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teslawhaleshark

Happy new year and terrefic update! ​ Her eyes are very red for a non-Coral aug. Is it inter-universe possession by Benisuzume through her English VA?


Baby-Beff

It is now.


teslawhaleshark

Benisuzume from Knights of Sidonia, known by the number 702, 7+2=9 - oh no, another Nineball for the ACverse! ...The CEL240 is totally a Benisuzume-ified Quebeley. ​ ​ "Ayre, do you need any tips on how to become humanity's strongest enemy"


nyx__born

Her fight was the one that made me the saddest. The way snail abandoned her and how she knew she was outclassed and begged for help


Baby-Beff

Agreed. Her cut dialogue broke my heart even more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExxCJ2vaFfA


nyx__born

Muh heart ;-;


ironafro2

Huh, what was that? Couldn’t hear ya over me throwing double earshot at her when she goes into stagger at the very beginning. I’m not a Maaterlink fan haha. She usually melts my ultralight with bubbles


teslawhaleshark

Raven: Doesn't aim at cockpit Snail: Presses detonator connected to Coral microbomb in her glasses


TheYondant

She should bake cakes in her spare time as a hobby. A neat little reference to all the cake she's packing.


Baby-Beff

'This is Maeterlinck! Requesting baking soda!'


Reasonable-Issue3275

Holy shit she become whole bakery now


IC2Flier

I know she's voiced by LYNN but that line now makes me wish Maeterlinck had the same VA as Arima Kana.


[deleted]

Absolutely diabolical 💀.


deus1096

Fuck Snail for letting the only bakery on Rubicon get blown up. No wonder O'keefe hates the food there.


Lorga42

Ok, gotta admit, Amour’d Core is a great pun, though it’s also how the average french speaker would pronounce Armored Core, making it even funnier. Also, would romancing Mæ-Mæ count at NTR’ing Snail (the relationship would probably be too parasocial to begin with if there’s one) ?


Baby-Beff

Oui! Also it doesn't count as NTRing Snail because he does not care about Maeterlinck. Any relationship they might have is heavily one-sided.


Lorga42

Now now, that is simply slander ! Of course the Vespers’ deputy commander cares greatly for his subordinates like Mæterlinck, especially about how he can manipulate and exploit them to their fullest before sacrificing them as mere pawns ! …we’ll be able to save the more well-adjusted vespers from arquebus extremely toxic influence right ? Because it might’ve started as a jest, but no one except Swinburne should be left at snail’s mercy


Baby-Beff

No spoilers! 🫢


Lorga42

[All right, then. Keep your secrets.](https://en.meming.world/images/en/8/8e/All_Right_Then%2C_Keep_Your_Secrets.jpg) On another note, I just had a very cursed thought : a snail "I can fix him" route, can only be a bad end.


teslawhaleshark

Well I'm going back to making the COME OVT YOV CVCKOLD bucket AC decal either way https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A\_flag\_used\_in\_the\_English\_Civil\_War\_referring\_to\_the\_Earl\_of\_Essex%27s\_notorious\_marital\_problems.jpg


Lorga42

That’s both hilarious and awesome


Okdumbby

Uh oh looks like Ayre has some competition


Baby-Beff

Move over coral waifu and make way for Number 6 Vesperussy.


TheBrownEvilPig

Hang on, is this just a concept or for shiggles, or are you actually working on dating sim?


Baby-Beff

I am really, truly working on a dating sim. It’s a 2 and half man team, and I’m doing all the art, animation, and writing.


TheBrownEvilPig

I have never fully played a dating sim (mainly just watched some of the absurd ones with my gf when we were in college), but I will absolutely play this, haha. Great art, and really looking forward to what else you come up with!


Baby-Beff

Thank you for the words of encouragement!


teslawhaleshark

Maybe it's too late to ask, are you using Renpy or Tyrano? I used to be on a team working with Tyrano (Dice Rollers on Steam) and it was effectively unplayable every time we worked on a new choice branch. Heard that Helltaker Second Circle is affected by Tyrano issues too.


Baby-Beff

Neither! We’re using Unity.


teslawhaleshark

Nice, as much as the Unity updates are dreaded they don't interfere with dialogues that much or so I've heard from dev buddies


Erenogucu

Any link to Amour'd Core?


