Better Know a Roommate - Introducing Chrissy!

You may have noticed another character featured prominently on the blog's wallpaper that I haven't written about just yet. Mostly this is because I only recently came up with the visual for Amanda and I've been working on some concepts and scenes involving her and Erisa - but more on that later.

Chrissy is the girl with the black ponytail on the left, and will feature as an important character in the game - with some additional or reduced importance based on your choices. Chrissy is Erisa's roommate of the past three years. They've partied together, studied together, had fun and looked out for each other along the way. And maybe along the way they've even gotten drunk and made out a few times, who's judging?

But they're about to face the real reality that comes with leaving college and moving home after graduation, and both of the girls are dealing with the possibility that they may fade out of each other's lives as they grow up. For both Chrissy and Erisa, this has stirred up the question of whether or not their playful make-out sessions have ever meant anything more - something they've never been able to confront before for fear of spoiling their live-in relationship.

Both characters will have opportunities to work towards taking their relationship from "friends" to "friends with benefits," and their living arrangement will make Chrissy one of Erisa's first potential romantic partners in the game.

So, aside from her relationship with Erisa, who is Chrissy?

She and Erisa met in a Freshman Geology class and hit it off with a shared sense of dirty humor. They both lived in the dorms that year and spent a lot of time hanging out and partying together. Even though they almost failed their shared class (and studying together never seemed to help), they became great friends and decided to move into an apartment together the following year.

Chrissy's a Pre-Law major and despite her poor grades in Geology, she's been on the Dean's List every other semester she's been enrolled. She really doesn't want to leave the town and while she's putting out applications for law school, she figures she may as well stay in the apartment they share... even if she hasn't figured out how to support her dwelling financially.

She has a very frank, but jovial personality and her blunt honesty tends to get her in trouble with people other than Erisa, which, along with her extensive studying, has probably limited her circle of friends. She also seems particularly fit, though Erisa hasn't really seen her work out. She seems to show this off by walking around the apartment without pants some of most of nearly all of the time.

She's had a few relationships over the three years Erisa's known her, including flings and threesomes with both guys and girls (but never with Erisa). She's been dating a guy, but Erisa hasn't seen him around in a while, so who knows what's going on.

And finally, here's our profile shot of Chrissy:

Chrissy - characteristically not wearing pants

I've been working diligently on renders this week and have found some tricks to getting better images faster that will hopefully keep me going at a steady pace. I've also had some breakthrough ideas on how to advance the story past the initial stage of Erisa and Chrissy's apartment. I'm sure my blogging will probably slow down as its newness wears down, but keep your eyes peeled and I'll try to post something new at least once a week!

And, since we're showing off Chrissy, here are a few test shots I did of her and Erisa together in my early days of figuring out Daz:

I was experimenting to see how well the hoodie would show... and to see if I liked Erisa with these pubes (they ended up getting a haircut ;) )

Chrissy... doesn't have the same pube dilemma.

More tests in this environment to come - enjoy!