alludes to above, so much of what passes for standard porn is just plain ugly and mean. This is what happens when so-called "decent" society refuses to acknowledge that sex can be a happy and restorative part of human life -- the entire topic of sex gets left in the hands of profiteers, and other people who don't give one thin damn about representing human desire accurately or positively. Space Rescue is meant to be a fun, happy, space comedy, and we all know that, but thank you for making the sexy component of your game more truthful, human, and positive as well.
Warren Wheeler
Back when I was a teenager I was on a multi-day ferry trip (part of the Alaska Highway system) and I got in a debate with a woman who took the position of science has nothing in common with science fiction. I and my friends started listing items from science fiction that are now real. She dismissed them all saying, there was a need, so someone made them. Finally I had an epiphany. I stated, "There is one thing you can not discount that BOTH scientific research and science fiction writers have in common. They both start at the same place. Asking 'What if?'" she got mad and walked off.
Robin
I agree PrecursorDesign :D And I 'm generally not to concerned with the correct language for everything; but when things are easy to change, I glady go along with it :)
Robin
Haha! That I didn't know; but it's a great coincidence ;) Thanks for sharing that!
Robin
I sometimes wonder how long we can still make' science fiction', before it all just becomes science ;) Cool stuff!
Robin
Thanks Dacer, I consider that to be a huge compliment :) I really wanted to send out some positive vibes with this game & I'm glad you see that in the game.
Robin
Thank you so much for that reply PrecursorDesign! When I started this game, I actually wondered if people would care about the worldbuilding. But I'm very happy that you do ;) And as you said, it's probably a good counterbalance for the silly stuff as well - I didn't really realized that till now, but you're probably right there ;)
Robin
Thank you! And I also had fun designing that sodo-pop machine :)
Dacer
Aye. I don't consider Space Rescue a "porn game", even though it contains scenes of overt sexuality. In fact, for a light-hearted comedy game, Space Rescue does a better job of representing the positives of human sexuality -- affection, connection, sharing not just pleasure but friendly joy with another person -- than the entire history of porn ever has.
Dacer
Wow! Working hard to keep both the science and the fiction in Space Rescue on target, Robin! Please know that your efforts are appreciated. If it's of use to you, a quantum physicist friend of mine did some work with plasma in a California research installation some years back. He was quite amused to report to me, and I quote, "Did you know that plasma is actually purple?" So there ya go. Thanks again!
BL4DE
Amen Brother.
Warren Wheeler
Well, I've read about NASA's VASIMR engine that uses an electric power source to ionize fuel into plasma which using magnetic fields ejects it from the engine. That simply directed into a vat of metal would probably melt it pretty easily
Neff
nah it really should be called a "plasma furnace" Because that's the actual real life name for them they are real and they run around 1000–15,000°C. Also if you look up "plasma Furnace" it should show you some diagrams of how it works, I found a few pictures of the plasma it shoots out also if that helps at all.
PrecursorDesign
To me, this game (or any other game, really) isn't just about one thing, such as 'sexy girls' as you said. When devs just ignore logic, reason, or just forgo explaining why something is the way it is (Why is every girl in X game 'mindbroken', why is the 18+/- shota looking guy getting laid by everyone, why does every girl have size ZZZ breasts, etc), I don't even bother playing it. It's world-building and story that's important to me, because without it it's JUST that, a porn game, no different from the cheap ones we played on hornygamer.com back in the day. When you, the dev, can actually make a story and have it be believable, to me, that's much better than a lewd fap fest. I don't even really get off to any of the adult games I play anymore...I play them because to me, the AAA industry constantly puts out 'realistic' games, yet forgets to include a major part of human existence. I get it can't go in every game, but the gaming industry has largely shunned adult content for years, simply because society still deems sex, the thing necessary to continue the human race, as taboo. Long story short, I love that you added this 'plasma oven', and that you take the time to look into stuff like this. While the game has an air of silliness about it, things like the 'plasma oven' keep things more grounded. This way, the next silly thing you make doesn't have to top the 'plasma oven', since you already brought us back to a bit of believable content. Rant over. Sorry!~
PrecursorDesign
I think that, for the purposes of this futuristic world you've created, where we don't know all of the current linguistic uses of words, Plasma Oven works great. I don't think I would ever assume that plasma would be used to cook my food, given it would all be burnt instantly anyway XD
Shadow_dreamer
Trying to make something seem like it could be possible is not necessarily for this game, but I love it! It make reading stuff about the world fun. Like the energy drinks.
Robin
Ah interesting! In dutch an 'oven' is also called 'oven'. But we use that term also for big ovens. I kinda assumed it would be the same in english for that reason :) But I appreciate you mentioning this, I'm always happy to learn something new!
Zelmra
Well, even when metals go inside, in English we call it a "furnace". "Oven" usually implies food. Which, I mean, you could have a metal-eating race, but they're not here at the moment! (Though that could be an interesting quest if they're a sort of space-pest. Get rid if them before they eat the ship!)
Robin
I agree! That would be better now that the flame heats the metal & nothing really goes inside the 'oven'. Ha ;) By the way; I also came across 'plasma lighters', I guess it also looks a bit like that now.
Zelmra
Since it's melting metals, perhaps "plasma furnace" would work a bit better than "oven"? And those actually exist (though your version is a far more advanced version than what we have today): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc_furnace
