I'm trying to figure out if any of the other girls here are easily identifiable in relation to the released game. Obviously this is Rapi and Neon, with Neon's pre-alpha design, and Vesti is identifiable enough (interesting that she seems to have been considered for a more central role in the early plans, as well as a much larger weapon) but I don't immediately recognize the girl with the black twin-tails, and the other three are much less clear. That could be a very early Eunhwa there in the lower right, but it's hard to tell, and the last two are vague shapes at best. I'll go ahead and tag Eunhwa in, but if anyone has leads on the others, please chime in.
I'm trying to figure out if any of the other girls here are easily identifiable in relation to the released game. Obviously this is Rapi and Neon, with Neon's pre-alpha design, and Vesti is identifiable enough (interesting that she seems to have been considered for a more central role in the early plans, as well as a much larger weapon) but I don't immediately recognize the girl with the black twin-tails, and the other three are much less clear. That could be a very early Eunhwa there in the lower right, but it's hard to tell, and the last two are vague shapes at best. I'll go ahead and tag Eunhwa in, but if anyone has leads on the others, please chime in.
Definitely Eunhwa, just seems they changed her shoes into heels in the official and she might be shorter(?). I'm interested in the twin-tails and the design you can just see behind her looks interesting. I think either twin-tails or Vesti was originally supposed to be part of the central cast until it was given to Anis. Hell twin-tails might be early Anis.
Hmm, wondering if we lost anything by Vesti not keeping the tights she's wearing in this pic compared to the bare legs in official.
So Absolute (minus Emma, apparently) was going to be the story squad?
Seemingly, going by this! Or at the very least, Vesti was going to play a more significant role (which makes sense, given how much detail went into her art). It's a little hard to tell what exactly changed from 2019 to launch, but it wouldn't be surprising for the scenario to undergo a few rounds of drafting and for Shift Up to realize some revisions to the squad's composition would work better.