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Each stylist has two "looks" they specialize in. The other stylist on the hire menu is the "cute/pretty" stylist. So if you want to train all of those looks then you need two stylists.

I was wondering if there is a way for me to change "Group Name" to "Company Name" when starting the game?

I would like to change the focus of the game from immediate promotion to preparation of your idols. So I would essentially like to be able to name the company, and then also debut groups within the company umbrella. I plan to use the modding tool to make story elements that focus on your idols and their trainee process and debuting. But I just have to get around the fact that they start immediately as a member of your first group somehow .... 

Possibly have a group called "Trainees" that every Idol is put in automatically, and then create your first group through the "second" group menu? Would just have to get rid of the 10 Idol requirement to form new groups?

I would love to know if any of this makes sense or is actually doable? <3 

Also, I LOVE THE PROGRESS SO FAR!!!! <3 Waited so long for a game like this! Love it!

Trying to incorporate as many of your ideas as I can!! <3

I am starting to end the drawing phase. I have three poses left to flush out with hair, clothing, and accessories before I am ready to start exporting everything for the official mod release. So my question to you guys is, do you want to wait for the art until I can get the story additions finished as well? Or should I release v2.0 of the artwork before the full story additions? Let me know.

I don't! Though I have gotten quite a bit done lately with being at home. I will try to keep you all updated as soon as I have an idea of when I will see the light at the end of the tunnel. Lol.

Art Update:

Just a handful of Idols done. But I wanted to explain my idea for the second version of the mod. I will be doing multiple iterations of the same outfits, with slight differences. I will be naming the files as follows: < "topname"_"bottomname"_"accessory-yesorno" >

I will  be doing different top and bottom combinations, along with accessories. These will all be placed within the accessories folder since there is no "clothing" folder option within the actual games core files. So in essence every idol will always have an accessory, and the accessories will be the outfits. Each idol is going to have a TON of options for outfits because I am making all tops and bottoms separate with the ability to mix and match. Which means there will be ALOT of options to scroll through in the styling menu. 

This is the only way I could think to do separates and different combinations of clothing together while still making them editable in the styling menu.

Any other ideas appreciated.

Hey guys!

Just wanted to let you know that I am beginning development of Version 2.0! This will be a huge redo of all of the artwork in the above style, along with a few of the added KPOP story elements and everything that was included in V1.0! Stay tuned. I will be updating the original post with progress of V2.0 tomorrow (Monday).

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

Development is on hiatus for a while but will be starting up again soon.

It is possible. I have alot of stuff going on right now in my life that is preventing me from growing this mod for a little bit, but I will do my best to get more done in the coming weeks.

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I have been very busy with my new job but I plan on making some time for working on this on my next few days off. 

Taking a little longer than planned. I just accepted a full-time position at work instead of part-time so my time has been limited. Should be soon though because I have the next two days off.

I am actually. I just wanted to test it by making some small changes in v1.0.

Download Link is up, but I have a few more hairs and things to add this week. So I will be releasing another version next weekend with more hairs colors, and some updated artwork to the menu and the events, etc. But until then enjoy what I have done so far!

Version 1.0 - Discontinued

Let me know if you notice any issues or things that need tweaking.

Yeah I do actually. Once I get v1.0 posted today I will email you with some things I could use help on for v1.5. I want to try to get v1.5 out rather quickly.

Working on the READ ME file now. And will be posting V1.0 with the Idol skins today! :)

Also working on a V1.5 that will be released soon with custom menu images, and updated artwork beyond just the Idol Portraits. 

Thank you!! <3

I had another small question. Is there a way to change the artwork for Photoshoots, Advertisements, Dramas, etc? Or is there only currently the option to change the random event artwork?

Yes, I will do that and just switch the files instead of reordering them somehow. I just wanted the labels to match what was in the folder because I am OCD like that, and have plans to expand on the mod later and thought it would make it easier.  Thank you for the "mid_left" and right advice. You're awesome. 

I was curious if I could use the params.json file in the portraits to change the layer order?? I'd like to get the 'hair' layer to show on top of the 'accessory' layer. 

I was also wondering how I can change the mini-portrait parameters, so that it consistently shows my girls torso's in the mini-photos and menu photos. With their varied poses the mini-photos and the menu portraits can sometimes be off a bit or not show the Idol's face. 

