Hello.

This is Mapo Fries.

Today, to celebrate the Dark Templar renewal, let’s put together a virtual birthday cafe.

(This post contains AI-generated images.)

Dark Templar has finally been renewed in DNF.

She’s a character I’m really attached to, so this feels especially meaningful to me.

With the idea that the renewal date, January 9, is her new birthday, let’s imagine a birthday cafe for Dark Templar.

Planning the cafe

Since it’s a birthday cafe, we should give it the full setup, right..?

First, we’ll set the renewal date, January 9, as her birthday.

That means making a poster,

decorating the tables,

setting up a photo zone inside,

and of course, making cup sleeves too.

Alright, let’s get started.

Birthday cafe images made with ChatGPT

First, I made a Dark Templar birthday cafe poster so it would be easy to spot even from far away.

We’d have to put it outside the cafe, right?

For the original version, I used collaboration cafe images floating around online as reference.

You can’t have a birthday cafe without cup sleeves.

So I tried making some using the latest Neo: Awakening illustration.

Then, right at the entrance, I pictured a table celebrating Dark Templar’s renewal, decorated all over with Dark Templar-themed items.

I also planned out a photo zone so people could take commemorative pictures at the cafe.

Hmm... I think it would look nicer to take photos standing rather than sitting in a chair, so let’s change the wall design too.

But if we stop here, it still feels a little plain, right?

Since this is a game, shouldn’t we have collaboration food too, like the kind you see in other game collabs?

It would be nice to have things like Kanna’s pudding, handmade bread, milk, and Shushia wine.

I also made a menu board to match.

I wasn’t totally happy with it, so I had it revise it a few times, and then it completely lost the plot..

And if this were a real physical setup... maybe it would feel something like this?

It kind of made it however it wanted..
but it’s pretty nice in its own way

Maybe in DNF Mobile too..

If something like this really existed, I feel like I’d definitely go at least once..

Dark Templar has been renewed in DNF too,

so maybe it’s fair to look forward to DNF Mobile as well?