So this is sort of a huge milestone for us.
A few years ago, we started collaborating with BeardofSocrates on a mod for Fallout: New Vegas that brought a fox-like playable race into the game. Given how much we worked on anthropomorphic animal characters, it wasn't too far out of our comfort zone. But we ended up completing that project under the pseudonym Mystery Science Team, because of the backlash these types of mods tend to generate.
After that was done, we started work on a Fallout 4 version, and a lot more work went into that one, since we included a full character creation as well, with a complicated weighting and morphing process. Since Fallout 4 uses pseudo-PBR, the textures ended up looking a lot more detailed and complex as well. We thought about using the pseudonym again, but we decided we were proud enough of this mod to deal with the backlash.
An unbelievable amount of guesswork and trial and error went into creating this mod, and because of scheduling issues, we progressed slowly, but alas, the female version has been mostly completed and released a few days ago. You can check it out here.
Reading the feedback and comments on the public release, we're glad to see a lot of people think it's a quality mod and that makes the whole thing feel worthwhile. Of course there are also those who hate on the mod without giving it a chance, and label it as a furry mod right off the bat. We expected this, but it's still a bit baffling to see. Targeting furries wasn't our intention; we have collaborated in the development of the mod because animalistic mimicry is a lot more fun to create than human mimicry, fur is fun to paint, and modding something into a game that isn't supposed to be there is a challenge.
The male playable character is currently in development, and should be available eventually.
So, bottom line, we were Mystery Science Team and we are proud of what we have achieved with these mods. We're also happy that we ended up working together with BoS, because we wouldn't have made such a good friend otherwise.
PS: We're still trying to figure out if there is life on Mars.
