Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all,
Here are all 30 Comic Pages + Cover image for "Private Security", the Terminal Quickies comic drawn by artist AnonKBs.
Starring Vanessa Morgans & Kiana Eller, this story takes place at
the Ashton Lake Casino roughly 5 months prior to start of the game.
Private Security tells the story of Vanessa's run-in with Kiana the day she briefly considered applying for a job as a stripper/dancer at the Casino's Club on Floor 1(as Lara does in The New Girl). I wonder what totally wholesome activities they'll get up to in this fine establishment... ;)
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- Includes the Color Cover + 30 Black & White Comic Pages.
Apologies for taking so long to post the public release of this 2024 comic.
I had a lot of fun writing this one, even if it was the most inconsequential story of the Terminal Quickies comics, plot-wise. It was still a good way to introduce more world-building tidbits here and there for those who are interested in those kinds of details.
As alluded to in the opening pages, in addition to being a college student, Vanessa dabbles in amateur "cam-girling" as a way to earn an income while studying. Though, being the shy(closet pervert who prefers to watch) girl she is, she always disguises her appearance with makeup & wigs when live. That's also the reason for wearing the shades & doing her hair up. The last thing she wants is for those familiar with her to find out about her side-hustle...
The specific "law" Kiana is referencing on Page 7 is the Westerican legalization of damaging one's clothes to strip them, so long as you cover the cost of repairs/replacement. Doesn't really come up in-game since no one is too concerned about the law during the zombie apocalypse. :P But that's how the logistics of this Westerican cultural practice works in the regular day-to-day TD reality. For anyone who cares.
I do have more
plot-substantial TQ stories in mind for both Vanessa & Kiana
(separately) but I don't know when I'll get to those.
If
you were less enthused about the absence of color this time around, than
you'll be pleased to know that my current TQ project with AnonKBs is in color and with a much shorter page count, so we could play around with both the visuals and pacing:
But I'll make a separate post about Terminal Quickies: Union Smashing once it's done.
$3+ supporters can of course access the first 8 pages now. (And the others as they get published monthly)
Until next time, work on the game continues. My focus is on making one new scene per month, and creating new ACT 1 content, rather than finishing v0.10, since that's what players actually want.
So that is why progress appears to have stalled for several months: because I have not been working much on content that I had factored into my percentage calculations for the next release.
~ Jim
