There is a fruit that will keep you in the underworld forever after eating it

Hello everyone, I am Ocarina from Bone Nail Studio, today in the finishing character dynamic when I saw the completion state of Student Xiaolin, I thought it was quite lamentable ......

Danruo Lin, in the game her nickname, is "Student Xiaolin". This character is one of our most discussed internally, from appearance to character to her ending, and...... her way of realization.

<YouYangZaZu> records "Pomegranate, also named Danruo. ...... Pomegranate sweet is called the heavenly pulp, can cure the poison of Stalactite." This word has a very thorough feeling of beauty.
Pomegranate is a kind of magical fruit, and delicious, and beautiful, but also particularly expensive. In Greek mythology, after Hades, the king of the underworld took the maiden Persephone to the underworld, Persephone ate the pomegranate and was no longer a fully earthly creature from then on. She possessed the attributes of Hades and henceforth needed to live on the ground and in Hades separately.

This is also a mythical explanation of the change of seasons in Greek mythology. From this perspective, the pomegranate is as if it were a delicious fruit with a strange dark atmosphere. The young girl consumed the fruit but became a resident of the underworld. How sweetly does the fruit need to be for the maiden to accept such an end?

We originally wanted to write a major character who was pushed by impermanent fate to become a deviation from her expectations, but she thought that the final form was her quest. However, when we designed the game, we did not give Student Xiaolin a lot of freedom of movement, she was more like an NPC. After many discussions(arguments), we defined Student Xiaolin as a girl who:
She aspires to a good life, but cannot define good.

She desires an adventurous career but is timid and pliable.
She wants to cling to someone lively and strong and wishes she could decide her fate.
She is such a sweet, soft, ordinary girl (the artist disagrees with this), crushed by the vagaries of fate. What first drove her on that fateful journey was a very small idea that cannot even be described as a "dream":
I want to see the world, I want adventure.

Then she turned into a monster.

We are a puzzle-based game and do not include a monster fighting part, so this "monster" is more of a personality alienation.
Therefore, when discussing with the artist, we also wanted her to be a harmless-looking girl, but with a sense of vulnerability under the surface ......
(Thanks to the artist "sister" for not killing me) (Yes, the artist is called "sister") (Do not assume the gender of "sister"!)

Then the artist was happy to give a few options.

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So, Student Xiaolin almost became pink hair !!!

Then everyone's focus gradually shifted ..................

The focus ............is very strange ah ............
Anyway, finally formed this look that everyone sees now.

To match the character, the hairpin on the head was also changed to the shape of a rabbit.

Because of this hairpin, it needs to take some responsibility that should not be borne by the weak......

The final product is this: (engineering debugging, does not represent the final effect within the game)
Watch on YouTube

Finally, let's take a look at what the initial birth of Danruo Lin AKA Student Xiaolin looked like:

Still can feel my heart when I first saw her.
And then ultimately be apart.
In a sense, Student Xiaolin made her wish come true.
Goodbye, Student Xiaolin.