We've just started a new team with my friend @mhanicos . Say 'hi' to God's Hat Team :3
Who could though that the theme will be so awesome? I'm sure that we all will see a lot of cool projects. Wish all of you best of luck and easy bugs fixing.
It was a nice day of colour exploration, nothing final yet but i do have a test level that i made in photoshop. We got from that
And that colour scheme for our cuteltists
To this as kinda a pallet that we agree on with a programmer
And this as a "well that works in photoshop so let's move it to unity"
Heh, that was a nice day, time to sleep and recover some power for tomorrow. Good luck everyone :3
Want to wish everyone a great Ludum Dare and share a small piece of my today's work :3
Crazy part is that I could stream all 12 hours while drawing it (I'm an artist in our small but strong team) day 2 and 3 here we go!
@laminariy does the programming @tim-medvedev does the sound
Hi, guys and girls!
Wanted to send you through the screen a massive thank you for playing our game - it means the world to us and I can't wait for the weekend to finally enjoy every game I can put my hands on >D
So if you want - you can share the link for your game in comments for me and my team to play :3 We will be honored to check projects of fellow developers!
Also wanted to say that it was an amazing and stressful few days so don't forget to go outside and touch grass from time to time, stay hydrated and healthy so we can all meet here next LD
I thought that it could be helpful for everyone who doesn't know where to start but wants to improve the art side of a game. I know that my style isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I can say that these simple rules have never failed me (so mb you can find them useful).
At the end of a day we have very limited time and the one big lesson I learned through gamejams: cut the scope
First and most important: find your mood and references of art the moves you, games you like to look at and try to captivate not a particular style, but mostly mood and atmosphere. It's not cheating, it's your style compass. I collected ~30 different images from Pinterest what helped me a lot to lock our style and also helped our composer to start working on music.
Second is: find a nice palette that would give you an extra kick on a style. You can go on Lospec (what I personally do a lot when I don't have much time) or take 4-5 colors from game you like, photograph you find beautiful or even pinterest. A restricted palete makes everything looks intentional (even if it isn't xd).
Third Pillar: Strong shape and silhouette. As a 3D animator I can say that nothing helps your work more than a very nice, pushed and clean shape. Silhouette is a structure that will work as a nice glue for your art.
Simplification - and we are on the 4th stage of making good art. When we don't have time let's use flat art, bold outlines, minimalism and treat them not as a shortcuts but like a deliberate style.
The last but not the least rule I put on the wall in front of me: CONSISTENCY. One asset that is different from the whole style hurts the perception of a game more than just a simple clean style. Keep everything the same from the moment you made first asset - the brush, palette, the outline's thickness, level of details, scale of items on the screen etc. If it's hard for you to keep consistency - work in the same file or use your character(main point of interest) as an anchor of a style.