Let me know if you need more information, or screenshots/examples of what I am asking. Thank youuu!! <3

Here is the preview of the first release. The color palette was inspired by "Itzy - ICY". This is only some of the outfits and hair. I am just working on getting the layers to always show correctly before I release on the 31st! Let me know what you guys think?!

Email it to [redacted] please! <3 Thank you!

I love you!! Yeah sure I would love to include this in the first release. I was planning on working on this in the next week but if you already did it, it will save me some time for sure! <3 Thank you so much!! I will be sure to credit you in the mod release information for sure! Just let me know how you would like to be listed/credited.

You made my day!!

Also, another update. I did some extra work on the costumes and worked up about five different color palettes and each outfit will come in those five different color schemes. All the color schemes work together if you wanted to mix and match them. So I will have a main file with all the textures, and then I will also include in the download each of the color schemes as a stand alone file if you want just one of them and not a varied mixture.

I am going to wait to post any previews of the color schemes until right before the release though! <3 I want to have the next preview be fully in-game. 

That's amazing. I actually thought of doing the same thing after this mod is completed.

Just randomly generated. I put in a few of the skins for a few girls just to test that everything was working with the clothing showing up from the 'accessory' folder and the hair randomly generating. Though in the future I would love to be able to generate certain outfits based on their stats. 

Thank you! I am working on it everyday!  I am currently in the process of fleshing out the female CEO / Rival character. Once that is done I want to tweak all of the skins one final time to get rid of some inconsistencies in the colors and shadows, etc. Then export them all and do a full test of the mod, so I am pretty much on track for release. Possibly even a little earlier than anticipated? I'll keep you guys updated.

Thanks! I like these options!

That is what I will do! <3

What concepts should I include? Girl Crush, Sweet/Innocent, etc?

I decided not to include any of the faces as they are not all complete, and of course not all of the clothing, poses, hair made it in either. This is just a good portion of what you can expect from the look of the idols and the feeling of the outfits. Colors may vary. Not sure if I will do texture packs by concept, or just do multiple colors that randomize. Still weighing my options there.

Texture Generation Test: July 17th, 2019

Hey guys. Just testing out the textures with the new parameter for the outfits to generate as the "accessory" which was released in the latest update. I thought you may want to check it out and see the results of one of the tests. These results were generated by the game.

Yeah, unfortunately that will be something the creators will have to add to the game before my mod will be able to support multiple groups, etc. But I will post some previews of the artwork this evening for sure. <3

Thank you! <3

Still working hard on the artwork currently. I want there to be tons of variations possible with the idols and am making sure all 12 poses have 3 hair options, and two outfit options.

The original events and dialogues I will be starting on this week.

For the time being I think I will be uploading two version of this mod, one that is focused on a 'girl-crush' type strong sexy image. As well as a more traditional KPOP "cute / sweet" concept. The girl-crush outfits for the idols are what I have already posted here. The more sweet innocent looks are going to be a combination of white/black/pink/floral. 

Once the mod tool is updated a bit and I have the option to have the outfits generate randomly I will combine the two different concepts into one mod to where you can just choose to recruit idols with either one of the outfit concepts. And as the game expands and grows I plan to add the option to 'change outfits' from one to the other.

That is exactly where my inspiration came from actually! I tried to get that look without being too literal of a copy of her. 

KPOP Idol Manager v1.0

This is where I will keep everyone updated on my KPOP conversion mod. I have a few different things that I would like to complete with v1.0. The most laborious of these would be to complete is the artwork for the idol portraits as well as the events. The next thing is to adjust the current dialogue and events to reflect a Korean company as opposed to Japanese. I have already started on this process. Check out my progress below!

Version 1.0 - Discontinued
Version 2.0 - In Progress

v2.0 Artwork Style

Phase One - v2.0

• 12 New Idol Poses
  • Each Idol will have 20+ Faces chosen at Random
• 8 Outfits for Each Pose in 2 Color Palettes
• 3 New Hairstyles for Each Idol in 6 Colors

That is over 100 different combinations of Hair / Clothing  for each Idol Pose.

Phase Two: Gameplay Changes (In Progress)

Changing the gameplay from immediately debuting your idols and promoting them to building a cohesive and strong unit to debut.

