Lydia Gear Up by Epsilon-Shadow

Funny how a random character from some random game could get life of their own outside of the original game.

190 days in the game and she is still alive. This is sort of a personal record. At the same time I'm making up her story and personality. Her life before the apocalypse. How she was left behind when evacuation happened. First encounter with zombie. First killed zombie. Her sword. What made her a mutant. Or maybe she was a mutant from era many centuries after the apocalypse when mutation is common and she was born that way. It is exciting when story writes, change and molds itself around simple set of stats, traits and gear in the video game. Who knows, maybe her story will hold me interested long enough to make something remarkable. Or maybe not and she simply will leave in my memory as an interesting concept from the past. In any case now she is the source of stories I enjoy.

PS. The game is Cataclysm: DDA

worgen18 Featured By Owner Edited May 31, 2019

I just wanted to post this here to say thank you for introducing me to both this lovely lady and the amazing game that gave her life.

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner May 31, 2019 Professional Digital Artist

You're welcome! Have fun playing!

K0M0T0 Featured By Owner Apr 7, 2019

I ADORE HER!!

Terror13 Featured By Owner Edited Jan 10, 2019

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armandsteven Featured By Owner Nov 18, 2018 Hobbyist Digital Artist

are those pants!!

EVAUnit4A Featured By Owner Nov 16, 2018

Mnn- not just tentacles, but fuzzy tentacles. YEY.

peasant-patrol Featured By Owner Oct 26, 2018 Hobbyist General Artist

this is why roguelikes like caraclysm are so great. the ideas and images that they put in your head can be so vivid sometimes. also go's with out saying real nice job on this. i especially like the missing finger.

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner Oct 26, 2018 Professional Digital Artist

I agree. Such games may not have graphics at all but because of wide possibilities of the gameplay, they are a pure imagination fuel. I love to recall stories from Dwarf Fortress and Cataclysm DDA.

thistledownsname Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2018 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

A thought has started bugging me - the leg tentacles don't have bones in them, do they? If they don't, then the rest of the body is supported on just muscle. And she'd need a lot of friction against the ground, or the tentacles would just slide outward until she was doing a six-way splits. So she'd have to stay focused just to keep upright - any time she relaxed she'd just sloosh down and out.

Rough going.

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2018 Professional Digital Artist

Yeah, I thought about this issue. At first, I thought that she will have a very low profile because she can't stand upright. I made several rough sketches and only one of them made it to the character study sheet in the end (Lydia Oths, character study, the crawling one in the bottom to the left). I liked the upright silhouette much more so I changed the concept a bit. Plus it fits more the mechanics of the game that inspired me to make this character. Tentacle legs mutation there only lowers movement speed by 20% and still allows a character to run. So in the final(kinda) concept, her "legs" do have a skeleton. But it's more cartilage than bones. It provides just enough support to stand, "run", or climb but it's not rigid enough to allow her to hold weight she was able to before the mutation (which wasn't much already). She still can carry a backpack with tools and loot but she tires much quicker and it is a significant problem for her.

PS. Sorry for my mediocre English.

thistledownsname Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2018 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Cool. Always glad to see thought like this put into things.

Forecaster71 Featured By Owner May 10, 2018 Hobbyist General Artist

How did the loose her finger?

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner May 12, 2018 Professional Digital Artist

An accident in her father's garage before the mutation.

SXGodzilla Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2018 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

^.^ she is cute!! I like her

dacoomes Featured By Owner Mar 25, 2018

i want to hug her so much!

romenriel Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2018

There's a mistake: matabolism instead of metabolism.

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2018 Professional Digital Artist

Oh... it is! :o (Eek)

Thanks.

romenriel Featured By Owner Mar 6, 2018

You're welcome! Wanna say I really like her design

Nairan Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2017 Hobbyist Writer

I have to say, I absolutely love how you picture your character x)

You gave me several ideas to accomplish in the game

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2017 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks. I'm always trying to find something unique in games I play. That's why I love sandbox games and tabletop RPGs.

CDDA gives a wide field for an imagination. Only bad thing is NPCs. I've never encountered a single mutant or cyborg and most of them simply walk by, steal my stuff without attacking or giving any quests.

Nairan Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2017 Hobbyist Writer

Personally, I just kill/let zombies do the deed with most random NPC but the most peaceful ones. Only refugee center and similar offer good quest, although I did lead zombies to them on prison convict plays.

I had some good stories, but they usually ended pretty soon (due to my risky behavior), so I'm really amazed here x)

Epsilon-Shadow Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2017 Professional Digital Artist

Funny. I've never encountered refugee centers and only quests was 'kill my mother' and 'kill jabberwock'.

Flying-Snake Featured By Owner Oct 6, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I need to go back to this game...
O got it neatly installed on my phone, waiting for courage to submerge myself into apocalypse...

Great character sheet