Kazam561 posted at 11:09PM Fri, 08 January 2016 - #4248027

Pauline, and Paul, though there is a tiny bit of kind of high priced content for Pauline. Dawn, Michelle, and Terai Yuki come to mind as additional figures. I've seen support for Scarlet drop off almost completely. Content that can be used by both programs is always welcome. Clothing that is functional not just female barbarian, and not just female looking club wear on a Friday night. Environments that are not just (even though I love these) after the world ends/war destroyed/post apocalyptic.

In theory Renderosity could do a week or month of planned themed sales based on time period. So say clothing, hair, environments, and props from 40's era, again same for 50's, 60's, and 70's. Or even a future week sale of 2050 (ish) type product. Heck even super heroes (some outfits currently in the store are very nice, just all D/S). There are some poser super hero poses I've been eyeing for about two months (and probably will break down and purchase).

As far as variety of outfit types, it seems that vendors tend to stick to trends which would be okay if they weren't the same trends. Maybe be influenced by film and or television (ala some of the more creative shows). I'm not saying film and tv are that innovative but their cycle of program types tend to be more varied.

Where were the New Years types of items? Sure there were sales, but not many models recreating New Years (the event). No Times Square models (with ball drop), no big easy (low resource rendering demand) crowds for New Years, no fitness resolution type outfits... I see many many missed opportunities by vendors and the store.

Tying in item types with holidays is an easy simple idea.

Edited to add

I'd suggest adding a thread post drawings of outfits you might consider buying (and a price range) as a way of getting the community involved. Also environments similar to famous paintings would be nice. I'd buy one based on impressionism (if it was done right). There's some films that do this...

Well, Kazam, your theme idea is great, but.......and this is a big but......

Renderosity would have to lead the vendors in such a direction by planning it, announcing it and then coordinating testing and release. That's a pretty big "ask" from what I see.

The other thing is that the lead time will have to be enormous. You would have to have vendors on board with the plans by Halloween to do a New Year release, just allowing for (very rushed) modeling, rigging, development time, then testing. And all that has to happen before it goes into the store for release.

I'm not saying it's not a good idea. It is. It's excellent! It would be fantastic to see that kind of involvement by Renderosity AND the vendors. I just don't see it happening.

Maybe the better idea would just to get some vendors together - 3 or 4 - to do a small joint project timed to release together.

Either way, it would be nice to see some of these vendors working together to provide an exciting group of products we could get behind.