• Starting Cash will be Increased Significantly
• Trainee to Debut System / Storylines
• Core Gameplay Story Changes
• Updated Stats for Every Single Genre, Promotion, Choreography Style, Special Event, etc.

Phase Three: Custom Events (Coming Soon...)

The next step once these things are completed is to launch the custom aspects of the mod to enhance gameplay as a KPOP Idol Group Manager. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them! I currently have an inspiration document going that I am going to use the entire time.

 First up will be custom events including but not limited to: 
Producer 101, N-MET Awards Shows, Pretty Rapstar, Sasaeng Fan Events, Anti-Fan Events, Mask Singer, KCON, Inki-Gayo Performance, etc

Phase Four: KPOP Scandals (Coming Soon...)

Custom K-Idol scandals including but not limited to:
Dating Scandals, Bribery Scandals, 'Sponsorship' Scandals, Lazy Idol Performance Scandals, Lip-Sync Scandals, etc.

Phase Five: Custom Plots (TBA)

Phase four will be custom dialogues that serve as a KPOP narrative for the game. I am working on a few different plot ideas currently. Let me know what you think I should include! Since this is still far down on my list I have plenty of time to adapt all kinds of stuff.

Looking for Writers, Scripters, or Modders to help with Phases 3-5. DM me.

That is great insight! Thank you so much for the quick response and all the helpful info!!

Would it be possible to have that 35% be variable that can change in the editor possibly? Id probably just make it 100% of the time. That way I could use Accessories folder for all of the clothing and the face and hair would stay in the same directory?

In the documentation it states:

"All images in accessories, face and hair folders are 1024x1500 transparent png images and should be named as 0.png, 1.png, 2.png, etc"

• If we want to add more options to these folders do we just continue the sequence, or will we need to change something in the code to have the game call on those extra added textures?

My ultimate goal is to make a mod that allows for customization of your idols, but the first step is just adding more options that can be randomly generated like hair colors, accessories, etc. I would also like to possibly reverse engineer the idols body images to take out the outfits in order to create more options. I know this may be part of your ultimate plan, so if you need any extra help let me know. Especially with the artwork. Thats more my strength.

You're the best!!!

Will this be available on Mac as well?

I would also love to see two options for formation. The current one, which would serve as the Odd Number focus. But I would like to see another one that is an even number focus. There would be no center essentially, just two leads.

Also, I think it would be awesome to be able to assign each Idol a position within the group. So things like Visual, Vocal, Dancer, Rapper, etc. Each position could give a different boost or something? 

Aw wow thanks everyone! I would be willing to do some kind of help with a mod as well if the game will have that capability! 

I love the game so far!! However, I am less into JPop and more into KPop. You might reach a wider audience with a KPop focused expansion or maybe a mod for the game since Kpop is huge right now. Here are some the ideas I had. Any of these could also be worked into the current game as well. Just thought I would share my thoughts, even if you do not use any of the ideas.

Expand your label into the world of South Korean Pop. Check a box at the main menu or in settings to start a KPOP label or JPOP label. 

1. All Idols begin as trainees age 11-14.
2. Training Rooms for Vocal and Dance serve as places for trainees to build their skills.
3. Idol Screen split into 3 tabs.                 
   Trainees / Units / Solo
4. Same Idol Stats and System with added ability to assign a ‘position’ to each Trainee/Idol to easier mark their roles. Leader, rapper, etc.
5. Same Media, and Singles but also add the ability to do a Mini-Album or Album.
6. Change ‘Election’ Special Event to Produce12 type televised competition, where your trainees that have not made their debut can try out for a competition show to be in the national girl group.  This gets a boost to your entire agencies activities for an entire year.
7. Same Research and Policies
8. More emphasis on trainee vs debuted idol
9. More emphasis on group identity with an icon, color, etc. as well as a name that you can assign for the group
10. Ability to post to social media.
11. Top Korean music Charts for charting with similar names groups to top KPOP acts.
12. Promotion Schedules for Debuted Idols that focuses on a single with a combination of Busking, Radio Interviews, Tv Appearances, Festival Performances, and Tv Performances on the Countdown.
13. More Business Proposals with More  Family Friendly Artwork
14. Korean Pre-generated Names
15. Ability to change idols hair style, hair color, clothing color, and outfits in their photos.