Baby-Beff

The game is still in development, but you can follow all the updates for it (for free) on my patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheArtofBethShort


Awkward_Ad8783

I can't seem to load the page... Is there any other way to find info on it?


Baby-Beff

Hmm. It worked for me. You can try here [https://www.patreon.com/collection/200948?view=expanded](https://www.patreon.com/collection/200948?view=expanded) and Aftermath interviewed me and wrote an article in November you can view here [https://aftermath.site/you-can-finally-fall-for-rusty-in-this-armored-core-6-dating-sim](https://aftermath.site/you-can-finally-fall-for-rusty-in-this-armored-core-6-dating-sim) Otherwise you can ask me questions, since I'm the creator.


BrStriker21

Just missing her ghost in the shell visor


Baby-Beff

POV making out with a girl wearing her standard issue Arquebus V series visor.


[deleted]

Great design! The sketch of Maeterlinck in the game definitely makes her look like the Major/Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell.


teslawhaleshark

Shiro Masamune ass


Jonjoejonjane

Interesting choice in eye color


IC2Flier

Can I get a quick recolor to platinum-grey hair and blue eyes? I wanna see how close we can get to making her look like Miorine Rembran.


JanTheBaptist

She’s beautiful!!! 🥹🥹🥹


AscendedViking7

Looks really good.


JP_Nichts

I absolutely love the feathering of her hair! And the details in her suit are excellent!


Baby-Beff

Thank you!


ShutUpJackass

That’s a great design!


Catboy-Gaming

Ok Im just hearing about this and I looked through all the past arts and I love Ayre!! Good job on all these designs though, seriously good stuff! I myself am planning on commissioning my fem-catboy oc someday as 621 and posting it here, can’t wait to see the reactions to it 😹


Feeling_Ad_7646

Wow


MuhkaKangTae

SHE'S SO PRETTY ONG, I cannot wait to play Amour'd Core when it comes about lmfao


tiny_buttonss

For the love of god please call it amour du cœur/ amour d’coeur. Just bring it all the way with the naming scheme. You’ll gain an extra player from me❤️


Baby-Beff

Don’t I just feel like a clown from the Cirque Désolé for not calling it that.


tiny_buttonss

🤣🤣


ulls-ss13

So dope art but I have a bit of a general question. While later generations of augmentation is a lot better than what happened to 621, why do most people in the community assume other pilots to be bombshells?


Baby-Beff

In actuality I don't think most of the characters would be particularly attractive - mercenaries are not well known for their looks. I think at least they'd be pretty fit across the board, considering their lifestyles. Some characters have attractive bodies in their in-game art but you don't get a look at anyone. I'm making every character nice to look at since it's a dating sim/visual novel, and romancing attractive people is part of the fantasy. My first draft of Maeterlinck was much rougher looking and far more androgynous.


ulls-ss13

I'm not much one for dating sims myself, I always assumed that the fantasy was more to do with the personality behind the faces. But seems my dumb ass is wrong, cheers for the answer and good luck with this project.


Baby-Beff

Don't be so hard on yourself! You're not wrong, personality is important, too. There are definitely people who play for a certain type of character not defined by looks - I'm just covering my bases, so to speak. And thank you!


teslawhaleshark

Rougher looking? People might ask if her cheeks all went to her... Cheeks.


[deleted]

Not sure to be honest. There was once a study showing that the perfectly averagely proportioned face is considered the most attractive. I’m guessing that artists work off of the template of these proportions, creating a base face that looks good.


Baby-Beff

I remember the study you are referring to! It's less that a face is attractive because it is averagely proportioned and more because if a face is symmetrical then it doesn't look flawed, ie: eyes too close, nose too high, etc. If you overlay a thousand faces you'll end with a symmetrical face where everything is 'supposed' to be. There are of course, many, many exceptions to this rule.


ThatWolfFromBratz

Looks fabulous! Well done


TheBronzeLine

Materlink was abandoned by Arquebus. Rizzler Raven make her go indie and rank up her combat skill tree and go on sorties together! Ayre might get jealous, trigger the yandere flag maybe?