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Hi Everydeer!

Those of you who've pledged are wondering what the Tin Deer is all about. I don't generally draw the pelts and masks before I make them, so I was wondering how I could show you something before the campaign to support The Endless Forest ends on December 27th.

I decided it's simplest just to show you some renders of the work in progress!
It's not done yet of course, and how it will be textured I leave up to your imagination for the moment. He's kinda got a goggles and horns semi-steampunk thing going on.



If we can get enough to remake the game in Unreal engine, there are so many cool things we can do texture-wise that are simply not possible in the 2005 game engine the Forest is in now. We can make metal look like metal! We can make things *really* glow! We can have amazing particle effects! I look forward to making stuff that goes beyond all our dreams, makes them real!, and then makes us dream new dreams!

Auriea.

honestly this game has been a super big inspiration to me since i was 14 (back in 2010) and ever since i've drawn so many pictures and improved so so much... i'll be 21 this coming january and it's really nice to look back and see how much my art's changed with the help of this silly forest game

anyway That's That and i'm no good at community posts dsgfsdfg

Returning to the game after so long is nice! So I thought I'd just post a few fun moments I've had the past couple of days.



Someone was just staring out at the lake, so I sat with them for a little bit.



This deer was here yesterday, too, I think! So I stopped to say hi.



A couple other fawns who I ran around with for a time before I had to leave!



Someone who walked up to me while I was waiting for my deer to fall asleep. We danced a little and had an alright time.



The fawn here was having a go with all the emotes, but the skully-faced deer was nice too! Mostly just yelling with us. Aaaaaaa.

My internet shat itself, and I have poor cell reception in my home so I won't be around much until it's fixed. Wanted to let the ones waiting for art to know and anyone.. who wants to know really ;_;


So.. brb lol

I wanted to see what Pelt/Mask/Antlers was most popular among you all!

So If you want, go ahead and vote in each poll, and comment below with the ones you chose!

If you would keep it to your single most favorite, I would be grateful. (I am unsure of whether you can select multiples, but I would like to have a single vote in each, from everyone to get a better idea of the most popular ones.)

I have a question.

How many of us have suffered from depression, anxiety, or any mental illness... played this game and joined this community... and benefited from it?


If you have, pick an account (a shadow account or your main, whatever one you feel comfortable with.) and post below. It can be something as simple as a dot or a semicolon counting you among us, or it can be your story.

I'd love to see a show of solidarity today.