Using 3rd Party Custom Models + Steam Workshop
This one is surely gonna be a game changer. Once finished, you can use almost any 3d model off the internet or use Steam Workshop to download any model, character, mascot, etc. and place them in the mascots folder and your done.
No programming, modelling, etc. required. Just think of the possibilities.
We are also working on allowing cross-usage of our existing set of animations with custom models so that much more fun things are possible. As you see in above preview, we just imported Thanos and Iron-Man models for testing and they worked right out of the box with our existing dancing animations.
Voice Expressions
Currently not as great as we would like them to be, but surely they will add much more realism to the characters. We are trying a few options and variances of how to blend the voice responses as generic voices for as many characters as we can and to not make them weird, annoying or irritating.
Dynamic and Real-Time Behavior
This is quite hard and will be a over time improvement to make the Mascot's animation states, reactions and interactions as dynamic and real-time as possible. Its mood and behavior (animations) will change depending on various conditions including your timely interaction with it.
Steam Achievements
We are adding some cool and hidden steam achievements, some of which will be easier to find and some of which will be hard to find and hidden in your day to day interaction with the mascot.
AI-Assistant
We have already started some work and experimentation with the AI-Assistant, including voice and phrase based commands. Instead of generic commands like "Movie Rating Avengers", you can simply ask the AI in full language phrases like "Whats the movie rating for Avengers Infinity War" or "Whats the rotten tomato rating for Avengers movie ?"
Oh and were also planning a Kickstarter campaign to raise some funds to increase our team size, speed up our development and well, speed things up.