MAGI'S PROFILE

author=Magi
How is my submissions queue? Did it go to a caring and benevolent new owner?

So help me god if it went to baby Kentona I will scream. Right now. I've been practicing vocal training these past three and a half years, don't make me do it.

author=slash

author=TFT
hyper light drifter is visually stimulating to children who just figured out how to open mspaint.

I definitely dig the Hyper Light Drifter style. Dungeon of the Endless has a similar style and it looks great. It's consistent, fits the setting, and works great mechanically. I don't think it's one I'd pick myself, but it definitely works. Owl Boy looks great too, but damn, I can't imagine how much time all of that took ;-_-

For an experienced pixel artist, not as long as you'd think. It probably didn't take much more time than "Hyper Light" graphics. It sounds ridiculous, but when you see experienced pixel artists streaming their work, it's remarkable to watch the speed and efficiency. I haven't matched that yet, but am hoping one day that I will!

author=TFT
hyper light drifter is visually stimulating to children who just figured out how to open mspaint.

icnt tell the difference both bleed into each other like a perfectly layered tileset.

This style is very cute and endearing, you just can't help but cheer for it. It's like when you watch a child with crayons for the first time. You can tell they're going to be something great when they apply themselves one day. Ganbatte heart machine-kun!

author=CashmereCat

Magi
Hyper Light Drifter was greenlit for $600,000 off of graphics that couldn't even convey a 5-year old's understanding of depth and value.

What are you talking about? Hyper Light Drifter is absolutely gorgeous. I mean, seriously, the art direction is colourful, vibrant and exciting. It may not be your cup of tea, but it's definitely not terrible as you say.

I'm not here to belittle anybody's opinion, just giving facts. I said nothing about the graphics not looking exciting or vibrant, despite my reservations about the project there are various areas that have been presented which create a very unique and mysterious sense of place. My misgivings about the style are mostly in regards to the fact that the art is objectively wrong where it needs to count and suffers from poor value gradations which can make the player's orientation in the world space ambiguous. It's also rough and unfinished in appearance, but that's practically an art movement in the pixel world now. I'm too tired to push against that current any longer..

Anyway, I was using Hyper Lights as one example of likely commercial success in part because it goes to show somebody without a basic art background can sell an idea. This is a good thing for everybody who wants to make games commercially. The concept is more important and there seems to be this consensus that as long as the graphics can convey a concept at its most fundamental level then they are okay. I don't like this stance and I made a point to show it in my earlier post.

About the "new" 2k3, all old "patches" aren't compatible with it. They haven't been updated to work, and for the time being it's uncertain if using them would violate the terms of service. You'll have to probably wait some time before BetterAEP and PicsInBattle can be included again.

I think I had seen an RMVX/A game once that did not have the chibi demon sprites, but then again it might have been a dream. If you showed most VX users an FF6 sprite they would not know what to do with it