SLASH'S PROFILE

Hi everyone! It's been a while.

I've been kinda pondering this one recently, and I'm looking for ideas. When commissioning artists in the past for various game assets, I'm never sure what kind of references are most useful for the contractor. For characters I've just stuck with worded descriptions of style & attitude, as well as a few key details, and occasionally some reference photos (often RL fashion). I try to avoid direct comparisons to existing media, but maybe that'd be helpful. But I don't know if there might be a better approach!

With music, I'm even less sure - I've never contracted music, and I can imagine describing a mood and tone and speed, but is there any other references that might be useful? Is it useful to list specific pieces that are similar to what I want, or is that too much or difficult to work with?

If you've contracted people before, what do you think? If you're a contractor, what do you prefer, and what doesn't work?

I don't play a ton of horror games, but I have always pondered about how these small cult hits (Yume Nikki, Ib) seem to have very quiet authors who don't talk about their game much. It's possible that I just haven't looked much, but it certainly seems that way. It kinda helps build the mystery around those games even more! It was super surprising to see so much chatter around Yume Nikki's recent anniversary and re-release.

On the flip-side, accha is an absolute sweetheart <3

Played this game last weekend and I've had this jam in my head since

I woke up feeling this feeling really heavy this morning... at least we're all in it together, eh?

I could maybe be down for this. It's been a while since I've done the review thing :D