Full circle! This is also the IDW Sonic reference I mentioned slipping into the game on Thanks Ken Penders back in 2021. She gave me a teeny tiny cameo in the Sonic comics, and now those comics have a nod in SLARPG. In a way, this is also kind of a nod back to Whisper's designer, Evan Stanley. (The white around her eyes would have made her more recognizable, but I avoided adding new details to stick strictly to the palette swap concept.) I had the realization that Melody didn't have to reference another fox, so I stretched it and made her a different canid who's very near and dear to my heart: Whisper! She's also a quiet, emotionally scarred introvert, so hey, it fit perfectly, even if many players won't recognize the reference and might, say, think she's Homer Simpson. This will be a running theme with the scrapped palettes.ΔΆ. But since Krystal is just blue, it kinda just looks like. While there are many orange foxes out there to choose from, I figured making Melody blue would be a much more eye-catching change. ![]() So here's a look at the unused ideas I tried out for the palette swap gags! And yes, every single one of them is a reference to a character from something else. I already have a couple other writing-related posts ready to go, but I figured I'd mix things up first with something more visual, and also sillier. ![]() (This post will spoil a joke in Act II of SLARPG, if you care.)
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